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Orca Book Publishers: 'Battle of the Bands' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
In Battle of the Bands by K. L. Denman, one band is preparing to battle another in a music competition. But then a guitar is destroyed and suspicions against a lead band member mount. This teacher's guide includes a book summary,...
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Orca Book Publishers: The Twelve Days of Summer Teaching Guide [Pdf]
This teacher's guide for "The Twelve Days of Summer," a book written by Jan Andrews and Susan Rennick Jolliffe, gives instructions on hand and body movements (both seated and standing) that pupils can do to accompany a reading of the book.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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