Police Then and Now Guided Reading 6-Pack

Police Then and Now Guided Reading 6-Pack
Author:
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2017-11-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1493881876

In this exciting book, readers will learn the history of police officers and law enforcement. A look into the past helps readers compare and contrast the way police officers do their jobs today. Through intriguing facts, vivid images, and supportive text, readers will be introduced to such things as canine units, evidence and fingerprints that are used to solve crimes, and the D.A.R.E. program. An accessible glossary, table of contents, and index combine to give readers ample opportunities to enjoy and learn from the content. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this Level P title and a lesson plan that specifically supports Guided Reading instruction.

Among the Free

Among the Free
Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2007-07-24
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0689857993

Alexandrea has just moved to Harlem and her mother is pushing her into ballet and she has stage fright.

Loot

Loot
Author: Jude Watson
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2014-06-24
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545633958

"LOOT hits the jackpot." -- Rick Riordan, #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author On a foggy night in Amsterdam, a man falls from a rooftop to the wet pavement below. It's Archibald McQuinn, the notorious cat burglar, and he's dying. As sirens wail in the distance, Archie manages to get out two last words to his young son, March: "Find jewels."But March learns that his father is not talking about hidden loot. He's talking about Jules, the twin sister March never knew he had. No sooner than the two find each other, they're picked up by the police and sent to the world's worst orphanage. It's not hard time, but it feels like it.March and Jules have no intention of staying put. They know their father's business inside and out, and they're tired of being pushed around. Just one good heist, and they'll live the life of riches and freedom that most kids only dream about. . . . .Hold on to your pearls, because this summer, the world's youngest criminal masterminds are coming for you.

Identifying the Culprit

Identifying the Culprit
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2015-01-16
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0309310628

Identifying the Culprit: Assessing Eyewitness Identification makes the case that better data collection and research on eyewitness identification, new law enforcement training protocols, standardized procedures for administering line-ups, and improvements in the handling of eyewitness identification in court can increase the chances that accurate identifications are made. This report explains the science that has emerged during the past 30 years on eyewitness identifications and identifies best practices in eyewitness procedures for the law enforcement community and in the presentation of eyewitness evidence in the courtroom. In order to continue the advancement of eyewitness identification research, the report recommends a focused research agenda.

Mouse Loves School

Mouse Loves School
Author: Lauren Thompson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2011-06-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1442428988

Mouse climbs inside a red backpack and ends up in a new world filled with colors, shapes, and best of all, friends!

Sophie's World

Sophie's World
Author: Jostein Gaarder
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 599
Release: 2007-03-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1466804270

A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.

Two Roads

Two Roads
Author: Joseph Bruchac
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2018-10-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0735228884

A boy discovers his Native American heritage in this Depression-era tale of identity and friendship by the author of Code Talker It's 1932, and twelve-year-old Cal Black and his Pop have been riding the rails for years after losing their farm in the Great Depression. Cal likes being a "knight of the road" with Pop, even if they're broke. But then Pop has to go to Washington, DC--some of his fellow veterans are marching for their government checks, and Pop wants to make sure he gets his due--and Cal can't go with him. So Pop tells Cal something he never knew before: Pop is actually a Creek Indian, which means Cal is too. And Pop has decided to send Cal to a government boarding school for Native Americans in Oklahoma called the Challagi School. At school, the other Creek boys quickly take Cal under their wings. Even in the harsh, miserable conditions of the Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school, he begins to learn about his people's history and heritage. He learns their language and customs. And most of all, he learns how to find strength in a group of friends who have nothing beyond each other.

Attack of the 50-Foot Fly Guy!

Attack of the 50-Foot Fly Guy!
Author: Tedd Arnold
Publisher: Cartwheel Books
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2019-09-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781536458442

After grabbing a snack from a radioactive trash can, Fly Guy grows to 50 feet tall! Can Buzz and the scientist figure out how to shrink him before the police and military attack?

Whoever You Are

Whoever You Are
Author: Mem Fox
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780152060664

Despite the differences between children around the world, there are similarities that join us together, such as pain, joy, and love. Inside they are the same.

Wildfire (The Wild Series)

Wildfire (The Wild Series)
Author: Rodman Philbrick
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2019-09-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1338266918

Newbery Honor author Rodman Philbrick sends readers straight into the nightmare of a raging wildfire as 12-year-old Sam is trapped by explosive flames and deadly smoke that threaten to take his life. Can he survive? Flames race toward Sam Castine's summer camp as evacuation buses are loading, but Sam runs back to get his phone. Suddenly, a flash of heat blasts him as pine trees explode. Now a wall of fire separates Sam from his bus, and there's only one thing to do: Run for his life. Run or die.Lungs burning, Sam's only goal is to keep moving. Drought has made the forest a tinderbox, and Sam struggles to remember survival tricks he learned from his late father. Then, when he least expects it, he encounters Delphy, an older girl who is also lost. Their unlikely friendship grows as they join forces to find civilization.The pace never slows, and eventually flames surround Sam and Delphy on all sides. A powerful bond is forged that can only grow out of true hardship -- as two true friends beat all odds and outwit one of the deadliest fires ever.At the end of the novel, information about wildfires and useful safety tips add to the reader's understanding of one of the US's most dangerous natural disasters.