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Aaron Archer is your basic walking encyclopedia, whatever he hears or reads, it just stays in his head! LA: Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace. I adored both Audrey and Aaron. Audrey pushes people away because she is afraid of being hurt (aka lied to) and doesn't understand WHY people lie. She comes off rude but that is because she has built so many walls around herself. Aaron, while smart and knows A LOT, doesn't understand FEELINGS. It's hard to him to be social in situations that require some emotion, not facts. Both Audrey and Aaron don't want to be known just for their abilities, either. SS: Describe ways in which language, stories, folktales, music, and artistic creations serve as expressions of culture and influence behavior of people living in a particular culture.Spelling suggestions: If your guess closely matches one of the movies or stars that can be connected to your board, we show a little pop-up telling you what we think you meant, and you can then add it to your board. This is done using fuzzy string searching. We also don’t care about the word “the”, accent marks, punctuation, and so on. When you look up at the sky at night, what do you see? This awe-inspiring book tells the stories behind the world's constellations, with a message that is as magical as it is important. This dot to dot constellations activity is a fun way to enhance your children’s understanding of famous constellations and what they look like. Audrey and Aaron end up at the same wilderness camp--a six-week intensive trek through the desert led by a former football player turned rugged outdoorsman with a chip on his shoulder. When the unthinkable happens, it'll take everything Audrey and Aaron have got to survive. And somewhere along the way, Audrey and Aaron begin to see that sometimes facts don't tell the whole story . . . and sometimes, to find the truth, you have to look beyond the lies. Children will marvel at everything the universe has created for us, from Vulpecula (The Little Fox), to Lepus (The Hare), a very special constellation just south of the equator, that can miraculously be seen from the northern hemisphere in winter.

provide peer-support sessions which will be facilitated by Peer Supporters; local people volunteering their time, most of whom have themselves been through a loss. Aaron Archer is the equivalent of a walking encyclopedia. Anything he's ever read or heard gets filed away in his brain, word for word. But while he can recite all the facts and figures, he's not always sure how to put the pieces together. When an ill-thought-out scheme gets him into trouble at school, Aaron's parents decide to send him someplace where he can't rely on facts alone. In a time where we all need to be reminded that we are one world, this truly remarkable book journeys through the special constellations in both the northern and southern hemisphere sky, providing a poetic look into their broader meaning.LA: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade level topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. Students investigate a well-known myth What constellation is referenced in the story? How does the constellation connect with the story? Encourage students to write an original story about a constellation. What does your myth explain about the world? Are there any gods referenced in your story? If so, who? What is his or her position in mythology? The plot was well thought out and very engaging. I loved every minute of it. The descriptions of the happenings were very gripping and putting the book down became a burden. I wasn't really sure what to expect when I started reading Connect the Stars. The idea of a summer adventure story sounded fantastic, as did the idea of two teens learning important life lessons from the wilderness around them. Along the way, they also learn the value of their skills, and how to utilize those skills to in a way that help them connect with those around them. E.g. Rather than judge others for lying, Audrey - through the help of her new friends - learns that people may actually lie for a reason, and some kindness and understanding can help better understand those motives.

I like the way de los Santos writes, I loved her two protagonists and as a children's book it works very well, indeed. I have never heard of anyone IRL who can always tell every time someone is lying, but it is a fabulous literary device here. Each of the quirky four children who end up on the Wilderness Camp team (including our POV kids) has some sort of "super power" or quirk that can work like one--and for the most part there are kids like that in the real world.During the wilderness camp, they are paired up on the same team with two other eccentric preteens. This group was so cute and fun! They all support one another and learn to trust each other as their time at the camp goes on. Audrey helps Aaron with small tasks and situations where his spewing of facts is not welcome, which were cute and often hilarious. The remaining team helps Audrey realize that pushing people away is the answer she has been looking for. It's just so heart-warming and CUTE.

This is not just a story of the constellations, though. Carefully woven throughout the story is children of all races and abilities. Why? Because no matter who we are and where we come from, we all play an equal part in marvelling at, and ultimately holding up, the sky. If your children enjoy a traditional dot to dot activity, we recommend our Zoo Animals Dot to Dot Worksheets. Your children can connect the dots from one to 20 and watch these zoo animals come to life. They could even colour in the animals once they’ve finished connecting the dots if they like. One of the lines sung by each member are references to each of the members' first focus song/event. Buth Aaron and Audrey join the wilderness with the hopes of learning more about themselves - which they do -but they also come out of their adventure with the knowledge that there are those who like them, and those who appreciate the contributions that they have to offer. It's an important lesson for all younger readers who are struggling to define their identity, and I'm so pleased that I have this book to share. We begin in the northern sky, realm of those always-visible star groups known as the north circumpolar constellations. The most prominent figure is the Big Dipper (Note: The Big Dipper is not a constellation). These bright stars — four forming the “bowl,” three more tracing out the “handle” — create one of the most recognizable patterns in the night sky, an ideal guide for locating surrounding constellations.

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A successful juvenile by the beloved New Yorker writer portrays a farm episode with an imaginative twist that makes a poignant, humorous story of a pig, a spider and a little girl. However, I soon realized that Marisa de los Santos and David Teague had written a story that was more than just an adventure story. Told in alternating points-of-view, Aaron and Audrey are two thirteen-year-old students who don't quite fit into their respective schools. Aaron is an odd-man-out because his eidteic memory allows him to recite skills but without meaning, and Audrey has difficulty trusting people, because of her ability to figure out when a person is lying. Sometimes the thing you are best it feels like an "unsuperpower." This is true for middle schoolers Audrey (who always knows when anyone is lying) and Aaron (who remembers every fact he has seen, heard, or read). These specific abilities are taking over their lives and making middle school miserable. To help them out, their parents send them both to a wilderness adventure program, hiking across the desert. It is here that they meet each other, and along with new friends Louis and Kate, find out that these talents do not need to define them.