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Learn how to react when you see something wrong or dangerous with this relevant Spanish nonfiction book. Perfect for young readers, the book includes a fiction story related to the topic, a connected civics project, a glossary, useful text features, and engaging sidebars. This 28-page full-color Spanish book explains in an easy-to-understand way that students should talk to a trusted adult about things that make them uncomfortable or scared. It also...
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Teams are all around us. Teams work together, play sports together, learn from each other, and get jobs done. Featuring TIME For Kids content, this nonfiction eBook introduces young learners to the concept of teamwork. With simple, repetitive sentences that foster word recognition skills and engaging photographs that support the text-to-image relationship, this engaging title builds foundational skills to support early childhood literacy. Text features...
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IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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"Father, is all of the world a refugee camp?"
Young Kalia has never, known life beyond the fences of the Ban Vinai Refugee Camp. The Thai camp holds many thousands of Hmong families who fled in the aftermath of the little-known Secret War in Laos that was, waged, during America's Vietnam War. For Kalia and her cousins, life isn't always easy, but they still find ways to play, racing with chickens and riding a beloved pet dog.
Just four years old,...
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Everyone gets angry, so it's never too early for children to learn to recognize feelings of anger, express them, and build skills for coping with anger in helpful, appropriate ways. Children learn that it is okay to feel angry-but not okay to hurt anyone with actions or words. They discover concrete skills for working through anger: self-calming, thinking, getting help from a trusted person, talking and listening, apologizing, being patient, and viewing...
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Learn how to react when you see something wrong or dangerous with this relevant nonfiction book. Perfect for young readers, the book includes a fiction story related to the topic, a connected civics project, a glossary, useful text features, and engaging sidebars. This 28-page full-color book explains in an easy-to-understand way that students should talk to a trusted adult about things that make them uncomfortable or scared. It also covers serious...
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People immigrate to the United States for many reasons. Why do they decide to come? How do they travel? What happens when they arrive? Data is in the details as you discover the history of immigration to the United States! This nonfiction math reader builds literacy skills and math content knowledge, combining informational text, problem-solving, and real-world connections to help students explore math in a meaningful way. The Let's Explore Math sidebars...
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Most students have felt the pressure of worrying about tests and trying to get good grades. School-related stress is common, but it can be managed. Read Dealing with School Stress to identify types of academic pressure, gain a healthy perspective on schoolwork, and learn what to do to feel confident and prepared. This practical guide provides strategies you can use to gain control over stressed-out feelings about school. Know how to help yourself...
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Bullying is a problem in every school at every age level. Learning how to stand up to, a bully is tough. So is learning not to be a bully yourself. Readers learn what a bully is, and many of the common, reasons bullying occurs. The main content clearly states that bullying is unacceptable, and photographs emphasize the negative emotions caused by bullying. In addition, some suggestions on dealing with bullying, as a potential bully or bystander are,...
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Readers will learn the importance of cooperation and working together in Winning By Teamwork. This title includes full-color photographs, vocabulary, comprehension and extension activities, and more to enhance readers' comprehension and application skills. The Social Skills series helps young readers learn how to handle the many different situations they'll face as they grow. Each 24-page book features real-world examples, tips, and more to help teach...
10) Let's Share!
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No matter their age, sharing is one of the most important skills children can learn and practice. It's something they will do at school, home, and even later in life. Through understandable and age-appropriate language, readers learn what sharing is and how to do it. Common feelings associated with sharing are addressed, including the difficulties of sharing and why it's important. Photographs add color and enhance the ideas of friendship that are...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Every day, people make choices. They choose what to do, what to say, and they choose favorites. What choices do you make? Featuring TIME For Kids content, this nonfiction eBook introduces young learners to basic concepts of preference and choice. With simple, repetitive sentences that foster word recognition skills and engaging photographs that support the text-to-image relationship, this intriguing title builds foundational skills to support early...
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Reglas en la escuela les enseña a los estudiantes sobre las reglas de la escuela y por qué es importante seguirlas. Las imágenes claras y descriptivas y las frases simples involucrarán a los estudiantes en la lectura y desarrollarán su conocimiento del contenido de estudios sociales. Para usar en el aula o en casa, este libro en español incluye un glosario e índice sencillos para presentar las características del texto informativo a los lectores...
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You don't need to be a math teacher to understand and use averages. Farmers look at the rainfall average to figure out the best times to plant crops. Scientists perform experiments several times and calculate the average to see if their results are accurate. Learn about averages with this full-color informational text that is packed with fun facts, fascinating sidebars, and high-interest content. Featuring TIME© content and images, this full-color...
14) I Am a Part
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Learn about the importance of teamwork! Ideal for 1st grade students, this book teaches these 6 words from Fry's First 100 words list: I, am, part, of, a, and my. The clear images, rebus pictures and simple, repetitive sentences build grade 1 reading comprehension in a format that is appealing to children. Beginning readers will learn the essential sight words and gain confidence as they learn to read independently.
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¡Haz lo correcto! es una maravillosa forma de enseñarle a los niños lo que significa ser honrado. En cada página, los niños entrarán en contacto con ejemplos de la vida real sobre cómo hacer lo correcto, incluyendo: cumplir las normas, ser honesto, asumir las consecuencias de sus actos, tener el valor de decir que no, mantener las promesas, ser responsable, amable, paciente, confiable y tomar buenas decisiones. Los adorables diseños ilustran...
16) Mountain Rescue
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Mountain Rescue reveals the stories, people, and equipment behind the world's most dramatic rescues. Stunning photographs capture the drama and excitement of the missions, while concluding chapters look at the essential skills required by mountain rescuers, how readers can pursue a career as a mountain rescuer, and what they should do in the event of a real-life emergency.
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Writing is not just for adults. Op-ed pieces are a great way for kids to express their opinions about issues important to them, while also building crucial writing skills. Tip sidebars and detailed, step-by-step instructions help students develop concrete goals to go from caring about a cause to writing persuasively about it.
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Bullying has become an uncomfortable experience for many schoolchildren. When Lil Jasmine receives hateful text messages and disparaging remarks on her social-media sites because she wouldnt help some students copy her answers on the end-of-year assessment exam, she turns to her teacher, Ms. Robbins, for help. Ms. Robbins explains to Lil Jasmine that she is a victim of cyberbullying and works with her to devise a plan that will raise awareness about...
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Explore the evidence and opinions behind the headlines on climate change. Read scientific explanations about the causes and effects of Earth's changing climate and understand the political context. Then, decide where YOU stand on this important issue. The Shaping the Debate series is designed to help readers in grades 5-9 understand social issues from multiple viewpoints and to articulate their own opinions. Each book in this series explains the title...
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Keeping up with the news is a crucial aspect of citizenship. This book provides young leaders with the right tools to make sense of our 24-hour news cycle. Whether it's advice about reading a local newspaper, engaging with blogs online or going to the library to find recent books on an important issue, this book steers readers towards finding and evaluating sources of information. Examples of reliable and unreliable sources throughout this volume...
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