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#01, Dinosaurs Before Dark
Subjects
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Name derivates of dinosaurs; Concept; Vocabulary; Cause & Effect; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Timeline: 251 years ago to present
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Cretaceous Period; Fossils; Paleontologists; Ancient habitats; Food chains: meat- and plant-eaters; history of the Earth; Pangea; continental changes; Earth Changes
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
Pangea; Continents
Core Curriculum Standards for Nature and Conservation
Changes to the Earth over time
Core Curriculum Standards for Animals and Wildlife
Dinosaurs
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
When you work as a team you can overcome great challenges
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure; Respectful audience behavior; "Dinosaurs Before Dark" 30 minutes Classroom Play (MTI)
Book Summary
Jack and Annie are ready for their first fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series-the Magic Tree House! Where did the tree house come from? Before Jack and Annie can find out, the mysterious tree house whisks them to the prehistoric past. Now they have to figure out how to get home. Can they do it before dark . . . or will they become a dinosaur's dinner? Visit the Magic Tree House website!
Book Cluster: Mystery of the Tree, Books 1-4
Fact Tracker Summary
Subjects addressed in these books:
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Name derivates of dinosaurs; Concept; Vocabulary; Cause & Effect; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Timeline: 251 years ago to present
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Cretaceous Period; Fossils; Paleontologists; Ancient habitats; Food chains: meat- and plant-eaters; history of the Earth; Pangea; continental changes; Earth Changes
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
Pangea; Continents
Core Curriculum Standards for Nature and Conservation
Changes to the Earth over time
Core Curriculum Standards for Animals and Wildlife
Dinosaurs
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
When you work as a team you can overcome great challenges
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure; Respectful audience behavior; "Dinosaurs Before Dark" 30 minutes Classroom Play (MTI)
#02, The Knight at Dawn
Subjects
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Cause & Effect; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Literary traditions; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Middle Ages; Castle culture (parts of a castle; residents; life); Fuedal system; Methods of protection: weapons; King Arthur; Knights of the Round Table; Sir Lancelot; Sir Galahand; Queen Guinevere; Morgan le Fay
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
England
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
Information can be used in unexpected ways to solve problems. Study hard and use your imagination.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure; 30 Minute Classroom Play
Book Summary
Illus. in black-and-white. Jack and Annie travel back in time to medieval England for an adventure inside a storybook castle, from feasting hall to dreadful dungeon.
Book Cluster: Mystery of the Tree, Books 1-4
Fact Tracker Summary
Subjects addressed in these books:
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Cause & Effect; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Literary traditions; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Middle Ages; Castle culture (parts of a castle; residents; life); Fuedal system; Methods of protection: weapons; King Arthur; Knights of the Round Table; Sir Lancelot; Sir Galahand; Queen Guinevere; Morgan le Fay
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
England
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
Information can be used in unexpected ways to solve problems. Study hard and use your imagination.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure; 30 Minute Classroom Play
#03, Mummies in the Morning
Subjects
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Egyptian culture; Gods and goddesses; Architecture; Pyramids; Communication - Hieroglyphs
Core Curriculum Standards for Math
3D structures: pyramids
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Interactions between humans and the environment; Water features: Nile River
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
Egypt; Nile River
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
Journeys to faraway places can be wonderful but just having a peanut butter and jelly at home can we as wonderful. Be grateful for those who care for you.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
How were pyramids built? Why did people make mummies? What magic charms were buried with mummies? Who discovered King Tut's tomb? Unwrap the answers to these questions and more in Magic Tree House Research Guide #3: Mummies and Pyramids, Jack and Annie's very own guide to the secrets of ancient Egypt. Includes information on hieroglyphics, how mummies were made, tomb treasures and robbers, Egyptian gods and goddesses, and much more!
Book Summary
Jack and Annie find themselves whisked away to ancient Egypt, where they come face to face with a dead queen--and her 1,000-year-old mummy! "This will be welcomed by beginning readers making the transition to chapter books."--Booklist.
Book Cluster: Mystery of the Tree, Books 1-4
Fact Tracker Summary
How were pyramids built? Why did people make mummies? What magic charms were buried with mummies? Who discovered King Tut's tomb? Unwrap the answers to these questions and more in Magic Tree House Research Guide #3: Mummies and Pyramids, Jack and Annie's very own guide to the secrets of ancient Egypt. Includes information on hieroglyphics, how mummies were made, tomb treasures and robbers, Egyptian gods and goddesses, and much more!
Subjects addressed in these books:
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Egyptian culture; Gods and goddesses; Architecture; Pyramids; Communication - Hieroglyphs
Core Curriculum Standards for Math
3D structures: pyramids
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Interactions between humans and the environment; Water features: Nile River
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
Egypt; Nile River
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
Journeys to faraway places can be wonderful but just having a peanut butter and jelly at home can we as wonderful. Be grateful for those who care for you.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
#04, Pirates Past Noon
Subjects
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Cause & Effect; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Gaining information from diagrams (pirate ships); Genres: legend/lore
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Pirate History and legends; Timeline: 1000 BC to present; Transportation: pirate ships; Landform - island
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Water features: oceans and seas
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
Caribbean
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
Your daily life is filled with treasure. to find it you must look for the positive things in your life
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
Magic Tree House Research Guides are now Magic Tree House Fact Trackers! Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #4: Pirates Past Noon, they had lots of questions. Did pirates really make people walk the plank? What was life like on a pirate ship? Is there any buried treasure around today? Argh! How do you talk like a pirate? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts. Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures.
Book Summary
Illus. in black-and-white. Jack and Annie are in deep trouble when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to the days of desert islands, secret maps, hidden gold--and ruthless pirates! Will Jack and Annie discover a buried treasure? Will they find out the identity of the mysterious M? Or will they walk the plank?
Book Cluster: Mystery of the Tree, Books 1-4
Fact Tracker Summary
Magic Tree House Research Guides are now Magic Tree House Fact Trackers! Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #4: Pirates Past Noon, they had lots of questions. Did pirates really make people walk the plank? What was life like on a pirate ship? Is there any buried treasure around today? Argh! How do you talk like a pirate? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts. Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures.
Subjects addressed in these books:
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Cause & Effect; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Gaining information from diagrams (pirate ships); Genres: legend/lore
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Pirate History and legends; Timeline: 1000 BC to present; Transportation: pirate ships; Landform - island
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Water features: oceans and seas
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
Caribbean
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
Your daily life is filled with treasure. to find it you must look for the positive things in your life
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
#05, Night of the Ninjas
Subjects
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Cause & Effect; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Using Informational texts for research; Poetry: haiku
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Map skills; Japanese vs. American culture; History of ninjas
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Landforms: mountains; valleys; caves
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
Ancient Japan
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
Learn from nature and always keep a kind heart
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.; Create a ninja training camp
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie came back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #5:Night of the Ninjas, they had lots of questions. What did it mean to be a ninja or a samurai? Did they really have special abilities? What was life like for them in ancient Japan? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts behind some of history’s most intriguing and secretive figures. Filled with up-to-date information, photographs, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discover in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures.
Book Summary
The tree house is back--but where is the enchantress Morgan le Fay? The search for her begins as Jack and Annie are transported back to ancient Japan, where they find themselves in the cave of a ninja master. Will the evil samurai warriors get to Jack and Annie before they can learn the secrets of the ninjas?
Book Cluster: Mystery of the Magic Spell, Books 5-8
Fact Tracker Summary
Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie came back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #5:Night of the Ninjas, they had lots of questions. What did it mean to be a ninja or a samurai? Did they really have special abilities? What was life like for them in ancient Japan? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts behind some of history’s most intriguing and secretive figures. Filled with up-to-date information, photographs, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discover in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures.
Subjects addressed in these books:
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Cause & Effect; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Using Informational texts for research; Poetry: haiku
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Map skills; Japanese vs. American culture; History of ninjas
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Landforms: mountains; valleys; caves
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
Ancient Japan
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
Learn from nature and always keep a kind heart
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.; Create a ninja training camp
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
#06, Afternoon on the Amazon
Subjects
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Cause & Effect; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Onomatopoeia; Animal idioms; Animal research project
Core Curriculum Standards for Math
Place value problems; Measurement; Graphing: favorite tropical fruit
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Biomes/habitats: rain forest; Climate; Water features: Amazon River; Animal adaptations (physical and behavioral); Animal Defenses; Camouflage; Food Chains: predators and prey; Rain forest preservation
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
Amazon Rain Forest
Core Curriculum Standards for Nature and Conservation
Rain Forest Climate; Rain Forest Plant Life; Many "Gifts" of the Rain Forest from plants; Weather: rain
Core Curriculum Standards for Animals and Wildlife
Army ants; Piranhas; Snakes; Crocodiles; Monkeys; Jaguars; Vampire bats; Poison Arrow Frogs; Plant life: orchids; mangos; cacao trees
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
All creatures in the wild are interconnected. For them to survive we need to guard natural habitats
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.; Research and create an animal who lives in the rain forest and/or invent and create a rain forest animal that has not yet been discovered
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
Magic Tree House Research Guides are now Magic Tree House Fact Trackers! Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #5: Afternoon on the Amazon, they had lots of questions. How much rain falls in a rain forest? What is the world's heaviest insect? What the heck is a sausage tree? Why is it important to preserve the world's rain forests? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts. Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures.
Book Summary
Jack and Annie travel back in time to a South American rain forest in search of the elusive magician Morgan le Fay. Will they find a new clue to her whereabouts before they are trampled by stampeding killer ants?
Book Cluster: Mystery of the Magic Spell, Books 5-8
Fact Tracker Summary
Magic Tree House Research Guides are now Magic Tree House Fact Trackers! Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #5: Afternoon on the Amazon, they had lots of questions. How much rain falls in a rain forest? What is the world's heaviest insect? What the heck is a sausage tree? Why is it important to preserve the world's rain forests? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts. Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures.
Subjects addressed in these books:
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Cause & Effect; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Onomatopoeia; Animal idioms; Animal research project
Core Curriculum Standards for Math
Place value problems; Measurement; Graphing: favorite tropical fruit
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Biomes/habitats: rain forest; Climate; Water features: Amazon River; Animal adaptations (physical and behavioral); Animal Defenses; Camouflage; Food Chains: predators and prey; Rain forest preservation
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
Amazon Rain Forest
Core Curriculum Standards for Nature and Conservation
Rain Forest Climate; Rain Forest Plant Life; Many "Gifts" of the Rain Forest from plants; Weather: rain
Core Curriculum Standards for Animals and Wildlife
Army ants; Piranhas; Snakes; Crocodiles; Monkeys; Jaguars; Vampire bats; Poison Arrow Frogs; Plant life: orchids; mangos; cacao trees
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
All creatures in the wild are interconnected. For them to survive we need to guard natural habitats
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.; Research and create an animal who lives in the rain forest and/or invent and create a rain forest animal that has not yet been discovered
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
#07, Sunset of the Sabertooth
Subjects
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Cause & Effect; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Summarization
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Food gathering techniques (compare/contrast then and now); Use of natural materials to survive
Core Curriculum Standards for Math
Temperatures
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Animal adaptations (physical and behavioral); Ice Age; Land features: cliffs and caves; Heat sources; Insulators; Human interactions with the environment; Sound: flute
Core Curriculum Standards for Animals and Wildlife
Cro-Magnons; Wooly Mammoths; Sabertooth Cat
Core Curriculum Standards for Mythology and Legends
Cave Men Tales; "Master of the Animals" on cave walls
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
Never take the comforts of your modern life for granted. Be grateful for the things you have.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.; Make your own cave painting to summarize the book.
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
Magic Tree House Research Guides are now Magic Tree House Fact Trackers! Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #7: Sunset of the Sabertooth, they had lots of questions. What was it like to live in the Ice Age? How did early humans stay warm enough to survive? Who made the first cave paintings? What happened to saber-toothed cats and woolly mammoths? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts. Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures.
Book Summary
Jack and Annie are whisked all the way back to the Ice Age in this compelling Magic Tree House time-travel adventure where they meet woolly mammoths, cave people...and fierce sabertooth tigers!
Book Cluster: Mystery of the Magic Spell, Books 5-8
Fact Tracker Summary
Magic Tree House Research Guides are now Magic Tree House Fact Trackers! Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #7: Sunset of the Sabertooth, they had lots of questions. What was it like to live in the Ice Age? How did early humans stay warm enough to survive? Who made the first cave paintings? What happened to saber-toothed cats and woolly mammoths? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts. Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures.
Subjects addressed in these books:
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Cause & Effect; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Summarization
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Food gathering techniques (compare/contrast then and now); Use of natural materials to survive
Core Curriculum Standards for Math
Temperatures
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Animal adaptations (physical and behavioral); Ice Age; Land features: cliffs and caves; Heat sources; Insulators; Human interactions with the environment; Sound: flute
Core Curriculum Standards for Animals and Wildlife
Cro-Magnons; Wooly Mammoths; Sabertooth Cat
Core Curriculum Standards for Mythology and Legends
Cave Men Tales; "Master of the Animals" on cave walls
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
Never take the comforts of your modern life for granted. Be grateful for the things you have.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.; Make your own cave painting to summarize the book.
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
#08, Midnight on the Moon
Subjects
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Cause & Effect; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Creative writing: time travel
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Basic map skills (mapping the moon base and star map); Transportation: moon buggy; Space exploration; Famous astronauts
Core Curriculum Standards for Math
Temperature; Weight conversion
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Astronomy: the moon; Out Space; constellations; Gravity; Phases of the moon; Conditions on the moon; Earth science: compare/contrast moon and Earth features; Technology - satellites; moon; buggy; space station
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
Moon/Space
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
Earth is a bright and colorful place where everything is alive and always changing. Help protect the planet.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.; Create your own space suit
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure; Planetarium Show
Magic Tree House Research Guides are now Magic Tree House Fact Trackers! Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #8: Midnight on the Moon, they had lots of questions. How did the universe begin? How long does it take to get to the moon? How hot is the sun? What does it feel like to be in space? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts. Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures.
Book Summary
Illustrated in black-and-white. Jack and Annie are whisked forty years forward in time and land at an international space station on the moon. There they don space suits and go exploring the lunar surface in search of the fourth object needed to free the enchantress Morgan le Fay from a powerful spell.
Book Cluster: Mystery of the Magic Spell, Books 5-8
Fact Tracker Summary
Magic Tree House Research Guides are now Magic Tree House Fact Trackers! Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #8: Midnight on the Moon, they had lots of questions. How did the universe begin? How long does it take to get to the moon? How hot is the sun? What does it feel like to be in space? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts. Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures.
Subjects addressed in these books:
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Cause & Effect; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Creative writing: time travel
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Basic map skills (mapping the moon base and star map); Transportation: moon buggy; Space exploration; Famous astronauts
Core Curriculum Standards for Math
Temperature; Weight conversion
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Astronomy: the moon; Out Space; constellations; Gravity; Phases of the moon; Conditions on the moon; Earth science: compare/contrast moon and Earth features; Technology - satellites; moon; buggy; space station
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
Moon/Space
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
Earth is a bright and colorful place where everything is alive and always changing. Help protect the planet.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.; Create your own space suit
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure; Planetarium Show
#09, Dolphins at Daybreak
Subjects
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Cause & Effect; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Main ideas and supporting details
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Careers: oceanographer; scuba diver; marine biologist
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Biomes/habitats: ocean; Animal adaptations; Technology - mini submarine for underwater exploration
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
Pacific Ocean
Core Curriculum Standards for Nature and Conservation
Ocean life
Core Curriculum Standards for Animals and Wildlife
Dolphins; Ocean-dwelling animals
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
Beauty can be found in the most unexpected places. Always keep an open mind.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
Magic Tree House Research Guides are now Magic Tree House Fact Trackers! Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #9: Dolphins at Daybreak, they had lots of questions. Did dolphins ever live on land? How do dolphins communicate? How do sharks hunt for food? Which sharks are the most dangerous? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts. Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures.
Book Summary
Morgan le Fay will make Jack and Annie masters of the tree house if only they can solve four riddles -- which will take four books, of course! Dolphins at Daybreak begins the third set of four books in this magical (and increasingly popular) series! Jack and Annie are off in the Magic Tree House again, this time to a whole new world under the ocean. Complete with a giant octopus, a hungry shark, and dolphins to the rescue, this Magic Tree House book delivers an underwater adventure kids can dream about.
Book Cluster: Mystery of the Ancient Riddles, Books 9-12
Fact Tracker Summary
Magic Tree House Research Guides are now Magic Tree House Fact Trackers! Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #9: Dolphins at Daybreak, they had lots of questions. Did dolphins ever live on land? How do dolphins communicate? How do sharks hunt for food? Which sharks are the most dangerous? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts. Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures.
Subjects addressed in these books:
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Cause & Effect; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Main ideas and supporting details
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Careers: oceanographer; scuba diver; marine biologist
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Biomes/habitats: ocean; Animal adaptations; Technology - mini submarine for underwater exploration
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
Pacific Ocean
Core Curriculum Standards for Nature and Conservation
Ocean life
Core Curriculum Standards for Animals and Wildlife
Dolphins; Ocean-dwelling animals
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
Beauty can be found in the most unexpected places. Always keep an open mind.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
#10, Ghost Town at Sundown
Subjects
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Cause & Effect; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Literature extension: ghost stories
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Wild West; Ghost towns; Cowboy culture
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Biomes/habitats: prarie; People and needs from environment; Landforms: canyon; Sound: echo; harmonics
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
Old West; USA
Core Curriculum Standards for Animals and Wildlife
Rabbit adaptations; Rattlesnake adaptations; Horse adaptations
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
People who lived long ago still talk to use through books.; Learn to read and love to read.; Try to discover what you love to do best.; Have respect for yourself.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song; Player pianos
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
Track the facts about cowboys, ghost towns, outlaws, and more! When Jack and Annie came back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #10: Ghost Town at Sundown, they had lots of questions. What is a ghost town? Why do we call the Old West wild? What are cowboys? Who was Billy the Kid? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts about the American West.
Book Summary
The saga and success of The Magic Tree House continues! The tenth adventure, Ghost Town at Sundown, is filled with the excitement, action, and fun facts always found in Magic Tree House books. Morgan le Fay has promised to make Jack and Annie masters of the tree house if they can solve four riddles. In Ghost Town at Sundown, the Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie back to a ghost town in the Wild West of the 1880s. There, they meet a mustang herder named Slim as they search for the answer to the second riddle.
Book Cluster: Mystery of the Ancient Riddles, Books 9-12
Fact Tracker Summary
Track the facts about cowboys, ghost towns, outlaws, and more! When Jack and Annie came back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #10: Ghost Town at Sundown, they had lots of questions. What is a ghost town? Why do we call the Old West wild? What are cowboys? Who was Billy the Kid? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts about the American West.
Subjects addressed in these books:
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Cause & Effect; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Literature extension: ghost stories
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Wild West; Ghost towns; Cowboy culture
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Biomes/habitats: prarie; People and needs from environment; Landforms: canyon; Sound: echo; harmonics
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
Old West; USA
Core Curriculum Standards for Animals and Wildlife
Rabbit adaptations; Rattlesnake adaptations; Horse adaptations
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
People who lived long ago still talk to use through books.; Learn to read and love to read.; Try to discover what you love to do best.; Have respect for yourself.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song; Player pianos
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
#11, Lions at Lunchtime
Subjects
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Cause & Effect; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Main ideas and supporting details
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Animal adaptations; Biomes/habitats: savannah
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
Africa
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
In nature animals have to work together with each other to survive.; People need to do the same.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
Book Summary
Jack and Annie are whisked off to the vast plains of Africa, where they must solve Morgan le Fay's third magical riddle. But that's only the beginning! Once the riddle is solved, they still have to get past a pride of lions, a humongous herd of rampaging wildebeests, and one very hungry Masai warrior.
Book Cluster: Mystery of the Ancient Riddles, Books 9-12
Fact Tracker Summary
Subjects addressed in these books:
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Cause & Effect; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Main ideas and supporting details
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Animal adaptations; Biomes/habitats: savannah
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
Africa
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
In nature animals have to work together with each other to survive.; People need to do the same.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
#12, Polar Bears Past Bedtime
Subjects
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Cause & Effect; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Gaining information from still images; Facts and opinions
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Native Americans in the Arctic; Maps; Transportation - dog sleds; snowmobiles
Core Curriculum Standards for Math
Temperature
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Animal adaptations; Sources of heat; Conductors and insulators; Habitats/biomes - Arctic Tundra; Northern Lights; Seasons - day and night in the arctic
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
North Pole; Arctic Ocean
Core Curriculum Standards for Nature and Conservation
Endangered Species; Global warming
Core Curriculum Standards for Animals and Wildlife
Polar Bears; Seals
Core Curriculum Standards for Mythology and Legends
Arctic Legend: Flying Polar Bear
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
When you face the things that frighten you you often find they're not as bad as you thought.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.; Create a class learning igloo
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
Magic Tree House Research Guides are now Magic Tree House Fact Trackers! Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #16: Polar Bears Past Bedtime, they had lots of questions. Why is the Arctic so cold? What did the first people of the Arctic eat? How do polar bears cross thin ice? What other animals live in the Arctic? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts. Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures.
Book Summary
The Magic Tree House transportss Jack and Annie to the freezing Arctic. There, they must solve the final riddle to become master librarians. But it's not going to be easy--especially when they have cracking ice, a seal hunter, and a prodigious polar bear to deal with. Will they be able to solve the riddle before they get iced themselves?
Book Cluster: Mystery of the Ancient Riddles, Books 9-12
Fact Tracker Summary
Magic Tree House Research Guides are now Magic Tree House Fact Trackers! Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #16: Polar Bears Past Bedtime, they had lots of questions. Why is the Arctic so cold? What did the first people of the Arctic eat? How do polar bears cross thin ice? What other animals live in the Arctic? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts. Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures.
Subjects addressed in these books:
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Cause & Effect; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Gaining information from still images; Facts and opinions
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Native Americans in the Arctic; Maps; Transportation - dog sleds; snowmobiles
Core Curriculum Standards for Math
Temperature
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Animal adaptations; Sources of heat; Conductors and insulators; Habitats/biomes - Arctic Tundra; Northern Lights; Seasons - day and night in the arctic
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
North Pole; Arctic Ocean
Core Curriculum Standards for Nature and Conservation
Endangered Species; Global warming
Core Curriculum Standards for Animals and Wildlife
Polar Bears; Seals
Core Curriculum Standards for Mythology and Legends
Arctic Legend: Flying Polar Bear
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
When you face the things that frighten you you often find they're not as bad as you thought.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.; Create a class learning igloo
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
#13, Vacation Under the Volcano
Subjects
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Writing: Text types and purposes; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Recognize common prefixes and suffixes; Cause & effect relationships; Analyze relationship among characters setting and plot; Identify figurative language devices
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius AD 79; Greek Mythology; Ancient Olympics; Archaeology; Greek Architecture; Roman Empire
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Landforms: volcanoes; Rapid Earth changes (volcanic eruptions)
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
Pompeii
Core Curriculum Standards for Nature and Conservation
Volcanos
Core Curriculum Standards for Mythology and Legends
Greek and Roman Mythology: Hercules
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
If you learn about the world and gain knowledge you can solve great problems.; Stay focused on what's important.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.; Create a diorama of Pompeii before and/or after the eruption; Analyze still images to gather information
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
Magic Tree House Research Guides are now Magic Tree House Fact Trackers! Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #13: Vacation Under the Volcano, they had lots of questions. How did ancient Rome become an empire? Where did ancient Romans go for fun? What happened to the Roman town of Pompeii? What have we learned from it? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts. Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures.
Book Summary
In their first adventure as Master Librarians, Jack and Annie go to the city of Pompeii to bring back an ancient story that is in danger of being lost forever. Little do they know they are saving the myth of Hercules! But before they can find it, the town's volcano erupts in a mighty explosion. Just when things look hopeless, Jack and Annie get some unexpected help from a certain mythic hero - and the rest, as they say, is history.
Book Cluster: Mystery of the Lost Stories, Books 13-16
Fact Tracker Summary
Magic Tree House Research Guides are now Magic Tree House Fact Trackers! Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #13: Vacation Under the Volcano, they had lots of questions. How did ancient Rome become an empire? Where did ancient Romans go for fun? What happened to the Roman town of Pompeii? What have we learned from it? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts. Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures.
Subjects addressed in these books:
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Writing: Text types and purposes; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Recognize common prefixes and suffixes; Cause & effect relationships; Analyze relationship among characters setting and plot; Identify figurative language devices
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius AD 79; Greek Mythology; Ancient Olympics; Archaeology; Greek Architecture; Roman Empire
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Landforms: volcanoes; Rapid Earth changes (volcanic eruptions)
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
Pompeii
Core Curriculum Standards for Nature and Conservation
Volcanos
Core Curriculum Standards for Mythology and Legends
Greek and Roman Mythology: Hercules
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
If you learn about the world and gain knowledge you can solve great problems.; Stay focused on what's important.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.; Create a diorama of Pompeii before and/or after the eruption; Analyze still images to gather information
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
#14, Day of the Dragon King
Subjects
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Cultural legend: The Silk Weaver and the Cowherd; Characterization
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Chinese calligraphy; Structures of government; Landmarks: The Great Wall of China; Community structures: libraries; Compare/contrast houses and way of life in historic China and present-day US; Cultural traditions: burial grounds; Ancient Culture; Terracotta Army; Chinese Dynasty; Great Wall of China
Core Curriculum Standards for Math
Great Wall of China word problems; Soldier statues word problems
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Silkworm (adaptations and lifecycle); Plant adaptations: bamboo; Cricket (adaptations); Astronomy: constellations and stars (Vega and Altair); Silkworms (Chinese discovery)
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
China; Great Wall of China
Core Curriculum Standards for Mythology and Legends
Chinese Legend: The Silk Weaver and the Cowherd
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
The freedom to read all kinds of books should be available to all people.; Knowledge does not belong to just a few.; Be fair to everyone.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
The bestselling nonfiction companions to the Magic Tree House books! When Jack and Annie came back from their adventure in Magic Tree House® #14:Day of the Dragon King, they had lots of questions. Who was the Dragon King? How did he build the Great Wall? What is Chinese New Year? What are some other Chinese traditions? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts behind some of history’s most intriguing and secretive figures. Filled with up-to-date information, photographs, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discover in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures. Have more fun with Jack and Annie on the Magic Tree House® website at MagicTreeHouse.com.
Book Summary
Jack and Annie set off to find an original copy of an ancient Chinese myth. Armed only with their magic library cards, they must take on a book-burning emperor. But with the help of a scholar and a silk weaver, they triumph again.
Book Cluster: Mystery of the Lost Stories, Books 13-16
Fact Tracker Summary
The bestselling nonfiction companions to the Magic Tree House books! When Jack and Annie came back from their adventure in Magic Tree House® #14:Day of the Dragon King, they had lots of questions. Who was the Dragon King? How did he build the Great Wall? What is Chinese New Year? What are some other Chinese traditions? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts behind some of history’s most intriguing and secretive figures. Filled with up-to-date information, photographs, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discover in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures. Have more fun with Jack and Annie on the Magic Tree House® website at MagicTreeHouse.com.
Subjects addressed in these books:
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Cultural legend: The Silk Weaver and the Cowherd; Characterization
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Chinese calligraphy; Structures of government; Landmarks: The Great Wall of China; Community structures: libraries; Compare/contrast houses and way of life in historic China and present-day US; Cultural traditions: burial grounds; Ancient Culture; Terracotta Army; Chinese Dynasty; Great Wall of China
Core Curriculum Standards for Math
Great Wall of China word problems; Soldier statues word problems
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Silkworm (adaptations and lifecycle); Plant adaptations: bamboo; Cricket (adaptations); Astronomy: constellations and stars (Vega and Altair); Silkworms (Chinese discovery)
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
China; Great Wall of China
Core Curriculum Standards for Mythology and Legends
Chinese Legend: The Silk Weaver and the Cowherd
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
The freedom to read all kinds of books should be available to all people.; Knowledge does not belong to just a few.; Be fair to everyone.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
#15, Viking Ships at Sunrise
Subjects
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Cultural legend; Imagery; Legends: sea serpents; Language: Latin words
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Transportation: pirate ships; Vikings; Dark Ages; Technology: making copies (illuminated manuscripts vs. copiers); Monks/ancient monasteries; Ireland; Celtic mythology
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Using Earth materical (making paints and sruvivle); Weather: fod; Astronomy: Sarph; Milky Way; Technology: Viking Ships
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
Medieval Ireland
Core Curriculum Standards for Mythology and Legends
Celtic Mythology: Sea Monster; Sarph the Great Serpent from an Irish Tale rescues Jake & Annie
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
Ancient books reveal the wonders of history and the world.; To protect the best things in life; you should work hard and have courage.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.; Illuminated manuscripts; Design a Viking ship
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
The bestselling nonfiction companions to the Magic Tree House books! When Jack and Annie came back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #15: Viking Ships at Sunrise, they had lots of questions. Why did Vikings go on raids? Did they really wear horned helmets? What were Viking ships like? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts about Vikings. Filled with up-to-date information, photographs, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discover in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures. And teachers can use Fact Trackers alongside their Magic Tree House fiction companions to meet Common Core text pairing needs. Have more fun with Jack and Annie on the Magic Tree House® website at MagicTreeHouse.com!
Book Summary
Jack and Annie are off in search of another story in jeopardy, this time at a monastery in ancient Ireland. Trouble arrives when Vikings land, and Jack and Annie must find a way to escape!
Book Cluster: Mystery of the Lost Stories, Books 13-16
Fact Tracker Summary
The bestselling nonfiction companions to the Magic Tree House books! When Jack and Annie came back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #15: Viking Ships at Sunrise, they had lots of questions. Why did Vikings go on raids? Did they really wear horned helmets? What were Viking ships like? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts about Vikings. Filled with up-to-date information, photographs, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discover in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures. And teachers can use Fact Trackers alongside their Magic Tree House fiction companions to meet Common Core text pairing needs. Have more fun with Jack and Annie on the Magic Tree House® website at MagicTreeHouse.com!
Subjects addressed in these books:
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Cultural legend; Imagery; Legends: sea serpents; Language: Latin words
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Transportation: pirate ships; Vikings; Dark Ages; Technology: making copies (illuminated manuscripts vs. copiers); Monks/ancient monasteries; Ireland; Celtic mythology
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Using Earth materical (making paints and sruvivle); Weather: fod; Astronomy: Sarph; Milky Way; Technology: Viking Ships
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
Medieval Ireland
Core Curriculum Standards for Mythology and Legends
Celtic Mythology: Sea Monster; Sarph the Great Serpent from an Irish Tale rescues Jake & Annie
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
Ancient books reveal the wonders of history and the world.; To protect the best things in life; you should work hard and have courage.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.; Illuminated manuscripts; Design a Viking ship
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
#16, Hour of the Olympics
Subjects
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Cause & Effect; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Plays/drama; Poetry; Word origins (Greek)
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Greek culture; Greek Architecture (Parthenon and Ampitheaters); Olympics; Social roles: girls vs. boys; Plato; Greek mythology (Nike/Zues/Pegasus)
Core Curriculum Standards for Math
Measurement; Math Olympics; Secret codes (Greek letters)
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Motion/speed; Astronomy: constellations (Pegasus/Hercules)
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
Ancient Greece; Mediterranean Sea; Aegean Sea; Black Sea
Core Curriculum Standards for Mythology and Legends
Greek and Roman Mythology: Pegasus/Zeus
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
Treat everyone with respect.; If you love to read you'll never be completely alone.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.; Poetry scrolls
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure; Greek Plays
Magic Tree House Research Guides are now Magic Tree House Fact Trackers! Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #16: Hour of the Olympics, they had lots of questions. What did the ancient Greeks wear? What did they do for fun? Where were the very first Olympics held? How are our modern Olympics similar to the ancient Olympics? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts. Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures.
Book Summary
Jack and Annie are off on another adventure! This time they are sent to ancient Greece, where a very important event is taking place. Join them as they race against time and witness the very first Olympic games!
Book Cluster: Mystery of the Lost Stories, Books 13-16
Fact Tracker Summary
Magic Tree House Research Guides are now Magic Tree House Fact Trackers! Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #16: Hour of the Olympics, they had lots of questions. What did the ancient Greeks wear? What did they do for fun? Where were the very first Olympics held? How are our modern Olympics similar to the ancient Olympics? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts. Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures.
Subjects addressed in these books:
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Cause & Effect; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Plays/drama; Poetry; Word origins (Greek)
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Greek culture; Greek Architecture (Parthenon and Ampitheaters); Olympics; Social roles: girls vs. boys; Plato; Greek mythology (Nike/Zues/Pegasus)
Core Curriculum Standards for Math
Measurement; Math Olympics; Secret codes (Greek letters)
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Motion/speed; Astronomy: constellations (Pegasus/Hercules)
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
Ancient Greece; Mediterranean Sea; Aegean Sea; Black Sea
Core Curriculum Standards for Mythology and Legends
Greek and Roman Mythology: Pegasus/Zeus
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
Treat everyone with respect.; If you love to read you'll never be completely alone.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.; Poetry scrolls
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure; Greek Plays
#17, Tonight on the Titanic
Subjects
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Cause & Effect; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Historical fiction; Primary documents (photos)
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Early 1900's; Immigration to USA; Transportation; Time (pocket watch; grand staircase clock); Communication (Morse code; flares; wireless radio; telgrams); Map skills/timeline; Fact Tracker contains map of Titanic voyage and diagrams of the ship's compartments
Core Curriculum Standards for Math
Lifeboat math; Elapsed time; Secret codes (Morse code)
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Icebergs; Properties of matter: sinking/floating; Technology: machines (coal powered boilers); ships; Oceanography
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
England; Northern Atlantic Ocean; New York
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
Time is precious.; You should not waste time.; When you help others in need you're helping youself too.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.; Design your own luxury ship
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
How long did it take to build the Titanic? Why did it sink? What was it like to be a passenger? What happened to the people who survived? Find out the answers to these questions and more in Magic Tree House Research Guide: Titanic, Jack and Annie's very own guide to the ship and its story. Includes information on the people who sailed on the Titanic, life on board the ship, the search for the sunken remains, Titanic artifacts today, and much more!
Book Summary
The Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie off to the decks of that ill-fated ship, the Titanic. There, they must help two children find their way to a lifeboat--all while they themselves are in danger of becoming victims of that tragic night.
Book Cluster: Mystery of the Enchanted Dog Series, Books 17-20
Fact Tracker Summary
How long did it take to build the Titanic? Why did it sink? What was it like to be a passenger? What happened to the people who survived? Find out the answers to these questions and more in Magic Tree House Research Guide: Titanic, Jack and Annie's very own guide to the ship and its story. Includes information on the people who sailed on the Titanic, life on board the ship, the search for the sunken remains, Titanic artifacts today, and much more!
Subjects addressed in these books:
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Cause & Effect; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Historical fiction; Primary documents (photos)
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Early 1900's; Immigration to USA; Transportation; Time (pocket watch; grand staircase clock); Communication (Morse code; flares; wireless radio; telgrams); Map skills/timeline; Fact Tracker contains map of Titanic voyage and diagrams of the ship's compartments
Core Curriculum Standards for Math
Lifeboat math; Elapsed time; Secret codes (Morse code)
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Icebergs; Properties of matter: sinking/floating; Technology: machines (coal powered boilers); ships; Oceanography
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
England; Northern Atlantic Ocean; New York
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
Time is precious.; You should not waste time.; When you help others in need you're helping youself too.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.; Design your own luxury ship
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
#18, Buffalo Before Breakfast
Subjects
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Cause & Effect; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Compare/contrast; Informational writing: Lakota manners guide
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Great Plains; Native American customs and cultures: Lakota; Westward Expansion; Cultural legend: White Buffalo Woman; American Old West; Landforms - Great Plains
Core Curriculum Standards for Math
Buffalo math; Measurement (Fact Tracker)
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Animal adaptations; Biome: prairie; Buffalo
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
USA; Great Plains
Core Curriculum Standards for Animals and Wildlife
Buffalo; Endangered Animals
Core Curriculum Standards for Mythology and Legends
Native American Legend: White Buffalo Woman - Lakota Legend; Legend of the White Buffalo
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
Everything is connected.; Think of the whole world as being your school and try to learn as much as you can.; With compassion you should try to help your friends correct their mistakes - don't turn your back on them.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.; Teepee painting; Design your own "animal powers" shirt
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
Book Summary
The Magic Tree House carries Jack and Annie back to the Old West where they roam the Great Plains with a Lakota boy.
Book Cluster: Mystery of the Enchanted Dog Series, Books 17-20
Fact Tracker Summary
Subjects addressed in these books:
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Cause & Effect; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Compare/contrast; Informational writing: Lakota manners guide
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Great Plains; Native American customs and cultures: Lakota; Westward Expansion; Cultural legend: White Buffalo Woman; American Old West; Landforms - Great Plains
Core Curriculum Standards for Math
Buffalo math; Measurement (Fact Tracker)
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Animal adaptations; Biome: prairie; Buffalo
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
USA; Great Plains
Core Curriculum Standards for Animals and Wildlife
Buffalo; Endangered Animals
Core Curriculum Standards for Mythology and Legends
Native American Legend: White Buffalo Woman - Lakota Legend; Legend of the White Buffalo
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
Everything is connected.; Think of the whole world as being your school and try to learn as much as you can.; With compassion you should try to help your friends correct their mistakes - don't turn your back on them.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.; Teepee painting; Design your own "animal powers" shirt
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
#19, Tigers at Twilight
Subjects
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Onomatopoeia; Persuasive writing: saving endangered animals; Informational writing: research endangered animals
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
India; Economics
Core Curriculum Standards for Math
Tiger math
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Animal adaptations; Biome: jungle; Extinction
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
Indian Jungles
Core Curriculum Standards for Animals and Wildlife
Tigers; langur; python; elephant; rhino; lotus
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
The natural world can be fierce and dangerous as well as beautiful and peaceful.; Honor all aspects of nature even the things that frighten you.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song; Voice of home (listen to sounds all around you)
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
Book Summary
Jack and Annie are ready for their next fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series-the Magic Tree House! Tigers in trouble? That's what Jack and Annie find when the Magic Tree House whisks them and Teddy, the enchanted dog, to a forest in India. The rare tigers are being trapped by greedy poachers! Can Jack and Annie find a way to help? Or will a fierce tiger eat them instead? Visit the Magic Tree House website! MagicTreeHouse.com From the Trade Paperback edition.
Book Cluster: Mystery of the Enchanted Dog Series, Books 17-20
Fact Tracker Summary
Subjects addressed in these books:
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration; Onomatopoeia; Persuasive writing: saving endangered animals; Informational writing: research endangered animals
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
India; Economics
Core Curriculum Standards for Math
Tiger math
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Animal adaptations; Biome: jungle; Extinction
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
Indian Jungles
Core Curriculum Standards for Animals and Wildlife
Tigers; langur; python; elephant; rhino; lotus
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
The natural world can be fierce and dangerous as well as beautiful and peaceful.; Honor all aspects of nature even the things that frighten you.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song; Voice of home (listen to sounds all around you)
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
#20, Dingoes at Dinnertime
Subjects
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Cause & Effect; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Australia; Native Australians: Aborigines; Rainbow serpent; Habitats/Biomes - Australian Forest/Outback
Core Curriculum Standards for Math
Kangaroo math
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Animal adaptations; Nocturnal animals; Locomotion; Environment: droughts and wildfires; Impact of environment on animals
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
Australia
Core Curriculum Standards for Nature and Conservation
Floods; Drought; Wildfires
Core Curriculum Standards for Animals and Wildlife
Dingoes; Emus; Marsupials (koalas; kangaroos); kookaburra
Core Curriculum Standards for Mythology and Legends
Aborigine Legend: The Rainbow Serpent; "Dreamtime"
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
Be open to the wisdom and the beauty of unfamiliar worlds. Take full responsibility for your actions.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure
Book Summary
Jack and Annie are whisked down under to the land of Australia, where they save a baby kangaroo, a koala, and other animals from a raging wildfire.
Book Cluster: Mystery of the Enchanted Dog Series, Books 17-20
Fact Tracker Summary
Subjects addressed in these books:
Core Curriculum Standards for Language Arts
Concept; Vocabulary; Cause & Effect; Writing: Text types and purposes; Presentation skills; Speaking & Listening: Comprehension and collaboration
Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Australia; Native Australians: Aborigines; Rainbow serpent; Habitats/Biomes - Australian Forest/Outback
Core Curriculum Standards for Math
Kangaroo math
Core Curriculum Standards for Science
Animal adaptations; Nocturnal animals; Locomotion; Environment: droughts and wildfires; Impact of environment on animals
Core Curriculum Standards for Geography
Australia
Core Curriculum Standards for Nature and Conservation
Floods; Drought; Wildfires
Core Curriculum Standards for Animals and Wildlife
Dingoes; Emus; Marsupials (koalas; kangaroos); kookaburra
Core Curriculum Standards for Mythology and Legends
Aborigine Legend: The Rainbow Serpent; "Dreamtime"
Core Curriculum Standards for Character Building Lessons
Be open to the wisdom and the beauty of unfamiliar worlds. Take full responsibility for your actions.
Core Curriculum Standards for Visual Arts
Individual or group tree houses; Create Jack & Annie in their favorite wardrobe; Analyze still images for details and predictions.
Core Curriculum Standards for Music
Read Read; Read Song
Core Curriculum Standards for Theatre Arts
Passport to Adventure