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"Courage to Grow is the intimate origin story of Acton Academy, one of today's most innovative schools with a model quickly spreading around the globe. If you have ever wondered if there are more powerful ways for young people to learn, step aboard for a behind the scenes tour of how Acton Academy unlocks the genius in every child, while embracing personal accountability and forging young characters"--Acton Academy website.
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Every morning, Mama gives Pete the tightest hug before school. She tells him, "Around the sun and over the moon, I'll come back. I'll come back soon." Pete plays with his friends, enjoys the playground, and even takes a nap. When it's time to go home, Pete worries because Mama hasn't arrived yet. He clings to the words his Mama told him as he patiently waits.
465) Going to school
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Children learn what it is like to go to school in other countries.
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Aquel verano, cuando terminaron de construir la escuela Frederick Douglass, el edificio comenzó a hacerse muchas preguntas: ¿Cuál será mi destino? ¿Quién vivirá entre mis paredes? ¿Para qué me utilizarán? Através de sus conversaciones con el conserje y tras observar y escuchar a los niños que pronto empezaron a entrar por sus puertas, descubrió los sentimientos que infundía en los más pequeños: ilusión, terror, diversión.
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Help your child retain academic skills, build healthy lifestyles and reinforce core values with the award-winning Summer Fit Activities workbook series. Research shows children forget academic skills they learn in school during summer vacation AND that daily fitness and play improve memory and learning. Summer Fit Activities is self-motivating, fun and easy to use at home or on the road for family vacation. Start your child at the head of the class...
468) El recreo
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"En el colegio hacemos cálculo, dictados, y luego viene el recreo. Junto con los compañeros y las compañeras, ésa es nuestra asignatura preferida. ¡Qué pena que no dure todo el día! Este libro se sitúa en la intersección de los cómics, del flip book y del álbum. En un largo plano secuencia, el lector encuentra varios personajes en un patio de recreo, cuyas historias y diálogos se entremezclan al hilo de las páginas. Vamos siguiendo cada...
471) The werewolf bully
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When the Moon is full Frankenstein Elementary is disrupted by Harriet the werewolf and her gang of were-bullies, and tonight they have a new target, a mummy (who is actually a human boy wrapped in toilet paper)--so Brian the zombie and his monster friends come up with a plan to protect the human boy and defeat the bullies.
472) A school album
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Text, photographs, and illustrations identify and trace patterns of change and continuity in American schools, covering such topics as travel to school, subjects studied, and the nature of the classrooms.
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Books by teens volume Book 19
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Every year on the first day of school, Carla's friends show up wearing the coolest new shoes. But not Carla -- her mom always buys her the Same Lame Boring Plain sneakers. And this year is no different. This time, though, Carla won't settle for more of the same. With a little advice from her older cousin Josh, a few experiments, and a whole lot of creativity, Carla decides to take a chance and do her own thing. But what will her classmates think of...
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An unhappy girl who engages in self-harm, a woman ostracized by society, and an old woman looking to live out her twilight years in peace--what could three such different people have in common? That's what grade schooler Koyanagi Nanoka is trying to find out. Assigned by her teacher to define what "happiness" means to her, Nanoka sets out to get to know these three strangers--and through them, perhaps, to know herself too.
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The moving story starring the Questioneers' teacher is all about kindness, learning to face your fears, and the profound difference one brilliant educator can make! When Lila, a worrier, moves to a new town, the what ifs only grow, and she feels alone and invisible until her teacher finds a creative and kind way to make Lila feel welcome and open to new experiences, a lesson that will stay with her long after second grade.
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My weird school volume 2
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"Me llamo A.J., y en mi colegio pasa algo muy raro...El director se ha subido al palo de la bandera, ha besado en la boca a un cerdo, se ha pintado la calva de naranja fosforito... ¡y quiere saltar del tejado vestido de Papá Noel!"--
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My weird school volume 3
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"Me llamo A.J., y en mi colegio pasa algo muy raro...La bibliotecaria lleva un cazo en la cabeza, y un día se cree que es un famoso presidente, otro una pastora, otro un astronauta... ¡La pobre está como una cabra!"--
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My weirder school volume 6
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"El Día de las Elecciones está a la vuelta de la esquina, ¿y adivina quiénes se postulan para presidente de la clase? ¡A.J. y Andrea! El alcalde Arturo les enseñará a los niños los entresijos de la política, y cada voto cuenta. ¿Quién va a ganar? ¿Quién va a perder? ¿Y quién va a besar a un bebé mocoso? ¡Uy, qué asco!"--
A.J. and Andrea are running for third grade class president, and Mayor Hubble is stopping by the school just...
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Kiki, a young African American Christian, is excited when Brittany and her popular friends ask her to sing with them in the elementary school talent show, but when the song they choose is one Kiki's parents feel is too grown-up, she must decide what is right for her.
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