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Age Range
8 - 12
Genre
historical fiction
Copyright Year
1995-01-01
Page Count
32
Publisher
Turtleback Books
Grade Level
3rd - 6th
ISBN
9780785780366
Lexile
860L

Letting Swift River Go

Written by Jane Yolen & Barbara Cooney
This book relates Sally Jane's experience of changing times in rural America, as she lives through the drowning of the Swift River towns in western Massachusetts to form the Quabbin Reservoir.
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Letting Swift River Go: After Reading Activity

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Letting Swift River Go: Discussion Guide

Use this Discussion Guide before, during, and after reading.
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Letting Swift River Go: Frayer Model

Use this graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge.
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Letting Swift River Go: Memory Match

After reading Letting Swift River Go by Jane Yolen, use this Memory Matching puzzle to help students...

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Letting Swift River Go: Word Search

After reading Letting Swift River Go by Jane Yolen use this printable and interactive Word Search...
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Letting Swift River Go: Criss Cross

This printable and interactive crisscross puzzle aligns with Letting Swift River Go by Jane Yolen.
MY FAVORITES
Age Range
8 - 12
Genre
historical fiction
Copyright Year
1995-01-01
Page Count
32
Publisher
Turtleback Books
Grade Level
3rd - 6th
ISBN
9780785780366
Lexile
860L
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