Fifteen-year-old Phoebe has done something so terrible she can't return home. Now she has to find a place where no one will know her and learn to take care of herself. It 's too bad if her mum is worried about her. Mum chose to stay with Mick, despite his gambling, so she can't expect to have Phoebe as well. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary. Nitty Gritty Novels Series 3: An exciting new series of chapter books from New Zealand and International authors. Develop your students' critical literacy skills and challenge their thinking with Nitty Gritty Novels - high-interest, rich texts, targeted at young adolescents.
Road trip! Join this fourth-grade class on their field trip to a park to study and investigate different animals including dragonflies, honeybees, mallard ducks, sparrows, rabbits, and chipmunks. Animal Investigations uncovers the process of making predictions about these animals through the collection and organization of data.
Some natural disasters that can happen at any time are tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and tsunamis. Scientists collect data to help them make predictions about when a natural disaster will occur. Some of these scientists are volcanologists, seismologists, and meteorologists. They all use tools to help them predict natural disasters. Weather data is also helpful when predicting natural disasters.
Many ecosystems are in danger. When animals start dying in a certain ecosystem, the food chain is altered and more animals die. Things like pollution can also cause problems. To understand why a certain part of an ecosystem's population is dying, you have to collect data. When you collect data, you can make predictions and turn your predictions into solutions.
You make choices every day about what to eat-but what are some of the things you need to know in order to make healthy choices about food? Discover how the choices you make determine how strong and healthy your body will be. Book jacket.
An introduction to the physical characteristics, behavior, and development of crocodiles, reptiles that are in danger from both animal and human predators.
Fizz and Benji are cousins who have grown up without their mothers. As they approach their sixteenth birthdays strange things start to happen: Fizz sees lights in the sky and Benji starts receiving weird text messages that give him the strongest feeling that he has to go somewhere... Enhance the critical literacy, writing and comprehension of Middle and Upper Primary Students. MainSails gives your students the inside knowledge on how language works, how to analyse it and how to apply it to a variety of situations. Each title features: a stimulating magazine-style format and innovative teaching elements; unique Think Tank elements encouraging interaction with the text; investigations of literary devices that are essential for effective writing; specific modelling of text types, including fantasy, mystery, reports, explanations and narratives. MainSails is ideal for: developing students' oral reading and comprehension skills; guided reading and reciprocal reading; supporting students as they develop their own writing style; explicitly teaching comprehension skills including summarising, sequencing, understanding inferences, and understanding cause and effect.
When Carrot's parents buy the old Lopdale Mansion, he and his cousin Blair are in for a scary time. Why is it that the paintings in the house can't stay in one place? And even more mysterious, why is Mrs Wormald so interested in the artwork? When things go bump in the night, Blair and Carrot find they have more to worry about than just ghosts!
With this engaging book, students will learn about the importance of predicting and estimating in relation to natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and tsunamis. Charts and data are provided so that students can learn how scientists make predictions about upcoming natural disasters and how these predictions can save people's lives. With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn how to estimate and build their STEM skills.
Miss Dynamo's class is going on a trip to the beach, and when the cars get stuck on the way everyone is glad that she has her mobile phone to call for help. Suggested level: junior.
Reader. Reader. This program helps teachers guide students to develop their literacy skills by encouraging them to listen to, read, view, speak about, write, create and reflect on a variety of types of text.
Sam was nine the summer his mum was expecting a baby. He and a neighbour spent a lot of time on the beach watching the sea birds, especially a pair of oystercatchers guarding their two eggs. When the Christmas holidays arrived Sam and Mabel carefully camouflaged the eggs from careless summer visitors and were rewarded with the rare successful hatching of an egg. Picture book format for ages 6-10 years.
Follow a class field trip to a park where students study and investigate different animals! Data is collected on dragonflies, honeybees, ducks, sparrows, rabbits, and chipmunks, and then predictions are made. Diagrams, charts, tables, and graphs are useful tools for organizing data! With vibrant photos, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn data collection and build their STEM skills.
There are many different jobs in which people make predictions for the future based on data collected in the past. Volcanologists and seismologists use data collection to make predictions for the future based on data collected in the past! With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn how to estimate and build their STEM skills.
Two ecosystems are in big trouble, and the help of environmental experts is needed. They will collect and analyze data to protect a stream and a nature reserve that are both in danger. As different data is collected and analyzed, students will learn how elements in nature are interconnected and depend on one another for survival. With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn how to estimate and build their STEM skills.
When Marrick and Jessie discover that a rare parakeet is living high in the treetops near their home, they are determined to find it. But they soon find that they aren't the only ones interested in the parakeet: it is also highly prized by poachers. When the pair discover a strange boat in a forest cove, their adventure takes a scary turn. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
Penny's first year at university is marked by student protest against Government education cuts and moves to suppress dissent. Suggested level: secondary.
A haunting, off-the-beaten-track destination, the little-known Catlins region of New Zealand is as mysterious today as it ever was. In this first in-depth look at the lives of its inhabitants, award-winning writer Diana Noonan and photographer Cris Antona collaborate to capture the thoughts and feelings of 26 women from this remote outpost. As the subjects speak for themselves on topics as diverse as family, work, isolation and their relationship with the environment, there is, at last, an opportunity for readers to enter into the heart of this rugged, unknown landscape where few venture and only the strongest make it home.
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