4 great books and teaching guides from Candlewick Press
Four specially-curated new titles from TeacherVision partner Candlewick Press will challenge, amaze, and delight your students this year! Each new book features a teaching guide that includes cross-curricular activities that reinforce core concepts while building 21st-century skills, along with Common Core-aligned discussion questions and independent and group activities and projects. Perfect for use in ELA, social studies, and science classes this year.
Rescue and Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship by Jessica Henksy (Grades K-4)
Activities based around positive school culture, service learning, community engagement, and inclusion are the highlight of the teaching guide for this book. Also included are discussion questions and community engagement activities.
The Day War Came by Nicola Davies (Grades 1-4)
Common Core-aligned activities and discussion questions are the highlights of the teaching guide for this riveting new book.
The Infamous Ratsos: Project Fluffy by Kara LaReau (Grades K-3)
This discussion guide includes more than 20 activity-based questions centered around the book's themes of friendship, tolerance, and interpersonal relationships, and features fun independent and group activities like writing poems, describing hobbies, and applying character traits to classmates.
The Dollar Kids by Jennifer Richard Jacobson (Grades 5-9)
The activity-based discussion questions in this book discussion guide can be used as part of an in-class discussion, assigned as journaling or take-home activities, or serve as the basis for small-group read-and-respond exercises.
