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Award-Winning
Books with Kids Wings Units to Guide Your Study of
Presidents,
Presidential Elections,
and
Citizens in Action
Most of these
books are in your library! (If can't find them, you can order them by
clicking the title below.) They represent many genres!
Check out two or three copies of each for your class. Let students choose
their favorites and form literature groups. Give them copies of the
unit to guide them to find the special treasure inside each book, to
develop valuable skills, to problem solve, and to help them work together
as a group! Understanding how our country works builds strong character
and insures that it we will remain the greatest country on earth!
George
Washington
George
Washington's Teeth
Quotes by George Washington
Sweet Land of Liberty
Abraham
Lincoln
Looking
at Lincoln
Stand Tall, Abraham Lincoln
Chasing Lincoln's Killer
(upper level)
Glory Be
Quotes by Abraham Lincoln
Citizens
in Action
Edwina
Victorious by Susan Bonners
Imogene's
Last Stand by Candace Fleming
The
Impossible Patriotism Project
Lady
Liberty
Presidential
Elections
Duck
for President by Doreen Cronin
Grace
for President by Kelly DiPucchio (Learn about the Electoral
College)
If I
Ran for President by Catherine Stier
The Kid
Who Ran for President by Dan Gutman (funny, important novel)
So You Want to Be
President by Judith St. George
Kids' Wings News Valentine's
Day Books!
Valentine's Day Jokes
For
grades 1-3: The
Ballad of Valentine and Slugs in Love
are precious together in one download!
For grades 4-8:
Bella at Midnight is a fabulous, exciting full-length Cinderella
"love" story with war and a miracle at the end!
February's
Black History Month features award-winning literature with awesome
Kids' Wings study guides keyed into skills, multiple intelligence, and
cross-curriculum fun!
Presidents' Day
You'll
love our list of great books to punctuate your celebrations of our greatest
Presidents:
The
Kid Who Ran for President by Dan Gutman
(With an upgraded Kids' Wings activity guide)
So
You Want To Be President by Judith St. George
George Washington's Teeth by Deborah
Chandra
If I Ran for President by
Catherine Stier
Stand Tall, Abraham Lincoln
by Judith St. George
Duck for President by Doreen
Cronin
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Phineas Gage, A Gruesome but True Story
about Brain Science
by John Fleischman
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We
have many new Downloads and great literature
activity Unit Collections!
Get ready for a great winter and spring of learning!
We
are now working on next year's awesome literature unit collections!
Tempests
and Teamwork for
Grades 3-7
and
Serendipity: Discovering Science and Math in
Award-Winning Picture Books
for Grades 1-3
2011
Workshops are being set up! We hope to
see you there!
Kids'
Wings
Download Units are available NOW!
Some
of our best download units that come with Jeopardy-like Games:
Bella at Midnight by Diane Stanley (a great
full-length Cinderella novel that boys love too)
The Cabinet of Wonders by
Marie Rutkoski
The Earth Dragon Awakes by Laurence
Yep,
Elijah Of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
(2008 Newbery Honor Book),
Emily’s Fortune by Phyllis
Reynolds Naylor
Gabriel's Horses by Alison Hart
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
(2008 Caldecott Medal),
The Ghost's Grave by Peg Kehret
The Gollywhopper Games by
Jody Feldman (in Gifts
and Givers)
Jake
Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow
Kenny
and the Dragon by Tony DiTerlizzi
Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen,
The
Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo,
Masterpiece
by Elise Broach
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
by Kate DiCamillo,
The
Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (in Tempests
and Teamwork)
Someone Named Eva by Joan
M. Wolf (in Gifts and
Givers)
Surprises According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney (in Gifts
& Givers)
Three Picture Book Biographies
(Dr. Seuss, The
Chocolate Pilot, Leonardo DaVinci)
Savvy
by Ingrid Law (2009 Newbery Honor Book) (in Gifts
and Givers)
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor,
Toby and the Phantoms of the Fourth Grade --download
unit (One of our all-time favorites!)
Weedflower
by Cynthia Kadohata,
More
Coming Soon!
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contact us and we'll add it to our list of downloads!
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