Mosdos Press: Textbooks for visual learners
Mosdos Press Literature Series provides textbooks with original visuals to go along with stories and poems, helping visual learners. Modos Press is a non-profit group of educators, curriculum specialists, and parents that wanted to write books that were age appropriate for children. They want to instill positive values into their students.. The store sells textbooks, workbooks, student books, but also tests for students to work on. The stories have original art pieces to go along with the story, which can help students remember the story.. Parents can purchase a textbook and go over stories and concepts with their parents. Afterwards, students can work on worksheets. If parents wish to test their students, they can also purchase the exam sheets to gauge their child's progress., Parents love that the stories are short, allowing their children to not feel overwhelmed or as exhausted as a chapter book. They also seem to like the ideas and concepts that the books cover, as well as the visuals that go along with., It may be hard to find the right pages between the books sometimes. Parents are finding that they usually need to help their students with worksheets as some parts are not explicitly taught in the textbook. There is some cursive, which can be hard if your child has not yet learned it., Parents should definitely go over textbook portions with their children. When it comes time for the workbooks, parents should actively try to guide their children towards the correct answer, but encourage them to think back to the story or other relevant topics that may help them answer the question by themselves..
Grades: 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th
Cost: The cost of each book is different and as follows:
Textbook - $58
Workbook - $23
Teachers Edition - $80
Test Masters - $69.95
The textbook is required to have the stories for the workbooks, although some worksheets don't necessarily need the story to complete. Many parents have found the teachers edition to be too much, and recommended parents to skip it altogether. The tests are also optional.
OTHER DETAILS
Key features
Type of Tool: Textbook
Time required: Students will read the story provided in the textbook and then work on related worksheets in the workbook. Students can try to finish a worksheet each day, preferably with parental assistance, taking 30 minutes+.
Special Needs:
Literacy Requirement (does a child need to know how to read): Yes
Screens
Screens: No, no screens are required
Online requirement: No, it can be used offline
Time
Parent/Caregiver Involvement: Parent/teacher/caregiver involvement is necessary to use this tool.
Prep Time: Minimal prep time
Other characteristics
Modality: Visual
Adaptive: No, it is the same for every student
Educational Philosophy: Not really, doesn't seem to be influenced by a particular educational philosophy
Other characteristics: none of the above
Accountability
Assessment: No, there is no assessment component
State Standards: Yes
Teacher Accounts: No
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