Donna Marie Roszak

Ask Me Smarter! Language Arts and Literary Works Preschool - 5th Grade: Brain Questions for Kids that are FUN-da-men-tal in Helping Them SOAR to Scholastic Success - Ask Me Smarter! Donna Marie Roszak Ask Me Smarter! Language Arts and Literary Works P edition

This book provides curriculum-aligned, progressive questions and answers that align with elementary Language Arts learning targets, Preschool-5th Grade Many of the questions represent "I CAN" content standards. It serves to empower parents and HOMESCHOOL families to empower their kids with essential knowledge!

The Language Arts and Literary Works edition encompasses words, spelling, phonics, sight words, readings, songs, literary genres, and essential grammar facts. The Literary Works chapter aims to expose children to a wide array of prominent authors and titles in world and children's literature.

What are the vowels in the alphabet? How do you spell the sight word: read? What words rhyme with hat? What is the opposite of up? What was the pen name of Samuel Clemens, author of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: " Mark Twain or Huckleberry Finn? What is the name of Aesop's fable number 226 that centers on a turtle that challenges a rabbit to a race that teaches the moral, slow and steady wins the race: "The Tortoise and__?

It is designed as a one-source tool to help parents empower their children with a solid knowledge foundation, aligned to state content standards per grade level, as they progress through their elementary school years. Now when you ask your elementary school children, "What did you learn in school today," you will be further empowered in that to some extent you will already know!

Why "Ask me Smarter?"

Because parents are their children's first and best teachers! Because it is a parent-friendly, kid-engaging resource that reinforces what elementary-aged children are learning in school! Because the BRAIN cannot resist a question! What color are your eyes? Because learning is optimized through progressive questioning and spaced retention! Because learning does not necessarily align with chronological age or with a specific grade level! Because it provides parents with a simplified and stream-lined format in interpreting an elementary school curriculum and prescribed learning targets! Because it is a go-to supplemental resource for home schooling families! Because it serves as a comprehensive summer "Bridge" tool or "road trip" companion for reinforcing learned concepts, for preparing students for the next grade level, and for preventing the proverbial "SUMMER SLIDE!" Think outside the deck!