Expanding your child s reading horizons is easy with fiction books from Teacher Created Materials! In Bess by Pamela Brunskill, girls aren t allowed to act in Shakespeare s London, so Bess pretends to be a boy to get a role. When it s show time, can she let her parents and the Globe know it s her? Find out more in this historical fiction book your child will love. Includes Book Club literacy and comprehension questions.

People today live in a world of information overload. Each day, information is shared from countless sources through numerous devices. Learning how to handle this onslaught of information has become a vital task for everyone. By the time they reach upper elementary school, most students are using smart phones, tablets and computers to access social media, video websites, online forums, wikis, blogs, and interactive digital games. Students need guidance on how to analyze online information sources, critically think about the content, and apply it to their decision-making. This essential professional resource includes everything that teachers need to help students achieve digital literacy, and includes activities and easy-to-use templates to support teachers as they teach the key skills of analyzing and understanding online information. This book by Sara Armstrong and Pamela Brunskill consists of three sections: Finding Information, Analyzing Information, and Using Information. The topics covered include: an introduction to information literacy; search techniques and strategies; asking and answering good questions; thinking visually; organizing information; online civic reasoning; analyzing online sources; using technology to teach; project-based learning with technology. With the amount of online information sources increasing exponentially, this book will equip teachers with the tools they need to help their students become global citizens and 21st century thinkers.

This short, 32-page chapter book features full-color illustrations to capture the attention of kids who enjoy modern retellings of classic tales. In this spin on Hansel and Gretel, Tim and Lia are playing outside on a snow day when they get lost in the woods. They find a candy shop owned by the mysterious Mr. Gretel who gives them as much candy as they can eat. But they'll have to rely on their own smarts when it comes to getting home! Kids will be captivated by this fast-paced adventure story that is appealing to reluctant readers.