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Figuring out fluency -- addition and subtraction with fractions and decimals : a classroom companion

Bay-Williams, Jennifer M.,


"A classroom companion to the anchor book Fluency Figured Out, this book offers a menu of instruction-ready fluency support tools, instructional routines, activities, and games on the topic of addition and subtraction of fractions and decimals. It walks teachers through numeracy and thinking strategies they can explicitly teach students to help students reason and operate on fractions and decimals with real fluency"--
Date Published:2022

"A classroom companion to the anchor book Fluency Figured Out, this book offers a menu of instruction-ready fluency support tools, instructional routines, activities, and games on the topic of addition and subtraction of fractions and decimals. It walks teachers through numeracy and thinking strategies they can explicitly teach students to help students reason and operate on fractions and decimals with real fluency"--

Date Published:2022

Time

McHale, Brenda,


Clocks -- Digital clocks -- Numbers -- Hour hand -- Minute hand -- O'clock -- Half past -- Quarter past and quarter to -- What is the time? -- Which clock? -- Draw the time. Telling time is an important life skill and a common part of elementary math curricula. Readers are able to practice this skill with the help of accessible text that breaks down this concept, which can be challenging for early learners, in a simple and clear way. Relatable examples, including colorful visual cues, allow readers to better understand that math is at work around them all the time. Vibrant, full-color photographs and a conversational tone keep readers engaged as they learn, and guided activities, such as answering basic questions about time, aid in independent learning.
Date Published:2022

Clocks -- Digital clocks -- Numbers -- Hour hand -- Minute hand -- O'clock -- Half past -- Quarter past and quarter to -- What is the time? -- Which clock? -- Draw the time. Telling time is an important life skill and a common part of elementary math curricula. Readers are able to practice this skill with the help of accessible text that breaks down this concept, which can be challenging for early learners, in a simple and clear way. Relatable examples, including colorful visual cues, allow readers to better understand that math is at work around them all the time. Vibrant, full-color photographs and a conversational tone keep readers engaged as they learn, and guided activities, such as answering basic questions about time, aid in independent learning.

Date Published:2022

Kepmite'taqney Ktapekiaqn = Le chant d'honneur = The honour song

Paul, George,


Édition originale en anglais parue sous le titre : George Paul & The honour song. [Nova Scotia] : Mi'kmaw Kina'matnewey, 2018. "Lors de nombreux évènements officiels ou cérémonies spirituelles chez les Premières Nations du pays, un chant est entonné par les participants. Ce chant a vu le jour dans le cœur et la tête de George Paul, un Mi'kmaw de Metepenagiag, après un parcours ardu. Cet album illustré raconte la naissance de ce chant et l'importance qu'il revêt pour les Premières Nations."--Publisher. At many official events or spiritual ceremonies among First Nations across the country, a song is sung by the participants. This song was born in the heart and mind of George Paul, a Mi'kmaw from Metepenagiag, after an arduous journey. This illustrated album tells the story of the birth of this song and its importance to First Nations.
Date Published:2022

Édition originale en anglais parue sous le titre : George Paul & The honour song. [Nova Scotia] : Mi'kmaw Kina'matnewey, 2018. "Lors de nombreux évènements officiels ou cérémonies spirituelles chez les Premières Nations du pays, un chant est entonné par les participants. Ce chant a vu le jour dans le cœur et la tête de George Paul, un Mi'kmaw de Metepenagiag, après un parcours ardu. Cet album illustré raconte la naissance de ce chant et l'importance qu'il revêt pour les Premières Nations."--Publisher. At many official events or spiritual ceremonies among First Nations across the country, a song is sung by the participants. This song was born in the heart and mind of George Paul, a Mi'kmaw from Metepenagiag, after an arduous journey. This illustrated album tells the story of the birth of this song and its importance to First Nations.

Date Published:2022

La chanson du monde qui change : un hymne pour les enfants

Gorman, Amanda, 1998-


Traduit de: Change sings : a children's anthem. "J'entends la chanson du monde qui change. Il chante d'une voix haute et fière. Je ne crains pas le monde qui change, Alors je chante avec lui. La chanson du monde qui change invite le lecteur, dès 4 ans, à un voyage poétique dans lequel l'espoir est au coeur du récit. Par la voix de la jeune héroïne, les lecteurs découvrent qu'ils ont le pouvoir d'apporter des changements, grands ou petits, dans le monde, et d'abord en eux-mêmes. Traduit de l'anglais (États-Unis) par Angélique Kidjo. Amanda Gorman est la plus jeune poétesse à avoir été invitée à déclamer l'un de ses textes lors de la cérémonie d'investiture d'un président des Etats-Unis. Elle est engagée en faveur de la défense de l'environnement, de la lutte contre les discriminations raciales et de l'égalité des sexes. Son oeuvre a fait l'objet de reportages ou de publications dans The Today Show, The New York Times, Vogue, et O, The Oprah Magazine. Elle est également l'autrice de La colline que nous gravissons (Fayard, 2021) et d'un recueil de poèmes à paraître. Diplômée cum laude de l'université de Harvard, elle vit aujourd'hui à Los Angeles, dont elle est originaire. Loren Long est l'illustrateur de "Of thee I Sing" : lettre à mes filles (La Martinière Jeunesse, 2011) de Barack Obama, numéro un des ventes du New York Times. Il a également illustré Les Pommes de M. Peabody (Gallimard Jeunesse, 2003) de Madonna, et une nouvelle édition du classique La Nuit avant Noël de Clement C. Moore. Il habite à Cincinnati, dans l'Ohio, avec sa femme et le chien qu'il a recueilli, Charlie."- back cover
Date Published:2021

Traduit de: Change sings : a children's anthem. "J'entends la chanson du monde qui change. Il chante d'une voix haute et fière. Je ne crains pas le monde qui change, Alors je chante avec lui. La chanson du monde qui change invite le lecteur, dès 4 ans, à un voyage poétique dans lequel l'espoir est au coeur du récit. Par la voix de la jeune héroïne, les lecteurs découvrent qu'ils ont le pouvoir d'apporter des changements, grands ou petits, dans le monde, et d'abord en eux-mêmes. Traduit de l'anglais (États-Unis) par Angélique Kidjo. Amanda Gorman est la plus jeune poétesse à avoir été invitée à déclamer l'un de ses textes lors de la cérémonie d'investiture d'un président des Etats-Unis. Elle est engagée en faveur de la défense de l'environnement, de la lutte contre les discriminations raciales et de l'égalité des sexes. Son oeuvre a fait l'objet de reportages ou de publications dans The Today Show, The New York Times, Vogue, et O, The Oprah Magazine. Elle est également l'autrice de La colline que nous gravissons (Fayard, 2021) et d'un recueil de poèmes à paraître. Diplômée cum laude de l'université de Harvard, elle vit aujourd'hui à Los Angeles, dont elle est originaire. Loren Long est l'illustrateur de "Of thee I Sing" : lettre à mes filles (La Martinière Jeunesse, 2011) de Barack Obama, numéro un des ventes du New York Times. Il a également illustré Les Pommes de M. Peabody (Gallimard Jeunesse, 2003) de Madonna, et une nouvelle édition du classique La Nuit avant Noël de Clement C. Moore. Il habite à Cincinnati, dans l'Ohio, avec sa femme et le chien qu'il a recueilli, Charlie."- back cover

Date Published:2021

L'alphabet de North Preston


A comme dans Arnold Johnson. B comme dans brillant. Les élèves de l’école Nelson Whynder parcourent l’alphabet avec des mots et des images qui mettent en valeur ce qui rend « Up Home » si spécial. C’est un hommage a une communauté créée par les gens qui la connaissent le mieux.
Date Published:2024

My favourite colour

Ruck, Lindsay R


A poem. "Blue's my favourite colour! It really is the best. I love my lucky socks. Blue's better than the rest. Although... What's your favourite colour? When a teacher asks her students this question, one little girl just can't decide! Enter her vibrant imagination as she considers every colour and all the reasons that she loves the whole rainbow. Orange glows through autumn leaves, but pink is the colour of sunsets and cotton candy! And green shines all around the garden--how will she ever choose just one favourite colour? In her debut picture book, author Lindsay Ruck joins artist Bryanna Chapeskie to create a stunning poem that illustrates why being unique is always something to celebrate."--
Date Published:2023

A poem. "Blue's my favourite colour! It really is the best. I love my lucky socks. Blue's better than the rest. Although... What's your favourite colour? When a teacher asks her students this question, one little girl just can't decide! Enter her vibrant imagination as she considers every colour and all the reasons that she loves the whole rainbow. Orange glows through autumn leaves, but pink is the colour of sunsets and cotton candy! And green shines all around the garden--how will she ever choose just one favourite colour? In her debut picture book, author Lindsay Ruck joins artist Bryanna Chapeskie to create a stunning poem that illustrates why being unique is always something to celebrate."--

Date Published:2023

My Nova Scotia

Ruck, Lindsay,


With joyful rhymes and whimsical illustrations, My Nova Scotia celebrates all the diverse cultures and people that make this province unique. Whether you call it home or are just here to visit, this land welcomes you with campfire storytelling, blueberry fields, and rocky beaches. What's your Nova Scotia?
Date Published:2025

Chocolate River rescue

Kent, Jennifer McGrath.



Date Published:2007

Click here to start : a novel /

Markell, Denis,


"A Junior Library Guild selection"--Jacket flap. When Ted inherits his uncle's apartment "and all the treasure within," he realizes the apartment is set up like a real-life video game and must solve the puzzles with his friends to discover the treasure.
Date Published:2016

Open questions for rich math lessons : grade levels k, 1, 2, 3 : patterns and relations, statistics and probability /

Small, Marian,


This teacher resource book uses a highly visual format to present easy-to-use questions for the three parts of a problem-solving lesson: Getting started, Working on it, and Consolidating .
Date Published:2019

Ada Twist and the perilous pants

Beaty, Andrea,


"When Rosie Revere's Uncle Ned gets a little carried away wearing his famous helium pants, it's up to Ada and friends to chase him down. As Uncle Ned floats farther and farther away, Ada starts asking lots of questions: How high can a balloon float? Is it possible for Uncle Ned to float into outer space? And what's the best plan for getting him down?"--
Date Published:2019

All about plants!

Beaty, Andrea,


"A Netflix series"--Cover. "Includes two science experiments to do at home!" -- Back cover. "What do plants eat? Why do some plants have flowers and others don't? And what's the tallest plant out there?"--Amazon.com.
Date Published:2022

Search for the scarlet macaws

Marlin, Jen,


"On their second adventure aboard Wind Rider, Max and Sofia travel to the Amazon rain forest to protect scarlet macaws from poachers and deforestation"--
Date Published:2021

Rescue on Turtle Beach

Marlin, Jen,


After discovering Wind Rider, an abandoned magical sailboat, Max and Sofia arrive on a beach in Hawaii where, with new friend Laila, they rescue newly-hatched sea turtles. Includes facts about sea turtles.
Date Published:2021

The very, very far north : a story for gentle readers and listeners /

Bar-el, Dan,


As Duane, a polar bear, explores his new home he makes friends with the wide variety of creatures he encounters, despite their varied personalities.--
Date Published:2019

The wild robot

Brown, Peter, 1979-


Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants
Date Published:2016

The city of Ember

DuPrau, Jeanne.


In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.
Date Published:2003

A true home

George, K. (Kallie), 1983-


Mona the mouse is precisely the maid they need at the grandest hotel in Fernwood Forest, where animals come from far and wide for safety, luxury, and comfort.
Date Published:2017

Hero trial

Larwood, Kieran,


CALLING ALL DUNGEON RUNNERS - There's space for a new team of heroes. This is your chance to enter the leagues and fight your way to the top! Kit has dreamed of being a Dungeon Runner all his life, although being a gnorf (part gnome, part dwarf) means he's much smaller than the other competitors. But when a space opens up for a new team in the Dungeon Running League, Kit doesn't want to miss this chance to try out! With his new friends Sandy and Thorn, they're ready to take on anything - mazes, puzzles, monsters, treasure and most of all adventure! Are you ready for the games to begin? Welcome to the Dungeon!
Date Published:2024

CALLING ALL DUNGEON RUNNERS - There's space for a new team of heroes. This is your chance to enter the leagues and fight your way to the top! Kit has dreamed of being a Dungeon Runner all his life, although being a gnorf (part gnome, part dwarf) means he's much smaller than the other competitors. But when a space opens up for a new team in the Dungeon Running League, Kit doesn't want to miss this chance to try out! With his new friends Sandy and Thorn, they're ready to take on anything - mazes, puzzles, monsters, treasure and most of all adventure! Are you ready for the games to begin? Welcome to the Dungeon!

Date Published:2024

Teaching about gender diversity : teacher-tested lesson plans for K-12 classrooms /


Using Read-Alouds to Promote a Gender-Inclusive Learning Environment / Alisha Sarang-Sieminski -- Learning about Transgender Identities through Story: 10,000 Dresses by Marcus Ewert / Kate Paterson -- For Every Gender: Being Who We Are / Katherine Lewis -- More to Finding Nemo: Sex-Shifting Fish as Reproductive Strategy / Meg Gardner -- What Does It Mean to Be Equal? / Katherine Baker, Bryan Fede, and Summer Melody Pennell -- "All I Want to Be Is Me": Interrogating the Gender Dualism in Early Learning / Jessica Prioletta -- Gender Diversity: Me in HD / Ashleigh Talbott, Sonja Mackenzie -- Nothing to Fear: Teaching to Transcend Transphobia in Catholic Contexts / Ryan Colwell and Cory Wright-Maley -- We All Change and Grow: An Introduction to Puberty Education / Julia Feldman-DeCoudreaux -- Gender Fanzines: Developing Gender Literacy through Popular Culture / Karleen Pendleton JimÃ©nez -- Privilege and Practice: Examining Gender through Personal Narrative / Matthew Jeffries, Ashley Boyd, Nicole Ferry, and Johnna Lash -- A Critical Approach to Teaching Data Management and Analysis Categories / Mario I. SuÃ¡rez and Kim B. Wright --The Festival of Puberty / benjamin lee hicks -- On the Threshold of Awesomeness / benjamin lee hicks -- Reclaiming Our Selves: Healing toward Gender Autonomy in Our Classrooms / Angel Rubiel Gonzalez -- "Boys and Girls": Examining Gender Roles / Savannah Brittner -- Constructing Character in Dramatic Monologues / Kim Kelly -- What Is Drag? / Armen Shahnazarian -- Constructing an Equitable Society / Milo Chesnut -- (Re)Learning Gendered Language / Cheyenne Wyzzard-Jones -- Cultures of Gender / Milo Chesnut -- Beyond the Binary: Are There Really Only Two Sexes? / Allison Gonsalves, Dawn Wiseman, Luke Vanderzwet, Kathleen Raea Spencer, and VÃ©roniqueCartier-Archambault -- Using School Audits as an Equity Lens: Understanding the Experiences of Gender Diverse Students / Meg Gardner -- Mathematical Modelling Activity: The Spread of Gender-Inclusive Pronouns / Kyle Whipple, Susan Staats, and K.C. Harrison -- From "Real" Boys and Girls to "Real" Men and Women / Samuel Long -- Pronoun Challenge / Milo Chesnut. "Teaching about Gender Diversity is a collection of lesson plans that provide K-12 teachers in North America with the resources and tools to implement gender-inclusive practices, fully integrate gender diversity into their curriculum, and talk to students about gender. Authored by teachers who have direct experience teaching about gender diversity, this collection aims to help pre- and in-service teachers at all stages of comfort and confidence enhance their curriculum development skills in order to foster a classroom that welcomes all possible ways of living gender. The lesson plans unpack gender terminology, gender stereotypes, and the social construction of binary gender. Lessons range from read-alouds with early literacy picture books to creating a fanzine using visual arts, from engaging mathematics in the study of gender-neutral pronoun usage to developing a character's gender identity in a dramaturgical study. "--
Date Published:2020

Using Read-Alouds to Promote a Gender-Inclusive Learning Environment / Alisha Sarang-Sieminski -- Learning about Transgender Identities through Story: 10,000 Dresses by Marcus Ewert / Kate Paterson -- For Every Gender: Being Who We Are / Katherine Lewis -- More to Finding Nemo: Sex-Shifting Fish as Reproductive Strategy / Meg Gardner -- What Does It Mean to Be Equal? / Katherine Baker, Bryan Fede, and Summer Melody Pennell -- "All I Want to Be Is Me": Interrogating the Gender Dualism in Early Learning / Jessica Prioletta -- Gender Diversity: Me in HD / Ashleigh Talbott, Sonja Mackenzie -- Nothing to Fear: Teaching to Transcend Transphobia in Catholic Contexts / Ryan Colwell and Cory Wright-Maley -- We All Change and Grow: An Introduction to Puberty Education / Julia Feldman-DeCoudreaux -- Gender Fanzines: Developing Gender Literacy through Popular Culture / Karleen Pendleton JimÃ©nez -- Privilege and Practice: Examining Gender through Personal Narrative / Matthew Jeffries, Ashley Boyd, Nicole Ferry, and Johnna Lash -- A Critical Approach to Teaching Data Management and Analysis Categories / Mario I. SuÃ¡rez and Kim B. Wright --The Festival of Puberty / benjamin lee hicks -- On the Threshold of Awesomeness / benjamin lee hicks -- Reclaiming Our Selves: Healing toward Gender Autonomy in Our Classrooms / Angel Rubiel Gonzalez -- "Boys and Girls": Examining Gender Roles / Savannah Brittner -- Constructing Character in Dramatic Monologues / Kim Kelly -- What Is Drag? / Armen Shahnazarian -- Constructing an Equitable Society / Milo Chesnut -- (Re)Learning Gendered Language / Cheyenne Wyzzard-Jones -- Cultures of Gender / Milo Chesnut -- Beyond the Binary: Are There Really Only Two Sexes? / Allison Gonsalves, Dawn Wiseman, Luke Vanderzwet, Kathleen Raea Spencer, and VÃ©roniqueCartier-Archambault -- Using School Audits as an Equity Lens: Understanding the Experiences of Gender Diverse Students / Meg Gardner -- Mathematical Modelling Activity: The Spread of Gender-Inclusive Pronouns / Kyle Whipple, Susan Staats, and K.C. Harrison -- From "Real" Boys and Girls to "Real" Men and Women / Samuel Long -- Pronoun Challenge / Milo Chesnut. "Teaching about Gender Diversity is a collection of lesson plans that provide K-12 teachers in North America with the resources and tools to implement gender-inclusive practices, fully integrate gender diversity into their curriculum, and talk to students about gender. Authored by teachers who have direct experience teaching about gender diversity, this collection aims to help pre- and in-service teachers at all stages of comfort and confidence enhance their curriculum development skills in order to foster a classroom that welcomes all possible ways of living gender. The lesson plans unpack gender terminology, gender stereotypes, and the social construction of binary gender. Lessons range from read-alouds with early literacy picture books to creating a fanzine using visual arts, from engaging mathematics in the study of gender-neutral pronoun usage to developing a character's gender identity in a dramaturgical study. "--

Date Published:2020