Miss Jones and the Golden Spike: A 15-Minute Fantasy, Educational Version

By Caitlind L. Alexander

Meet Miss Jones, the time traveling second grade teacher. Whenever she finds something “not quite right” in history, she goes back and fixes it!

In this adventure Miss Jones discovers that the golden spike has been stolen! The transcontinental railroad is almost finished. Important people have come from clear across the country to see the last, golden spike being laid, but it is about to disappear!

Can Miss Jones reach Promontory Point, Utah in time to save the golden spike, and the ceremony of the joining of the rails?

Join Miss Jones on these fun adventures and find out a little bit about history along the way.
Ages 7 to 10.

Educational Versions include Common Core exercises.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: LearningIsland.com
• Release date: Jan 25, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310594212

Caitlind L. Alexander

Caitlind Alexander is the author of over 60 books for children, including the Jamie and Kendall Broderick Mystery series, the 14 Fun Facts and 101 Fun Facts series, the Wonderful World of Animals Series, and the Miss Jones series.She lives in California where she loves to visit historic places and learn about new things. She also loves to travel and has been all over the world.

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Miss Jones

and the Golden Spike

Written by Caitlind L. Alexander

A LearningIsland.com

15-Minute Fantasy

Editor: Jennifer Robinson

Pictures by LOC

Smashwords Edition

(c) Copyright 2011 Caitlind L. Alexander. All rights reserved.

Published by LearningIsland.com.

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Miss Jones and the Golden Spike/Caitlind L. Alexander

Summary: Miss Jones helps to make sure that the golden spike is laid to connect the east and west railroads.

1. Golden Spike. Juvenile Literature. 2. Railroad, History. Juvenile Literature. 3. American History. Juvenile Literature.

Created in USA

RL: 2.5

W: 2162

Ages 6 and up.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Story

Activities

Answers

About the Author

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Introduction:

Just in case you haven’t read about Miss Jones before, I would like you to meet her. Miss Jones is a school teacher. She teaches a class of students who are seven to eight years old.

She is a great teacher. She is kind with her students. She also gives them lots of help when they need it.

Her students love her. But what they love most about her is her stories. Miss Jones likes to tell stories to her class. They are stories about what happened in history.

She