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Age Range

4 - 8

Genre

fiction

2000-04-05

Page Count

Publisher

HarperCollins

Grade Level

Pre-K - 3rd

ISBN

9780688162412

Lexile

650

Themes

Native American heritage

family

Jingle Dancer

Written by Cynthia Leitich Smith and Illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu

The cone-shaped jingles sewn to Grandma Wolfe's dress sing tink, tink, tink, tink…

Jenna loves the tradition of jingle dancing that has been shared over generations in her family and intertribal community. She hopes to dance at the next powwow.

But with the day quickly approaching, she has a problem—how will her dress sing if it has no jingles?

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Rally to Read: Family Book Activity

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Jingle Dancer: Word Search

After reading Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith, use this printable and interactive Word Search...

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Jingle Dancer: Memory Match

After reading Jingle Dancer, use this Memory Matching puzzle to help students build familiarity with...

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Jingle Dancer: Criss Cross

This printable and interactive Criss Cross puzzle aligns with Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith...

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Jingle Dancer: Guide for Educators

The Jingle Dancer printable Guide for Educators provides suggestions for activating student thinking...

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Jingle Dancer: Guide for Parents and Families

The Jingle Dancer printable Guide for Parents and Families provides hands-on activities and ideas...

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Jingle Dancer: Guide for Community Coordinators

The Jingle Dancer printable Guide for Community Coordinators is designed to be used with multiple...

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Jingle Dancer: Extension Activities for Educators

The Jingle Dancer printable Extension Activities for Educators provides project-based lessons for...

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Jingle Dancer: Vocabulary Scaffold

The Jingle Dancer printable vocabulary scaffold guide pairs 10 challenge words from the story with...

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Age Range

4 - 8

Genre

fiction

2000-04-05

Page Count

Publisher

HarperCollins

Grade Level

Pre-K - 3rd

ISBN

9780688162412

Lexile

650

Themes

Native American heritage

family

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