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Yamacraw Island was haunting, nearly deserted, and beautiful. Separated from the mainland of South Carolina by a wide tidal river, it was accessible only by boat. But for the handful of families that lived on Yamacraw, America was a world away. For years these families lived proudly from the sea until waste from industry destroyed the oyster beds essential to their very existence. Already poor, they knew they would have to face an uncertain future...
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Nora Eldridge, an elementary school teacher in Cambridge, Massachusetts, long ago abandoned her dream to be a successful artist. Instead she has become the "woman upstairs," a reliable friend and tidy neighbor always on the fringe of others' achievements. Then into her classroom walks Reza Shahid, a child who enchants as if from a fairy tale, and Nora is drawn into the complex world of his glamorous and cosmopolitan family. As happiness explodes her...
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"The untold story of the root cause of America's education crisis--and the seemingly endless cycle of multigenerational poverty. It was only after years within the education reform movement that Natalie Wexler stumbled across a hidden explanation for our country's frustrating lack of progress when it comes to providing every child with a quality education. The problem wasn't one of the usual scapegoats: lazy teachers, shoddy facilities, lack of accountability....
5) Drive along
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"Green Truck and Tow Truck play a game of follow the leader"--Unedited summary from book
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Planet Omar volume 3
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IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
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"Omar is going on his biggest adventure yet--a trip to Pakistan! But his excitement about the trip is interrupted by some shocking news: his amazing teacher is not coming back to school, and no one will say why. When Omar and his friends start investigating, the hints they overhear and clues they find lead them to an alarming conclusion--it must be aliens! Omar has a huge imagination, but saving his teacher from aliens seems far-fetched even to him....
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Not your typical how-to manual for new teachers, this no-nonsense, jargon-free guide offers a wide variety of tools and tactics for getting through every school day with grace and sanity. Covered in glue, glitter, orange juice—or worse? Make a quick change into the spare set of clothes you keep on hand for just this purpose. Butterflies in your stomach before your first-ever Meet the Teacher Night? Keep your cool by writing the agenda on your board—it’ll...
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Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 5
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IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Stella Endicott loves her teacher, Miss Liliana, and she is thrilled when the class is assigned to write a poem. Stella crafts a beautiful poem about Mercy Watson, the pig who lives next door -- a poem complete with a metaphor and full of curiosity and courage. But Horace Broom, Stella's irritating classmate, insists that Stella's poem is full of lies and that pigs do not live in houses. And when Stella and Horace get into a shouting match in the...
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Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4-11 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child. Practical ideas for guided reading are included at the back of each book.
Follow a group of children as they climb to the top of a hill and race each other to the bottom by rolling in this fun...
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You were born into this world to live your own life story. No other person on earth is exactly the same as you. You were given your own special body and mind to achieve something great in life. Every important decision that you make along the way is how your own life story will be written. In this book, you will learn how to use the secret fruit of wisdom in every area of your life. This secret fruit of wisdom will give you everything you need for...
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Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4-7 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child. Practical ideas for guided reading are included at the back of each book.
It's midnight, and the guinea pigs are not in their cage! Find out where their adventures take them, in this simple, fiction...
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Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4-7 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child. Practical ideas for guided reading are included at the back of each book.
Featuring a variety of cars, this photographically illustrated book cues children to identify different types of car...
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This book is not only a great story, but it's also a great learning and relating tool that will help all children around the world relate and take interest in virtual homeschooling as it will be a part of our world's history that our children and children to come will read about as one of many changes that took place during this pandemic. Understand that as your child reads this story, it's not just any kid's book but history in the making.
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Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4-11 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child. Practical ideas for guided reading are included at the back of each book.
Have you ever wondered how 3-D computer images are created? Alison Sage takes a look behind the scenes and discovers how...
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What a kettle of fish! Kit Katydid, a kimono-wearing kangaroo, finds a kaleidoscope lost by kiddo Klaus Kirby at the zoo. Can Klaus get it back without the kangaroo kicking up a fuss? See how Kit Katydid's love of beauty causes him to collect treasures. Watch how a kaleidoscope brings drama and wonder into the lives of Kit Katydid and Klaus Kirby. Will a trip to the zoo end up in a knockdown fight for the kaleidoscope? This is the perfect book for...
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Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4-7 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child. Practical ideas for guided reading are included at the back of each book.
What are they painting? Two little monsters are painting spots, stripes, squares, zigzags and triangles. But where are...
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Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4-11 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child. Practical ideas for guided reading are included at the back of each book.
Let's get creative and have fun! Get an old sock, some glue, marker pens and material and follow this simple instruction...
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