The Bailey Fish Adventures educate as they entertain

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Linda Salisbury reads “Mudd Saves the Earth” to students in Austin, Texas.

Author Linda Salisbury presents two days of programs at West Elementary in Andover, Massachusetts.

Linda Salisbury has been author of the year at a number of schools, such as Lightfoot Elementary in Orange County, Virginia and has been invited to participate at book discussion programs, such as a Mother / Daughter Book group at Salem Church Library in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Below, one of the girls models the spy's hat.

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The comprehensive Teacher’s Guides are developed fifth-grade teacher and author Holly Moulder with more than twenty years in the classroom. Each Teacher’s Guide includes:

Introduction
Comprehension questions for each chapter
Enrichment activities
Skill sheets
Spelling units
Author’s bio and photo
Assessments

Plus, the AR questions relating to the book and instructions for individual school use.

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Sample questions from Teacher’s Guide
to The Mysterious Jamestown Suitcase (#4)

Alternative Assessments

Language Arts/ Writing and performing
Have students write and perform a skit, depicting Sparrow’s life after the First Laugh Party. Students must show the changes in Sparrow’s attitude and personality, and her relationships with others.

Put these sentences in the correct order.
____ The Phiggs’ van breaks down.
____ Elmo Jr. runs away from Keswick Inn.
____ Sugar falls and hurts herself.

Plan a First Laugh Party for your class. Have students volunteer to perform skits or songs that will make the class laugh. Offer a prize for the winner.

Skill Sheets: Predicting Outcomes

Emily and Bailey disagreed about copying homework. Do you think they will have this argument again? Why or why not? What do you think will happen?

Spelling Unit #3

Use each compound word in a sentence. Underline the compound word. You should write 6 sentences.

Comprehension Questions Chapter 5

1. What gift did Mr. Phigg give to Bailey? How do you know that Bailey liked it?
2. How does Mr. Phigg create the characters for his stories?
3. What is Mr. Phigg’s book about?
4. How does Dr. Robinson help Mr. Phigg?
5. Who is Poochie? What happened to her?
6. Why did Sugar write NMH in her diary when she was Bailey's age?

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