The Unofficial Guide to Crafting the World of Harry Potter


Book Description

Make your home feel like Hogwarts with these creative Harry Potter-themed crafts, perfect for the whole family! Charming crafts even Muggles can make! You won't need alchemy or a magic wand to make these 30 magical projects inspired by the world of Harry Potter. With a little Hogwarts creativity and the step-by-step guidance of this spellbinding book, you'll be able to transfigurate simple supplies and things around the house into everything from Remembrall Rings to Butterbeer Lip Balm to Nargles for your front lawn. You'll be as busy as Mrs. Weasley knitting her Christmas sweaters as you dive into dozens of Potterific projects. Relive the excitement of Harry's adventures with these genius crafts. Drop some homemade Pgymy Puff Bath Fizzies into the tub and pretend you're Moaning Myrtle. Keep memories of the Quidditch pitch close with your very own Golden Snitch Necklace. Or show off the Sorting Hat's selection with a House Colors Tie-Dye Shirt. Accio, crafting supplies--it's time for some wonderful wizardly fun!




The Daily 5


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The Daily 5, Second Edition retains the core literacy components that made the first edition one of the most widely read books in education and enhances these practices based on years of further experience in classrooms and compelling new brain research. The Daily 5 provides a way for any teacher to structure literacy (and now math) time to increase student independence and allow for individualized attention in small groups and one-on-one. Teachers and schools implementing the Daily 5 will do the following: Spend less time on classroom management and more time teaching Help students develop independence, stamina, and accountability Provide students with abundant time for practicing reading, writing, and math Increase the time teachers spend with students one-on-one and in small groups Improve schoolwide achievement and success in literacy and math. The Daily 5, Second Edition gives teachers everything they need to launch and sustain the Daily 5, including materials and setup, model behaviors, detailed lesson plans, specific tips for implementing each component, and solutions to common challenges. By following this simple and proven structure, teachers can move from a harried classroom toward one that hums with productive and engaged learners. What's new in the second edition: Detailed launch plans for the first three weeks Full color photos, figures, and charts Increased flexibility regarding when and how to introduce each Daily 5 choice New chapter on differentiating instruction by age and stamina Ideas about how to integrate the Daily 5 with the CAFE assessment system New chapter on the Math Daily 3 structure




Dude Diary Smash


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Tween boys diary with large graphic smashing tasks and questions.




Playful Fabric Printing


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"Printing your own fabric opens up an entire new world of design, especially for quilters, sewists, and other textile artists. Until now, the process of printing with dyes could seem difficult to learn and even harder to implement. But Carol Soderlund and Melanie Testa have taken all the stumbling blocks out of the way of would-be fabric dyers and printers. With step by step advice, instruction, and photographs, this book is a master class in using dyes and low-tech equipment to print your own fabric, and it begins at the beginning. If you've never handled dyes before, never designed your own print motifs, aren't even sure what supplies or space you might need, everything you want to know is here. More advanced students will value the in-depth presentation of techniques, tools, and insights into approaching fabric printing as an art and taking your work to the next level. The opportunities for fun creative expression and producing your most original and exciting fabric work ever are unlimited with Carol and Melanie's friendly help. It's time to try playful fabric printing!" -- Provided by publisher




Writing the Laboratory Notebook


Book Description

Describes in general how scientists can use handwritten research notebooks as a tool to record their research in progress, and in particular the legal protocols for industrial scientists to handwrite their research in progress so they can establish priority of invention in case a patent suit arises.




My Personal Spelling Dictionary Logbook


Book Description

The friendliest way to inspire your kids to take notes and master their spelling! This "My Personal Spelling Dictionary Logbook: The Notebook for Kids' Collection of Their Hard Words to Spell, for Spelling Practice & Enhancing Word Power!" comes with 220 wide ruled pages for kids to write in the words they found challenging, either in their daily life or classrooms. Each page pair comes with a big alphabet (in dictionary-like format) that signifies the letter with which the words inside the pages start. Due to its size of 6 x 9 inches, kids can carry this personal dictionary logbook along anywhere they want and well keep up with the vocabulary they want to master! In addition to the over two hundred blank dictionary-like pages inside, the very first page of this book is the owner's page where kids can write their own name, making this spelling dictionary truly personal, and also making the book great as gifts for children of any age. Followed by the lists of Top 20 hardest words, and Top 20 most favorite words, (of their own) which will definitely add fun to children's vocabulary learning experience. The last couple pages are intentionally reserved unlined, so children can give illustrations to some words in their own terms, which is a great way to help them deal with those more challenging words! The pages are bound by the book industry standard binding (the same binding as most paperbacks in the library) and the book covers are laminated with matte finish that helps repel liquid and toughens the cover, so that this one-and-only personal dictionary may keep the vocabulary collection with you and your little child longer. Plus, the book cover and the spine is writable, so, once this book is used up, kids can simply write its subject and volume number, then continue on the next "My Personal Spelling Dictionary Logbook" (available on leading on-line and brick-and-mortar bookstores) to continue the compilation they are proud of, without any disruption! Now with this book, your children can be friends with any words they found challenging, and continuously building on their vocabulary effortlessly, through the semester and beyond!




The Unofficial Guide to Crafting the World of Harry Potter


Book Description

Make your home feel like Hogwarts with these creative Harry Potter-themed crafts, perfect for the whole family! Charming crafts even Muggles can make! You won't need alchemy or a magic wand to make these 30 magical projects inspired by the world of Harry Potter. With a little Hogwarts creativity and the step-by-step guidance of this spellbinding book, you'll be able to transfigurate simple supplies and things around the house into everything from Remembrall Rings to Butterbeer Lip Balm to Nargles for your front lawn. You'll be as busy as Mrs. Weasley knitting her Christmas sweaters as you dive into dozens of Potterific projects. Relive the excitement of Harry's adventures with these genius crafts. Drop some homemade Pgymy Puff Bath Fizzies into the tub and pretend you're Moaning Myrtle. Keep memories of the Quidditch pitch close with your very own Golden Snitch Necklace. Or show off the Sorting Hat's selection with a House Colors Tie-Dye Shirt. Accio, crafting supplies--it's time for some wonderful wizardly fun!




Composition Book by Grades


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Lab 6


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DIVSomething is wrong in Lab 6—what are Sam’s parents hiding? /divDIV/divDIVSam Hughes has always been too smart for his own good. It’s in his genes—both his parents are scientists who specialize in artificial intelligence—and sometimes it gets him into trouble. Sick of the bully who always steals his computer homework, Sam gives him a disk laced with a virus as a prank. To escape the bully’s wrath, Sam runs and hides in his parents’ lab./divDIV /divDIVInside, Sam hears a voice calling to him from behind a locked door labeled “Lab 6.” His parents are in there, and though he can hear them, he doesn’t understand what they’re talking about. Are his parents hiding a body in their lab? Something strange is going on, and Sam knows the answers lie somewhere in Lab 6./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Peter Lerangis including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection./divDIV /divDIV/div