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SITTING BULL: EAGLES CANNOT BE CROWS
Teacher Created Materials, Jan 30, 2017
ISBN: 9781493838004
The SITTING BULL: EAGLES CANNOT BE CROWS primary source reader builds literacy skills while offering engaging content across social studies subject areas. Primary source documents provide an intimate glimpse into what life was like during the 1800s. This nonfiction reader can be purposefully differentiated for various reading levels and learning styles. It contains text features to increase academic vocabulary and comprehension, from captions and bold print to index and glossary. The “Your Turn!” activity will continue to challenge students as they extend their learning. This text aligns to state standards as well as McREL, WIDA/TESOL, and the NCSS/C3 Framework.
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nonfictionBENJAMIN BANNEKER: SELF-MADE MAN
Teacher Created Materials, Aug 30, 2016
ISBN: 9781493830824
Explore the life of this self-educated mathematician, scientist, astronomer, and civil rights advocate with Benjamin Banneker: Self-Made Man. This informational text profiles the life of the man who worked hard to educate himself and became an almanac writer and land surveyor for the nation’s capital. Get your students excited as they explore this nonfiction reader filled with primary source material, offering a historical glimpse of what life was like back then. Build literacy and subject content knowledge with this nonfiction reader that explores US history, geography, and other social studies topics. Benjamin Banneker: Self-Made Man provides access to every type of learner with appropriately leveled content. This book contains text features such as captions, bold print, glossary, and index to increase understanding and build academic vocabulary.
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nonfictionTHE WAY THE COOKIE CRUMBLED
Illustrated by Kelly Kennedy
Simon Spotlight, July 5, 2016
ISBN: 978-1481461801
C is for cookie in this fact-tastic nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read that explores the history of cookies, part of a series about the history of fun stuff!
Did you know that Queen Elizabeth I used to have gingerbread cookies molded into the shapes of her favorite advisers? Or that Girl Scouts used to bake the cookies they sold themselves? Or that if you stacked all the Oreos ever made, they would reach to the moon and back five times? Become a History of Fun Stuff Expert on the super-sweet history of cookies and amaze your friends with all you’ve learned in this fun, fact-filled Level 3 Ready-to-Read!
A special section at the back of the book includes Common Core–vetted extras on subjects like science, social studies, and math, and there’s even a fun quiz so readers can test themselves to see what they’ve learned! Learning history has never been so much fun!
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baking, chapter book, cookies, history, nonfictionWHAT’S YOUR STORY, SEQUOYAH?
Lerner, Jan 2016
ISBN: 978-1467796514
How did Sequoyah create a Cherokee alphabet? How did he improve the lives of the Cherokee? Cub Reporter interviews him to find out! Learn how Sequoyah overcame adversity in his childhood, and created the Cherokee alphabet, which helped thousands to become literate. Readers will see how to use interviewing skills and journalistic questions to reveal the story behind a famous American.
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nonfictionWHAT’S YOUR STORY, FREDERICK DOUGLASS?
Lerner, Jan 2016
ISBN: 978-1467796477
How did Frederick Douglas escape from slavery? How did he make a difference during the abolition movement? Cub Reporter interviews the civil rights activist to find out how Frederick, a freed slave, inspired others with his achievements as an author, activist, and speaker. Readers will see how to use interviewing skills and journalistic questions to reveal the story behind a famous American.
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nonfictionON THE HUNT WITH HYENAS
The Child’s World, Jan. 2016
ISBN-13: 9781634074537
Through narrative nonfiction text, readers discover how hyenas hunt, where they call home, and how they raise their young. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, fact-filled captions and callouts, stunning photographs, maps, a glossary, sources for further research, a selected bibliography, and an introduction to the author.
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nonfiction12 SUPER-DANGEROUS ANIMALS
The Child’s World, Jan 1, 2016
ISBN: 9781632351364
Features 12 super-dangerous animals found around the world. Each spread contains fascinating facts, life cycle and habitat information, and interesting traits that make each animal dangerous.
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nonfictionINSIDE MY BODY: MY MUSCLES
Illustrated by Teresa Alberini
Amicus, Sept, 2015
ISBN: 978-1607537571
A boy named Lucas has injured his calf muscle in PE class. Lucas and his classmate Mia discuss the body’s muscles.
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nonfictionINSIDE MY BODY: MY LUNGS
Illustrated by Teresa Alberini
Amicus, Sept, 2015
ISBN: 978-1607537564
A girl named Jasmine teaches a younger student at her school everything she has learned about lungs and the respiratory system while researching them for her booth at her school’s Health Fair.
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nonfictionINSIDE MY BODY: MY HEART
Illustrated by Teresa Alberini
Amicus, Sept, 2015
ISBN: 9781607537557
After getting their heart rates up while on a bike ride, a boy named Rico teaches his younger sister Rosa about the heart.