TEACHER GUIDES

for 2017

Birth-4

Baby Loves Quarks! by Ruth Spiro – Guide 1
Baby Loves Quarks! by Ruth Spiro – Guide 2

K-2

Gandhi: A March to the Sea by Alice B. McGinty - Guide 1
Gandhi: A March to the Sea by Alice B. McGinty - Guide 2
Gandhi: A March to the Sea by Alice B. McGinty - Guide 3
Gandhi: A March to the Sea by Alice B. McGinty - Guide 4
Drawbridges Open and Close by Patrick T. McBriarty – Guide 1
Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty – Guide 1
Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty – Guide 2
The Inventor’s Secret: What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford by Suzanne Slade – Guide 1
The Inventor’s Secret: What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford by Suzanne Slade – Guide 2

3-5

The Zoo at the Edge of the World by Eric Kahn Gale – Guide 1
The Zoo at the Edge of the World by Eric Kahn Gale – Guide 2
The Zoo at the Edge of the World by Eric Kahn Gale – Guide 3
The Zoo at the Edge of the World by Eric Kahn Gale – Guide 4
Cupcake Cousins by Kate Hannigan – Guide 1
Cupcake Cousins by Kate Hannigan – Guide 2
This Journal Belongs to Ratchet by Nancy J. Cavanaugh – Guide 1
This Journal Belongs to Ratchet by Nancy J. Cavanaugh – Guide 2
This Journal Belongs to Ratchet by Nancy J. Cavanaugh – Guide 3
This Journal Belongs to Ratchet by Nancy J. Cavanaugh – Guide 4
This Journal Belongs to Ratchet by Nancy J. Cavanaugh – Guide 5

6-8

Nightfall by Jake Halpern and Peter Kujawinski – Guide 1
Nightfall by Jake Halpern and Peter Kujawinski – Guide 2
Codename Zero by Chris Rylander – Guide 1
Codename Zero by Chris Rylander – Guide 2
Women Heroes of World War I: 16 Remarkable Resisters, Soldiers, Spies, and Medics by Kathryn J. Atwood – Guide 1
Women Heroes of World War I: 16 Remarkable Resisters, Soldiers, Spies, and Medics by Kathryn J. Atwood – Guide 2
I Am Drums by Mike Grosso – Guide 1

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