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One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia is a great read aloud for fourth or fifth grade, or literature circle book for fifth, sixth, or seventh graders. Students will enjoy discussing the character development, the conflict between Delphine and her mother, and the setting of 1968 Oakland California. Finally, students will enjoy researching and discovering more about the Civil Rights Movement and African American history with projects based off of the history embedded in the narrative. This li

Have you met StingRay, Lumphy, and Plastic? If not, your students will love listening to the antics of these three adventurous toys. The Read Aloud Guide is a PowerPoint presentation that will focus and give purpose to your read aloud. There are two slides per chapter, with questions that will guide listeners through the chapter and a Think-Pair-Share question to help students hone their higher-order-thinking skills. Finally, there is a final project that your students will love to do! This