Introduce children to 75 favorite authors and illustrators with this all-in-one resource! The lively profiles in this collection provide insight into the lives, work, inspiration, and creative process of these talented writers and artists. Share these fascinating mini-biographies with students to enhance author studies and help your students read with greater enthusiasm and understanding. Book jacket.
This third book in the four-book Children's Book Corner set provides a complete program for those starting a read-aloud program in their classroom, their school or public library, or their home. This volume focuses on read-alouds for children in grades 3 and 4. It provides book lists, book selection ideas, as well as pre-reading, while-reading, and post-reading questions and activities. Parent Pull-Out Pages with helpful tips are provided for duplication. Helpful appendices and an index furnish additional aides to structure a great read-aloud program. New in this book is a section, Up Close and Personal, of personal notes from children's authors discussing their books featured in the read-aloud section. Also new to the section is Write Away, providing writing tips and activities. This third book in the four-book Children's Book Corner set provides a complete program for those starting a read-aloud program at home, in their classroom or school, or their public library. This volume focuses on read-alouds for children in grades 3 and 4. It provides book lists, book selection ideas, as well as pre-reading, while-reading, and post-reading questions and activities. Parent Pull-Out Pages with helpful tips are provided for duplication. Helpful appendices and an index furnish additional aides to structure a great read-aloud program. New in this book, is a section, Up Close and Personal, of personal notes from children's authors discussing their books featured in the read-aloud section. Also new to the section is Write Away, providing writing tips and activities. Grades 3 and 4.
Ms. Rooney's class learns about money and saving by saving up enough money to take a class trip. An ideal introduction to money and personal finance for elementary school students, the book includes fun activities that can be done at home or at school.
Let the Fitness Festival Begin! The Pee Wee Scouts are getting into shape. It's exercise and sports galore! Mrs. Peters, their troop leader, explains each event and tells the Scouts how to earn the Fitness badge. Molly gets excited. About the bicycle race. Softball. Push-ups too. But push-ups are hard when your underwear's too light. And Molly's not sure about aerobic dancing with Mrs Betz. What should she wear? Step and skip. Step and skip. Soon the Scouts are all worn out. Knees high! Try, try, try. Can this pooped troop of Pee Wees get that badge?
Groundhog Day is coming up and the Pee Wees are desperate. They've learned all about hibernation and spring. Now they've got to spot a real live groundhog quickly -- or no furry groundhog badges for them. Squirrels don't count!
Everyone knows that Roger White likes Patty Baker. Patty-cake, patty-cake, baker's man. The Pee Wee Scouts tease Roger and Patty during their Scout meeting. Mrs. Peters is their troop leader. She tells the Pee Wee Scouts how to earn badges for first aid. Then she helps them make valentines that hold messages. Secret messages. Poems. All that mushy stuff. "I want a boyfriend," says Molly Duff. "And I want a first-aid badge." Busy, busy, busy. The Scouts work on valentines and first aid. Molly works on a secret plan. Uh-oh. A certain Scout better watch out!
The Pee Wees are entering cyberspace! The scouts are earning their computer badges, and that means lots of fun--and lots of surprises--are in store. From surfing the Web to sending e-mail to going on a cyber treasure hunt, the online adventures keep getting better and better. And when Molly receives an e-mail message from a secret admirer, she and Mary Beth have an exciting computer mystery to solve.
Join the Pee Wee Scouts for fun and adventure as they make friends and earn badges. Ready . . . Get set . . . Read! The Pee Wee Scouts are going to get library cards. And in addition to a Reading Badge, Mrs. Peters is going to give a prize to the scout who reads and reports on the most books. But having a library card is a lot of responsibility. The Pee Wees are excited to check out new books, but soon there’s trouble. Tracy’s new library book has fallen through a hole in her book bag, Tim’s baby brother has colored his book, and Molly's dog Skippy ate hers. Will they get their Reading Badge if Mrs. Peters finds out? And how are they going to pay for the lost and damaged books?
To earn a new badge, the Pee Wees volunteer to help at the charity circus when it comes to town. But Molly is afraid of the trapeze, the animals and even the clowns. Magic is the only act left on the sign-up sheet, but Molly can't do any tricks. With a little help from her friends, something magical just might happen.