Lights for Gita
by Rachna Gilmore and Alice Priestley
Gita's family has only recently emigrated from India. Although she misses her relatives... read more
- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Holiday
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- Immigrant / Refugee
- South Asian
- Asian American
Year Published 1994
Word Count 939
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 600L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 41919, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Moving, Household--Fiction
- East Indian Americans
- Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Other, Non-Religious
- Emigration and immigration
- Fasts and feasts
- East Indian Americans--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
- Fasts and feasts--Hinduism--Fiction
- Emigration and immigration--Fiction
- Moving, Household
- Hinduism
- Lists With This Book
- Immigrant Stories: Home at Last
Our Original Resources 4
Audio Name Pronunciation with Rachna Gilmore
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Authors 6
Audio Name Pronunciation with Rachna Gilmore
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Lesson Plan from Rachna Gilmore
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