Barack Obama: Out of Many, One

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Paperback
$4.99 US
6"W x 9"H x 0.15"D  
On sale Aug 11, 2009 | 48 Pages | 9780375863394
Grades K-3
Reading Level: Lexile 580L | Fountas & Pinnell M
It's election season! Children who are ready to read on their own will want to get ready for the nextpresidential election with this leveled reader about the first African American president of the United States!
 
A Step 3 Step into Reading Biography Reader about our forty-fourth president, Barack Obama—revised to include an account of his reelection and new photographs! With clear and accessible language, independent readers can learn how the lessons and love from Obama’s mother and grandparents shaped him; how the places he lived influenced him; and how he turned his childhood feeling of being an outsider into a positive driving force that propelled him into the history books!
Shana Corey is the author of the Step into Reading books Boats (Step 1), Monster Parade (Step 2), and Paul Revere’s Ride (Step 3) as well as You Forgot Your SkirtAmelia BloomerMilly and the Macy’s ParadePlayers in Pigtails, and Mermaid Queen (Scholastic). She was a Publishers Weekly Flying Start Author in 2000. She lives in Brooklyn. View titles by Shana Corey

Educator Guide for Barack Obama: Out of Many, One

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It's election season! Children who are ready to read on their own will want to get ready for the nextpresidential election with this leveled reader about the first African American president of the United States!
 
A Step 3 Step into Reading Biography Reader about our forty-fourth president, Barack Obama—revised to include an account of his reelection and new photographs! With clear and accessible language, independent readers can learn how the lessons and love from Obama’s mother and grandparents shaped him; how the places he lived influenced him; and how he turned his childhood feeling of being an outsider into a positive driving force that propelled him into the history books!

Author

Shana Corey is the author of the Step into Reading books Boats (Step 1), Monster Parade (Step 2), and Paul Revere’s Ride (Step 3) as well as You Forgot Your SkirtAmelia BloomerMilly and the Macy’s ParadePlayers in Pigtails, and Mermaid Queen (Scholastic). She was a Publishers Weekly Flying Start Author in 2000. She lives in Brooklyn. View titles by Shana Corey

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Educator Guide for Barack Obama: Out of Many, One

Classroom-based guides appropriate for schools and colleges provide pre-reading and classroom activities, discussion questions connected to the curriculum, further reading, and resources.

(Please note: the guide displayed here is the most recently uploaded version; while unlikely, any page citation discrepancies between the guide and book is likely due to pagination differences between a book’s different formats.)

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