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Mac and Marie and the Train Toss Surprise

TITLE: Mac and Marie and the Train Toss Surprise
AUTHOR: Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald
ILLUSTRATOR: Carter, Gail Gordon
PUBLISHER: Four Winds Press
PLACE OF PUBLICATION: New York COPYRIGHT DATE: 1993
ISBN: 027446409 PRICE: $
CULTURAL GROUP: African American THEME: Transportation
SYNOPSIS:
Mac and Marie anxiously await the Seaboard Florida Limited, because their uncle, who has a summer job on the train, has promised to throw a gift to them as he passes their house in Patapsco, MD.
CORE BOOK: no

CONTENT CONNECTIONS
SUBJECT: Science GRADE: 1 TOPIC: Beach
SUBJECT: Science GRADE: 2 TOPIC: Butterflies
TECHNOLOGY LINK:
  • BUTTERFLIES OF THE WORLD (Remedia Publisher)
  • FIRST CONNECTION (Golden Book Encyclopedia) includes a butterfly video.
SUBJECT: Social Studies GRADE: 2 TOPIC: Transportation
SUBJECT: Math GRADE: 3,4 TOPIC: Time
TECHNOLOGY LINK:
  • Use ROSIES LEMONADE STAND (Quality Computers) to helps students learn about and have fun with measurements, money, counting fractions and many other number related activities.

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