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"Antonia Vega, the immigrant writer at the center of this novel, has had the rug pulled out from under her. She has just retired from the college where she taught English when her husband, Sam suddenly dies. And then more jolt: her big-hearted but unstable sister disappears, and Antonia returns home one evening to find a pregnant, undocumented teenager on her doorstep. Antonia has always sought direction in the literature she loves--lines from her...
2) The guardian
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Home to Hickory Hollow volume 3
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When Jodi Winfield comes to Lancaster to house-sit, the last thing she expects to find is a dsheveled little girl alone on the side of the road. The young teacher is mystified when she learns there have been no reports of a missing child and the girl herself is no help, since she can't speak English. It's as if the child appeared out of nowhere. Jodi, then turns her attention to Hickory Hollow--and the cloistered world of the Old Order Amish--in...
3) Storm watch
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When a prominent University of Wyoming professor goes missing, authorities are stumped. That is, until Joe Pickett makes two surprising discoveries while hunting down a wounded elk on his district as an epic spring storm descends upon him. First, he finds the professor’s vehicle parked on a remote mountainside. Then Joe finds the professor’s frozen and mutilated body. When he attempts to learn more, his investigation is obstructed by federal agents,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
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"Laura's teaching position forces her to live away from home for the first time. Only one thing gets her through the lonely weeks - every weekend, Almanzo Wilder arrives at the school to take Laura home for a visit"--P. [4] of cover..
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The 2020 Educator Preparation Program (EPP) Report executive summary presents the rationale for the expanded scope of the EPP Report, highlights important finding sand introduces the new EPP Report format. shortage of teachers is a national problem that Colorado continues to grapple with as the population grows, demographics change and enrollment in teacher preparation decreases. A key focus of the state is to develop, deploy and support educator...
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2014.
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Recovering from being shot by a student she'd never met, Chicago sociology professor Amelia Emmet, desperate to know why she was targeted, gets some investigative help from her teaching assistant and together they must live through the darkest hours of their lives to find the truth.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 16
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In this sequel to "Anne of Green Gables," teenage Anne Shirley becomes a schoolteacher in a small village on Prince Edward Island.
At sixteen Anne is grown up...almost. Her gray eyes shine like evening stars, but her red hair is still as peppery as her temper. In the years since she arrived at Green Gables as a freckle-faced orphan; she has earned the love of the people of Avonlea and a reputation for getting into scrapes. But when Anne begins her...
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2013.
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Title II, Part B of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), also referred to as the Mathematics and Science Partnerships (MSP), provides the opportunity for school districts to partner with faculty from Institutes of Higher Education (IHE) to offer Professional Development (PD) to the districts math and science teachers. Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) apply for this competitive grant with the ultimate purpose of increasing the math and/or...
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2023.
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"When Penny Dahl calls the Finders Keepers detective agency hoping for help locating her missing daughter, Holly is reluctant to accept the case. Her partner, Pete, has Covid. Her (very complicated) mother has just died. And Holly is meant to be on leave. But something in Penny Dahl’s desperate voice makes it impossible for Holly to turn her down. Mere blocks from where Bonnie Dahl disappeared live Professors Rodney and Emily Harris. They are the...
10) Plainsong
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
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Set in Denver, the separate lives of a school teacher, a pregnant teenage girl, and two elderly bachelors become one small community.
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East Sussex, 1914. It is the end of England's brief Edwardian summer, and everyone agrees that the weather has never been so beautiful. Hugh Grange, down from his medical studies is visiting his Aunt Agatha, who lives with her husband in the small, idyllic coastal town of Rye. Agatha's husband works in the Foreign Office, and she is certain he will ensure that the recent saber rattling over the Balkans won't come to anything. And Agatha has more immediate...
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After two back-to-back life-changing events, first grade teacher Katie McGrath left Albuquerque for a fresh start in Borden's Gap, Tennessee. She is finally back in the classroom where she belongs, but it will take a little while for her to heal and feel truly like herself. She'll need to dig deep to find the courage it takes to try again - in life and in love - but with some help from her neighbour Sam Youngblood and his adorable daughters who bring...
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2015.
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This is a resource for supporting Colorado school district employees, administrators, and teachers in developing an understanding of the Rubric for Evaluating Colorado Teachers. As individuals apply the rubric to their own teaching and to that of others, the Resource Guide can be used to support observers and coaches in accurately identifying evidence for the professional practices and for classroom teachers to accurately reflect on their teaching...
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2019.
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This is a resource for supporting Colorado school district employees, administrators, and teachers in developing an understanding of the Rubric for Evaluating Colorado Teachers. As individuals apply the rubric to their own teaching and to that of others, the Resource Guide can be used to support observers and coaches in accurately identifying evidence for the professional practices and for classroom teachers to accurately reflect on their teaching...
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2014.
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This is a resource for supporting Colorado school district employees, administrators, and teachers in developing an understanding of the Rubric for Evaluating Colorado Teachers. As individuals apply the rubric to their own teaching and to that of others, the Resource Guide can be used to support observers and coaches in accurately identifying evidence for the professional practices and for classroom teachers to accurately reflect on their teaching...