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From ancient times, humans have looked at a bird, soaring through the sky with unlimited freedom, and wanted that for ourselves. The Wright brothers played a crucial part in the fact that now, humans can take flight with the help of aviation. Books of the Real Life Readers Program use real life scenario narratives to help readers further develop content-area reading, writing, and comprehension skills.
2) My School
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When the morning bell rings it's time to start class. When the lunch bell rings, everyone pours into the cafeteria. When the recess bell rings, the playground is a mass of fun, sights, and sounds. Then it's back to class for more learning. Readers learn about school as a community of activities. Books of the Real Life Readers Program use real life scenario narratives to help readers further develop content-area reading, writing, and comprehension...
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We often hear the phrase, "Every vote counts," and this book explains why that is true to the school community. Books of the Real Life Readers Program use real life scenario narratives to help readers further develop content-area reading, writing, and comprehension skills.
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This biography introduces readers to the industrialist Henry Ford, from his beginnings on a prosperous farm to the revolutionary automotive inventor who changed the way we travel. Books of the Real Life Readers Program use real life scenario narratives to help readers further develop content-area reading, writing, and comprehension skills.
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Friends are a precious treasure--they touch your heart beyond measure.
This friend's book helps you to capture special moments and memories of your precious friends.
It offers space to write, draw, and get creative.
Your classmates, sports friends, neighbors, relatives, or whoever you consider as your friends can fill out a double page in your personal journal.
They can tell you about their dreams, what they like about you, their favorite...
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Keeping You in My Heart: A Grief Journal for Tweens offers children, in the in-between years of nine to twelve, a place to work through their grief after the death of a loved one. The design, prompts and illustrations are engaging and meant to inspire this age group in giving voice to their feelings, celebrating memories, and learning to cope and move forward.
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Bright, full-color and black and white historic photographs, illustrations, and maps detail the historic journey of Lewis and Clark. Strongly correlated to the Common Core Standards for Informational Text, readers explore the relationships between a series of historical events.
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A cat and her kittens, a cow and her calf, there's a whole world of family animals that readers can learn about, while reinforcing their understanding of the family unit. Books of the Real Life Readers Program use real life scenario narratives to help readers further develop content-area reading, writing, and comprehension skills.
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Like other animals, humans will go where resources that ensure survival are abundant. Readers will learn that the Nile River provided ancient peoples with water, food, transportation, and excellent soil for growing crops in an otherwise desert topography. As it still does today. Books of the Real Life Readers Program use real life scenario narratives to help readers further develop content-area reading, writing, and comprehension skills.
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Would you like to become expert at spotting a zombie? Can you separate zombie fact from zombie fiction? Would you like to know if you suffer from kinemortophobia? If the answer to these questions is yes, then you have taken your first steps into the heart-pounding, nerve-jangling and adrenaline-filled life of a zombie catcher! When the Zombie Apocalypse arrives, you must be ready. You need to be able to preserve yourself, your family and the rest...
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Explore the different kind of maps and how to use them through bright, full-color photographs, and along with key text features. Strongly correlated to the Common Core Standards for Informational Text, young readers will develop skills in understanding and interpreting information from pictures, charts, and maps.
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Florence Nightingale came from a very affluent background, but her interest in the finer things and high-society never overcame her desire for public service in treatment if the ill and ailing. She is the found of modern nursing. Readers will love learning about this selfless, amazing woman. Books of the Real Life Readers Program use real life scenario narratives to help readers further develop content-area reading, writing, and comprehension skills....
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Help Scuba Jack find some AWESOME shaped jewels for his treasure chest. Our storybook comes with a video of our story, (youtube) so you can watch while you turn the pages of your book.
Visit us at https://adventuresofscubajack.com for more FUN learning.
Also, visit our Youtube channel at The Adventures of Scuba Jack
OUR STORY - More than 30 years ago, long-time educator Beth Costanzo, M Ed., began a childcare center near Boston, Massachusetts....
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Readers will be fascinated by the incredible Incas, where at the height of their development, they were 12 million people from more than 100 different ethnic groups. Books of the Real Life Readers Program use real life scenario narratives to help readers further develop content-area reading, writing, and comprehension skills.
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This book is jam-packed with child friendly activities. This book is designed to stimulate and help children build various skills that would impact them in the long run. In this activity book you will find:
Answer key
Coloring pages
Mazes
Fill in the blank
Connect the dots
And puzzles
Each child should have their own copy of this book.
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Globes literally help us to put the whole world, in our hands. Readers are guided into the world of globes and learn how they are made and used. Books of the Real Life Readers Program use real life scenario narratives to help readers further develop content-area reading, writing, and comprehension skills.
19) My Community
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This book visits some of the foundations of every local community including the fire station, post office, town store, swimming pool, and school.
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Bright, full-color and black and white historic photographs compare and contrast the cars, roads, and travel experiences of today with those of days gone by. Strongly correlated to the Common Core Standards for Informational Text, this title is perfect for exploring the relationships between a series of historical events and scientific ideas.
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