100 ready-to-use projects to challenge and inspire your third-, fourth- and fifth-graders!Project Based Learning Made Simple is the fun and engaging way to teach twenty-first-century competencies including problem solving, critical thinking, collaboration, communication and creativity. This straightforward book makes it easier than ever to bring this innovative technique into your classroom with 100 ready-to-use projects in a range of topics, including:

Are you struggling to achieve the goals you set for yourself? "Goal Crusher" stands as a beacon for those seeking to make their deepest aspirations a reality. Within its pages, readers embark on a transformative journey starting from understanding the very essence of goals. April Smith presents the 'Ideal Life Framework', offering a detailed blueprint to achieve holistic success. Rooted in a deeply personal 'Why', the book equips readers to delineate a vivid vision for their future. Centra...

FBI Special Agent Ana Grey debuts in this electrifying thriller marked by psychological acuity and unfaltering suspense. After Ana Grey pulls off “the most amazing arrest of the year,” the squad supervisor—who doesn't like irreverent, tough-minded young women—gives her a reprimand instead of the promotion she deserves. As a test, she is assigned a high-profile case involving a beloved Hollywood movie star and an illegal supply of prescription drugs. It doesn't take Ana and her partner, Mik...

Special Agent Ana Grey—intense, unpredictable, brilliant—returns in an electrifying new novel of suspense.Even on leave from the FBI, Ana can’t kick old habits: when she witnesses a drive-by shooting at an Italian restaurant in London, she helps the injured and gives testimony to the police. Still, it comes as a shock when, soon after, the Bureau contacts her—not because they want her to investigate the shooting, but because they want her to investigate the half sister she never kn...

The United States Congress in 1929 passed legislation to fund travel for mothers of the fallen soldiers of World War I to visit their sons’ graves in France. Over the next three years, 6,693 Gold Star Mothers made the trip. In this emotionally charged, brilliantly realized novel, April Smith breathes life into a unique moment in American history, imagining the experience of five of these women.They are strangers at the start, but their lives will become inextricably intertwined, al...

FBI Agent Ana Grey returns to infiltrate the volatile core of an eco-terrorist cell in the Pacific Northwest.Only months after a traumatic shooting incident, Ana is still emotionally unstable when she returns to work and learns that a fellow agent—and former lover—was killed by a group of terrorists operating under the name of FAN (Free Animals Now). To find the murderer and prevent any further killing, Ana goes undercover as an animal activist. In the course of her investigation, ...

Middle school is where futures take shape, and it is the responsibility of school communities to help every child realize their full potential during this critical time. Transitions are more than just logistical shifts—they're opportunities to foster resilience, independence, and growth in our students. Building on The Successful Middle School: This We Believe framework, this book is intended as a companion tool for schools developing multidimensional transition programs designed to meet t...

`Smiths subtiele, ontroerende proza brengt op prachtige wijze een onterecht vergeten historische voetnoot tot leven. Entertainment Weekly In de Verenigde Staten werd in 1929 een wet goedgekeurd die het mogelijk maakte dat moeders het graf van hun tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog omgekomen zonen in Frankrijk konden bezoeken. Met Een Ster voor mevrouw Blake brengt April Smith een uniek moment in de Amerikaanse geschiedenis, en van vijf vrouwen in het bijzonder, tot leven. Een Ster voor mevrouw...

From the widely praised author of the FBI Special Agent Ana Grey series and A Star for Mrs. Blake, this riveting epic drama follows the Kusek family from New York City to America's heartland, where they are caught up in the panic of McCarthyism, a smear campaign, a sensational trial, and, ultimately, murder.Calvin Kusek, a WWII pilot and attorney, and his wife, Betsy, escape the 1950s conformity of New York City to relocate to a close-knit town in South Da...

Blooming in the Broken PlacesFighting. Dreaming. Becoming.What if the very places meant to break you are where God grows you the most?In Blooming in the Broken Places, April Smith shares a raw, unfiltered testimony of survival, faith, injustice, and healing. From childhood trauma and family loss to racism in healthcare, domestic violence, grief, and spiritual warfare, this memoir traces the journey of a woman who refused to be silenced—or destroyed—by the systems an...

Set up your writing block quickly and easily with a simple, research-based frameworkSchools need their writing instruction simplified. Most classrooms share writing time with another subject, making it difficult for students to receive the direct writing instruction they need. Between the lack of time, increased gaps in writing skills, and inconsistent writing curriculum, teachers are struggling to bring their students up to grade level.Simplif...

This book is dedicated to every brave soul who has suffered in silence; it is my deepest hope that this book encourages you to break free from the chains of abuse and make the courageous choice to live safely and freely. I urge you to seek the professional help that is available to break the chains of bondage, release the shackles of trauma, and speak out to heal the inner scars.Through the grace of God, may these pages challenge you or someone you know to escape abuse, reclaim you...