In Cod We Trust

Eric Dregni’s great-grandfather Ellef fled Norway in 1893 when it was the poorest country in Europe. More than one hundred years later, his great-grandson traveled back to find that—mostly due to oil and natural gas discoveries—it is now the richest. The circumstances of his return were serendipitous, as the notice that Dregni won a Fulbright Fellowship to go there arrived the same week as the knowledge that his wife Katy was pregnant. Braving a birth abroad and benefiting from a remarkably generous health care system, the Dregnis’ family came full circle when their son Eilif was born in Norway. In this cross-cultural memoir, Dregni tells the hair-raising, hilarious, and sometimes poignant stories of his family’s yearlong Norwegian experiment. Among the exploits he details are staying warm in a remote grass-roofed hytte (hut), surviving a dinner of rakfisk (fermented fish) thanks to 80-proof aquavit, and identifying his great-grandfather’s house in the Lusterfjord only to find out it had been crushed by a boulder and then swept away by a river. To subsist on a student stipend, he rides the meat bus to Sweden for cheap salami with a busload of knitting pensioners. A week later, he and his wife travel to the Lofoten Islands and gnaw on klippefisk (dried cod) while cats follow them through the streets. Dregni’s Scandinavian roots do little to prepare him and his family for the year in Trondheim eating herring cakes, obeying the conformist Janteloven (Jante’s law), and enduring the mørketid (dark time). In Cod We Trust is one Minnesota family’s spirited excursion into Scandinavian life. The land of the midnight sun is far stranger than they previously thought, and their encounters show that there is much we can learn from its unique and surprising culture.

When people think of dock-side dining in Massachusetts they imagine buttery toasted lobster rolls, steaming bowls of creamy fish chowder, and alabaster-white slabs of baked cod piled with bread crumbs, but its rich and varied cuisine reflects all who have come to call these seaports home. Cultures––including, Sicilian, Portuguese, Finnish, and Irish––that fished and worked the granite quarries there a century ago were so tightly bound that generations have stayed and continue to leave their culinary mark on coastline. In Cod We Trust features over 175 recipes that celebrate the area’s unique place in the culinary world, and is a photographic journey for both people who love the area and those who hope to visit one day.

Student publication for Cowell College, University of California, Santa Cruz, "231 expletives . and other words, remembered by a newspaper staff."

Strong math skills are essential to success in school and life. Math Practice Simplified - Primary Concepts is designed to increase understanding of beginning concepts, such as counting, writing numerals, telling time, counting money, measuring, and basic adding and subtracting. Although this book is developmentally appropriate for use as enrichment for five-year-olds and practice for six-year-olds, it can be adapted to serve the needs of other students. Students who complete this book successfully are likely to build a solid foundation for mathematics, increase self-esteem, and improve performance on standardized tests. Concepts in this eBook are based on Principles and Standards for School Mathematics as identified by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Answers are provided at the back of the book.

This full-color book was created especially for the busy teachers of young students. The hands-on, developmentally appropriate activities are based on the latest math standards and are sure to provide your students with fun-filled learning experiences. The activities are easy to implement with little or no preparation at all. Book jacket.

Prepare second grade students for college and career readiness with this content-packed resource. Authored by Lori Oczkus and Timothy Rasinski, this resource includes 12 units across the four content areas of language arts, science, social studies, and mathematics. Each unit incorporates close reading, paired fiction and nonfiction text passages, text-dependent questions, comparing and contrasting text, and hands-on activities to unify each week's worth of lessons. Differentiation and reciprocal teaching strategies and assessment options are also included within each unit to tailor to multiple intelligences and monitor students' progress.

A fun, interactive way to practice early literacy and math skills.The Turn & Learn series is designed to provide a fun, interactive way for students to practice early literacy and math skills.Each book includes a collection of 12 full-color skill cards.These cards are perfect for hands-on review and independent work at a learning center.A range of skill levels is included, making it a snap to differentiate instruction for students diverse needs.The standards-based skill cards are double-sided to allow students to self-check their work.Students solve the problems on the skill card and write their answers in the windows. Then, with a turn of the card, students compare their answers to those on the answer key.Each book includes extra features designed to assist teachers in using the books effectively. These features provide helpful tips for organizing, storing, and using the cards as well as a student answer sheet reproducible.The 12 titles in the series focus on the following language and math concepts:the alphabet,consonants,short vowels,long vowels,blends & digraphs,word families,number sense,addition & subtraction,time & money