Echo

SKU
080285
ISBN
9780439874021
Grade 6-10
Teaching Method
Traditional
Teacher-centered curriculum commonly used in classrooms that may include a text, teacher manual, tests, etc.
Charlotte Mason
A methodology based on the work of a 19th century educator who maintained that children learn best from literature (Living Books), not textbooks.
Classical
A methodology based on the Latin Trivium (three stages of learning), including the grammar stage (memorization and facts), logic stage (critical thinking), and rhetoric stage (developing/defending ideas).
Unit Study
A thematic or topical approach centered around one topic that integrates multiple subject areas.
Montessori (Discovery)
A methodology based on the work of a 20th century educator that emphasizes student and sensory-driven discovery learning and real-life applications.
Other
Other methodologies
Religious Content
Secular
Contains content contrary to common Christian beliefs (i.e. evolution).
Neutral
Avoids religious or theoretical topics or presents multiple viewpoints without preference.
Christian/Religious
Faith-based or including instructional religious content.
Learning Modality
Auditory
Learns through listening, talking out loud or reading out loud.
Visual
Learns through seeing, prefers written instructions and visual materials.
Kinesthetic/Tactile (Hands-On)
Learns through moving, doing and touching.
Multi-Sensory
Curriculum that employ a variety of activities/components.
Presentation
Sequential
Curriculum progresses through well-defined learning objectives. Emphasizes mastery before moving to the next topic.
Spiral
Topics and concepts are repeated from level to level, adding more depth at each pass and connecting with review.
Conceptual/Topical
Focus is on the “why,” often with a unifying concept as well as specific skills; coverage may be broader.
Teacher Involvement
Low Teacher Involvement
Student-led materials; parent acts as a facilitator.
Medium Teacher Involvement
A mix of teacher-led time and independent student work.
High Teacher Involvement
Teacher-led lessons; may utilize discussions, hands-on activities and working together.
Additional Materials Required
No other materials needed
Everything you need is included.
Other Materials Required
There are additional required resources that are a separate purchase.
Other Materials Optional
There are additional resources mentioned or recommended but are not absolutely necessary.
Consumable
Consumable
Designed to be written in; not reusable.
Non-Consumable
Not designed to be written in; reusable.
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Description

What is the true power of music? What makes music connect us, inspire us, and strengthen us? How does music touch us? This spellbinding, melodious tale from Pam Munoz is a dreamy answer to such musings. The book opens with a surreal fairytale about a boy who gets lost in the woods and meets three magical sisters. Listening to the boy's plight, the sisters imbue a harmonica with their magic to guide him home. This tale forms the archway over Friedrich, Mike, and Ivy – three children in three separate times and places, all struggling to overcome lives filled with adversity. Friedrich is growing up in Germany just before WWII in the shadow of Hitler's rise to power. With a family threatening to be ripped apart by political injustices and sporting a large facial birthmark, Friedrich copes with being treated as defective while desperately attempting to hold his family together. Mike is an orphan who struggles to care for his younger brother in Pennsylvania as the Great Depression looms large. The brothers are poor, unloved, and unwanted, and set to be torn apart from one another despite Mike's best efforts. Finally, Ivy is a child of Mexican-American migrant farm workers in California who are tasked with running a farm that has been bereft of its Japanese-American owners, the Yamamotos, who were sent to an internment camp in the wake of Pearl Harbor. Ivy's family struggles with racism, attempts to “Americanize" the children in schools, and danger by association with the Yamamotos. These three children have one thing in common that threads their lives together – their passions and talents for music, and an encounter with a golden harmonica. As each child brings the harmonica to their lips to play, they find that the music they create gives them resilience to face their challenges – and binds them all to one another. This is a wonderful story for anyone who likes history or music, and is full of honorable, strong young characters that will inspire. 592 pgs, hc.

Publisher's Description of Echo

Lost and alone in the forbidden Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and suddenly finds himself entwined in a puzzling quest involving a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica.

Decades later, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California each become interwoven when the very same harmonica lands in their lives, binding them by an invisible thread of destiny. All the children face daunting challenges: rescuing a father, protecting a brother, holding a family together. How their suspenseful solo stories converge in an orchestral crescendo will resound in your heart long after the last note has been struck.

Richly imagined and structurally innovative, Echo pushes the boundaries of form and shows us what is possible in how we tell stories.


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Product Format:Hardcover
Brand:Scholastic Press
Grades:6-10
ISBN:9780439874021
Length in Inches:8.625
Width in Inches:6
Height in Inches:2
Weight in Pounds:1.85
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