📖 Jada Jones: Rock Star

Jada Jones, a fourth-grader, is passionate about science and collects rocks, but feels sad because her best friend, Mari, recently moved into a new house. Jada's mother encourages her to make new friends at school, but that is not an easy task for Jada. However, when Jada's teacher announces the class will be researching and completing a project about rocks and minerals, which is an area that is very exciting and enjoyable for Jada to learn about, she begins to have a change in how she feels about school. Jada is placed in a group with two other girls, one of whom is Simone, who does not seem to be friendly toward Jada, and apparently brushes off some of Jada's ideas when they are brainstorming options for their project. Jada works to figure out how, in a possibly uncomfortable learning environment, they will all work together and make a new friend, and at the same time to be successful at their science project about rocks and minerals. During the entire project experience, Jada learns that being kind is important even for people who may not be kind in return. Jada eventually learns that Simone did not seem very welcoming to her because she was worried Jada would take her friend away from her. Jada also learns that she can work cooperatively with her group partner to create a winning project about rocks and minerals that won first place!

四年级学生杰达·琼斯热爱科学,喜欢收集石头,但她最好的朋友玛丽最近搬了新家,这让她很难过。杰达的妈妈鼓励她在学校结交新朋友,但这对于杰达来说并不容易。然而,当老师宣布全班将要研究并完成一个关于岩石和矿物的项目时,杰达对这个领域非常感兴趣,也乐于学习,她对学校的看法开始有所改变。杰达被分到一组,和另外两个女孩组成小组,其中一个是西蒙妮。西蒙妮似乎对杰达不太友好,在她们集思广益讨论项目方案时,她似乎对杰达的一些想法不屑一顾。杰达努力想办法,如何在可能不太舒适的学习环境中与大家合作,结交新朋友,同时顺利完成关于岩石和矿物的科学项目。在整个项目过程中,杰达明白了即使对方可能不会以同样的方式回应,保持善良也很重要。杰达最终明白,西蒙妮对她不太友好,是因为担心杰达会抢走她的朋友。杰达还发现,她可以和组员合作完成一个关于岩石和矿物的优秀项目,并最终获得了第一名!