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Teaching kids how to use the library and the Dewey Decimal System? Try these:
INDEPENDENT-RESEARCH LIBRARY ACTIVITIES (using the Dewey Decimal System) by Harriet Kinghorn. Gr. 3-6
DEVELOPING LIBRARY SKILLS: guide to discovering and using library references by Esther Lakritz. Gr. 4-8
LIBRARY & REFERENCE SKILLS by Michael Loftus. Gr. 4-5
THE COMPLETE LIBRARY SKILLS kindergarten, grade 1, & grade 2 by Linda Turrell
THE COMPLETE LIBRARY SKILLS grade 5 by Linda Turrell
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New in the Literature Unit A Guide for Using ......... in the Classroom series:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Call of the Wild, Maniac Magee, and To Kill a Mockingbird
These books include information on curriculum connections, unit tests, vocabulary, and critical thinking.
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Other books of interest:
FAMILY VALUES THROUGH CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AND ACTIVITIES grades 4-6 by Patricia Roberts. Annonated bibliography of children's books that contain characters who display positive, family-oriented values. Includes acceptance, empathy, friendship, good deeds, honesty, morals, pride in heritage, respect for older people, responsibility, and self-reliance
THE PRINCIPAL'S LEADERSHIP SOURCEBOOK: practices, tools, and strategies for building a thriving school community BY Evan Robb
RHYMES & REASONS: literature and language play for phonological awareness by Michael Opitz.
A WORK OF HEART: a year of kindergarten art lessons BY Janet Louise Conlin
SCHOOLYARD-ENHANCED LEARNING: using the outdoors as an instructional tool by Herbert Broda. Grades K-8
MOTHER WARRIORS: a national of parents healing autism against all odds by Jenny McCarthy.
TEACHING CHILDREN DANCE by Theresa Cone. Grades K-5. Features 20 dance learning experiences