Santana
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Many Americans believe it is their civic duty to vote. However, in most elections, less than half of eligible voters show up at the polls. Readers are introduced to the many reasons why voting is an important, including how voting allows the voice of the people to be heard. The main content tackles a complex idea of citizenship with accessible language and age-appropriate subject matter. Briefly covering social studies curriculum topics such as the...
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Jealousy starts in childhood and doesn't end there. It's very difficult to understand why others have things that we want, especially when we know we can't have them. Readers are, introduced to this complicated emotion in understandable, age-appropriate language. Full-color photographs illustrate the feeling of jealousy, while the narrative explains how to deal with situations in which readers might feel jealous. Readers' feelings are acknowledged...
10) Just Ash
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"Ash has never thought much about being intersex. But when he gets his period and his parents pressure him to 'try being a girl,' he must fight for who he really is"--
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The intimate and long-awaited autobiography of a legend.
In 1967 in San Francisco, just a few weeks after the Summer of Love, a young Mexican guitarist took the stage at the Fillmore Auditorium and played a blistering solo that announced the arrival of a prodigious musical talent. Two years later -- after he played a historic set at Woodstock -- the world came to know the name Carlos Santana, his sensual and instantly recognizable guitar sound, and...
12) Winner takes all
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Candy apple books. Main series volume 27
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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With over 2.5 million copies sold, Candy Apple is sweeter than ever. Readers will fall in love with this brand-new school election title-perfect for back to school!
Cast your vote for Coral Grove student rep! Seventh grader Celia Martinez has big plans for an election campaign...only she's not planning to run. Celia has the smarts, but as a certified science nerd, thinks she's sorely lacking the popularity points to score a big win. Enter Mariela...
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"Snacks can be as simple as a cheese stick or as complicated as ants on a log or chocolate chip cookies! Readers can try out four different snack recipes using this book and a little help from an adult as well as hone their math skills in the real world of their kitchen! Each recipe is paired with a word problem using measuring, addition, subtraction, and more readers learn in the math classroom. Written especially for young readers, each problem...
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"There are few people who don't love some combination of toppings on pizza! From pepperoni to pineapple, the options are endless-and fun to test out together! In this book, readers find four recipes for pizza they can make with minimal help from an adult alongside word problems based on the recipes. Including math topics covered in the math curriculum, each problem asks readers to apply their math skills to the real world of the kitchen. A concluding...
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"How much flour does a cookie recipe need? What if you double the recipe? In this book, simple word problems encourage readers to consider the many ways math is used in the kitchen to make delicious desserts! They'll use math strategies and knowledge acquired in the classroom to solve each problem and check their work against a concluding answer key. Including four recipes readers can make themselves or with just a little help from an adult, this...
16) Geronimo
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Geronimo earned his place in the pantheon of Native American heroes by standing up for his people, even in the face of punishment. Though he never regained his tribe s lands from the US government, he is remembered by many Apache for his leadership and courage. Readers learn about Geronimo s fight for Apache territory as well as his early life in the present-day American Southwest. Historical images of him and early Native American reservations enhance...
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"What makes a salad, a salad? Does it have to have lettuce? Could it have a bean or corn base? This book broadens readers' understanding of just what this healthy staple can be made of while using the four recipes as a jumping off point to practice math skills. Word problems based on each recipe ask readers to use topics from the classroom and bring them to the kitchen, including measuring, addition, subtraction, and more. Readers can check their...
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"Whether you prefer pasta hot or cold, with red sauce or butter, this book has a recipe for everyone! It also incorporates achievable math content straight from math curricula in the form of word problems that ask readers to take their skills in the classroom and bring them into the kitchen. With four recipes young chefs and mathematicians can try with minimal help from an adult, this book brings STEM into the real world, supporting the notion that...
19) Osceola
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Osceola may not be a name everyone knows, but his influence on the Seminole people was great. During the 1830s, the US government worked to move Native American tribes off their territory to reservations in the West. Osceola fought against the movement of his people from Florida to Oklahoma, resulting in his imprisonment. Readers learn about life as a Native American during a significant part of their history through both Osceola s biography and the...