Books with author Mike Phillips

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) includes major life skills that all students need to get along with others and live happy, healthy lives. This book delves into the essential SEL skill of recognizing strengths, an integral component of the SEL core concept of self-awareness. Readers will learn how to recognize their intelligence. Accessible text paired with vibrant full-color photographs will allow readers to connect with the concept, and gain a deep understanding of how to apply this skill in daily life. For a comprehensive learning experience, this nonfiction title can be paired with the fiction title Sara the Seal Is Strong! (ISBN: 9781725353688). The instructional guide on the inside front and back covers provides vocabulary, reflections, background knowledge, text-dependent questions, whole class activities, and independent activities.

Follow the fantastic adventures of Azima, a young Masai girl from Eastern Africa, as she meets the many wonderful and whacky characters of the Magic Jungle. It is in this magical jungle that Azima not only learns about the world, but about herself aswell. In her “classrooms”, she learns the importance of a good education and how she can one day become a great leader. Although for everyone, the tales and lessons are especially geared for girls and young women, and show you that with a little faith and education, the sky is the limit. This is a great story and serves as a primer to subjects including; language arts, math, science and social studies. Unlike other primers, Azima brings these subjects to life with her infectious attitude, and her love of rhythm and rhyme.

Anyone can learn computer science, even at the elementary school level. This book delves into the essential computer science concept of testing using age-appropriate language and colorful illustrations. A meaningful storyline is paired with an accessible curricular topic to engage and excite readers. This book introduces readers to a relatable character and familiar situation, which demonstrates how testing is used in everyday life. Readers will follow Willa the Witch as she creates and tests a winter wonderland skating rink. This fiction title is paired with the nonfiction title Making Ice (ISBN: 9781538350768). The instructional guide on the inside front and back covers provides: Vocabulary, Background knowledge, Text-dependent questions, Whole class activities, and Independent activities.

Computer science is all around us, at school, at home, and in the community. This book gives readers the essential tools they need to understand the computer science concept of problem decomposition. Brilliant color photographs and accessible text will engage readers and allow them to connect deeply with the concept. The computer science topic is paired with an age-appropriate curricular topic to deepen readers' learning experience and show how problem decomposition works in the real world. In this book, a narrator breaks down the task of getting to their classroom into easier, smaller steps. This nonfiction book is paired with the fiction book I Give Directions (ISBN: 9781538366004). The instructional guide on the inside front and back covers provides: Vocabulary, Background knowledge, Text-dependent questions, Whole class activities, and Independent activities.

Computer science is all around us, at school, at home, and in the community. This book gives readers the essential tools they need to understand the computer science concept of using a design process to create artifacts. Brilliant color photographs and accessible text will engage readers and allow them to connect deeply with the concept. The computer science topic is paired with an age-appropriate curricular topic to deepen readers' learning experience and show how using a design process works in the real world. In this book, a community plans and creates a local park by working step by step. This nonfiction book is paired with the fiction book I Plan a Park! (ISBN: 9781538367339). The instructional guide on the inside front and back covers provides: Vocabulary, Background knowledge, Text-dependent questions, Whole class activities, and Independent activities.

There's nothing deader than a mammoth -- not just dead but completely extinct. So how can it be moving at night? In the Case of the Moving Mammoth, the Squad investigate the museum's new star exhibit, on loan from Tyrone O'Saurus, ringmaster of the travelling Dinosaur Circus. There must be a reasonable explanation for a shifting stuffed prefistoric animal. Can they sift through the clues and unravel the puzzle before the museum faces a mammoth-sized problem?