Author: Elvira Woodruff
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780613300797
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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For use in schools and libraries only. During a school trip to Ellis Island, Dominick Avaro, a ten-year-old foster child, travels back in time to 1908 Italy and accompanies two young emigrants to America.
Author: Elvira Woodruff
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780076144020
Category : Emigration and immigration
Languages : en
Pages : 174
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During a school trip to Ellis Island, Dominick Cantori, a ten-year-old foster child, travels back in time to 1908 Italy and accompanies two young emigrants to America.
Author: Lynda G. Adamson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313077541
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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Identifying thousands of historical fiction novels, biographies, history trade books, CD-ROMs, and videotapes help you locate world history resources for students. Each is divided into two sections. In the first part, titles are listed according to grade levels within specific geographic areas and time periods. They are further organized by product type. Both books cover world history from Prehistory and the Ancient World to 54 B.C. to the modern era. Other chapters include Roman Empire to A.D. 476; Europe and the British Isles; Africa and South Africa; Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, and Antarctica; Canada; China; India, Tibet, and Burma; Israel and Arab Countries; Japan; Vietnam, Korea, Cambodia, and Thailand; and South and Central America and the Caribbean. The second section has an annotated bibliography that describes each title and includes publication information and awards. The focus is on books published since 1990, and all have received at least one favorab
Author: Kathy Ganske
Publisher: Teachers College Press
ISBN: 0807775894
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 225
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Reissue of ILA bestseller. To become truly college and career ready, students need to be able to communicate effectively in writing, and teachers need to be confident and prepared to teach writing in ways that motivate, encourage, and challenge students to higher levels. In this practical volume, a stellar group of researchers and classroom educators come together to provide instructional strategies that can increase student engagement and motivation to write. Write Now! empowers K–6 classroom teachers to make key instructional decisions that benefit all learners. This user-friendly e-book includes practical tips, strategies, techniques, and concrete examples to help expand the writing expertise of both typical and challenged learners. Contributors: Rose Cappelli, Amber B. Chambers, Lynne R. Dorfman, Kathy Ganske, Matt Glover, Steve Graham, Dana L. Grisham, Karen R. Harris, Julia D. Houston, Jon-Philip Imbrenda, Carol Jago, Karen A. Pelekis, Carole C. Phillips, Timothy Shanahan, Linda Smetana, Michael W. Smith, Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Thomas DeVere Wolsey “Writing fluently and with cohesion is essential for all young children to master because it is a gateway skill for higher learning. Ganske’s approach makes the most of current research on writing and makes it instantly applicable to the classroom.” —Nancy Frey, San Diego State University
Author: Virginia Ray
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313058814
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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A handbook of easy school-wide one-day events that provide reading celebrations for elementary and middle school age students. The ideas are designed to be used for National Library Week, Read Across America Day, Reading Is Fundamental, and other local reading celebrations and events. They are also applicable for just day-by-day reading promotions in libraries. The programs are presented in depth with ideas, bibliographies, original skits, etc. Events are applicable for use in public and school library settings. Grades K-6.
Author: E. Willard Miller
Publisher: In the Hands of a Child
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 83
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ISBN: 9780756962333
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Languages : en
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Author: Tammy L. Hodo
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 100082733X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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How to Engage in Difficult Conversations on Identity, Race, and Politics in Higher Education addresses the polarized political and racialized climate in the United States. This practical resource offers faculty and staff much needed direction related to hosting difficult conversations as they occur in the classroom, residence halls, orientation events, and coffee shops around college and university campuses. Chapters provide insights, case examples, interactive exercises, and "how-to" tools and tips to hosting these conversations, covering issues such as immigration, White supremacy in academia, women’s rights, the Black Lives Matter movement, trans rights, reproductive rights, and cancel culture, among many others. This resource is designed to better prepare instructors, faculty, higher education staff and administrators to enter into these hard conversations with an improved awareness of contentious issues and how to facilitate, and potentially de-escalate, discussions that are already occurring.
Author: Monica Edinger
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780439278607
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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Teacher Monica Edinger shares fantastic literature response activities that encourage students to dig deep into favorite books, mining them for meaning and connections to real life and other texts. As they analyze literary elements and interpret story events, students practice reading strategies and hone comprehension skills. Includes reproducible student response packets, discussion questions, literature connections, Internet links, and background information for units on Charlotte’s Web, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, and The Wizard of Oz. For use with Grades 3-6.
Author: Philip M. Horender
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 161641961X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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Experience historic events through the eyes of Maximilian P. Mouse, Time Traveler! Max was hoping the fifth time would be the charm and he would land at home in 2013. Unfortunately, the time machine still isn?t working! Maximilian finds himself on the deck of a new ship in the year 1920. This one is also full of passengers, but these people are immigrants making their way to Ellis Island and a new life in New York City. Maximilian is amazed by the stories of the immigrants and entranced by the beauty of the Statue of Liberty welcoming them to their new home. But, he is concerned about a new crack in the time machine?s shell. Will he ever get home to help his family save Tanner?s Glen? Calico Chapter Books is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Group. Grades 3-6.
