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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Ancient names come to rich and fascinating life in this lavishly illustrated book for mythology fans and word lovers.
Did you know that "museums" were initially temples built to worship the nine muses, the goddesses of the arts? That "Janus" was the god of the doorways and hallways, and we have named our janitors after him?
Where did these words - and other words, such as chaos, genius, nemesis, panic, echo, and narcissus - come from? From the ancient...
7) Ice mice
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"Offering a springboard into independent reading, the Flip-a-Word series takes kids from a single word, to a phrase, to a simple sentence. Ice Mice utilizes word families to help new readers recognize similarities between words that rhyme and connect words that have matching long or short vowel sounds"--
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We both read volume Level 1-2
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English
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Develops reading skills through games and a fictional story about a Tyrannosaurus rex who babysits a child for one night.
14) My first book
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A little boy fills his sound box with familiar words and pictures. Each illustration is accompanied by a single word that identifies it.
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Readers can see a word and its meaning expressed through a picture, then lift the flap to see the opposite word and its meaning.
Through a series of ingenious die-cut pages, the reader discovers things that are the opposite of what they seem: A black bat transformed into a white ghost, a sunny day that becomes a starry night.
16) Wet pet
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Humorous illustrations and die-cut pages introduce words of the same family, such as pet, wet, jet, and then combine them in often-improbable phrases, including jet gets wet.
17) Go to bed, Ted!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Young readers meet Ted, a boy who refuses to go to bed, while learning words in the -ed word family."
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What Is an antonym? One book is never enough to explore the wide range of antonyms! The zany (not ordinary) cats deliver loads of additional examples to illustrate the power of these opposites. Brian P. Cleary's playful (not dull) verse and Brian Gable's comical (not serious) cats turn traditional grammar lessons on end. Each pair of antonyms is printed in color for easy (not difficult) identification. Read this book aloud and share the delight of...
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