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Two Lands, One Heart
TJ takes a trip to Vietnam with his mother to visit his grandparent’s farm. TJ learns a lot about the culture and lives of …
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- 09/14/14
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A Guide to Basketball
The article gives factual information about the when, where and how the game of basketball began and how it is played. (Houghton Miffli…
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- 09/14/14
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Officer Buckle and Gloria
Police Officer Buckle gives safety speeches that no one listens to until a police dog, Gloria, joins him. Because Gloria acts out the s…
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The Olympic Games: Where Heroes Are Made
The Olympic Games have grown and changed since the first contests were held in Ancient Greece. However, one aspect of the games remains…
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Satchmo’s Blues
Young Louis Armstrong, “Satchmo,” longs to play the horn, but his family has no money for such things. He was inspire…
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- 09/14/14
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The Hot and Cold Summer
Before they ever met her, Rory and Derek made a pact not to speak to Bolivia, the new girl in town. After Bolivia orchestrates a …
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- 09/14/14
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Stealing Home
Thomas and his Grandfather share a small house with, their cat and pet duck. One day Thomas’s great-aunt Linzy comes to stay for …
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- 09/14/14
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Sarah, Plain and Tall - Includes Sample Writing Task
This lesson includes scaffolded analytical writing tasks that provide examples for teaching Common Core writing. Anna and Caleb Wittin…
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- 09/14/14
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My Diary from Here to There
This personal narrative introduces the genre of a diary to the students. “My Diary from Here to There,” takes the rea…
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- 09/14/14
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Look to the North: A Wolf Pup Diary
The story follows the lives of three new-born wolves over a ten and one half month period. It encompasses the various stages thro…
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- 09/24/13
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Woodsong
In this narrative, Gary Paulsen describes the relationship, which develops between himself and a dog named “Storm,” the lea…
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- 09/11/13
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The Talent Show
Benny is nervous about the upcoming talent show. After a talk with her parents, Beany realizes that the most important thing is doing w…
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- 09/06/13
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Centerfield Ballhawk
Young Jose’ Mendez is a terrific centerfielder but a weak hitter. Jose’ wants his father to be proud of him. When his fathe…
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- 09/06/13
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Turtle Bay - Includes Sample Writing Task
This lesson includes scaffolded analytical writing tasks that provide examples for teaching Common Core writing. A boy named Taro help…
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- 09/06/13
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Allie's Basketball Dream
Allie has a new basketball. She has a hard time finding someone to play with her because they believe basketball is a boys’ game.…
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- 09/06/13
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Balto
Diphtheria has broken out in Nome, Alaska. Teams of sled dogs carry medicine 800 miles over snow and ice to prevent an epidemic. Everyo…
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- 09/06/13
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Wild Shots, They're My Life
A wildlife photographer describes her love for animals and how she took some of her favorite up-close photos of them. (Houghton Mifflin…
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Little Grunt and the Big Egg
Life in the Grunt tribe changes when a baby dinosaur hatches from the huge egg that Little Grunt drags home for brunch. (Houghton Miffl…
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Nate The Great
Detective Nate the Great searches San Francisco for a lost joke book. He discovers that the wrong place can be the best place to look f…
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Pepita Talks Twice
Pepita stops speaking Spanish because she is tired of being the neighborhood translator. However, when a disaster nearly occurs, Pepita…
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- 09/06/13
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Rosie, A Visiting Dog's Story
Rosie is a Tibetan terrier whose friendly nature makes her a perfect visiting dog. After a lot of training, she brings comfort to peopl…
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- 09/06/13
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The Stories That Julian Tells
Julian meets Gloria, a new girl in his neighborhood. Together they make a wish kite, with wishes fastened to its tail; both wish for la…
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- 08/22/13
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Elena
During the Mexican Revolution, a heroic mother, Elena, struggles to protect her family after her husband dies from an accident, and she…
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- 08/22/13
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The Emperor and the Kite - Includes Sample Writing Task
This lesson includes scaffolded analytical writing tasks that provide examples for teaching Common Core writing. Djeow Seow is the sma…
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- 08/22/13
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One Grain of Rice
A raja decrees that the villagers must give most of the rice they harvest to him. He promises to store it safely and distribute it in t…
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- 08/22/13
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Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride
Pilot Amelia Earhart and first lady Eleanor Roosevelt are good friends and one night, after dinner at the White House, Amelia then offe…
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- 08/22/13
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The Baker's Neighbor
In this play, the neighborhood baker Manuel bakes delicious smelling pastries and puts them out for sale each morning, but his neighbor…
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- 08/22/13
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Blue Willow
Janey’s father is an immigrant worker and this forces Janey and her family to move around every few months, but Janey finds a fri…
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- 08/22/13
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Red Riding Hood
In this play, Red Writing Hood does not like the way her fairy tale ends, so she decides to change the events of her own fairy tale by …
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- 08/22/13
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My Name is Maria Isabel
More than one Maria in class causes Maria Isabel to worry for weeks about not being in the pageant, when the teacher confuses their nam…
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- 08/22/13
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Nights of the Pufflings - Includes Sample Writing Task
This lesson includes scaffolded analytical writing tasks that provide examples for teaching Common Core writing. Puffins raise their y…
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- 08/22/13
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Lou Gehrig The Luckiest Man - Includes Sample Writing Ta…
This lesson includes scaffolded analytical writing tasks that provide examples for teaching Common Core writing. The students will lea…
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- 08/22/13
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In the Days of King Adobe
A poor but generous old woman gives two roguish travelers a night’s lodging and a dinner that includes slices of her treasured ha…
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- 08/22/13
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The Garden of Happiness
Marisol watches her neighbors excited about making a vacant lot beautiful, so she hunts and hunts and finds her own little patch where …
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- 08/22/13
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Fire!
In this text, students learn about the daily role of a firefighter and the importance of firefighters in communities past and present. …
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- 08/22/13
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Saguaro Cactus - Includes Sample Writing Task
This lesson includes scaffolded analytical writing tasks that provide examples for teaching Common Core writing. The Saguaro Cactus is…
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- 08/22/13
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Donovan's Word Jar
Donovan asks his grandmother for advice as to what he should do with his collection of words in a jar, and she shows Donovan how he can…
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- 08/22/13
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Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of Pablo's Nose
Pablo Pizzaro, Idaville’s greatest boy artist, enters a New Nose Now contest, and sculpts a new nose for a statue of Abraham Linc…