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1) The big game
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Danny Owens is dedicating his seventh-grade football season to his recently-deceased father, an NFL legend, but the pressure to succeed is magnified by his inability to read.
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When asked simple questions about global trends--what percentage of the world's population live in poverty; why the world's population is increasing; how many girls finish school--we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess teachers, journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers. In Factfulness, Professor of International Health and global TED phenomenon Hans Rosling,...
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"Stacey's favorite day of the week is Thursday, when the whole class goes to the library and she gets to lose herself in her beloved books. On one of these special days, Stacey discovers that a new student named Julie has trouble reading in English, so they begin sharing books and stories to practice. Soon, more students start to join them."--
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"Independent packs are ideal for readers who have reached the following milestones: Will explore ideas for discussion ; Engages in conversation ; Reads with understanding and purpose ; Reads and comprehends literature proficiently ; Constructs text in an organized manner ; Uses transitional and link words."--
Designed for the student looking for an advantage in improving their reading and understanding skills! 20 original stories with a variety...
6) Sky pack
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"Pre-Emerging packs are ideal for readers who have reached the following milestones: Forms 3 to 4 word sentences ; Can talk and carry on conversations ; Continues to grow vocabulary ; Listens to stories, simple songs, and nursery rhymes ; Recognizes letters ; Can write letters ; Knows most letter sounds. "--
Fun and educational games for toddlers and kids. 11 games in one! Colorful graphics, animal sound effects, helpful voice narrating, and lots...
7) Cosmic pack
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"Developing packs are ideal for readers who have reached the following milestones: Can recount a story with descriptive detail ; Asks for clarification when needed ; Starting to decode unknown long vowel words ; Reads text with accuracy ; Writes using a topic ; Will spell more complex, long vowel words."--
For more than 65 years, Highlights for Children has been helping kids become their best selves through Fun with a Purpose: magazines, games,...
8) Blast pack
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"Emerging packs are ideal for readers who have reached the following milestones: Asks questions to confirm understanding ; Knows letter sounds ; Identifies patterns of text with picture support ; Recognizes basic sight words ; Spells short vowel words and blends ; Uses drawing, dictating, and writing to compose text."--
Short Vowels Word Study helps kids learn from different spelling patterns like CVC words and CVC words with blends and diagraphs....
9) Galaxy pack
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"Developing packs are ideal for readers who have reached the following milestones: Can recount a story with descriptive detail ; Asks for clarification when needed ; Starting to decode unknown long vowel words ; Reads text with accuracy ; Writes using a topic ; Will spell more complex, long vowel words."--
Anansi thinks he's found eight free meals but gets eight long legs instead. Speakaboos' parent app, HOMER, is a proven early learning program...
10) Fuel pack
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"Early Developing packs are ideal for readers who have reached the following milestones: ; Participates in conversation ; Asks questions to clarify uncertainty ; Understands the organization of print ; Distinguishes long versus short vowel words ; Writes text with simple facts ; Begins to spell long vowel words with patterns."--
This story comes to life with rich illustrations and touch-screen interactions that keep children engaged while learning!...
11) Burst pack
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"Emerging packs are ideal for readers who have reached the following milestones: Asks questions to confirm understanding ; Knows letter sounds ; Identifies patterns of text with picture support ; Recognizes basic sight words ; Spells short vowel words and blends ; Uses drawing, dictating, and writing to compose text."--
Children will learn phonetic awareness, beginning consonant sounds, and to recognize and write both lowercase and uppercase letters.
Children...
12) Nova pack
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"Independent packs are ideal for readers who have reached the following milestones: Will explore ideas for discussion ; Engages in conversation ; Reads with understanding and purpose ; Reads and comprehends literature proficiently ; Constructs text in an organized manner ; Uses transitional and link words."--
Grammaropolis personifies parts of speech as animated characters whose personalities are based on the roles those parts play. From the shady...
14) Turbo pack
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"Developing packs are ideal for readers who have reached the following milestones: Can recount a story with descriptive detail ; Asks for clarification when needed ; Starting to decode unknown long vowel words ; Reads text with accuracy ; Writes using a topic ; Will spell more complex, long vowel words."--
Read and play along as Brother Bear reads a spooky story to Sister Bear and keeps her - and eventually the entire family - up all night long....
15) Pod pack
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"This 5-level guided reading system helps kids master verbal, reading, and writing skills; starting at any level. Every app, storybook, and video has been hand-selected to help kids gain the knowledge they need to transition from learning-to-read to reading-to-learn. Pre-Emerging packs are ideal for readers who have reached the following milestones: Forms 3 to 4 word sentences; Can talk and carry on conversations; Continues to grow vocabulary; Listens...
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"These interactive books filled with engaging characters and stories will help readers in the 400L-560L range improve reading comprehension skills, build confidence, and advance to more difficult texts. Lexile Measures make it easy to match your reader to text at their current reading level. This pack offers texts at an average 3rd grade reading level equivalent. Listening while reading enables people to understand texts higher than their tested Lexile...
17) Nebula pack
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"This 5-level guided reading system helps kids master verbal, reading, and writing skills - starting at any level. Every app, storybook, and video has been hand-selected to help kids gain the knowledge they need to transition from learning-to-read to reading-to-learn. Independent packs are ideal for readers who have reached the following milestones: Will explore ideas for discussion; Engages in conversation; Reads with understanding and purpose; Reads...
19) Sun pack
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"This 5-level guided reading system helps kids master verbal, reading, and writing skills; starting at any level. Every app, storybook, and video has been hand-selected to help kids gain the knowledge they need to transition from learning-to-read to reading-to-learn. Pre-Emerging packs are ideal for readers who have reached the following milestones: Forms 3 to 4 word sentences; Can talk and carry on conversations; Continues to grow vocabulary; Listens...
20) Twinkle pack
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"This 5-level guided reading system helps kids master verbal, reading, and writing skills - starting at any level. Every app, storybook, and video has been hand-selected to help kids gain the knowledge they need to transition from learning-to-read to reading-to-learn. Emerging packs are ideal for readers who have reached the following milestones: Asks questions to confirm understanding; Knows letter sounds; Recognizes basic sight words; Identifies...
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