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C Is for City by
Nikki Grimes
Rhyming verses describe different aspects of life in a city, featuring each
letter of the alphabet.
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- Teacher's
Guide includes pre-reading activities, comprehension questions,
and multiple intelligence group projects. Tracie Vaughn Zimmer
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C Is for Curious by
Woodleigh Hubbard
Presents an alphabet of emotions, from angry to zealous.
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Plan for before, during, and after reading. Chronicle Books
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The Cable Car and
the Dragon by Herb Caen
Tired of traveling the same route, a San Francisco cable car takes a
different turn and ends up in Chinatown during New Year's celebrations.
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Plan includes activities for before, during, and after reading. Chronicle
Books
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The Cabin Faced West
by Jean Fritz
Ten-year-old Ann overcomes loneliness and learns to appreciate the importance
of her role in settling the wilderness of western Pennsylvania.
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Caboose Mystery
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Describes the adventures of the Alden family as they ride across country in a
caboose that has a strange history--or is it a mystery?
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includes questions by chapter. TeacherViews
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The Caboose Who Got Loose by Bill Peet
Katy Caboose is tired of being last, and one day a freak accident allows her
to realize her dream of peace and solitude.
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A Cache of Jewels
by Ruth Heller
Rhyming text and illustrations introduce a variety of collective nouns such
as a "drift of swans" and a "clutch of eggs."
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Cactus Hotel by Brenda Guiberson
Describes the life cycle of the giant saguaro cactus, with an emphasis on its
role as a home for other desert dwellers.
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- Activities include the study of cacti. TeacherViews
- Lesson
Plan includes activities for before, during, and after reading. Southwest
Children's Literature-University of Arizona
- Technology
Lesson for creating a slide show about the desert. Kent
(Washington) School District
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Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
Chronicles the adventures of eleven-year-old Caddie growing up with her six
brothers and sisters on the Wisconsin frontier in the mid-nineteenth century.
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- Activity
includes questions to answer online and print out. Web School
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Book Test
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Files/Charlotte's Archive.
- Book Quiz
to take online. Renaissance Learning
- CyberGuide
includes writing and reading activities resulting in a student product. San
Diego County Office of Education
- Lesson
Plan includes comprehension questions, vocabulary, and projects.
- Literature
Guide features activities for vocabulary, poetry, and important
women. Nancy Polette
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Literature
Unit includes a discussion guide, extension activity, and writing
prompt. Scholastic
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Caesar's Story, 1759
by Joan Lowery Nixon
After having been a slave on Carter's Grove plantation near Williamsburg,
Virginia, since childhood, Caesar finally finds a way to plan his own future.
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The Cafeteria Lady
from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
Wanda Belch is the new cafeteria lady at school. Rumor has it that she drives
a garbage truck to school. And her favorite dish is "Souffle of Science
Experiments!"
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Book Test
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- Lesson
Plan related
to the growth of mold on food.
- Lesson
Plan with vocabulary,
open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads
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Cages by Peg
Kehret
Kit took the bracelet in a moment of self pity, but when she's arrested for
shoplifting, she is forced to face the mistakes she's made.
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The Cajun Gingerbread
Boy baked by Berthe Amoss
The classic tale is set in Louisiana where the gingerbread boy is baked by a
Cajun mawmaw and meets his fate with a hungry crocodile.
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- WebQuest
uses the book to learn about maps.
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A Cake for Herbie by Petra Mathers
With the encouragement of his friend, Herbie spends days writing poems about
food for a contest and although he does not win, he does find an appreciative
audience.
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- Activities
featuring the alphabet and food. Scholastic
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The Cake That Mack
Ate by Rose Robart
A cumulative tale about the chain of events surrounding the making of a cake
by a farmer's wife, eventually leading to its consumption in surprising
circumstances.
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include using sentence strips. TeacherViews
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Caleb’s Story by Patricia MacLachlan
The stranger lurking on the Witting family's prairie farm turns out to be
their long-lost grandfather, whose presence plus prodding from Sarah forces
Jacob to deal with his past.
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- Booktalk Nancy Keane
- Project
includes cross-curricular activities. Golden Sower Award
- Reader's
Guide includes questions for discussion. HarperCollins
- Teacher's
Guide includes activities and thematic connections. Harper
- Teaching
Plan includes activities about predicting events in the story. Scholastic
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California Blue by David Klass
When seventeen-year-old John Rodgers discovers a new sub-species of butterfly
which may necessitate closing the mill where his dying father works, they
find themselves on opposite sides of the environmental conflict.
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California Diaries
#3: Maggie by Ann M. Martin
Maggie has always had the perfect house, the perfect grades, the perfect
looks, but now everything's changing.
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California Diaries
#5: Ducky by Ann M. Martin
Ducky is a 16-year-old boy trying to figure out who he is as the people
around him reveal who they really are.
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Book Test
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California Diaries
#12: Sunny, Diary Three by Ann M. Martin
When Sunny's mom passes away from cancer, Sunny is left with many unresolved
issues.
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Book Test
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California Gold Rush by Peter and Connie Roop
An introduction to the California Gold Rush, describing how gold was
discovered in the territory in 1848, explaining how people made the difficult
journey to California in hopes of getting rich, looking at the other ways in
which people made money off the Gold Rush, and discussing the impact of the
event on California.
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- Activity
for comprehension questions by chapter. TeacherViews
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Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry
Mafatu, a young Polynesian boy whose name means Stout Heart, overcomes his
terrible fear of the sea and proves his courage to himself and his people.
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- Activity
involves letter-writing. PSSA Reading
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Book Test
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Guide
focuses on the cultural aspects of the book. San Francisco United School
District
- Internet Connections
to accompany the book. Annette Lamb
- Literature
Unit uses the book to promote research on sharks and volcanoes. Spartanburg,
SC, Public Schools
- Mini Unit
with a summary, vocabulary, and suggested discussion questions and
activities. Easy Fun School
- Questions
by chapter. San Lorenzo Valley, CA Elementary
School
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Call Me Francis
Tucket by Gary Paulsen
Having separated from the one-armed trapper who taught him how to survive in
the wilderness of the Old West, fifteen-year-old Francis gets lost and
continues to have adventures involving dangerous men and a friendly mule.
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Book Test
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The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd,
that is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually
becomes the leader of a wolf pack.
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Iditarod and sled dogs. TeacherViews
- Activity
includes questions to answer online and print out
- Booktalk Nancy Keane
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Extension
Ideas include discussion questions, related links, and a list of
similar books. Vermont Public Radio
- Lesson
Plan includes vocabulary and guided questions by chapter.
- Literature
Unit includes activities, projects, puzzles, and online quizzes
by chapter. Mountain City Elementary School, TN
- Novel
Guide with theme openers, cross curricular activities, and
research assignments. McDougal Littrell
- Student Study Guide
with chapter questions and enrichment activities.
- Study
Guide includes pre- and post-reading questions and activities,
graphic organizers, assessment instruments, related media links and
readings, and reproducible worksheets. Glencoe Literature Library
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Writing
Prompt to introduce the book. Scholastic
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The Calypso Alphabet
by John Agard
An alphabet book of terms associated with the Caribbean, accompanied by
explanatory rhymes.
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- Activities include recipes for making Caribbean food. TeacherViews
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Cam Jansen and the Barking Treasure Mystery by
David Adler
When a woman's poodle disappears during a boat ride around the city, Cam uses
her photographic memory to solve the mystery.
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- Activity
for comprehension questions by chapter. TeacherViews
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Book Test
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Cam Jansen and the
Chocolate Fudge Mystery by David A. Adler
When Cam Jansen and her friend Eric uncover a mystery while selling fudge
door-to-door to raise money for the local library, Cam uses her photographic
memory to foil a crime.
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Book Test
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Cam Jansen and the
Ghostly Mystery by David Adler
Cam uses her photographic memory to catch a thief disguised as a ghost.
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Book Test
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Cam Jansen and the
Mystery at the Monkey House by David Adler
Fifth-grade sleuth Cam Jansen uses her photographic memory to solve a monkey
smuggling mystery at the city zoo.
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- Activity
for comprehension questions by chapter. TeacherViews
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Cam Jansen and the
Mystery of Flight 54 by David Adler
Fifth grade sleuth Cam Jansen and her friend Eric combine wits to solve the
disappearance of a young French girl.
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to ask before and after reading. Family TLC
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Cam Jansen and the
Mystery of the Babe Ruth Baseball by David Adler
Cam Jansen has the perfect chance to show off her amazing mental camera at
the community hobby show, especially at the Babe Ruth exhibit of baseball
cards and other collectibles. But when the prized baseball, autographed by
Babe Ruth, is stolen, Cam's memory is put to the test.
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Book Test
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- Lesson
Plan with vocabulary,
open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads
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Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Carnival Prize by
David Adler
When fifth-grader Cam notices that the prizes for the most difficult game at
the school carnival are rapidly disappearing, she uses her amazing
photographic memory to investigate.
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Book Test
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- Lesson
Plan with vocabulary,
open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads
- Questions
for comprehension. Scroll down the website.
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Cam Jansen and the
Mystery of the Circus Clown by David Adler
Fifth-grader Cam Jansen uses her photographic memory to help find a
pick-pocket at the circus.
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- Activity
for comprehension questions by chapter. TeacherViews
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Cam Jansen and the
Mystery of the Missing Dinosaur Bones by David Adler
Cam's photographic memory reveals that there are dinosaur
bones missing from the museum.
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- Activities
include using the Internet to learn about mysteries. TeacherViews
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Cam Jansen and the
Mystery of the Monster Movie by David Adler
A fifth-grader uses her photographic memory, her mother, and her friend Eric
to find a missing reel of a monster film they go to see.
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- Activity
for comprehension questions by chapter. TeacherViews
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Cam Jansen and the
Mystery of the Stolen Corn Popper by David Adler
Fifth-grade sleuth Cam Jansen uses her photographic memory to catch a thief
during a department store sale.
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- Lesson
Plan with vocabulary,
open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads
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Cam Jansen and the
Mystery of the Television Dog by David Adler
Fifth-grader Cam uses her photographic memory, with help from her friend Eric
and his twin sisters, to solve the mystery of Poochie, a famous canine
television star.
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- Activity
for comprehension questions by chapter. TeacherViews
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Book Test
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Cam Jansen and the
Mystery of the UFO by David Adler
Ten-year-old Cam, possessor of a photographic memory, and her friend Eric
investigate what seems to be a brief appearance of UFOs.
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- Activity
for comprehension questions by chapter. TeacherViews
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Book Test
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Cam Jansen and the
Scary Snake Mystery by David Adler
Cam investigates when a thief steals her mother's video camera and a tape
containing footage of a big scary snake.
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Book Test
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Cam Jansen and the
Triceratops Pops Mystery by David Adler
Cam cracks the case of the missing CDs of a popular rock group.
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Book Test
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Camp Knock Knock by
Betsy Duffey
Willie and Crow face off in a camp contest to decide who is the best teller
of knock-knock jokes.
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- Activity
for comprehension questions by chapter. TeacherViews
- Lesson
Plan for summarizing and decoding. Houghton Mifflin
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Camp Out by
Rebecca Gold
Chuckie does not know what to expect and has many fears when he goes on his
first camping trip with his friends.
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- Lesson
Plan with vocabulary,
open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads
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Camp Rotten Time
by Mike Thaler
Fearful of going off to camp, a child finds some comfort when his seatmate on
the bus expresses the same fears and they decide to face them together.
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Book Test
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Can I Have a
Stegosaurus Mom? Can I? Please? by Lois G. Grambling
An imaginative little boy begs his mother for a pet stegosaurus, carefully
citing its advantages
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- Activity
for fill-in-the-blank questions and statements. TeacherViews
- Lesson
Plan includes activities about dinosaurs with printable
templates and coloring pages. First School
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Can I Keep Him?
by Steven Kellogg
Mother objects to every pet Arnold asks to keep except one--a person.
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- Lesson
Plan includes activities for
before, during and after reading. Western Kentucky University-Karen
Ballard
- Lesson
Plan includes creating a contrast chart of advantages and
disadvantages of owning each animal. Scroll down the page. Western
Kentucky University-Lisa Jefferies
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Can It Really Rain
Frogs?: The World's Strangest Weather Events by Spencer Christian
Describes strange weather events and discusses weather lore and weather
forecasting.
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- Questions
to ask before and after reading. Family TLC
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Can of Worms by
Kathy Mackel
Bullied and unhappy at school, thirteen-year-old Mike, who has always thought
that he might be an alien, sends a distress call into space asking to be
rescued from the ignorance and cruelty of his life on Earth.
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- Book
Discussion Guide includes summary, book talk, discussion
questions, and related websites. Multnomah County Public Library
(Oregon)
- Booktalk Nancy Keane
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Can You Believe?
Hurricanes by Sandra Markle
Takes a look at hurricanes—from their formation to the destruction they
cause—and the scientists who study them.
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- Teaching
Plan includes activities about answering questions about weather
and hurricanes. Scholastic
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Can You Dance
Dalila?, by Virginia Kroll
Dalila tries to do various kinds of dances including the jig, country
western, ballet, and tap, before she finally finds the kind perfect for her.
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- Activities
include making a list about things you can do.
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Can You Feel the
Thunder? by Lynn E. McElfresh
Thirteen-year-old Mic Parsons struggles with mixed feelings about his deaf
and blind sister while at the same time he makes his way through the turmoil
of junior high.
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- Lesson
Plan includes information about the author, book, related
titles, activities, puzzles and worksheets, and weblinks for further
study. Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
- Lesson
Plan includes a summary, author and/or illustrator profiles, and
activities for before and after reading. School-Library.org
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Can You Guess Where
We're Going? by Elvira Woodruff
As his grandfather gives him hints about all the exciting things they will
see, Jack tries to guess where they are going.
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Can You See the Red
Balloon? by Stella Blackstone
The reader is asked to pick out objects of different colors in each picture,
plus the black and white cow that appears on every page.
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- Activity
for creating a rhyming collage. Trumpet
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Can You See What I
See? by Walter Wick
Presents twelve brain-teasing hidden picture puzzles to solve.
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- Lesson
Plan with vocabulary,
open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads
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Canada Geese Quilt
by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
Worried that the coming of a new baby and her grandmother's serious illness
will change the warm familiar life on her family's Vermont farm, ten-year-old
Ariel combines her artistic talent with her grandmother's knowledge to make a
very special quilt.
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Book Test
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- Booktalk Nancy Keane
- Questions
for each chapter. Microsoft Word Document. Batavia City, New
York, School District
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Canadian Postal
Workers by Paulette Bourgeois
Gordon sends his grandmother a birthday card, and its journey is traced from
the mail drop box all the way to his grandmother's hands.
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- Activity
for creating a stamp collection. TeacherViews
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Canary Caper by
Ron Roy
Dink and his friends investigate why pets, like Mrs. Davis's canary, Mozart,
are mysteriously disappearing all over town.
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·
Book Test
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- Teacher's Guide
includes activities to be used with all books in the series. Random
House
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Candle in the Wind
by Maureen Wartski
On the night of a party celebrating his acceptance into Harvard, Harris
Mizuno, a Japanese-American teenager, is shot dead by an elderly white man
who mistakes him for an intruder when Harris asks to use the phone because
his car has stalled.
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The Candy Corn
Contest by Patricia Reilly Giff
Richard Best wants to win the candy corn contest. He can almost taste the
candy and before he knows it, he has. What will happen when Ms. Rooney finds
out?
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- Activities
include interdisciplinary ideas. TeacherViews
- Jigsaw
Puzzle of candy corn to complete online. Free Jigsaw Puzzles
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The Cannibals of
Sunset Drive by Dan Calsruh
A young boy finds himself in a place where cannibals are thought to
live.
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Book Test
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Cannonball by
John Burningham
A small dog, abandoned near a trash dump and captured by a dog catcher, finds
a home for herself when she is befriended by a circus clown whose act needs
improving.
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- Study
Guide includes pre-reading, during reading, and post reading
activities. Weston Woods
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Can’t You Make Them
Behave King George? by Jean Fritz
King George III was a ruler who was determined to be a good king but who had
the not uncommon royal viewpoint that whoever disagreed with him was a
traitor or a scoundrel.
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- Lesson
Plan from featuring geography and economics activities
with related web links and story discussion ideas. Montgomery
(Maryland) County Public Schools
- Lesson
Plan uses literature circles, online research, and other
technologies. Kanawha City Elementary-Charleston, West Virginia
- Lesson
Plan includes enrichment activities, related Internet resources,
and a bibliography. TeacherVision
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Can't You Sleep,
Little Bear? by Martin Waddell
It's bedtime, and Little Bear can't get to sleep. He's frightened of the
dark, the dark all around, which not even Big Bear's largest lantern can
light up. Big Bear finds a way to show Little Bear that there is no need to
be afraid.
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- Activity
Card about fears. University of Virginia Curry School of
Education
- Lesson
Plan with vocabulary,
open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads
- Lesson Plan
includes discussion, story elements, activities, and more. Scroll down
the page. Irish National Teacher's Organization
- Questions
to ask before, during, and after reading. Family TLC
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The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer
Chaucer's favorite tales in verse.
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- Novel
Guide with theme openers, cross curricular activities, and
research assignments. McDougal Littrell
- Study
Guide includes pre- and post-reading questions and activities,
graphic organizers, assessment instruments, related media links and
readings, and reproducible worksheets. Glencoe Literature Library
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Canyons by Gary
Paulsen
Two boys, separated by the canyons of time and two vastly different cultures,
face the challenges by which they become men.
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- Activities
to use before, during, and after reading.
·
Book Test
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- CyberGuide
includes writing and reading activities resulting in a student product. San
Diego County Office of Education
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Cap o' Rushes
(Generic Title)
A version of the Cinderella theme.
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- Lesson Plan
includes pre- and post reading strategies, and research ideas based on
the Cinderella theme.
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Caps for Sale
Author Esphyr Slobodkina
A traveling cap salesman takes a nap. When he wakes, he finds some unexpected
culprits have taken his wares.
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- Activities
include making a hat. Teachers.net
- Activities
include ideas about hats and math. TeacherViews
- Activity
teaching the math concepts of sequencing, addition and subtraction. University
of Buffalo
- Activity
Card includes a game to accompany the book. University of
Virginia Curry School of Education
- Extension
Activity includes role-playing. Scholastic
- Lesson Plan
includes activities for before, during, and after reading. Kansas
City Public Schools
- Lesson
Plan on patterns and sequence. Lesson Plans Page
- Lesson Plan
with cross curricular activities. Hubbard's Cupboard
- Lesson Plan
with a creative movement activity. Teachers.net
- Lesson
Plan with vocabulary,
open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads
- Reader's
Theater with 7+ roles. (RT01)
- Reader's
Theater University of Texas, Austin
- Study
Guide includes pre-reading, during reading, and post reading
activities. Weston Woods
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Caps, Hats, Socks and
Mittens by Louise Borden
Describes some of the pleasures of each season.
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- Lesson
Plan with vocabulary,
open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads
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Captain Abdul's
Pirate School by Colin McNaughton
Sent to pirate school against her will, Maisy Pickles organizes a mutiny
among the students.
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- Lesson
Plan focuses on the economic concept of investing. KidEconBooks
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Captain Duck by
Jez Alborough
Duck causes trouble when he takes off in Goat's boat, carrying Frog and Sheep
along with him.
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Booktalk Nancy Keane
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Lesson
Plan with shared reading and writing
activities, word activities, and independent activities. Collins
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Captain Kate by
Carolyn Reeder
Determined to take her father's coal-carrying barge on the C & O Canal
from Cumberland, Maryland, to Georgetown in D.C., twelve-year-old Kate learns
hurtful truths about herself.
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- Guide Sheet
with vocabulary, discussion questions, and activities. Carolyn Reeder
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Captain Underpants
series by Dav Pilkey
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Captain Underpants
and the Attack of the Talking Toilets by Dav Pilkey
Principal Krupp once again turns into the superhero Captain Underpants in
order to save the world, and Jerome Horwitz Elementary School, from the evil
talking toilets and the Turbo Toilet 2000.
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Book Test
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Captain Underpants
and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants by Dav Pilkey
When Professor Pippy P. Poopypants comes to Jerome Horwitz Elementary School
to teach science, and he goes off the deep end because students make fun of
his name, only Captain Underpants can save the school from the professor's
perilous plot.
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Book Test
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Captain Underpants
and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman by Dav Pilkey
George and Harold have created Wedgie Woman! With the help of her horrible
robots and her horrendous hairdo, Wedgie Woman is on a mission to take over
the world, and she'll give a whopping wedgie to anyone who stands in her way.
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Book Test
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- Activities
include the Internet, research, writing, vocabulary, and more.
Marshall County, WV, Public Schools
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Captain's Command
by Anna Myers
Even as Christmas approaches and Gail longs to hear that her soldier father
has not been killed in World War II, the sixth grader helps bring her
handicapped uncle back to life.
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Activities
include summary, related readings, curriculum tie-ins, and web links. South
Carolina Association of School Librarians
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The Captain’s Dog: My Journey with the Lewis &
Clark Tribe by Roland Smith
Captain Meriwether Lewis's dog Seaman describes his experiences as he
accompanies his master on the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore the
uncharted western wilderness.
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- Curriculum Links include
brief literary elements, a summary, curriculum connections, and related
web sites. Sasquatch Reading Award
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Teacher's
Guide with activities for writing, vocabulary, research, and
more. Roland Smith
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The Car by Gary
Paulsen
A teenager left on his own travels west in a kit car he built himself, and
along the way picks up two Vietnam veterans, who take him on an eye-opening
journey.
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Book Test
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Caravan by
Lawrence McKay, Jr.
A ten-year-old boy accompanies his father for the first time on a caravan
trip through the mountains of Afghanistan to the city below where they will
trade their goods at market.
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·
Teacher's Guide
includes background, reading questions, and interdisciplinary activities. Lee
& Low Books
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Caravan to America:
Living Arts of the Silk Road by John S. Major and Betty J. Belanus
Profiles eight artists now living in America who are originally from the Silk
Road, an ancient network of caravan trails through which trade goods, ideas,
and arts passed between Asia and the Mediterranean.
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- Teacher's
Guide includes classroom ideas, resource links, and lesson
plans. Cobblestone
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The Care and Feeding
of Dragons by Brenda Seabrooke
Follows the adventures of Alastair as he tries to protect his pet dragon,
Spike, from dragonnappers while trying to adjust to his new fourth-grade
teacher.
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- Teaching Guide
includes activities across the curriculum. Childrenslit.com
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Carl's Christmas
by Alexandra Day
A family's faithful dog and the baby left in his charge share an
adventure-filled Christmas Eve.
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- Activities include creating a story and making a book. TeacherViews
- Lesson
Plan with vocabulary,
open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads
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Carlos and the
Squash Plant by Jan Romero Stevens
Carlos dislikes taking baths and chooses to ignore his mother's warnings of
what will happen if he doesn't wash the dirt out of his ears
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- Lesson
Plan for writing a personal narrative for a short skit. Southwest
Children's Literature-University of Arizona
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Carnival! by
Robin Ballard
A child looks for her friend Emma who is appearing in the Carnival parade,
and they dance together through the streets.
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The Carnival by
Annette Keen
When Jake sees Maria in the Carnival costume, he knows it's love .
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- Teacher's
Notes includes a summary, activities, vocabulary, and student
activities and questions by chapter. Penguin Putnam
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A Carnival of
Animals by Sid Fleischman
Tall tales about the fantastic adventures of some of the
animals that live around Barefoot Mountain.
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Curriculum
Guide includes synopsis, author
information, discussion questions, and activities. William Allen White
Children's Book Award
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The Carnivorous
Carnival (Series of Unfortunate Events series) by Lemony Snicket
On the run as suspected murderers, the unlucky Baudelaire orphans find
themselves trapped in the Caligari Carnival, where they must masquerade as
freaks in order to hide from the evil Count Olaf.
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- Lesson
Plan includes pre-reading activities, discussion questions, and
related activities. Scholastic
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Carnivorous Plants
by Cynthia Overbeck
Describes the Venus fly trap, sundew, pitcher plant, and bladderwort, and
explains how active and passive traps work in these meat-eating plants.
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- Book
Quiz Charleston County, SC, School District
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Carolina Crow Girl
by Valerie Hobbs
After eleven-year-old Carolina begins to make decisions for herself and no
longer feels constrained by her mother, she is able to let her pet crow fly
free.
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- Activities
include specific curriculum connections. South Carolina Association
of School Librarians
- Lesson
Plan includes a summary, review, discussion questions, and
activities. (Page 17) South Central Kansas Library System
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Caroline Zucker Gets
Her Wish by Jan Bradford
Caroline makes exciting plans for her third grade class's participation in
the school fair and tries to convince her mother to let her dress in a more
attractive, feminine manner.
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Carousel by Pat Cummings
Alex's father misses her birthday
party, and everything is spoiled until the animals on his gift of a tiny
carousel come to life.
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- Activity
for organizing story events. Houghton Mifflin
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The Carousel by Liz Rosenberg
One gray February twilight, as they make their way home from school, two
sisters hear strange noises coming from the carousel in the park. Lifting the
carousel canvas, the girls step into the unknown, where a lively surprise
awaits them.
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Carpe Jugulum by
Terry Pratchett
King Verence unwittingly invites trouble when he opens the doors of the
castle to Uberwald's undead, the Magpyrs, to celebrate the birth of his
daughter.
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- Booktalk
Evergreen Young Adult Book Award
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The Carrot Seed by
Ruth Krause
A little boy just knows that a carrot will grow from the seed that he
plants--whatever his family may believe
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Book Test
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- Extension
Activity includes a science idea for simple machines. Scholastic
- Lesson Plan
includes sequencing and making a chart about plants. Scroll down the
page. Silly Billy
- Lesson
Plan with vocabulary,
open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads
- Questions
to ask before, during, and after reading. Family TLC
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Carry Go Bring Come
by Vyanne Samuels
A young boy has his hands full when he helps his sister prepare for her
wedding.
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- Lesson
Plan includes activities, spelling, and vocabulary. Denair,
CA, Unified School District
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Carry On, Mr.
Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
A fictionalized biography of the mathematician and astronomer who realized
his childhood desire to become a ship's captain and authored The
American Practical Navigator.
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- Activity
includes questions to answer online and print out
- Book
Project features writing a character study. A Read Across
America Project featuring Massachusetts. University of Virginia Curry
School of Education
- Booktalk Nancy Keane
- Lesson Plan
focuses on navigation, trading, and history pertaining to the late 18th
century.
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Cars and How They Go
by Joanna Cole
Briefly describes the operation of all the working parts of an
automobile.
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Carver: A Life in
Poems by Marilyn Nelson
A collection of poems that combine to provide a portrait of the life of
nineteenth-century African-American botanist and inventor George Washington
Carver.
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- Curriculum
Guide includes synopsis, author
information, discussion questions, and activities. William Allen
White Children's Book Award
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Case of Hermie the
Missing Hamster (Jigsaw Jones Mystery series) by James Preller
With the help of his Top Secret Detective Journal and his ace partner, Mila,
Jigsaw is hot on the trail of Hermie the missing hamster.
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The Case of the
Backyard Treasure by Joanne Rocklin
Liz the Whiz and her younger brother use codes, a chart, and a map of the
backyard that matches a clock face to solve Zack's mystery.
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- Lesson
Plan with vocabulary,
open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads
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Case of the Bear Scare
(Jigsaw Jones Mystery series) by James Preller
Jigsaw and Mila decide to investigate when a series of strange incidents lead
people to believe a black bear may be loose in the town.
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Case of the Buried
Treasure (Jigsaw Jones Mystery series) by James Preller
Jigsaw and Mila set out on a treasure hunt after their class finds a riddle hinting
at riches hidden in the leg of a chair.
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- Activity
for comprehension questions by chapter. TeacherViews
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Book Test
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The Case of the Cat's
Meow by Crosby Bonsall
The four members of the Private Eyes Club—Skinny, Wizard, Snitch, and
Tubby—solve the baffling case of the missing cat.
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Book Test
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- Questions
for comprehension. Scroll down the website.
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Case of the Christmas
Snowman (Jigsaw Jones Mystery series) by James Preller
Jigsaw has to interview the biggest kid in the second grade in order to solve
the mystery of a missing rare coin.
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The Case of the
Disappearing Dinosaur (Jigsaw Jones Mystery series) by James
Preller
Kid detectives Jigsaw and Mila have a busy weekend when they are hired to
find the owner of a lost purse, and then must solve the mystery of a missing
dinosaur at their friend's birthday party.
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- Activity
for comprehension questions by chapter. TeacherViews
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The Case of the Dumb
Bells by Crosby Bonsall
Four private eyes - Wizard, Tubby, Skinny, and Snitch - match their wits
against the invisible doorbell ringer.
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The Case of the
Ghostwriter (Jigsaw Jones Mystery series) by James Preller
Jigsaw and Mila investigate when their teacher announces that a writer whose
identity is a secret will visit their class.
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The Case of the
Golden Key (Jigsaw Jones Mystery series) by James Preller
Jigsaw and Mila try to solve the mystery of an old key which was found by the
new boy in town.
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Case of the Great
Sled Race (Jigsaw Jones Mystery series) by James Preller
After a huge snowstorm, the neighborhood kids go sledding at Long Hill, and
have a great time, until one of the sleds disappears.
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Book Test
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The Case of the
Hungry Stranger by Crosby Bonsall
Soon after Wizard decided to become a private eye, he had to solve the
mystery of Mrs. Meech's missing blueberry pie.
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- Activity
with comprehension questions. TeacherViews
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The Case of the
Invisible Dog by E. W. Hildick
The McGurk Organization's four young detectives match wits with a
nine-year-old scientific genius to unravel the mystery of the "invisible
dog."
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The Case of the Lion
Dance by Laurence Yep
When $2000 is stolen during the opening of a restaurant, Lily and her aunt, a
Chinese American movie actress, search for the thief throughout San
Francisco's Chinatown.
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- Book
Discussion Guide includes summary, book talk, discussion
questions, and related books and websites. Multnomah County Public
Library (Oregon)
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The Case of the
Marshmallow Monster (Jigsaw Jones Mystery series) by James Preller
On a camping trip, Jigsaw and Mila investigate the area around a nearby lake
to determine if it is haunted by the Marshmallow Monster.
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Book Test
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Case of the Missing
Cat (Hank the Cowdog series) by John Erickson
Pete the barncat swindles the intrepid cowdog out of his job as Head of Ranch
Security.
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Book Test
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The Case of the
Missing Cutthroat by Jean Craighead George
After Spinner Shafter catches a cutthroat trout in the Snake River, she and
her cousin Alligator search the nearby mountains to determine where the
endangered fish came from and how it survived.
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- Topics
to use with the novel and extensions to use for before, during, and
after reading. Jason Project, Georgia
- Study Unit
includes science activities and related weblinks. Jason Project,
Michigan
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The Case of the
Missing Dinosaur by Keith Brandt
Twins Karen and Kathy try to find out what happened to Irving the dinosaur,
their baseball team mascot.
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- Lesson
Plan with vocabulary,
open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads
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The Case of the
Missing Rattles by Robyn Supraner
Hoping to join Max's new detective service, Maxine works on his first case of
the missing baby rattles.
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- Lesson
Plan with vocabulary,
open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads
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Case of the Mummy
Mystery (Jigsaw Jones Mystery series) by James Preller
Second-grade detective Jigsaw Jones and his partner have an eerie case to
wrap up when a mummy is spotted at the class Halloween party.
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Case of the Runaway
Dog (Jigsaw Jones Mystery series) by James Preller
Jigsaw's dog Rags is missing, so it's the most important case for Jigsaw yet.
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- Activity
for comprehension questions by chapter. TeacherViews
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Book Test
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The Case of the
Sabotaged School Play by Marilyn Singer
Sam and Dave investigate when someone doesn't want the school play to go
on.
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The Case of the
Scaredy Cats by Crosby Bonsall
Chronicles the series of events occurring after the girls take over the boys'
club house.
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- Activity
with comprehension questions. TeacherViews
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Case of the Secret
Valentine (Jigsaw Jones Mystery series) by James Preller
Second-grade sleuth Jigsaw Jones loves to solve puzzles and mysteries and
this Valentine's Day offers a little of both.
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The Case of the
Slippery Sharks (The Treasure Hounds series) by Stephen Mooser
Three friends interested in searching for treasure become involved in
searching for stolen goods.
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- Activities
include writing and using the Internet for research. TeacherViews
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Case of the Spooky
Sleepover (Jigsaw Jones Mystery series) by James Preller
Ralphie Jordan can't sleep because something is making spooky noises in his
room at night.
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Book Test
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The Case of the
Stinky Science Project (Jigsaw Jones Mystery series) by James
Prelier
Jigsaw and Mila investigate when a science project in Ms. Gleason's class
produces a foul odor.
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- Activities
include creating a secret code and making a volcano. TeacherViews
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Case of the Stolen
Baseball Cards (Jigsaw Jones Mystery series) by James Preller
When Eddie's baseball cards are missing, Jigsaw steps up to the plate to
solve the case.
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Book Test
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Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic
Sung in the Year 1888 by Ernest Thayer
Uses the format of an aging 1888 scrapbook to tell the classic poem of the
19th-century baseball legend.
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Casey Jones's
Fireman: The Story of Sim Webb
Even though the railroad fireman senses danger ahead, he follows his
engineer's command to increase the train's power so that the mysterious
whistle blows.
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- Activity
about true or false tales. Nancy Polette
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Cassie Binegar by
Patricia MacLachlan
During her family's first summer in a weathered old house by the sea, Cassie
learns to accept change and to find her own space.
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- Questions
to ask before, during, and after reading. Family TLC
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The Castaways of the
Flying Dutchman by Brian Jacques
In 1620, a boy and his dog are rescued from the doomed ship, Flying Dutchman,
by an angel who guides them in traveling the world, eternally helping those
in great need.
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- Activities
include writing and research TeacherViews
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Castle by David
Macaulay
Describes the brick-by-brick assembly of a castle, employing cross-hatches
and thin black lines to evoke a medieval place and period.
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Castle in the Air
by Diana Wynne Jones
Having long indulged himself in daydreams more exciting than his mundane life
as a carpet merchant, Abdullah unexpectedly purchases a magic carpet and his
life changes dramatically as his daydreams come true and dangerous adventures
become daily fare.
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Castle in the Attic
by Elizabeth Winthrop
A gift of a toy castle, complete with silver knight, introduces William to an
adventure involving magic and a personal quest.
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- Activity features
vocabulary with pop-up answers from chapters 14-15. Quia
- Game of Hangman using
vocabulary for chapters 1-2. Quia
- Game of Hangman using
vocabulary for chapters 3-4. Quia
- Game of Hangman using
vocabulary for chapters 8-10. Quia
- Game to unscramble
vocabulary from chapters 11-13. Quia
- Games of matching,
concentration, flashcards, and word search for chapters 1-2. Quia
- Games of matching,
concentration, and flashcards for chapters 3-4. Quia
- Games of matching, word
search, and concentration for chapters 5-7. Quia
- Games of matching and
concentration for chapters 6-7. Quia
- Games of matching,
concentration, and flashcards for chapters 8-10. Quia
- Games of matching,
concentration, and flashcards for chapters 11-13. Quia
- Games of matching,
concentration, flashcards and word search of medieval terms from the
book. Quia
- Lesson
Plan with activities that focus writing and discussion on the
Middle Ages. TeacherLink
- Lesson
Plan includes a review, things to notice and talk about,
activities, and related books and web links. Carol Hurst
- Lesson
Plan related to the study of the Middle Ages with an exploration
of a mock castle on the web. Park Street Elementary School-Kennebunk,
Maine
- Lesson Plan
includes questions and project activities. Chris Reardon
- Teacher's
Guide Random House
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Castle of Llyr by
Lloyd Alexander
When Princess Eilonwy is sent to the Isle of Mona for training, she is bewitched
by the evil enchantress Achren, so Taran and other friends must try to rescue
her.
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Castle Under Attack
by Nicola Baxter
As King Leo is hosting a huge feast at the Lego castle, the outlaw Cedric
launches an attack and takes Princess Storm hostage.
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- Activities
include pre- and post-reading ideas and links to web sites. TeacherViews
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Cat and Canary by
Michael Foreman
Cat and his friend Canary sneak away from their master and make their way to
the apartment roof where Cat gets caught in a kite and soars over the city.
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- Activities
for language arts, writing, and art. TeacherViews
- Study
Guide includes pre-reading, during reading, and post reading
activities. Weston Woods
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The Cat and the Bird
in the Hat by Norman Bridwell
After quarrelling over ownership of a hat, Spats the cat and Bird find that
by sharing it they create a wonderful friendship.
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- Lesson
Plan with vocabulary,
open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads
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Cat at Bat by
Susan Schade and Jon Buller
Cat manages to help her team win a close baseball game.
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- Lesson
Plan with vocabulary,
open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads
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The Cat Barked?
by Lydia Monks
A cat that imagines life would be better a a dog recognizes, after some
thought, the many advantages of being a feline.
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Cat Games by
Harriet Ziefert
Two cats, Matt and Pat, play hide and seek and a chasing game.
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The Cat in the Hat
by Dr. Seuss
Two children sitting at home on a rainy day are visited by the Cat in the Hat
who shows them some tricks and games.
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- Activity
using Lifesavers to make a hat.
- Activity
for a Seuss festival and related links. TeacherViews
- Activity for making the character in the book. DLTK
- Activities feature creating a rap song and using email.
Includes links to puzzles and games.
- Activities include math problems, door hangers, a word search,
patterns, and picture sentences. ABC Teach
- Lesson Plan
with curricular extensions with a printable hat and book. Hubbard's
Cupboard
- Lesson
Plan for a unit with numerous activities and links to games and
printables.
- Lesson
Plan for learning phonograms. AskERIC
- Lesson Plan
for teaching phoneme awareness. Auburn University
- Lesson
Plan for seeing patterns in words. Richland County School
District (South Carolina)
- Lesson
Plan with vocabulary,
open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads
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Lesson
Plan with shared reading and writing
activities, word activities, and independent activities. Collins
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The Cat in the Hat
Comes Back by Dr. Seuss
Sally and her brother soon learn that C-A-T spells trouble!
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- Activities focus on a Dr. Seuss festival. TeacherViews
- Activity
with questions. Scroll down website.
- Lesson
Plan with vocabulary,
open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads
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Lesson
Plan with shared reading and writing
activities, word activities, and independent activities. Collins
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Cat Running by Zilpha K. Snyder
When eleven-year-old Cat Kinsey builds a secret hideout to escape her unhappy
homelife, she slowly gets to know a poor family who have come to California
after losing their Texas home to the dust storms of the 1930s.
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The Cat That Climbed
the Christmas Tree by Susanne Santoro Whayne
Benny climbs the Christmas tree, but then is afraid to come down.
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- Lesson
Plan with vocabulary,
open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads
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Cat Traps by
Molly Coxe
A hungry cat, wanting a snack, tries to catch different animals without much
success.
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- Activity
encourages visual scanning skills. TeacherViews
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Cat Up a Tree by
John and Ann Hassett
With rapidly increasing numbers of cats stuck in her tree, Nana Quimby asks
for help from the firehouse, the police, the pet shop, the zoo, the library,
and even city hall, but no one will help rescue the cats.
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Cat Walk by Mary
Stolz
One little black barn kitten is determined to find a name and the right
person to give it to him.
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The Cat Who Walked
Across France by Kate Banks
After his owner dies, a cat wanders across the countryside of France, unable
to forget the home he had in the stone house by the edge of the sea.
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The Cat Who Went to
Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth
A little cat comes to the home of a poor Japanese artist and, by humility
and devotion, brings him good fortune.
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- Activity
includes questions to answer online and print out.
- Activity
emphasizes character education. Georgia Humanities Council
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Lesson
Plan about the elements of culture found in the book. Baltimore
County, MD, Public Schools
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The Cat Who Wore a
Pot on Her Head by Jan Slepian and Ann Seidler
A cat who has a pot on her head cannot hear what her mother says, mixes
up all the directions, and turns into a disaster.
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- Activities include communication and studying cats. TeacherViews
- Lesson
Plan with vocabulary,
open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads
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Cat's Colors by
Jane Cabrera
Explores color from a cat’s point of view, focusing on the colors of the
toys, activities and places that the cat loves the most.
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- Fun
Sheet with hands-on activities
related to color and a list of theme-related books. University of
Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Guided Reading
Lesson Teacher's.net-Joanne
Hauseman
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Cat's Eye Corner
by Terry Griggs
Young Olivier investigates the possibility that his new step-grandmother is a
witch when he visits her and his grandfather at their very unusual abode,
Cat's Eye Corner.
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- Teacher's
Guide include vocabulary words, questions by chapter,
activities, and curriculum extensions. Raincoast Publishers
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The Cat's Quizzer
by Dr. Seuss
The Cat in the Hat plays quiz master by challenging the reader with both
entertaining and educational questions such as "Are freckles
catching?" and "How old do you have to be to drive a car?"
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- Lesson
Plan with vocabulary,
open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads
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Catalyst by
Laurie Halse Anderson
Eighteen-year-old Kate, who sometimes chafes at being a preacher's daughter,
finds herself losing control in her senior year as she faces difficult
neighbors, the possibility that she may not be accepted by the college of her
choice, and an unexpected death.
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Catch Me If You Can
by Bernard Most
When a little dinosaur plays a game with the biggest dinosaur of them all,
she is not scared because he is her grandpa.
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- Unit with lesson plans and activities. Pennsylvania
Center for the Book
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Catch That Pass
by Matt Christopher
Everyone knows Jim will be the star linebacker on the team if he can only
conquer his fear of being tackled, but it takes a boy in a wheelchair to
teach him that kind of courage.
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- Activities
include the Internet, research, writing, vocabulary, and more.
Marshall County, WV, Public Schools
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The Catcher Who
Shocked the World by Dan Gutman
When a bolt of lightning gives the catcher for the St. Cloud Tornadoes the
power of psychokinesis, he thinks it's fun to use his gift to bend the rules.
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- Quiz
North-Forks, ND, Public Schools
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Catcher with a Glass
Arm by Matt Christopher
A young baseball player struggles to overcome his fear of a pitched ball,
improve his throwing, and somehow redeem himself in the eyes of his
teammates.
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The Caterpillar and
the Polliwog by Jack Kent
Impressed by the proud caterpillar's boast that she will turn into a
butterfly when she grows up, a polliwog determines to watch the caterpillar
very carefully and turn into a butterfly too.
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- Activities include making a sock caterpillar and sequence
strips. TeacherViews
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Book Test
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- Study
Guide includes pre-reading, during reading, and post reading
activities. Weston Woods
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The Catcher in the
Rye by J.D. Salinger
Holden, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early. He
spends three days in New York City and tells the story of what he did and
suffered there.
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Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction by David
Macaulay
Text and detailed drawings follow the planning and construction of a
magnificent Gothic cathedral in the imaginary French town of Chutreaux during
the thirteenth century.
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- Activities
include cross-curricular ideas. TeacherViews
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Catherine Called Birdie by Karen Cushman
The daughter of an English country knight keeps a journal in which she
records the events of her life, particularly her longing for adventures
beyond the usual role of women and her efforts to avoid being married off.
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- Activities
include project ideas. TeacherViews
- Activities
include a book talk, curriculum connections, and web links. Salisbury
State University
- Activities #2
include a book talk, curriculum connections, and web links. Salisbury
State University
- Activities
include Middle Ages words and writing a character sketch. Story House
- Activities
include exploring literary elements and cross curricular
connections. EduPlace
- Activities
for research, art, writing and cooking. Global Book Club
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Book Test
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- Booktalk Nancy Keane
- CyberGuide
includes writing and reading activities resulting in a student product. San
Diego County Office of Education
- Internet Connections
to accompany the book. Annette Lamb
- Lesson
Plan includes a review, things to notice, activities, and
related web links. Carol Hurst
- Lesson
Plan includes technology activities. Miami-Dade Public
Schools
- Simple Questions
using yes/no and true/false answers for various chapters. Taking
Grades Publishing Company
- Student Study Guide
with chapter questions and enrichment activities. Brian Thornton
- Teaching
Guide includes general discussion questions and suggestions for
reaching across the curriculum. Harper
- Teaching
Plan includes activities comparing medieval women to women of
today. Scholastic
- WebQuest
features the study of the middle ages as related to the novel.
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Cats by Gail
Gibbons
Presents information about the physical characteristics, senses, and
behavior of cats, as well as how to care for these animals and some general
facts about them.
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Book Test
Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under
Files/Charlotte's Archive.
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Cats, Hats, Socks,
and Mittens by Louise Borden
Describes the four seasons.
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Guided Reading
Lesson includes introduction of text, discussion prompts and
questions, post-reading activities, and word study. Cobleskill-Richmondville
Central School, NY
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Catwings by
Ursula LeGuin
Four young cats with wings leave the city slums in search of a safe place to
live, finally meeting two children with kind hands.
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Catwings Return
by Ursula LeGuin
Wishing to visit their mother, two winged cats leave their new country home
to return to the city, where they discover a winged kitten in a building
about to be demolished.
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- Activities
include identifying problems using a web and discussion questions. TeacherViews
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Caught in the Act (The Orphan Train Adventures
series) by Joan Lowery Nixon
Eleven-year-old Michael Patrick Kelly from New York City is sent to a foster
home, a Missouri farm with a sadistic owner, a bullying son, and a number of
secrets, one of which may be murder.
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Book Test
Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under
Files/Charlotte's Archive.
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Cave Boy by Cathy
East Dubowski and Mark Dubowski
A cave boy gives his grumpy chief something previously unseen for his
birthday--and makes him smile.
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- Lesson
Plan with vocabulary,
open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads
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The Cay by
Theodore Taylor
When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German
submarine during World War II, an adolescent white boy, blinded by a blow on
the head, and an old black man are stranded on a tiny Caribbean island where
the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old
companion.
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- Activities
include creating an island. TeacherViews
- Activities
include a geography fill-in-the-blank. Kidstrek
- Activities
include things to notice and talk about and cross-curricular ideas.
- Activity
with a student project sheet about hurricanes.
- Activity
includes questions to answer online and print out
- Activity
includes matching vocabulary to definitions with online scoring.
- Anticipation Guide
with pre-reading questions about how you treat others. KidReach
- Anticipation Guide
with pre-reading questions reading preferences and life experiences. KidReach
- Booktalk Nancy Keane
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