Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay
by Susan Hood and Sally Wern Comport • Related Edition: Spanish-Language
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- Grade
- PK-4
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- Latino (Latin America)
Year Published 2016
Word Count 1,297
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 820L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 184419, 0.5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Music
- Science
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Orchestral musicians--Paraguay--AsuncioÌn--Juvenile literature
- Child musicians
- Asunciaon
- Bordados, Ada Maribel Rios
- Orchestra
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Orchestra--Paraguay--AsuncioÌn--Juvenile literature
- Orquesta de Instrumentos Reciclados Cateura
- Paraguay
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Music | Instruments
- Orquesta de Instrumentos Reciclados Cateura--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Music | Classical
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | Caribbean & Latin America
- Bordados, Ada Maribel Rios--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Recycling & Green Living
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Susan Hood about Ada's Violin
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Susan Hood
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Vocabulary Graphic Organizers
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Comprehension Graphic Organizers
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Paired Reading Listen and Respond from TeachingBooks
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View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Authors 3
Author Interviews 11
Meet-the-Author Recording with Susan Hood
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Interview with Susan Hood
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Interview with Susan Hood
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Interview with Susan Hood
Created by Texas Bluebonnet Award
Américas Award acceptance speech by Susan Hood
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Américas Award acceptance speech by Sally Wern Comport
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Interview with Sally Wern Comport
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Interview with Sally Wern Comport
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Interview with Sally Wern Comport
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Interview with Susan Hood
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Interview with Susan Hood
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 8
Cultural Representation Reflection
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Comprehension Graphic Organizers
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Common Core Curriculum Guide from Susan Hood
Created by Susan Hood
Reader's Theater Script from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2018
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Teaching Ideas from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2018
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Paired Reading Listen and Respond from TeachingBooks
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Book Trailers 1
Video Book Trailer from Texas Bluebonnet Award
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Vocabulary Resources 1
Vocabulary Graphic Organizers
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Awards & Distinctions 8
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2025
Selection, 2017
Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for Nonfiction, 1993-2025
Younger Readers Winner, 2017
Américas Award, 1993-2024
Winner, 2017
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Commended, 2017
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Arts Selection, 2016
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