The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read
by Rita Lorraine Hubbard and Oge Mora
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- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 2020
Word Count 1,424
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 830L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 507316
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Illiterate persons--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Walker, Mary
- Walker, Mary, 1848-1969--Juvenile literature
- Literacy
- United States
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Literacy--United States--Biography
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - General
- Children's Books/All Ages
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Illiterate persons
- Freedmen
- Slaves--United States--Biography
- Women slaves--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Women slaves
- Slaves
- Freedmen--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Walker, Mary, 1848-1969
Our Original Resources 5
Audio Name Pronunciation with Oge Mora
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Story Map 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 5
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Educator's Guide from Penguin Random House
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Activities from Beth Anderson
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Awards & Distinctions 4

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Character Building Selection, 2020

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2020
Selection, 2020

Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Character Building Selection, 2020

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