Synclaire Fields Knows the Score

The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class: Synclaire Fields Knows the Score
by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich (Author) and Kat Fajardo (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Synclaire Fields is the Math Kid in Mrs. Z’s class, getting perfect marks on every quiz and helping her classmates master tricky concepts. She especially loves demonstrating her skills at her parents’ store after school. Then she gets TWO ANSWERS WRONG on a math test, and … How can she be the Math Kid if she isn’t good at math anymore?

So Synclaire embarks on a quest to figure out what’s next. Maybe she’ll be a piano prodigy? A board-games whiz? A skating star? She likes some of these hobbies, but there’s one constant with every role: She seems to come back to math. Maybe, with the help of her friends in Mrs. Z’s class, she can still be the Math Kid after all?

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The author, Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, is one of my former students.
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Dear Ms. Guadalupe

Dear Ms. Guadalupe: Letters to My Librarian
by Patricia Vermillion (Author) and Linda Olliver (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Students are introduced to the Technosaurus and the real-life work of paleontologist Dr. Sankar Chatterjee through a series of engaging letters from a second-grade student to the school librarian. Along the way, readers learn how to structure and write a friendly letter, complete with greetings, questions, facts, and a thoughtful closing.

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The author, Patricia Vermillion, is one of my former students.
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