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Planet Earth Is Blue
Nicole Panteleakos

Planet Earth Is Blue

Genre:
Fiction
Age Level:
Middle Grade

A powerful story about the extraordinary mind of a young nonverbal girl with autism, her passion for space exploration, and the bond between sisters.

Poetry Friday

National Poetry Month is drawing to a close, but our love of poetry—and sharing it with tweens and teens—should go on all year round.

Policing and Race: The Debate over Excessive Use of Force
Jim Gallagher

Policing and Race: The Debate over Excessive Use of Force

Genre:
Nonfiction
Age Level:
Middle Grade

How and when police use force, and what constitutes excessive force, is central to the debate over policing and race. This book examines use-of-force policies and training, militarization of police, the role of body cameras and video, officer accountability, and the future of policing.

Jeanne S. Chall, Vicki A. Jacobs

Poor Children's Fourth-Grade Slump

Teachers have often reported a fourth-grade slump in literacy development, particularly for low-income children, at the critical transition from “learning to read” to “reading to learn.” This study uses Chall’s stages of reading development to take a closer look.
Poppy
Avi

Poppy

A small mouse named Poppy overcomes a stronger adversary – an owl named Ocax – through determination and inner strength in this first installment of the popular Tales from Dimwood Forest series.

National Association of School Psychologists

Position Statement on Student Grade Retention and Social Promotion

In this statement, the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) identifies the characteristics of students more likely to be retained and the impact of retention at the secondary school level, late adolescence, and early adulthood. NASP also provides a long list of alternatives to retention and social promotion.
Two boys writing beside one another
Vocabulary

Possible Sentences

Especially helpful when using informational text, possible sentences is a strategy that build students’ enthusiasm for a new reading.