Books by Kristin Kemp

Teach young students about Rosa Parks and how her actions contributed to the civil rights movement. With this Spanish-translated biography, readers will learn about Rosa Parks' inspiring life and legacy. With colorful images, supporting text, and other features, this book keeps readers engaged and helps build social studies content knowledge.

Detailing the lives of Mexican farm workers during the Great Depression, this indispensable instructional guide provides engaging lessons that will challenge students as they examine the award-winning YA novel, Esperanza Rising.

Help students analyze and comprehend story elements of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas with lessons in this instructional guide that teach students how to close read, determine meaning through text-dependent questions, and more.

Students will learn to analyze and comprehend this well-known novel by completing fun yet rigorous lessons and activities provided in this instructional guide for literature.

Introduce students to this classic novel by completing fun, challenging activities and lessons and encourage them to explore social issues within the story, as well as make connections to current and historical events.

Using the standards-based lessons and activities in this instructional guide, students will build critical literacy skills as they read Bound, a great literary work that combines elements from ancient Chinese culture with a classic fairy-tale storyline.

The 180 Days of Problem Solving for Grade 3 offers daily problem-solving practice geared towards developing the critical thinking skills needed to approach complex problems. This teacher-friendly resource provides thematic units that connect to a standards-based skill that third grade students are expected to know to advance to the next level. Lesson plans offer guidance and support for every day of the week, outlining strategies and activities that dig deeper than routine word problems. Each week students will use visual representations and analyze different types of word problems (including non-routine, multi-step, higher thinking problems). This comprehensive resource builds critical thinking skills and connects to national and state standards.