March 2015

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Featured Article

Core Focus: Putting Common Core Into Action

This monthly column by author and school librarian Toni Buzzeo presents three high-profile children’s books for each of three grade bands (K–1, 2–3, 4–5) along with activities to use in the library that target specific Common Core reading, writing, listening, and speaking standards. Lexile level and text complexity are taken into consideration in selecting the titles. In addition, all questions are written in language appropriate to the developmental level of children in each grade band.

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE…

Meet the Author

TeachingBooks.net’s complete interview with Raúl Colón.

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Additional Resources

  • Character Education
    Discussion guide and research prompts for The Kite That Bridged Two Nations
  • Library Lessons
    Visuals, worksheets, and activities for Rosie Revere: Engineer, including an Informational Text Features activity

Events Calendar

March calendar filled with fun-filled facts and activities

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