Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Tells why spiders have eight legs and very narrow waists.
Anansi's Narrow Waist (level 1)
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Tells why spiders have eight legs and very narrow waists.
Invitations to Literacy
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780395722947
Category : Curriculum collection
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Chinese-Heritage Students in North American Schools
Author: Wen MaPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317331036
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
This comprehensive look at Chinese-heritage students’ academic, sociocultural, and emotional development in the public schools examines pertinent educational theories; complex (even inconvenient) realities; learning practices in and outside of schools; and social, cultural, and linguistic complications in their academic lives across diverse settings, homes, and communities. Chinese-heritage students are by far the largest ethnic group among Asian American and Asian Canadian communities, but it is difficult to sort out their academic performance because NAEP and most state/province databases lump all Asian students’ results together. To better understand why Chinese-heritage learners range from academic role models to problematic students in need of help, it is important to understand their hearts and minds beyond test scores. This book is distinctive in building this understanding by addressing the range of issues related to Chinese-heritage K-12 students’ languages, cultures, identities, academic achievements, and challenges across North American schools.
Invitations to Literacy
Author: James David CooperPublisher:
ISBN: 9780395795521
Category : Language arts (Early childhood)
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
El-Hi Textbooks & Serials in Print, 2005
Author: The Tree Stump
Author: Chris ForbesPublisher: GoodYearBooks
ISBN: 9780673361912
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
All the forest animals hide in an old tree trunk.
Anansi Goes Fishing
Author: Eric A. KimmelPublisher: Lerner Publishing Group
ISBN: 1430129778
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Anansi the Spider's plan to trick his friend Turtle into doing all the work while he teaches Anansi to catch fish somehow gets turned around. While Anansi doesn't learn his lesson, he does learn the invaluable skill of weaving.
The Further Adventures of Spider
Author: Joyce Cooper ArkhurstPublisher: LB Kids
ISBN: 9780316203456
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Spider is a clever little trickster. No matter where he is, he seems to get into trouble! But he always learns a good lesson in the end. Spider stars in three short tales called "How the World Got Wisdom", "Why Spiders Live in Dark Corners", and "How Spider Helped a Fisherman" in this collaboration between Joyce Cooper Arkhurst and Caldecott-winning artist Jerry Pinkney, now abridged and redesigned for early readers (Passport to Reading, Level 4). Look for three more tales in The First Adventures of Spider.
Anansi's Narrow Waist
Author: Publisher: Celebration Press (NJ)
ISBN: 9780673803894
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Tells why spiders have eight legs and very narrow waists.
The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk
Author: Jan ThornhillPublisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN: 1554989922
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
For hundreds of thousands of years, Great Auks thrived. And then they were gone ... For hundreds of thousands of years Great Auks thrived in the icy seas of the North Atlantic, bobbing on the waves, diving for fish and struggling up onto rocky shores to mate and hatch their fluffy chicks. But by 1844, not a single one of these magnificent birds was alive. In this stunningly illustrated non-fiction picture book, award-winning author and illustrator Jan Thornhill tells the tragic story of these birds that “weighed as much as a sack of potatoes and stood as tall as a preteen’s waist.” Their demise came about in part because of their anatomy. They could swim swiftly underwater, but their small wings meant they couldn’t fly and their feet were so far back on their bodies, they couldn’t walk very well. Still the birds managed to escape their predators much of the time ... until humans became seafarers. Great Auks were pursued first by Vikings, then by Inuit, Beothuk and finally European hunters. Their numbers rapidly dwindled. They became collectors’ items — their skins were stuffed for museums, to be displayed along with their beautiful eggs. (There are some amazing stories about these stuffed auks — one was stolen from a German museum during WWII by Russian soldiers; another was flown to Iceland and given a red-carpet welcome at the airport.) Although undeniably tragic, the final demise of the Great Auk led to the birth of the conservation movement. Laws were eventually passed to prevent the killing of birds during the nesting season, and similar laws were later extended to other wildlife species. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.3 Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.