Dona Rice
1) Paul Bunyan
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English
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Students will act out the story of Paul Bunyan, the legendary giant of a man who helped build the American West! This Reader's Theater script features roles written to match multiple reading levels. Teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on each student's current reading level, allowing all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! Students will gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance,...
2) On the Go
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English
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By boat, by train, by goat, and by plane. This illustrated book introduces early readers to the different ways people travel from place to place. Featuring simple text, vivid illustrations, and an engaging rhyme, young learners will be encouraged to share what they read or create a story of their own.
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English
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This story follows a robot throughout the day as he recognizes the shapes in the world around him. The bright illustrations and simple text work together to engage beginning readers, help them recognize different shapes, and build their foundational reading skills.
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English
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Grandparents have many different characteristics, but they all share one thing in common. This book about grandparents features bright illustrations that work with the simple text to help beginning readers understand the story and build foundational reading skills. Provide a shared reading experience for parents, children, and grandparents with this book that supports early childhood literacy.
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Español
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Beginning readers will be delighted and engaged by this illustrated version of the traditional song about the London Bridge. With colorful pictures, clear text, and a fun rhythm, this Spanish book provides an enjoyable shared reading experience and supports early childhood literacy.
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Español
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This engaging Spanish book encourages young learners to use their imagination. With bright and lively illustrations accompanying simple rhyming text, beginning readers will be captivated and inspired to envision the adventures to come when they use their brains.
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English
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Featuring colorful illustrations and simple text, this book supports early childhood literacy and helps young learners imagine what life is like as a tree. Provide a shared reading experience for parents and children with this engaging book that builds foundational reading skills.
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Español
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Learn about the economy and how money is spent with this Spanish nonfiction book. Perfect for young readers, the exciting book follows the journey of a single dollar and includes a fiction piece related to the topic, a glossary, a civics project, useful text features, and engaging sidebars. This 28-page full-color Spanish book tracks one dollar as it is spent and travels from person to person or place to place. It also covers important economics topics...
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Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
2021
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English
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A representation of American history and expansion, Mount Rushmore honors four great American presidents. Early learners may not yet know the symbolism behind Mount Rushmore, but the engaging photographs will help them create a vivid storyline of this symbolic landmark from conception to completion. Aligned to the National Council for the Social Studies and other state standards, this wordless e-book will help students understand the meaning behind...
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Visiting friends is fun! How will you get there? What will you do? Perfect for 1st grade students, this book teaches these 7 words from Fry's First 100 words list: go, to, see, a, the, down, and we. The short sentences and clear images support the text to help with memorization. The rebus pictures and simple text build grade 1 reading comprehension in a format that is appealing to children. Beginning readers will learn the essential sight words and...
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Español
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Some pretend things seem real, but they cannot fool you! This engaging Spanish book teaches beginning readers how to tell the difference between real and imaginary creatures. Engage students in reading as they develop their early childhood literacy skills. With TIME For Kids content, this full-color book is aligned to state and national standards, and introduces students to simple informational text features.
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English
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Learn about the incredible story of Fannie Lou Hamer! Explore the legacy of this civil rights activist, teaching students about Fannie Lou Hamer's fight for equal rights. This 32-page nonfiction book covers important topics like equality and voting rights. Perfect for use in the classroom or at-home learning to explore activism, U.S. history, and the civil rights movement. Includes a short fiction piece to help students relate to the topic and engaging...
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Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Imagine your world is torn apart by war. You can't go to school. You are not in control of your future. That is the world Malala Yousafzai faced as a young girl. But she took a stand. She went to school and spoke out against the violent regime taking over her community. They tried to kill her for it, but she lived and gained an even bigger audience. This is Malala's story-and how she used her voice to change the world. Featuring TIME For Kids content,...
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Español
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Animals talk with sounds, but they talk with their bodies, too! This engaging Spanish book teaches beginning readers about different ways that animals communicate. Engage students in reading as they develop their early childhood literacy skills. With TIME For Kids content, this full-color book is aligned to state and national standards, and introduces students to simple informational text features.
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Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
2021
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English
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Take a seed from an apple and plant it in the ground. What will happen? If watered, the seed will sprout and begin to grow into an apple tree. The tree will eventually sprout flowers, which slowly transform into apples. The process of a tiny seed growing into a piece of fruit is an exciting process to introduce to young learners. Featuring vibrant photographs that show the growth process of fruit, this e-book will engage students and encourage them...
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Español
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Where does our food come from? The history of farming provides much "food for thought." In the past, farmers used natural farming methods, but modern inventions like pesticides and GMOs have changed farming--and the food we eat. Today, a natural food revolution is taking place. Learn how organic farming is good for the Earth, good for the plants--and good for all the living things that eat them! Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution,...
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Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
2021
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English
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This picture book teaches young readers all about their amazing feet! Featuring vibrant images and simple, repetitive words and phrases, students will be eager to learn all about the wonderful places their feet can take them and the wonderful things their feet can do.
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Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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How do millions of species survive on a single planet with limited food, water, and space? At any given time, every species is doing its best to survive. Each species lives by instinct and nature. These things work together to keep the species alive and healthy. Featuring TIME For Kids content, this nonfiction reader builds critical literacy skills while introducing students to new concepts and vocabulary terms including ecosystem, competition, mutualism,...
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Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
2021
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English
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When reptiles and amphibians shed their skin, we can clearly see the process. These are not the only animals that shed. Did you know that humans shed too? We cannot always see when our skin sheds, but it happens all the time. This engaging e-book illustrates the stages that an iguana goes through when shedding its skin. Featuring vivid photographs with clear labels correlated with each photo, children will be engaged and use oral language skills as...
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Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
2021
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English
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Your marvelous hands can do so many things. They can even explore that pages of this e-book! Simple sentences, exact text-to-image relationships, large font, and vibrant photographs make it fun to learn all about the many things our hands can do! Children will be engaged from start to finish as they learn all about hands!