Count Your Money with the Polk Street School

Count Your Money with the Polk Street School
Author: Patricia Reilly Giff
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 116
Release: 1994
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780440409298

Ms. Rooney's class learns about money and saving by saving up enough money to take a class trip. An ideal introduction to money and personal finance for elementary school students, the book includes fun activities that can be done at home or at school.

Elementary and Middle School Social Studies

Elementary and Middle School Social Studies
Author: Pamela J. Farris
Publisher: Waveland Press
Total Pages: 679
Release: 2015-02-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1478628901

The latest edition of Pamela Farris’s popular, value-priced text continues to
offer pre- and in-service teachers creative strategies and proven techniques sensitive to the needs of all elementary and middle school learners. Coverage includes the C3 Framework and the four sets of learning from the National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies. Farris, together with contributors who specialize in implementing successful teaching methods and theories, demonstrate how classroom teachers can excite and inspire their students to be engaged learners.

The Pooped Troop

The Pooped Troop
Author: Judy Delton
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 62
Release: 2012-01-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307799921

Let the Fitness Festival Begin! The Pee Wee Scouts are getting into shape. It's exercise and sports galore! Mrs. Peters, their troop leader, explains each event and tells the Scouts how to earn the Fitness badge. Molly gets excited. About the bicycle race. Softball. Push-ups too. But push-ups are hard when your underwear's too light. And Molly's not sure about aerobic dancing with Mrs Betz. What should she wear? Step and skip. Step and skip. Soon the Scouts are all worn out. Knees high! Try, try, try. Can this pooped troop of Pee Wees get that badge?

Pee Wee Scouts: That Mushy Stuff

Pee Wee Scouts: That Mushy Stuff
Author: Judy Delton
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2011-08-31
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307778827

Everyone knows that Roger White likes Patty Baker. Patty-cake, patty-cake, baker's man. The Pee Wee Scouts tease Roger and Patty during their Scout meeting. Mrs. Peters is their troop leader. She tells the Pee Wee Scouts how to earn badges for first aid. Then she helps them make valentines that hold messages. Secret messages. Poems. All that mushy stuff. "I want a boyfriend," says Molly Duff. "And I want a first-aid badge." Busy, busy, busy. The Scouts work on valentines and first aid. Molly works on a secret plan. Uh-oh. A certain Scout better watch out!

The White Stallion

The White Stallion
Author: Elizabeth Shub
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 66
Release: 1995-12-18
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0440412927

Long ago, in 1845, a young girl named Gretchen and her family were on their way west. One day, the horse Gretchen was riding strayed far away from the wagon train. Gretchen was lost and all alone. But then a magnificent white stallion appeared. And Gretchen knew she didn't have to be afraid, because the beautiful horse would show her the way back home.

Pee Wee Scouts: Greedy Groundhogs

Pee Wee Scouts: Greedy Groundhogs
Author: Judy Delton
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2011-11-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307800016

Groundhog Day is coming up and the Pee Wees are desperate. They've learned all about hibernation and spring. Now they've got to spot a real live groundhog quickly -- or no furry groundhog badges for them. Squirrels don't count!

Pee Wee Scouts: Planet Pee Wee

Pee Wee Scouts: Planet Pee Wee
Author: Judy Delton
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 78
Release: 2011-11-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307800067

Everyone in the Pee Wee Scouts wants to win a trip to Camp Blast Off, the super-cool summer camp where kids learn what it's like to be an astronaut. But there's only room for one scout from each troop in the country. So the Pee Wee Scouts set out to make the best project about the planets and the solar system: Roger is building model meteors and stars with light bulbs, Rachel is stirring up a recipe for freeze-dried peanut butter. Find out what Molly and Mary Beth are working on--maybe the most exciting project of all!

Pee Wee Scouts: Super Duper Pee Wee!

Pee Wee Scouts: Super Duper Pee Wee!
Author: Judy Delton
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 101
Release: 2013-05-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307832945

Join the Pee Wee Scouts for fun and adventure as they make friends and earn badges. Dear Pen Pal . . . The Pee Wees latest project is to write to another Pee Wee Scout in a different troop in a different town! When they draw names of their new pen pals, Molly is annoyed that she drew a boy! But to get her badge, she has to write him. Rat’s knees! But Molly has other things to think about: her aunt and uncle are getting a divorce and Aunt Ree is moving in with them. And she’s going to share Molly’s room. And as a super duper bonus, this Pee Wee Scouts book includes some fun puzzles, riddles, and recipes.

Pee Wee Scouts: Send in the Clowns

Pee Wee Scouts: Send in the Clowns
Author: Judy Delton
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 69
Release: 2011-11-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307800105

To earn a new badge, the Pee Wees volunteer to help at the charity circus when it comes to town. But Molly is afraid of the trapeze, the animals and even the clowns. Magic is the only act left on the sign-up sheet, but Molly can't do any tricks. With a little help from her friends, something magical just might happen.

Pee Wee Scouts: Bookworm Buddies

Pee Wee Scouts: Bookworm Buddies
Author: Judy Delton
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2013-05-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307832937

Join the Pee Wee Scouts for fun and adventure as they make friends and earn badges. Ready . . . Get set . . . Read! The Pee Wee Scouts are going to get library cards. And in addition to a Reading Badge, Mrs. Peters is going to give a prize to the scout who reads and reports on the most books. But having a library card is a lot of responsibility. The Pee Wees are excited to check out new books, but soon there’s trouble. Tracy’s new library book has fallen through a hole in her book bag, Tim’s baby brother has colored his book, and Molly's dog Skippy ate hers. Will they get their Reading Badge if Mrs. Peters finds out? And how are they going to pay for the lost and damaged books?