“Birds, Ice Cream, Gas, and Jobs” Week 5 First Grade Duck and Hen (Fiction, Level D) by Joy Cowley Water Change (Non-fiction, Level D) by Brenda Parkes People are Working (Non-fiction, Level D) by Carol Hosking Ice Cream (Fiction, Level D) by Joy Cowley What first grader gets to read about birds becoming friends, water…
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“Secret Agent Kid?” Week 5 Fourth Grade Double Switch (Fiction, Level 12, Stage 3) by Diana Noonan A young boy, very tall for his age, who just happens to dress like a spy and slink around town with a briefcase is mistakenly apprehended by the police in place of an actual spy. No, you’re not…
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Week 5 Fifth Grade Five Strange Packages (Fiction, Level 15, Stage 2) by Mark Littleton What could be more intriguing than a few young friends discovering 5 mysterious packages in a storm drain, hearing whimpers and wines from those packages and realizing there is an ensuing storm? This week’s book had all of that and…
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Week 5 Second Grade The Man Who Enjoyed Grumbling (Fiction, Level 6, Stage 2) by Margaret Mahy The Biggest Pool of All (Fiction, Level 6, Stage 2) by Mike Carter Reptiles (Non-fiction, Level 6, Stage 2) by Brenda Parkes Have you…
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Halloween I wonder if all kids love the idea of Halloween as much as my little boys do. They love to dress up all year long in various costumes and pretend to be random heroes or villains taking over the backyard for the day, but they really love it when October 31 comes around and…
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Chook Chook (Fiction, Level D) Traditional Rhyme I Can Jump (Fiction, Level D) by Joy Cowley Magnets (Non-fiction, Level D) by Brenda Parkes Animals and Their Babies (Non-fiction, Level D) by Margie Burton When I pulled out this week’s first book with a Mama hen and her baby chicks on the front cover, my little…
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Alejandro’s Gift What Comes in 2s, 3s, and 4s Miss Bindergarten Stays Home from Kindergarten This week I was blown away with how much we are loving our AlphaSkills books. Normally every single week we like all of the books but can quickly identify one as our absolute favorite, but this week we loved all…
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Week 4 Fourth Grade Feelings (Non-fiction, Level 12, Stage 3) by Cheryl Semple The Crystals (Fiction, Level 12, Stage 3) by Jacqueline Crompton Ottoway I love it when we have both a fiction book and a non-fiction book in one week for my fourth grader because I know the AlphaSkills Guided Lesson is going to…
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The Cake that Mack Ate This week was all about cake, and my little Malachi just so happens to LOVE cake (as I imagine most 4-year-olds do). Not only was The Cake that Mack Ate super funny to read each day, but thanks to the Guided Lesson, we were able to learn a lot about…
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