Publisher's Synopsis
Book Features:
Ages 6-9, Grades 1-4, Guided Reading Level S, Lexile 620L
24 pages, 7 ½ inches x 10 inches
Features vibrant, full-color photographs
Includes a vocabulary list, review questions, glossary, index, and extension activity included
Reading/teaching tips included
Speaking Up: In Kids Speak Out About Violence, your child will read about four courageous youth activists and how they used their voices to speak up against child abuse, school shootings, and war through marches, peaceful protests, and social media.
Getting Involved: Along with sharing the real-life stories of current young anti-violence activists and helping 1st- through 4th-graders understand abuse and violence, this 24-page book includes a list of 10 practical ways kids can help end violence.
Social Studies Reader: Supporting the C3 Framework State Standards, this book features intriguing social issues stories and builds reading comprehension with a vocabulary list, reading tips, teaching tips, review questions, and an extension activity.
Empowering Kids: Part of the Kids Speak Out series, this inspiring book highlights youth who are standing up against violence. Each title in the series tells the true stories of kids who are changing the world and lists 10 ways to get involved.
Why Rourke Educational Media: Since 1980, Rourke Publishing Company has specialized in publishing engaging and diverse non-fiction and fiction books for children in a wide range of subjects that support reading success on a level that has no limits.
