Daily Reading Comprehension Grade 6+

Daily instruction on the reading strategies and comprehension skills your students need to improve reading comprehension and raise test scores!Engage your students in reading, thinking about, and responding to a variety of passages and texts! Daily Reading Comprehension, grade 6 presents your students with the reading strategies and comprehension skills they need to become strong and successful…

The Joshua Files : Invisible City

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ISBN/ISSN

9789792247107

Collation

384p; bw; pbk

Series Title

The Joshua Files

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HAR

Nicholas and Alexandra

The story of the love that ended an empire In this commanding book, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Robert K. Massie sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world of Imperial Russia to tell the story of the Romanovs’ lives: Nicholas’s political naïveté, Alexandra’s obsession with the corrupt mystic Rasputin, and little Alexis’s brave struggle with hemophilia. Against a lavish back…

The Prince

Men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be of such a kind that one does not stand in fear of revenge." For nearly 500 years, Machiavelli's observations on Realpolitik have shocked and appalled the timid and romantic, and for many his name…

Understanding by Design, Expanded 2nd Edition Paperback

The highly anticipated second edition of Understanding by Design poses the core, essential questions of understanding and design, and provides readers with practical solutions for the teacher-designer. The book opens by analyzing the logic of backward design as an alternative to coverage and activity-oriented plans. Though backward from habit, this approach brings more focus and coherence to …

The Color of Water : A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

Ruth McBride Jordan, twice married, mother of 12 remarkably successful children, cofounder of a Baptist church, was born Rachel Shilsky, a Polish Jew. Fleeing her abusive father, an itinerant rabbi, she ended up in Harlem, where she a married a black man and her family declared her dead. James McBride tells the remarkable story of this determined woman's life and of his own troubled youth in …

The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and To…

Drawing on stories from real classrooms and extensive research, Kohn tells parents, educators, and others interested in the debate how schools can help students explore ideas rather than filling them with forgettable facts and preparing them for standardized tests. ...Arguing against the tougher standards rhetoric that marks the current education debate, the author of No Contest and Punished by…

I Am : Walt Disney

I am the creator of Mickey Mouse. I am Walt Disney. As a child, I had a wild imagination and a great curiosity. As I grew up, I used those qualities to become a cartoonist. Eventually, I turned these drawings into films and began my own animation business. One of my characters, Mickey Mouse, became so popular that movie theaters sold out and I won an Academy Award. After pursuing a career as…

The Chamique Holdsclaw Story

In this compelling biografy, you'll meet Chamique Holdsclaw, basketball's latest superstar. From her days playing pickup games on playgrounds, to her amazing start in the WNBA where she was named Rookie of the Year, Chamique is already being compared to basketball's greatest starts!

How to Win at Fantasy Football : Includes The Sun's Dream Team

An essential guide to playing fantasy soccer, this guide takes an in-depth look at the secrets to success both for the rookie manager and the more experienced fantasy gamer looking to boost his or her results. With results of the most "profitable" stars from past seasons and tips on where to go for crucial information, this in-depth guide will improve readers' odds at winning.