My Father's Dragon


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Young Elmer voyages to Wild Island to rescue a captive dragon by outwitting hungry tigers, cranky crocodiles, and other fierce animals. This charmingly illustrated Newbery Honor Book has delighted generations of readers.




My Father's Dragon Post-Reading Activities


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These post-reading activities for My Father's Dragon allow students to share their understanding of characters, plot, and settings of the book. They have opportunities to write, draw, and perform based on what they've learned.




Elmer and the Dragon


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A stand-alone sequel to My Father's Dragon, in which Elmer Elevator and the flying baby dragon help the king of the canaries find treasure.




The Dragons of Blueland


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In this third and final installment of the classic My Father's Dragon trilogy, Boris, the baby dragon, is excited to be heading home to Blueland and looks forward to reuniting with his family.







Dragon Post


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My Father's Dragon: An Instructional Guide for Literature


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Ride along on an exciting adventure with Elmer as he attempts to rescue a baby dragon held captive on a mysterious land. Young readers will learn to think on their feet as they travel with Elmer. This instructional guide for literature is the perfect tool to aid students in analyzing and comprehending this engaging story. Appealing and challenging cross-curricular lessons and activities were written to support this well-known story and incorporate research-based literacy skills to help students become thorough readers. These lessons and activities work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to analyze and comprehend story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading and text-based vocabulary, determine meaning through text-dependent questions, and much more.




My Father's Dragon Comprehension Assessment


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These assessment questions for My Father's Dragon are modeled after current testing models requiring students to revisit the text for answers. Students have to support their opinions and inferences with examples from the text.




Pulling A Dragon's Teeth


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There is a proverb in China, hu kou ba ya, literally "pulling teeth from a tiger's mouth," used to describe any extremely difficult task. When Shao Wei first arrived in the United States at age thirty-one, her desire to write poems in English seemed almost impossible. Pulling a Dragon's Teeth, a first stop on the successful journey toward that goal, is filled with the rhythms and visions of this exciting young poet.Shuttling between her childhood in a small mountain city on the shores of the Yangtze River (soon to be flooded by the Three Gorges Dam Project) and adulthood in Manhattan, Shao Weicaptures the pains and joys of tradition and displacement familiar to any immigrant. Blending fairy tales, New York images, family stories, and the universal rites of passage associated with growing up, she paints a vibrant canvas of passion and imagination.




e-Little Leaders: Grammar Leader K2


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LITTLE LEADERS is a pre-primary school series specially designed to prepare kindergarten children for Primary One. This series covers the essential subjects and components, namely English, Grammar, Vocabulary, Writing and Mathematics. There are two levels: K1 – For those who can’t wait to go to K2 and K2 – For those who can’t wait to go to Pr 1. The activities compiled for each book and each level are structured and focused, with specific learning objectives so parents and teachers can track a child’s accomplishments. The introduction of awarding stars for each activity makes targets fun for the children while allowing parents and teachers to recognize the pace of the child’s learning. It is hoped that the progressive activities form part of their learning adventure as they proceed from one page to another. The answer for the first question of each activity is provided with the objective of guiding children in their learning. GRAMMAR LEADER K1 and GRAMMAR LEADER K2 are best used as a set. These books will certainly help children gain proficiency in English language as they progress from one activity to another.




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