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The Standing Rock Sioux Challenge the Dakota Access Pipeline (Taking a Stand)

Written by Clara MacCarald

Explores the history, events, and aftermath of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribes protest of the Dakota...

5th - 10th
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Wild River

Written by Rodman Philbrick
RIF Summer Camp: Reading Explorers Badge. One moment Daniel Redmayne is fast asleep, and the next, a failed dam is sending a wall of water straight toward his campsite. With their counselors gone and five kids completely alone in the Montana wilderness, survival becomes the only thing that matters.
4th - 8th
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Sky Gazing: A Guide to the Moon, Sun, Planets, Stars, Eclipses, and Constellations

Written by Meg Thacher
The sun, moon, stars, and planets have been a source of wonder for as long as humans have lived on earth.
4th - 8th

National Museum of African American History & Culture Resources

The National Museum of African American History & Culture (Smithsonian Institution) has a variety of...

How to Read a Graphic Novel: Anchor Chart

Use this anchor chart to help students understand the components of a graphic novel.

"FAB Four" Reciprocal Teaching Graphic Organizer

Use this "FAB Four" Reciprocal Teaching graphic organizer to help students use the strategies of prediction, clarify, question, and summary to engage in text. Watch the tip video below to get started.

Question-Answer Relationship (QAR) Graphic Organizer

Use this graphic organizer to help students ask key questions and find answers while reading.
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The Enchanting Things You May See: A Mathematical Adventure

Written and Illustrated by Elizabeth Segal
3rd - 8th
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The Barren Grounds: The Misewa Saga, Book One

Written by David A. Robertson

Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought...

5th - 8th
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Tight

Written by Torrey Maldonado

Tight: Lately Bryan's been feeling it in all kinds of ways. He knows what's tight for him in a good...

5th - 8th
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Manu: A Graphic Novel

Written and Illustrated by Kelly Fernández

A funny and heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel adventure about friendship, defying expectations...

3rd - 8th
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Twin Cities: (A Graphic Novel)

Written by Jose Pimienta

Being twins means having a best friend forever . . . But when one goes to middle school in Mexico...

5th - 8th
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Something Like Home

Written by Andrea Beatriz Arango

Titi Silvia leaves me by myself to unpack,
but it’s not like I brought a bunch of stuff.
How do you...

5th - 9th
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Shoe Dog (Young Readers Edition)

Written by Phil Knight

You must forget your limits.

It was only when Nike founder Phil Knight got cut from the baseball...

5th - 8th
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Amal Unbound

Written by Aisha Saeed

Life is quiet and ordinary in Amal's Pakistani village, but she had no complaints, and besides, she...

5th - 8th

Probable Passage Graphic Organizer

Use this probable passage graphic organizer as a pre-reading strategy to help students focus on prediction, summarization, vocabulary instruction, and story frames.

See, Think, Wonder Graphic Organizer

The See, Think, Wonder thinking routine was developed by Project Zero, a research center at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Use this graphic organizer to support your students with this thinking routine.
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Mascot

Written by Charles Waters & Traci Sorell

In Rye, Virginia, just outside Washington, DC, people work hard, kids go to school, and football is...

5th - 8th
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The Sioux (Native American Nations)

Written by Ona Knoxsah

The Sioux are a confederacy of Native American tribes that speak three different dialects: Lakota...

3rd - 8th
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The Shawnee (Native American Nations)

Written by Liz Sonneborn

The Shawnee once lived across the eastern United States. They thrived as a fierce group of warriors...

3rd - 8th
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The Navajo (Native American Nations)

Written by Ona Knoxsah

The Navajo Nation is one of the largest Native American tribes. Today, their lands make up over 27...

3rd - 8th
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The Hopi (Native American Nations)

Written by Liz Sonneborn

Living in the Four Corners region of the Southwest, the Hopi are a Native American nation who still...

3rd - 8th
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The Cherokee (Native American Nations)

Written by Ona Knoxsah

The Cherokee people are Native Americans that once lived in and around the Appalachian Mountains...

3rd - 8th
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The Blackfeet (Native American Nations)

Written by Ona Knoxsah

The Blackfeet Nation is one of the largest Native American nations. They have lived in the Rocky...

3rd - 8th

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