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Africa Access Review

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Find an extensive list of children's books about Africa and African cultures.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Beauties and Wonders of Vegetable Life Religious Tract Soc.

For Students 2nd - 7th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Beauties and Wonders of Vegetable Life, or, Rambles in Parks, Forests, Conservatories, Orchards, Gardens, Fields, and Heaths by Religious Tract Society (1866), a...
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Utah State University

Teacher Link: South Africa: The Day the Apartheid Ended: Background Information

For Students 4th
This article provides background information about the end of the South African Arpatheid in April of 1994. It mentions the book The Day Gogo Went to Vote: South Africa, April 1994 by Elinor Batezat Sisulu which is about a respected...
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Genre Worksheets

For Teachers 3rd - 9th Standards
This learning module provides remediation with identifying genre of books and various texts. Practice with capitalizing nouns is provided with through worksheets, an online site, and a video tutorial. .
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Boy Travellers in Central Europe by Thomas W. Knox

For Students 3rd - 6th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Boy Travellers in Central Europe by Thomas W. Knox (1892), the adventures of two youths in a journey through France, Switzerland, and Austria.
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Books in the Classroom

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Children's Literature Newsletter

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Free monthly email newsletters featuring classic children's literature, new books, ideas and activities to use with students, and links to other Internet resources.
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CPALMS

Cpalms: The Magical Library

For Students K - 1st Standards
In this tutorial, students will take a virtual trip to a library and learn how to identify the genre, author, and illustrator of a book. After listening to short segments from a magical wizard, students will identify books that are story...
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: "How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11" [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A reader's theater script for Dixie Allen's nonfiction book, Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon, is provided on these pages. Ten character roles are needed in this activity.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Balanced Diet

For Teachers 2nd
In this lesson, 2nd graders will learn about the components of a balanced diet. Students will analyze charts and then self-report their own foods in categories. Several fiction and nonfiction books are listed as additional resources.
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Green Leaf: What's the Difference Between a Foreword, Preface, and Introduction?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article articulates the differences among a nonfiction book's foreward, preface, and introduction.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Far Off

For Students 5th - 7th
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of Far Off by Favell Lee Mortimer, a nonfiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: A History of the United States of America

For Students 9th - 10th
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of A History of the United States of America by Charles Augustus Goodrich, a nonfiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Farm and Its Scenes

For Students 4th - 6th
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of The Farm and Its Scenes by R. Lee, a nonfiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Chatterbox Junior by R. Worthington

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Chatterbox Junior by R. Worthington (1883), a book of illustrated poems, children's stories, birds, games, and historical information. Includes both fiction and...
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American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: Joan Didion

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A biography of author Joan Didion, a novelist and screenwriter with a penetrating eye for social observation. She received the National Book Award for Nonfiction. Includes a profile, videos, and a photo gallery.
Article
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: 103 Things to Do Before/during/after Reading

For Students K - 1st Standards
The highly-respected Reading Rockets program offers both teachers and students a toolkit of ways to connect more actively with the materials they read. Some of these techniques are specifically for fiction-reading, others are designed...
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Pat Mora: Personal Page

For Students 9th - 10th
Everything a person wants to know about Pat Mora. This is her own personal page. It has links to her nonfiction, her poetry, her children's books and interviews with her. There are some great resources for teachers at this site. Students...
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University of Kentucky

Read More About Insects and Their Relatives

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This hyperlinked bibliography of resource books about insects is organized by topics that include insect societies, insect-plant relationships, general insects, behavior, history, collecting, development, fiction, and the like.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Cloud, Rain, and Fog

For Teachers 2nd
During these three days of lessons, 2nd graders will learn about weather from the nonfiction text by asking questions, and focusing on the text features of the book.
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Stem Literacy

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learn about how to strengthen literacy, inquiry, and problem-solving skills, and how to connect kids with high-quality nonfiction and informational books. Provides videos, articles for parents and for teachers, webcasts for teachers, and...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a five-page PDF of the introduction to The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday, a book about Momaday's Kiowa ancestors' journey from their ancient beginnings in the Montana area to their final war and surrender to the US...
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Read Works

Read Works: Lessons: Lesson 1: Opinion

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan and materials to teach kindergarten students to form an opinion using the book Animal Taste.
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EL Education

El Education: Get a Clue

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This nonfiction children's book was created by 1st grade students at the Genesee Valley Community Charter School in Rochester, New York, as part of a learning expedition on fossils and local geological history. The expedition consisted...
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EL Education

El Education: What Snake Am I?

For Students 2nd - 4th
An online book entitled What Snake Am I? by 2nd graders at The Conservatory Lab Charter School in Brighton, Massachusetts. The book contains information about different snakes found around the world. Original writing and illustrations...

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