California Math Triumphs is an intensive intervention resource for students who are two or more years below grade level. The series provides step-by-step intervention, vocabulary support, and data-driven decision making to help students succeed in high school mathematics. Designed to support students needing the most intensive intervention, Math Triumphs: Place Value and Basic Number Skills helps build mastery of the foundational skills from prior grades that are prerequisites to the current grade level. Uniquely scaffolded practice problems provide support by breaking down each skill into the simplest understanding.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11524.33 | Kids, Fiction literature | 5 July 2011
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Baby Sitters Club 38 - Kristy's Mystery Admirer
One of a series of stories that revolve around the babysitters club. Of all the babysitters, Kristy's the last one anyone would expect to have a secret admirer. But someone is sending her mushy notes with hearts all over them.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11524.33 | Kids, Fiction literature | 5 July 2011
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A Wizard Alone
Grade 6-8 Kit Rodriguez is having a rough time. His family's new DVD player and remote control are too busy yelling obscenities at each other to work the TV, and his dog is asking his mother questions about the meaning of life. Even worse, his best friend and partner in wizardry, Nita, grieving over her mother's death, shuts him out emotionally and telepathically. To top it off, Kit has just been sent on an assignment to see why a new wizard's initial Ordeal is taking so long.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11524.33 | Kids, Fiction literature | 5 July 2011
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Wizard's Holiday
Grade 6-8 What would a cultural exchange program be like on a galactic scale? Dairine Callahan wants to find out, and, without obtaining permission, makes plans to go, along with her older sister Nita, on a trip to another planet while alien wizards visit their home on Earth. When Dairine is found out and grounded, her surprisingly amenable father still allows her to host the guests as planned. Meanwhile, Nita; her best friend, Kit Rodriguez; and Kit's dog, Ponch, spend two weeks on Alaalu, a planet that seems halcyonic.
Character Education: A Book Guide for Teachers, Librarians, and Parents
Added by: badaboom | Karma: 5364.29 | Kids, Only for teachers | 4 July 2011
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Character Education: A Book Guide for Teachers, Librarians, and Parents
This book provides a fresh way of teaching children the importance of values and good character. It is a gold mine for educators and parents looking for material they can use in discussions regarding character traits they want to help young citizens develop. Grades K-5 (adaptable for higher grades).
