The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill*

My sister-in-law read this book aloud to my four year old nephew/her son and recommended it to me.

Frederika (aka Fred) narrates about the year Miss Agnes teaches in their one-room schoolhouse in rural Alaska.  Miss Agnes is not the like the other teachers.  She packs up the Dick and Jane readers and writes her own stories for them to read!  In all the subjects she makes learning come alive and relevant.  Soon the children's learning spreads to adults in the fishing village.  The question that hangs heavily in the air, "But will she stay beyond a year?".  Most teachers only last one year in this unique area of the world. 
This book reveals the far reaching impact of education.
Miss Agnes is the kind of teacher who inspires . . . she is the ideal teacher.
Strategies: inferring, asking questions
*Highly recommend.
-Borrowed from the library.