The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet
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- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2014
Word Count 1,227
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 590L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 168163
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Roget, Peter Mark, 1779-1869--Juvenile literature
- Philologists--Great Britain--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Great Britain
- Roget, Peter Mark
- Lexicographers--Great Britain--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Philologists
- Lexicographers
- Roget, Peter Mark, 1779-1869. Thesaurus of English words and phrases--Juvenile literature
- Lists With This Book
- 4th EL Module 1: Poetry, Poets, and...
Our Original Resources 8
Meet-the-Author Recording with Jen Bryant about The Right Word
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Melissa Sweet
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Jen Bryant
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Jen Bryant “Co-Creating a Picture Book Biography”
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Melissa Sweet “Co-Creating a Picture Book Biography”
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 8
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Activity Guide from LibrarySparks
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Teacher's Guide from Indiana Library Federation
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Reader's Theater Script from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2016
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Teaching Ideas from Classroom Bookshelf
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Discussion Guide from Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
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Awards & Distinctions 14

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2021
Honor, 2015

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2021
Honor, 2015

Notable Children's Books, 1995-2021
Commended, 2015

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2020
Biography Selection, 2015

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015

ILA Teachers' Choices Reading List, 2015-2020
Selection, 2015

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2021
Picture Book Illustration Winner, 2015

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2020
Selection, 2015

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Biography Selection, 2014

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2020
Selection, 2014

Fanfare, 2001 - 2020
Selection, 2014

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2014
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