“Dares, Eagles, and Eggs” Week 31 Fourth Grade The Dare at Eagle Rock (Fiction, Level 14, Stage 3) by Helen Chapman All About Eggs (Non-fiction, Level 14, Stage 3) by Cheryl Jakab Over the past few weeks we’ve been doing a lot of hiking as a family. It must be the warmer weather and the…
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“Germs, Shopping, & Money” Week 30 First Grade Germs (Non-fiction, Level 3) by Marcie Bovetz At the Market (Non-fiction, Level 3) by Nadine Golden I Have Fifty Cents (Non-fiction, Level 3) by Jamie A. Schroeder “Mama, why do you make us wash our hands so much? Why can’t we run our hands over the railing…
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“Preserving World History” Week 30 Fourth Grade The Adventures of Tutankhamen (Fiction, Level 14, Stage 3) by Helen Chapman A World Worth Keeping (Non-fiction, Level 14, Stage 3) by Julie Hamston This week we read The Adventures of Tutankhamen, a historical fiction book about young King Tut’s courageous pre-coronation hippopotamus hunt, and A World Worth…
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“Math, Science, Geography ” Week 29 First Grade Spunky Monkeys on Parade (Fiction, Level 3) by Stuart J. Murphy Plants (Non-fiction, Level 3) by Margie Burton Landforms (Non-fiction, Level 3) by Mary Evans This week’s kit was “so stinkin’ good,” according to my first grader. Spunky Monkeys on Parade is a funny…
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“Real-life Dragons!” Week 29 Fourth Grade Land of the Dragons (Non-fiction, Level 14, Stage 3) by Rod Morris This week’s book Land of the Dragons was the perfect follow-up to our fiction book from last week Dragon Slayer. Although Komodo dragons aren’t exactly the same creatures that are featured in fantasy dragon tales, they are…
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“Rainbow Fish, Machines, and Handmade Things” Week 28 First Grade Fish from the Rainbow (Fiction, Level 3) by Jeanette Cunis Simple Machines (Non-fiction, Level 3) by Melvin Berger Made by Hand (Non-fiction, Level 3) by Meish Goldish This week was full of fun! We read a funny story about a lady who was walking her…
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“Dragon Slayer” Week 28 Fourth Grade Dragon Slayer (Fiction, Level 14, Stage 3) by Joy Cowley The McDragon family is under siege from a man who wants to turn their bodies into burgers and their skins into armor, and it’s up to Robbie to save them all. So how does he do it? You’ll have…
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“Trains, Moms, Heat and Such” Week 27 First Grade The Train Ride Story (Fiction, Level 2) by Joy Cowley My New Mom (Fiction, Level 2) by Steve Pattrick Heat (Non-fiction, Level 2) by Margie Burton Choose the Operation (Non-fiction, Level 2) by Katy Pike This week it really hit me that my first…
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“Becoming an author, illustrator, editor, designer, printer” Week 27 Fourth Grade How I Met Einstein – A Character Comes to Life (Non-fiction, Level 14, Stage 3) by Alan Trussell-Cullens Last week we met Einstein – a rather unique cat character in the book Einstein-Champion of the World, and this week through How I Met Einstein…
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