Books with author Spencer Toole

Oscar was small, too small to keep up, or play with other mice his age. He wanted a friend. One day he met a friend, a BIG friend. He discovered that courage isn't limited to size. Oscar makes a daring save during a frightful event and ends up being a hero with lots of friends. Discovering courage and acting on it helps others to realize our physical size is not the measure for friendship.

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) skills are the tools that every child needs to succeed in school and in life. This book introduces readers to the SEL skill of goal setting, a key part of the SEL core concept of self-management. Readers will follow Gabby as she defines her goal and then works to achieve it. Eye-catching illustrations, a stimulating storyline, and a relatable situation will engage students as they acquire integral skills for daily life. For a comprehensive learning experience, this fiction title can be paired with the nonfiction title Why Are Goals Important? (ISBN: 9781725355279). The instructional guide on the inside front and back covers provides vocabulary, reflections, 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 data collection. 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 data collection works in the real world. In this book, students collect data to learn more about immigration in the past and present. This nonfiction book is paired with the fiction book Ellie's Trip to Ellis Island (ISBN: 9781508137788). The instructional guide on the inside front and back covers provides: Vocabulary, Background knowledge, Text-dependent questions, Whole class activities, and Independent activities.

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) skills are the tools that every child needs to succeed in school and in life. This book introduces readers to the SEL skill of identifying problems, a key part of the SEL core concept of responsible decision-making. Readers will follow Pete as he learns how to define his problem and then solve it. Eye-catching illustrations, a stimulating storyline, and a relatable situation will engage students as they acquire integral skills for daily life. For a comprehensive learning experience, this fiction title can be paired with the nonfiction title I See a Problem (ISBN: 9781725355934). The instructional guide on the inside front and back covers provides vocabulary, reflections, background knowledge, text-dependent questions, whole class activities, and independent activities.

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 Selena as she makes a budget to save money. This fiction title is paired with the nonfiction title Our Class Budget (ISBN: 9781538352397). 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 conditionals. 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 conditionals work in the real world. In this book, readers will learn about what happens when flowers have sunlight. This nonfiction title is paired with the fiction title My Little Plant (ISBN: 9781538351048). The instructional guide on the inside front and back covers provides: Vocabulary, Background knowledge, Text-dependent questions, Whole class activities, and Independent activities.

It seems like all of the good counting books stop at ten, or maybe one hundred, or if you're lucky, one thousand . . . but once you cross the quadruple-digit mark, there really aren't any good counting books available. "Zero, One, Two . . . One Hundred Thousand!" takes the next step and gets you all the way up to six digits, with each number presented clearly and sequentially.

Anyone can learn computer science, even at the elementary school level. This book delves into the essential computer science concept of pair programming 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 pair programming is used in everyday life. In this book, characters build a fort as a team. This fiction book is paired with the nonfiction book We Measure Together (ISBN: 9781538367094). The instructional guide on the inside front and back covers provides: Vocabulary, Background knowledge, Text-dependent questions, Whole class activities, and Independent activities.