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School

Around the World

School Around the World Rice

Dona Herweck Rice

Dona Herweck Rice

Teacher Created Materials

5301 Oceanus Drive

Huntington Beach, CA 92649-1030

http://www.tcmpub.com

ISBN 978-1-4333-3654-6

2012 Teacher Created Materials, Inc.

Image Credits

Cover Getty Images/Flickr Select; cover inset: enciktep/Shutterstock; p.3 Djembe/Dreamstime;

p.4 Birute Vijeikiene/Shutterstock; p.5 top: Muellek Josef/Shutterstock; p.5 bottom: Falk Kienas/

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p.26 Robert Deutschman/Getty Images; back cover: Volodymyr Kyrylyuk/Shutterstock

Based on writing from TIME For Kids.

TIME For Kids and the TIME For Kids logo are registered trademarks of TIME Inc.

Used under license.

Consultant

Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D.

Kent State University

Publishing Credits

Dona Herweck Rice, Editor-in-Chief

Robin Erickson, Production Director

Lee Aucoin, Creative Director

Conni Medina, M.A.Ed., Editorial Director

Jamey Acosta, Editor

Heidi Kellenberger, Editor

Lexa Hoang, Designer

Stephanie Reid, Photo Editor

Rachelle Cracchiolo, M.S.Ed., Publisher

Synched Read-Along Version by:

Triangle Interactive LLC

PO Box 573

Prior Lake, MN 55372

ISBN-13: 978-1-68444-826-5 (e-book)

School Around the World ..................

United States .............................

Canada ..................................

Australia ................................

China ...................................

Mexico ..................................

Japan ...................................

Kenya ...................................

Space School? ............................

On the Map ..............................

Brrrng! ..................................

Glossary .................................

Index ...................................

Table of Contents

Somewhere in the world right now, children are in

school. Some adults are in school, too!

School Around

the World

a school in Africa

a school in rural China

a school in Thailand

From the time they are born, people start learning.

School is a great place to do it.

Any place where teachers

teach and people learn is a

school. In school, people learn

to read and write. They learn

to add, subtract, and multiply.

They learn about the world

and how it works. They learn

music, sports, and all sorts of

skills such as

keyboarding,

cooking, and painting.

Most children in the United States begin school

when they are about years old. They go to school

through high school and then graduate (GRAJ-oo-eyt)

when they are or Sometimes, they go to college

(KOL-ij) or a trade school after that. That is where they

learn the skills they need to get a job.

United States

This child is learning

Jewish history and

language at Hebrew

school.

Some children also go to special schools to learn

things that are not taught in regular schools. They might

go to a karate school or music school. Or, they might

go to a school that teaches about religion (ri-LIJ-uhn)

or culture .

All children in the United States must go to

school. Sometimes their school is at home! These

children are homeschooled by their parents or other

friends and family.

School in Canada is a lot like school in the United

States. Five days a week, children get up in the morning

and get ready for school. The school day starts in the

morning and goes into the afternoon. Children study

reading, writing, mathematics, science, and more.

Canada

There is one big difference. In Canada, there

are two ofcial languages . People speak English and

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