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To welcome new student Kim Ling Tan, a class prepares reports on the tropical southeast Asian nation known since 1963…
as Malaysia. Lessons cover the country's history, land, natural resources, and different groups of people. Includes a recipe and craft. For grades 3-6. 2009Students explore the history of Great Britain because a new boy from the UK will be joining their class. Discusses…
the climate, resources, and traditions of Scotland, England, and Wales. Includes a recipe for Welsh rarebit and instructions for making a flag. For grades 3-6. 2009A Vermont class studies Tanzania to welcome a new boy from that East African country. The students read about the…
geography and wildlife, people like the nomadic Maasai, and million-year-old footprints. Includes a recipe for ugali (cornmeal porridge) and instructions for making a beaded necklace. For grades 3-6. 2009Frozen secrets: Antarctica revealed
By Sally M. Walker, Sally M Walker. 2010
Describes scientists' investigations of the icy South Pole continent. Discusses the researchers' methods of mapping the terrain, scuba diving, using…
underwater robots, retrieving fossils, and collecting ice core samples to analyze data about the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Highlights climate challenges and perils. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2010Discusses bungee jumping, sheep, kiwi, rugby, the Maori, and the movie Lord of the Rings and their relationship to the…
history, geography, and people of New Zealand, the island nation near Australia and homeland of Mr. Lorenz's new student. Includes a recipe and craft activity. For grades 3-6. 2009Meet our new student from Zambia (Robbie reader. Meet our new student from)
By John Albert Torres. 2010
Recounts Mr. Sagarin's class preparations for welcoming Franco--a ten-year-old boy who loves soccer, tag, and checkers--to their school. Discusses the…
history, geography, culture, and customs of Zambia, Franco's home country in southern Africa. Includes a recipe and an activity. For grades 3-6. 2010Meet our new student from Nigeria (Robbie reader. Meet our new student from)
By Anna M. Ogunnaike. 2009
A lesson about the West African nation Nigeria taught to Mrs. Harkins's class in preparation for a new student's arrival.…
Discusses the country's history and ancient civilizations, geography and crops, social customs, and religions. Includes a recipe for fried plantain and instructions for making a mask. For grades 3-6. 2009Meet our new student from Colombia (A Robbie reader. Meet our new student from)
By Rebecca Thatcher Murcia. 2009
Overview of Colombia, South America--given to Mrs. Johnson's class in preparation for welcoming new Colombian student Camila--discusses the nation's holidays,…
people, geography from its ocean coasts to the Amazon River, and its history before and after the arrival of the Spanish. Includes a recipe and craft. For grades 3-6. 2009Meet our new student from Nicaragua (Robbie reader. Meet our new student from)
By John Albert Torres. 2010
Fourth-grade class lesson about the Central American country Nicaragua--homeland of a new student, Ramón--covers its people, history, geography, weather, Catholic…
traditions, and variety of wildlife, including freshwater sharks. Provides a recipe for gallopinto, a rice and beans dish, and instructions for making a clay piggy bank. For grades 3-6. 2010Meet our new student from Korea (Robbie reader. Meet our new student from)
By Marylou Morano Kjelle. 2009
A teacher explains the history of the two Koreas--North and South--to prepare her class for a new student's arrival. Discusses…
the customs, foods, holidays, geography, wildlife, and typhoons of this mountainous peninsula southeast of China. Includes a recipe and craft. For grades 3-6. 2009Meet our new student from South Africa (Robbie reader. Meet our new student from)
By Melissa Koosmann, Melissa Koosman. 2010
Describes a visit to the library by Mr. Ochoa's class to learn facts about the southernmost country on the African…
continent and home of incoming student Zaziwe. Discusses the history, geography, wildlife, culture, and customs of South Africa. Includes a recipe and craft activity. For grades 3-6. 2010Birchbark brigade: a fur trade history
By Cris Peterson. 2009
Discusses three hundred years of North American frontier trade between European explorers with manufactured goods and Indians with animal pelts.…
Traces the growth of trading companies. Describes the traders' living conditions and the large birch-bark canoes they used for transportation. For grades 5-8. 2009Saving the Baghdad Zoo: a true story of hope and heroes
By Kelly Milner Halls, William Sumner. 2010
Describes the recovery efforts of American major William Sumner and his team to retrieve starving animal survivors of war-torn Baghdad…
and rebuild the zoo. Discusses the difficulties of feeding and medically treating bears, pelicans, camels, Arabian horses, lions, cheetahs, tigers, and dogs in battlefield conditions. For grades 4-7. 2010Kakapo rescue: saving the world's strangest parrot (Scientists in the Field)
By Sy Montgomery, Nic Bishop. 2010
Discusses the plight of the nearly extinct New Zealand kakapo--a large, flightless parrot. Explains the recovery-team scientists' work of moving…
the remaining kakapo population to a safe environment and ensuring the birds' protection during the hatching season. For grades 5-8. 2010Stories from the billabong
By James Marshall, James Vance Marshall, Francis Firebrace. 2009
Ten Australian Aboriginal folktales about creation and the natural world, including pourquoi tales "How the Kangaroo Got Her Pouch" and…
"How the Crocodile Got Its Scales." Facts about the featured animal, plant, or place follow each legend. For grades 3-6. 2008Meet our new student from Haiti (Robbie reader. Meet our new student from)
By John Torres, John A. Torres. 2008
A class studies the Caribbean country of Haiti, which shares an island with the Dominican Republic. Introduces Haiti's history and…
describes the land, social life, religion, and customs. Includes a recipe for Tassot using goat meat or beef and instructions for making a coconut-shell nativity set. For grades 3-6. 2009Meet our new student from Mali (Robbie reader. Meet our new student from)
By Oludamini Ogunnaike. 2010
Welcoming a new student from Africa to an American class is the setting used to introduce the history, geography, and…
culture of Mali. Includes a recipe for sesame-seed honey bars and instructions for creating a Kanaga mask. For grades 3-6. 2010Meet our new student from Japan (Robbie reader. Meet our new student from)
By Lori McManus. 2010
American students prepare for a new classmate by learning about Japan--an island group off the continent of Asia. This overview…
introduces Japan's twelve-thousand-year history, its volcanic geography, and customs and celebrations. Includes a recipe for Osumashi soup and instructions for making a Koi-Nobori (fish-shaped wind sock). For grades 3-6. 2010Preparations by a third-grade class in New York for the arrival of a new student from Quebec is the setting…
used to introduce the history, geography, and customs of the Canadian province. Includes a recipe for chocolate sparklers and instructions for creating a wind sock. For grades 3-6. 2010Meet our new student from India (Robbie reader. Meet our new student from)
By Khadija Ejaz. 2010
Welcoming new student Jai Singh to a third-grade class in Oklahoma is the setting used to introduce the history, geography,…
and cultures of India. Includes a recipe for the cooling drink mango lassi and instructions for making a Diwali diya for the Hindu festival of lights. For grades 3-6. 2010