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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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"It's fun to find ways I'm like you and you're like me. It's fun to find ways we're different." In this colorful, inviting book, kids from preschool to lower elementary learn about diversity in terms they can understand: hair that's straight or curly, families with many people or few, bodies that are big or small. With its wide-ranging examples and fun, highly detailed art, I'm Like You, You're Like Me helps kids appreciate the ways they are alike...
23) 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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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...
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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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Who has the most power to stop and prevent bullying? Teachers? Parents? The Principal of the Universe? No, no, and no way! When it comes to changing bullying behavior, nobody has more power than upstanders-all the people who see bullying or know it's happening... and decide to do something about it. How strong are upstanders? Stronger than a snarling seventh grader. More powerful than a petty put-down. Able to delete Internet rumors with a single...
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"An introduction to mindfulness and how kids can make it part of their everyday lives."--
When Pedro's family moves to a new house in a new neighborhood, his mother offers to teach him and his friends about practicing mindfulness as a way to relieve stress. Join the friends on their mindfulness journey! They learn how using all five senses can help them improve concentration and confidence, while reducing anxiety, fear, and anger. -- adapted from...
29) Free lunch
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Memoir (Rex Ogle) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
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"A distinctive new voice: Rex Ogle's story of starting middle school on the free lunch program is timely, heartbreaking, and true. Free Lunch is the story of Rex Ogle's first semester in sixth grade. Rex and his baby brother often went hungry, wore secondhand clothes, and were short of school supplies, and Rex was on his school's free lunch program. Grounded in the immediacy of physical hunger and the humiliation of having to announce it every day...
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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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Reassuring and supportive, this book helps preschool and primary children learn concrete social skills for anger management and discover that when they cool down and work through anger, they can feel peaceful again. The English-Spanish editions from the popular Learning to Get Along series help children learn, understand, and practice basic social and emotional skills. Real-life situations and lots of diversity make these read-aloud books appropriate...
32) Fairness
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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A good sense of fairness can go a long way toward building friendships and making a good reputation for yourself. Readers of this book will develop word recognition and reading skills while discovering why it is important to be as fair as possible to others. They will also explore examples of fairness at home and at school. Sidebars help readers draw connections to the text by encouraging them to reflect upon times when they were treated unfairly....
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Knowing how to listen is essential to learning, growing, and getting along with others. This gentle, encouraging book introduces and explains what listening means, why it's important, and how to listen well. Realistic examples and inviting full-color illustrations bring the concepts to life. The focus throughout is on the positive results of being a good listener. Made to be read aloud, this book also includes a special section for adults, with ways...
34) Caring
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Caring for others is an important part of maintaining healthy relationships. Readers of this book will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning how they can show their friends, family, and neighbors that they care. Sidebars encourage them to observe the different ways people care for each other and think of new ways to express their own caring. Additional text features and search tools, including a glossary and an index, help students...
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The older children get, the more words they know and can use-including hurtful words. This book teaches children that their words belong to them: They can think before they speak, then choose what to say and how to say it. It also explores positive ways to respond when others use unkind words and reinforces the importance of saying "I'm sorry." Includes tips for parents and caregivers.
36) Trustworthiness
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Trust plays an important role in bonding people together. Readers will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning what being trustworthy entails and exploring how they can earn the trust of their friends and family members. They will also draw connections to the text as they consider what would happen if they or others were not trustworthy. Additional text features and search tools, including a glossary and an index, help students...
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What's the best way to solve problems between people? By talking them over and working them out. It's never too soon for children to learn the process of peaceful conflict resolution. This book distills it into clear, simple language and supporting illustrations. Children learn to calm themselves, state the problem, listen, think of solutions, try one, evaluate results, and even agree to disagree when a solution isn't possible. Includes skill-building...
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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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Sharing is a social skill all children need to learn. This book presents sharing as a positive choice and offers concrete examples to help children practice taking turns and realize the benefits of sharing. The English-Spanish editions from the popular Learning to Get Along series help children learn, understand, and practice basic social and emotional skills. Real-life situations and lots of diversity make these read-aloud books appropriate for homes,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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Español
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Have you ever looked closely at a pinecone, a leaf, or a flower? If you have, you might have noticed patterns. A haiku is a form of poetry based on patterns. Haiku are often inspired by nature. Featuring TIME For Kids content, this nonfiction reader introduces students to haiku, explores its cultural importance and history, and invites students to write their own haiku. This high-interest Spanish book includes detailed images, stimulating facts, and...
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