This sponsored post is written in partnership with Workman Publishing
Gone are the days when you had to borrow notes from the smart kids in class in order to catch up on what you missed. For today’s middle schoolers, homework help commonly comes from group texts, Facetime, or Skyping friends but for those times that your friends aren’t available, the Big Fat Notebooks can help!
From the brains behind Brain Quest comes a revolutionary study guide series just for middle school students that is built on the concept of borrowing notes from the smartest kid in class. The Big Fat Notebooks are a collection of five books that includes everything you need for middle school Math, Science, American History, English/Language Arts, and World History that presents concepts in a variety of ways to appeal to different learning styles to make learning the things you need to know a bit more fun. We’re big fans of the bright colors, sketches, various fonts, and doodles that make these look more like your BFF’s notebook than a study resource.
At an age where eye-rolling is expected at the mention of school and homework, your tween/teen just might surprise you by thinking that Big Fat Notebooks are cool. That’s because every book features a summary of key concepts to ensure they’re easily understood, critical ideas highlighted in neon colors, explanation of definitions, fun doodles that illuminate tricky concepts in marker, mnemonics for memorable shortcuts, and quizzes to recap what was learned that are presented in a very un-classroom like way.
What Your Middle Schooler Can Learn from Big Fat Notebooks
The format of Big Fat Notebooks make learning more interesting and perhaps a bit more fun as middle schoolers sit down and dive into important subjects. But these 5 books are more than just fun doodles punctuated by bright colors. They also serve as comprehensive study guides for your middle schooler that meet Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and state history standards. They’re also vetted by National and State Teacher of the Year Award–winning teachers. Here’s a peek at the topics each book covers:
Everything You Need to Ace World History . . . kicks off with the Paleolithic Era and transports the reader to ancient civilizations—in Egypt, Greece, India, China, Africa, Rome; the middle ages across the world; the Renaissance; the age of exploration and colonialization, revolution and imperialism, and the modern world and the wars and movements that shaped it.
Everything You Need to Ace Science . . . takes readers from scientific investigation and the engineering design process to the Periodic Table; forces and motion; forms of energy; outer space and the solar system; to earth sciences, biology, body systems, ecology, and more.
Everything You Need to Ace English Language Arts . . . covers everything to get you your best marks: grammar, including parts of speech, active and passive verbs, Greek and Latin roots and affixes; nuances in word meanings; textual analysis, authorship, structure, and other skills for reading fiction and nonfiction; and writing arguments, informative texts, and narratives.
Everything You Need to Ace American History . . . covers Native Americans to the war in Iraq. There are units on Colonial America; the Revolutionary War and the founding of a new nation; Jefferson and the expansion west; the Civil War and Reconstruction; and all of the notable events of the 20th century—World Wars, the Depression, the Civil Rights movement, and much more.
Everything You Need to Ace Math . . . covers everything to get you over any math hump: fractions, decimals, and how to multiply and divide them; ratios, proportions, and percentages; geometry; statistics and probability; expressions and equations; and the coordinate plane and functions.
Summary
With a format that easy to read and highly visual, learning key information for all subjects is more fun with the Big Fat Notebooks. The set is an essential tool for families to have as part of their at-home reference library and one that tweens and teens will reach for as they study.
Big Fat Notebooks are available through Amazon and Workman for $14.95 each.
Win a Set of Big Fat Notebooks!
Workman Publishing is providing one (1) winner with copies of all 5 titles in the Big Fat Notebooks series, school supplies including highlighter/pen combos, a notepad, and jigsaw sticky notes to get your student ready for a new year of middle school!
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These books are so cool! History was absolutely the hardest subject for me in middle school. But my son loves history!
Algebra was the hardest for me
math was hard for me
In middle school I found that science was the most challenging subject to me.
I would have to say Math was the most challenging for me!
PE was the worst! But my son loves interesting visuals to help his learning. Straight-up text, notsomuch.
I was pretty great at all subjects in middle school. Straight A’s till I got to 8th and got rebellious 😛 Although nothing in middle school was really all that hard, math has always been the toughest for me. Thanks for the chance!
P.E. was very challenging because I wasn’t used to taking a shower at school!
Always math, for example, Algebra.
By far, my most challenging subject was math. For my ADHD son, he struggles in Language Arts. I am wondering if this would help him or if he’d feel like it was more work for him.
My most challenging subject was English because I disliked diagramming sentences! To this day, I don’t like diagramming sentences.
Social studies was most challenging to me since I was so focused on STEM.
Wow. These books look really awesome. I think they have great potential. I love the little Tetris style sticky notes too! WOO HOO! My toughest subject was aways math. I was much more of a Language Arts/Reading person.
Algebra! When they introduced letters into math problems my brain just couldn’t handle it!
I would have to say that Science was the most challenging for me.
I was most challenged by math.
These look awesome! My son is a week away from starting Middle School. He would love them, too!
Math was my hardest subject – wish I had a study guide like these to help with all my subjects.
I think I found history the most challenging in middle school. I enjoyed reading and math and to some extent science so they came easier to me. Thanks for such a great resource!
Math was my challenge at middle school. The other hand I managed well the Language and Arts!:)
I am back in sixth grade full time this fall. These look amazing!
I had the most trouble in history studies.
Math was always the challenge!! still to this day
I NEED these for my guys! What a great way to make learning more fun and child friendly. Where were these when I was in middle school?!
History was difficult for me, because I just wasn’t interested in it. Now I find history fascinating! Strange how that works…
I found Math to be the most challenging.
Social skills were clearly my worst subject… classes weren’t a problem! But I’d love to have a set of these in the house for my kids!
Math was a challenge.