elementary schools

Sam is working on making a clay dinosaur for the school art show and sale when the clay suddenly comes to life and attacks him, a sure sign that once again Orson Eerie, whose spirit inhabits the school, is up to something--and it is up to Sam, Antonio, and Lucy, to discover how a self-portrait of Orson figures into his evil plan.

"Finch has trouble paying attention in school. He's just too busy dreaming about uncovering a dinosaur fossil and naming a new species after himself--until he digs up a note in the fifth-grade class garden with the word HELP on it. He is determined to come to the aid of the mystery note-writer. But when the quest turns out to be harder than expected, Finch risks losing two things that he really wants --his best friend Noah, and a field trip to Dinosaur State Park"--OCLC.

Jules is starting third grade, but her new teacher seems a little strange, she has to choose and research a famous person for the class wax museum project, and rehearsals for the sitcom she is in are harder than ever--especially since the TV show is about to air.

"Clyde has a secret. Whenever he gets too excited, he changes into a monkey. His twin sister, Claudia, is worried that this isn't good for him. But when a ghost is seen in their school's hallway, Clyde will have to use his monkey powers to save they day. Will Clyde ever be a normal boy again?"--Back cover.

Contains ready-made and generic tools classroom teachers may use to simplify the process of differentiation, including task cards, tic-tac-toe menus, graphic organizers, guides to creating differentiated units, product lists, and assessment ideas.

When Finley decides that fashion is just wearable art, she sets out to create a new fad with her friend Henry: a forklet, a bracelet you can both wear and eat with and only one dollar each for her classmates--unfortunately her parents do not appreciate the disappearing silverware, and Finley has to rethink her invention.

Curious's hypothesis of the week is "the quieter you are, the more you can hear" and she plans to put it to work as her fourth-grade class is being tested for musical ability, because she really cannot sing, and she does not want to play the clarinet like her three older sisters.

As their makerspace project the students in Yasmin's second grade class are building a city: there are houses, a school, a church, even a castle, but Yasmin is not sure what to build, until inspiration strikes.

Sean, one of the twins, has a reputation as a prankster, but Meri is convinced that the culprits behind the smashed brownies are Gina and Megan, class bullies--so she turns to Dorothy from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" in her magic mirror for advice on how to confront them.

In this compilation of four separately published books, Pakistani American second grader Yasmin learns to cope with the small problems of school and home, while gaining confidence in her own skills and creative abilities.