Extra+Credit

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 by Andrew Clements
In danger of repeating a grade, Abby agrees to do an extra credit project that involves writing to a student living in Afghanistan. Her letters make life complicated for Sadeed, a boy with a gift for writing, who is told by his elders he should not be writing to a girl.

**Explore** Afghanistan using Google Earth or Atlases.

**Learn** to tie a variety of knots. Animated Knots offers slow motion video, select a knot and watch the rope tie itself.

**Establish** a Pen Pal relationship with another school, either down the street or across the state. Don't have a contact? Input your information into the Bluestem School Exchange spreadsheet to help locate a partner school. Librarians are responsible for contacting potential partners to make all arrangements for Pen Pals. All information is confidential.

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