Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.39 | Kids, Fiction literature | 23 February 2012
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Grade 1-4-In her fourth "First Grader" book, Junie B. grapples with the ethical issue of cheating and learns how to work collaboratively. She gets caught after she copies a homework assignment. Later, she and another student confess to cheating on a spelling test. Between these two episodes, Junie B. and three classmates have a great experience writing a cinquain poem on friendship. The story wraps up nicely with the protagonist getting support from her parents and a cinquain composed by her teacher, commending her on her honesty.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.39 | Kids, Fiction literature | 23 February 2012
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The irrepressible Junie B.--room 9's most boisterous first grader nonpareil--has returned for another adventure, this time around as a hair-netted, plastic-mitted "helper" in the school cafeteria. (Her dad wisely guesses where this one's going: "A helper doesn't make things more difficult, Junie B. A helper makes things easier. Okay?")
The Most Beautiful House; Gobbolino and the Little Wooden House (Part 3); The Orchestra that Lost Its Voice; Stone Soup; The Man Who Knew Better; How the Polar Bear Became; The Marrog
Peter Pan (Part 1); The Scrubs and the Dubs (Part 1); Horace's Vanishing Trick; The Tumbledown Boy; The Horn Flute; King Ferdinand's Fancy Socks; The Flower Seller