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The Rip Current Rescue
by Monty Ward Tony SanseveroThe final installment of the Reading Street curriculum series, Reading Street: Grade 6, comes complete with everything you'll need to create English and Language Arts lessons for your child. This system includes reading selections designed to help your child hone his or her skills, a Teacher Resource DVD to make your task of developing lessons easier, and a packet of curriculum materials. Reading Street: Grade 6 is a comprehensive system designed to enhance your child's skills in reading, writing and language. Each assignment in Reading Street helps your child progress toward that goal. While such a dynamic curriculum might sound challenging for you as a parent and educator to use, you can rest assured that the materials will guide you through 12 weeks of English and Language Arts lesson planning with ease. If you prefer a structured homeschooling program format, Reading Street (in all of its Grade level structures) is the right fit for you and your child. Grade 6 comes with two volumes of six units. By the time you complete Grade 6, your child will be able to: Read through a variety of complex literature, including biographies and fictional stories. Discover additional reading material based on personal taste. Relate individual chapters or concepts to the book as a whole. Write complete stories using proper grammar, punctuation and word choice. Compose a written argument using appropriate sources. Examine and edit his or her own writing, as well as the writing of others. Present an oral presentation based on the lessons. Unlike other curricula, Reading Street imparts a love of reading upon your child. From Grade 1 through Grade 6, your child will learn not only the skills he or she needs to advance his or her education, but become a lifelong student and reader. For more information about the specific materials included in the Reading Street: Grade 6 curriculum for homeschooling, visit the Features and Benefits page.
Rising from the Desert: Building the Burj Khalifa (Fountas & Pinnell Classroom, Guided Reading)
by Davia LukeNIMAC-sourced textbook
Risky Business: The Science Behind Risk-Taking (Fountas & Pinnell Classroom, Guided Reading Grade 6)
by Gemma RymerGO AHEAD, TAKE A CHANCE Daredevil, risk-taker, adventure seeker. You probably know someone, or are someone, who fits the bill. Or maybe you're the complete opposite and would rather stand with your feet firmly on the ground while your friends bungee jump off a bridge. Now, scientists offer logical explanations for why some people do incredibly risky things. NIMAC-sourced textbook
Riverboat Boy (Into Reading, Level S #67)
by Melaina Faranda Nina KudinovaNIMAC-sourced textbook. Joe lives on a paddle steamer with his parents and younger sisters. He loves life on the boat, but he longs for a friend his own age. One night, while investigating a mysterious noise, he makes a shocking discovery. Could this be the opportunity Joe has always wanted?
Robert Ballard: Deepwater Explorer
by Racheal Rice Jeffrey B. FuerstHow can you get eyes on the ocean floor at depths that would crush a human? Robert Ballard discovered how: using remotely operated vehicles equipped with cameras. Ballard combed the ocean floor looking for the Titanic, which tragically sank in 1912 on its very first voyage. His quest to find the grandest ship ever built led to technology that gave us the chance to discover more about Earth's oceans than ever before.
Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island: The Treasure Hunt
by Karen Phelps Jeffrey FuerstPerform this script about Jim Hawkins's encounters with pirates while searching for the lost treasure of Captain Flint.
Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island: Israel Hands"
by Robert Louis Stevenson Jeffrey B. Fuerst Ovi HondruRobert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island is the classic pirate adventure. It has a map marked with an X, buried treasure on a tiny Caribbean island, and cutthroat, deceiving pirates. In this adaptation of a chapter from the novel, teenage cabin boy Jim Hawkins sneaks back on board his captured ship hoping to bring it to shore. But can he trust the pirate Israel Hands to help him?
Roberto Clemente: Orgullo de los Piratas de Pittsburgh
by Jonah Winter Raúl ColónNIMAC-sourced textbook
Robin Hood Saves Will Stutely: Interpreting a Legend in Three Literary Formats
by Howard Pyle David Boelke Jeffrey B. FuerstTales of Robin Hood, the legendary archer who "robs from the rich and gives to the poor," go back at least 700 years. Stories about Robin Hood have changed over time and have been retold in almost every literary format. Read three versions of this tale about Robin and his band of Merry Men rescuing Will Stutely: as a seventeenth-century ballad, as a nineteenth-century fiction story, and as a twenty-first century graphic novel. How are they similar? How do they differ? (Set of 6 with Teacher's Guides and Text Evidence Question Card)
Robin Hood Shoots for the Queen: A Legend from England
by Jeannette Sanderson James Baldessari Jeffrey FuerstPerform this legend from England about a queen who wants Robin Hood to shoot for her at the king's archery tournament.