“Healthy Stuff, Scrubbing, and Peanuts” Week 7 First Grade Good for You (Fiction, Level A-J, Stage 2) by Joy Cowley The Scrubbing Machine (Fiction, Level D) by Joy Cowley George Washington Carver (Non-fiction, Level D) by Lynea Bowdish From Peanuts to Peanut Butter (Non-fiction, Level D) …
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“Hungry Boy vs. Tattooed Biker” Week 7 Fourth Grade Help Yourself (Fiction, Level 12, Stage 3) by David Hill All About Bicycles (Non-fiction, Level 12, Stage 3) by ___ The books in this week’s kit were a huge hit in my house. The first, Help Yourself, is about a boy who is so preoccupied with…
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Week 7 Second Grade Bogle’s Card (Fiction, Level 2, Stage 2) by Joy Cowley George Washington Carver (Non-fiction, Level 5, Stage 2) by Martha E.H. Rustad What is a slave? Where is Kansas? Do all farmers do the…
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PreK Week 7 Dinosaur Roar What is it that makes all little boys love dinosaurs? I have no idea, but this book sure made my little boy happy this week. There was all kinds of dinosaur fun for reading, language arts, science, art, math, music, and writing, along with the golden award too! The activity…
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Week 6 Fifth Grade Lured In (Non-fiction, Level 15, Stage 3) by Errol Broome Earlier this year we ventured into an oddities shop in downtown Bar Harbor, Maine, where we spent the summer, and the kids were amazed to see tiny Venus’s flytraps, pitcher plants, bladderworts and butterworts growing in small planters to purchase.…
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“Pairs, Sharks, and Mrs. Muddle What?” Week 6 First Grade Mrs. Muddle Mud Puddle (Fiction, Level A-J, Stage 2) by Joy Cowley Shark in a Sack (Fiction, Level D) by Joy Cowley Our Street (Fiction, Level D) by Joy Cowley What Comes in Twos (Non-fiction, Level D) by Margie Burton This week we met the…
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“Stage fright – not me!” Week 6 Fourth Grade I’ll Be All Right on the Night (Non-fiction, Level 12, Stage 3) by Pat Quinn Not too long ago we read a book about a boy who was unintentionally mistaken for a spy because of his mannerisms and wardrobe. This week we were able to learn…
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Week 6 Second Grade Snake (Fiction, Level 6, Stage 2) by Judy Ling The Human Body (Non-fiction, Level 6, Stage 2) by Melvin Berger Appalachian Mountains (Non-fiction, Level 6, Stage 2) by Jan Mader World Almanac Library of the States: Georgia (Non-fiction) …
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Mice are Nice “Real mice aren’t really nice” was the first thought that came to mind when I started this week’s Guided Lesson for Mice are Nice, but the mice in this story were really nice, and we had fun this week with the book and all of the activities in the Guided Lesson. The…
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