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                                           Language ArtsUBD Reading Lessons: Memoirs

titles in italics = listed in COL

titles not in italics = other suggestions

For a COMPLETE list, go to Reading Resources: then  click: Comprehensive UBD Book List of Memoirs

Day 1

When I Was 9 -Stevenson

Day 4 - differentiate between events (things that happen) & experiences (author's emotional interaction w/ the events)

listed on COL: What You Know First- MacLachlan

other suggestions:

* Up North at the Cabin- Chall- E CHA (lighthearted)

* Night Driving- Coy- E COY (medium-serious)

*  Clean Your Room Harvey Moon!  Cummings- E CUM (lighthearted)

* Henry's Freedom Box- Levine- FIC LEV- located in E LEV (serious)

 

 

 

Day 6

*  Uncle Jed's Barbershop- (2 copies) M. King Mitchell - E MIT

Day 7

show not tell

On Grandma's Roof- Silverman

Other Suggestions: Click here to go to Writing Resources: Show Not Tell

Day 8

*  Uncle Jed's Barbershop- M. King Mitchell- E MIT

Day 10

*  My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother- Polacco- E POL

characterization

Other Suggestions: Click here to go to Reading Resources: Characterization

Days 11-15

*  My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother- Polacco- E POL

Day 12

Day 13

* All the Places to Love- Maclachlan- E MAC

imagery

Other Suggestions: Click here to go to Writing Resources: Imagery

Day 15

* Thundercake- Polacco- E POL

* Thundercake- Polacco - videorecording- VHS

Day 16

* All the Places to Love- Maclachlan- E MAC

similes/metaphors

Other suggestions: Click here to go to Writing/Grammar Resources: Similes or Metaphors

Day 17

* Thundercake- Polacco- E POL

onomatopoeia

Other suggestions: Click here to go to Writing/Grammar Resources: onomatopoetic books

Day 18

On Grandma's Roof- Silverman

synthesis

Day 19

*  Uncle Jed's Barbershop- (2 copies)-M. King Mitchell- E MIT

Day 22

When I Was 9- Stevenson- Then vs. Now

The Tenth Good Thing About Barney- Viorst- Then and Now

*  Uncle Jed's Barbershop- Mitchell- connected moments - E MIT

* Strong to the Hoop- E COY- connected moments

*  Directo el aro  - Coy- E COY- connected moments

* All the Places to Love- Maclachlan- E MAC - metaphor

* Up North at the Cabin- Chall- E CHA- metaphor

*  Thundercake- Polacco- moment in time

* Twister! Beard- E BEA - moment in time

* The Relatives Came- Rylant- E RYL - one theme

* Chicken Sunday- Polacco- E POL- one theme

* Come On, Rain! Hesse- E HES

Day 23

*  Uncle Jed's Barbershop- (2 copies) Mitchell - E MIT

Day 24

*  My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother- Polacco- E POL

 

OTHER FIFTH GRADE MEMOIR SUGGESTIONS

* Things Change- Aikman- B AIK

* Strong to the Hoop- Coy- E COY

*  Jamela's Dress - Daly- E DAL

* El vestido de Jamela- Daly- E DAL

* Boundless Grace- Hoffman- E HOF

* The Aunt in Our House- Johnson- E JOH

* I Remember Papa- Ketteman- E KET

 

International Children's Digital Library The Harvest Birds = Los pαjaros de la cosecha - Mariscal

* Baseball Saved Us- Mochizuki- E MOC

* El bιisbol nos salvo- Mochizuki- E MOC

* Catching the Sun- Paratore- E PAR

* Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday- Viorst- E VIO

* Our Gracie Aunt- Woodson- E WOO

 

                                                 Language ArtsUBD Writing Lessons: Memoirs

Day 1

When I Was Nine- Stevenson

Day 2

beginning and setting

The Fisherman's Wife

PowerMedia Plus streaming video The Fisherman and His Wife -English
The Fisherman and His Wife -Spanish

The Three Little Pigs

The Three Little Pigs (Marshall) The Reading Lady - Reader's  Theater Script                  
United Streaming video  

Day 3

focus/ideas

On Grandma's Roof- Silverman

Day 4

webbing to find seed idea

Day 5

text events and purposes I

* Chicken Sunday- Polacco- E POL

* El pollo domingo- Polacco- E POL

Day 6

text events and purposes II

*  Chicken Sunday- Polacco- E POL

* El pollo domingo- Polacco- E POL

Day 7

text events and purposes III

Day 8

using repetition

* When I Was Young in the Mountains- Rylant- E RYL

Day 9

character cluster

* My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother- Polacco- E POL

Day 10

leads

Day 11

summary leads

Day 12

crafting dialogue

Day 13

developing details surrounding the setting

Day 14

framing: organization

* The Relatives Came (2 copies)- Rylant- E RYL

Day 15

sharpen the picture: specific words

* Thundercake- Polacco- E POL

* Thundercake-Polacco- videorecording (VHS)

Day 16

imagery: similes/metaphors

* All the Places to Love- MacLachlan- E MAC

Day 17

onomatopoeia

* Thundercake- Polacco- E POL

* Thundercake-Polacco- videorecording (VHS)

Days 18-19

dialogue tags

*  Chicken Sunday- Polacco- E POL

* El pollo domingo- Polacco- E POL

Day 20

action dialogue tags

Day 21

art of inventing the truth

Day 22

time transitions

Day 23

memoir- endings

Day 24

memoir- leads

Day 25

illustrations & formatting

 

                                 Back to the Top Language Arts (COL)

 

*  A Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns- Heller- 428.2 HEl

*  A Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns- Heller- videorecording (VHS)

* Behind the Mask: A Book About Prepositions- (2)- Heller- 428.2 HEL

*  Merry-Go-Round: A Book About Nouns - Heller - 428.1 HEL

*  Merry-Go-Round:  A Book About Nouns- Heller- videorecording (VHS)

* Fantastic! Wow! and Unreal! A Book About Interjections and Conjunctions- Heller- 428.2 HEL

* Kites Sail High- A Book About Verbs- videorecording - VHS

* Many Luscious Lollipops- A Book About Adjectives- Heller- 428.2 HEL

* Mine All Mine: A Book About Pronouns- (2) Heller- 428.2 HEL

* Up, Up, and Away: A Book About Adverbs- Heller- 428.2 HEL

*  Salt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan In Pursuit of a Dream - Jordan - E JOR

You Are Special- Lucado

* Amelia Bedelia (2)- Parish- E PAR

* Amelia Bedelia 4 Mayor - Parish- E  PAR

* Amelia Bedelia, Bookworm - Parish- E PAR

* Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia - Parish- E PAR

* Thank You, Amelia Bedelia - Parish- E PAR

*  Rope Burn- Siebold- FIC SIE

* Cook- A- Doodle-Doo - Stevens -E STE

*  Cook - A- Doodle-Doo- Stevens- videorecording (VHS)

*  Mad as a Wet Hen and Other Funny Idioms- Terban- 428.1 TER

* Punching the Clock: Funny Action Idioms- Terban- 428.1 TER

* The Dove Dove: Funny Homograph Riddles- Terban- 818.54 TER

* Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms- (2) Terban- 423.1 TER

*  Quick as a Cricket - Wood- E WOO

*  Veloz como el grillo - Wood- E WOO

 

                                Back to the Top Science

I. Scientific Method/Processes II.  Models and Systems II. Earth
II.  Moon III. FOSS Landforms  

I.  Scientific Method

*  AIMS Fall 06 - "Gr. 2-3 microscopes" -periodical

* 101 Great Science Experiments: A Step-by-Step Guide- Ardley- PRO ARD

* Last-Minute Science Fair Projects- Bardhan-Quallen- PRO 507.8 BAR

*  Strategies for a Winning Science Fair Project - Henderson - REF 507 HEN

* Creepy Crawlies and the Scientific Method: More Than 100 Hands-On Science Experiments for Children- Kneidel- PRO KNE

*  How to Think Like a Scientist:  Answering Questions... - 502.8 KRA

What is a Scientist? Lehn

* Science to the Rescue - Markle - 507.8 MAR

*  How to Make Your Science Project Scientific - Moorman - 507 MOO

 

Scientific Method PowerPoint with Explanation of Variables: Stacy Shackleford's PowerPoint
Lesson Plan with PowerPoint Pres.: Scientific Method CyberExchange Lesson Plan
Scientific Method PowerPoint Scientific Problem Solving Powerpoint

 

II.  Models/Systems

2A   Earth

La tierra/Earth – Adamson – 550 ADA (K-3)

AIMS Winter 2005 – Gr. 4-5 “earth’s plates” – periodical

Earth – Brimner – 550 BRI

*   Enciclopedia del planeta tierra – Claybourne 0 535 CLA

The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth(2 copies) – Cole – 551 COL – MSB section and one big book- big book area

El autobus magico en el interior de la tierra (2 copies) – Cole – 551 COL – MSB section and one big book- big book area

*   The Children’s Pictorial Atlas of the World – Cooper – REF 912 COO

*   Disney Atlas (Spanish) – REF 912 DIS

*   The World Book Enciclopedia estudiantel hallazgos(13) – Falk – REF 036 WOR

*   The Earth Is Mostly Ocean – Fowler – 551.4 FOW

*   The Top and the Bottom of the World – Fowler – 998 FOW (K-3)

*   Planet Earth/Inside Out – Gibbons - 550 GIB

*   Our Big Home:  An Earth Poem – Glaser – E GLA (K-3)

*   Earth Science – Grolier – REF 550 EAR (Vol.1)

*   Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest – Jenkins – 910 JEN

*   Planet Earth – Kerrod – 550 KER

*   The Librarian Who Measured the Earth – Lasky – B ERA

*   Our Planet Earth – Llewellyn – 550 LLE

*   Atlas of the World (paperback) – Lye – REF 912 LYE

*   Illustrated Atlas of the World (6 copies) – Marchington - REF 912 ILL

*   Wonders of the World Atlas – Morris – REF 912 MOR

*   Our Planet Earth – Parker – 551 PAR

*   Atlas – Pickering – REF 912 PIC

*   Water, Water Everywhere – Rauzon – 551.48 RAU

*   The Young People’s Atlas of the World – Richards – REF 912 RIC

*   Earth – Richardson – 525 RIC

*   All About the Earth – Schlessinger Media – videorecording (VHS)

Scholastic Atlas of the Earth(2 copies) – Scholastic Reference – REF 550.22 SCH

*   Student Atlas of the World – Sharma – REF 912 NAT

*   Scholastic Atlas of the World – Steel – REF – 912 STE

*   Earth’s Physical Features – SVE videorecording – VHS – (Primary)

*   What’s in Space?  The Earth, The Moon, and Space Flight – SVE/Churchill Media - Videorecording

*   What in the World?  The Earth Explained:  Earth and Mountains –SVE videorecording – VHS 

*   Earth – Taylor – 525.21 TAY

*   Janice VanCleave’s Science Experiment  Sourcebook – VanCleave – 507.8 VAN

*   Earth – Vogt – 550 VOG

*   The Kingfisher Children’s Atlas – Weber – REF 912 WEB

 

2B Moon

The Moon Website Moon Phases and Quiz
Sun, Earth, Moon Website Sun, Earth, Moon Computer Simulation

Astronauts- Adamson- 629.45 ADA

*   La luna – Asimov – 523.3 ASH

*   Space – Becklake – REF 500.5 BEC (gr 2-6)

*   The Moon – Bredeson – 523.2 BRE

*   So That’s How the Moon Changes Shape! – Fowler – 523.2 FOW (primary)

* Astronaut Living in Space- Hayden- 639.45 HAY

*   The Moon Book – Gibbons – 523.2 GIB

*   Kingfisher Voyages:  Space(2) – Goldsmith – 629.45 GOL – (gr 4-7)

*   The Best Book of the Moon – Graham – 523.8 GRA

*   Exploring Space – Kirkwood – 520 KIR – (gr 4-8)

*   Neil Armstrong:  The First Man on the Moon – Kramer – B ARM

*   Scholastic Encyclopedia of Space – Mitton – REF 520.3 MIT

*   Exploring Space – Nicolson – 629.4 NIC (gr 3-5)

*   Phases of the Moon – Olson- 523.32 OLS

*   Space – Oxlade – 520 OXL

*   El sol y la luna – Pfister – E PFI

*   How to Build a Rocket – Richardson – 629.477 RIC

*   All About the Moon – Schlessinger videorecording – (K-4)

*   Space Exploration – Schlessinger videorecording – (Gr 4-8)

*   The Moon – Schlessinger videorecording – (Gr 5-8)

*   Man on the Moon – Suen – 629.45 SUE

*   What’s in Space?  The Earth, Moon, and Space Flight – SVE/Churchill – VHS

*   Team Moon:  How 40,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon – Thimmesh – 629.45 THI

*   The Moon (2) – Winrich – 523.3 WIN

 

3 FOSS Landforms

Erosion

*  Glaciers- Nadeau- 551.31 NAD

* Earth- Taylor- REF 525 TAY

* Rocks- DVD (Gr. 5)

 

Deposition/Sediments

* Earth- Taylor- REF 525 TAY

 

Landforms

Biomes/Habitats

General Caves/Canyons Deserts
Grasslands/Plains/Prairies/Meadows Hills/Mountains Islands/Oceans/Reefs/Seas/Shorelines
Lakes/Marshes/Ponds/Rivers/Swamps Rainforests/Forests Tundra

Back to BiomesGeneral

Landforms Websites ISS EarthKAM Landforms Activity
Harcourt School: Types of Land
Landforms website
Enchanted Learning Landforms Glossary
Landforms: List of websites

*   La tierra – Adamson – 550 ADA (K-3)

*   Biomes of the World – Allaby – REF 577

*   Enciclopedia del planta tierra (paperback) – Claybourne – 525 CLA

* The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth- Cole- book in Magic School Bus section, big book in big book area  

* El autobus magico en el interior de la tierra - Cole- book in Magic School Bus section, big book (2 copies) in big book area                             

*   Our Big Home:  An Earth Poem – Glaser – E GLA (K-3)

*   Earth Science – Grolier Educational – REF 550 EAR

* All Kinds of Habitats- Hewitt- 577 HEW

*   Homes Around the World – Kalman – 392 KAL

*   What Is a Biome? – Kalman – 577 Kal (K-3)

*  ΏQuι son los biomas? Un libro – Kalman – 577 KAL

*   Our Planet Earth – Llewellyn – 550 LE (K-3)

*   I Love the Earth – Martin – 525 MAR (PK-2)

*   America’s Top 10 National Wonders – Ricciuti – 577.3 RIC

*   Where People Live – Royston – 304.2 ROY

*   All About the  Earth – Schlessinger Media – 550 EAR (K-4)

*   Earth – Schlessinger Media – 550 EAR (K-4)

*   Earth’s Physical Features – SVE/Churchill – videorecording – VHS

 

Back to BiomesCaves/Canyons

*   Kids Discover – Vol. 16, Issue 8 – Grand Canyon – periodical

*   Caves – Kramer – 551.4 KRA

*   Caves – Mayer – 551.44 (K-3)

*   Caves – Nadeau – 551.44 NAD (K-3)

*   Canyons – Webster – 551.4 WEB

Back to BiomesDeserts

*   Cactus Poems – Asch – 811 ASC (Gr. 3-6)

*   The Desert – Baker – 591.754 BAK

*   Deserts – Chambers – 508.315 (Gr. 4-8)

*   Discovering Deserts – National Wildlife Federation – 372.3 DIS

*   Bill Nye the Science Guy:  Deserts – Disney videorecording – VHS

*   Desert Animals – DK videorecording – VHS (all levels)

*   A Saguaro Cactus – Green – 583 GRE (Gr. 2-4)

*   Cactus Hotel – Guiberson – 574.5 GUI (Gr. K-2)

*   Living in a Desert – Fowler – 577.74 FOW (K-3)

*   Deserts – Jackson – 551.41 JAC (Gr. 3-5)

*   Deserts – Jenkins – 333.73 JEN (RL 7.8 IL Gr. 4-8)

*  The Dry Desert:  A Web of Life – Johansson – 577.54 JOH

*   A Walk in the Desert – Johnson – 577.54 JOH (Gr. 2-5)

*   Desert Food Chains – Kalman – 577.54 KAL (Gr. 4-8)

*   Cadenas alimentarias del desierto – Kalman – 577.54 KAL (Gr. 4-8)

*   Plants of the Desert – Llamas – 581.21 LLA (Gr. 3-4)

*   Desert – MacQuitty – 910 MAC

*   Desierto – Mayer – 577.54 MAY (K-3)

*   Deserts and Wastelands – Oldershaw – 577.54 OLD

*   Deserts – Parker – 551.41 PAR

*   Deserts – Sayre – 574.5 SAY (Gr. 5-8)

*   All About Deserts and Grasslands – Schlessinger Media - videorecording – VHS(K-4)

*   Desert – Singer – 577.54 DES - videorecording – VHS (all levels) 

*   Deserts – Steele – 551.45 STE

*   Endangered Desert Animals – Taylor – 591.909 TAY

*   A Desert Scrapbook:  Dawn to Dusk in the Sonoran Desert – Wright-Frierson –578.574 WRI (Gr. 3-5)

Back to BiomesGrasslands/Meadows/Plains/Prairies

*   Grasslands – Behar – 577.4 BEH

*   Prairies – Endres – 578.74 END (K-3)

A Walk in the Prairie – Johnson – 577.54 JOH

*   We All Went on Safari:  A Counting Journey Through Tanzania – Krebs – E KRE (PK-2)

*   The Great Plains – Llamas – 531.45 LLA

*   Grasslands – Pipes – 577.4 PIP

*  Pastizales:  campos verdes y dorados – Salas – 578.74 SAL (K-3)

*   All About Deserts and Grasslands – Schlessinger videorecording – VHS (K-4)

*   Meadows – Sidman -811.54 SID (K-5)

*   America’s Prairies – Staub – 577.4 STA

*   America’s Prairies and Grasslands:  A Guide to Plants and Animals – Wallace– 577.4 WAL (Gr. 3-5)

*   Plains – Webster – 551.45 WEB (Gr. 2-5)

Back to BiomesHills/Mountains

 Hills and Mountains – Crewe – 551.4 CRE

*   Mountains – Chambers – 508.3143 (Gr. 3-5)

*   Living in the Mountains(2) – Fowler – 910 FOW (K-3)

*   Mountains – Mayer – 551.43 MAY (K-3)

*   Kids Discover – Vol 15, Issue 8 – Mountains – Periodical

*   Mountains – Stronach – 333.73 STR (Gr. 3-6)

*   What in the World?  The Earth Explained:  Earthquakes and Mountains – 551.5 WHA – videorecording – VHS

*   Hills and Mountains – Williams – 551.43 WIL

*   How Mountains Are Made – Zoehfeld – 551.8 ZOE (Gr. 2-3)

Back to BiomesIslands/Oceans/Reefs/Seas/Shorelines/Tidal Pools

*   Tide Pools – Bredeson – 577.69 BRE

*   The Magic School Bus Takes a Dive (coral reef, swampland, shoreline) – Cole - videorecording

*   Bill Nye the Science Guy:  Oceanography – Disney videorecording – VHS

*   The Earth Is Mainly Ocean – Fowler – 551.4 FOW (PK-2)

*   Seashore Animals:  Gaspard at the Seashore – Gutman – E GUT

*   Life in the Coral Reef – Kalman – 577.7 KAL (Gr. 4-8)

*   Seas and Oceans – Parker – 551.46 PAR

*   Oceans – Smart – 551.46 SMA

*   El bioma marino – Smithyman – 577.7 SMI (Gr. 3-6)

*   Islands – Steele – 551.4 STE (Gr. 4-6)

*   A Tidal Pool – Steele – 577.69 STE

*   An Island Scrapbook:  Dawn to Dusk on a Barrier Island – Wright-Frierson – 508.756 WRI – (RL 4.9 IL 2-5)

Back to BiomesLakes, Marshes, Ponds, Rivers, Swamps/Wetlands

*   Rivers – Chambers – 508.316 CHA (Gr. 4-8)

*   A River Ran Wild – Cherry- 974.4 CHE (Gr. 1-4)

*  Duck Pond Dip – DK – 591.763 DUC (K-3)

*   A Freshwater Pond (2) – Fleming – E FLE (PK-K)

*   Living Near a River – Fowler – 333.91 FOW (K-3)

*   Marshes and Swamps – Gibbons – 551.41 GIB (K-3)

*   Pond Plants – Giesecke – 581.763 GIE

*   Swamp Life – Greenaway – 577.68 GRE

*   A Freshwater Pond – Hibbert – 577.63 HIB

*   Animals at the Pond – Lambilly/Bresson – 591.763 Lam (K-3)

*   A Froggy Fable – Lechner – E LEC (K-3)

*   Life in a Pond – Lindeen – 578.763 LIN  (PK-2)

*   Rivers – Llamas – 551.48  LLA

*   Let’s Explore a River – McCauley – 508.316 MCC

*   Pond – Pascoe – 591.48 (K-3)

*   Wetlands – Pipes – 577.7 PIP

*   Rivers and Lakes –  Ramsay – 551.48 RAM

*   Dig, Wait, Listen:  a Desert Toad’s Tale – Sayre – E SAY

*   Earth’s Physical Features – SVE/Churchill Media – videorecording –(K-3)-includes lakes, shorelines, plains, and canyons

Back to BiomesRainforests/Forests

*   The Umbrella – Brett – E BRE (PK-4)

* La sombrilla-(paperback)- Brett- E BRE (PK-4)

*   The Great Kapok Tree – Cherry – E CHE (Gr. K-3)

*  El gran capoquero – Cherry – E CHE (Gr. K-3)

* The Shaman's Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forests- Cherry - E CHE (Gr. 1-4)

* Jungle- Eyewitness videorecording- VHS (Gr. 5)

*   Nature’s Green Umbrella:  Tropical Rainforest – Gibbons – 574.5 GIB (Gr. 3-6)

*   Destination:  Rainforests – Grupper – 578.734 GRU (Gr. 4-6)

*   Living in a Rainforest – Fowler – 333.75 FOW (K-3)

A Walk in the Boreal Forest – Johnson – 577.3 JOH (Gr. 3-6)

*   A Walk in the Deciduous Forests – Johnson – 577.3 JOH

A Walk in the Rainforest – Johnson – 577.34 JOH (Gr. 2-5)

*   The Living Rainforest:  An Animal Alphabet – Kratter– 591.7 KRA (RL 5.8 IL K-3)

* The Most Beautiful Roof in the World: Exploring the Rainforest Canopy- Lasky - 574.5 LAS

*   Our Endangered Planet – A Tropical Rainforest – Mutel – 333.75 MUT (Gr. 5-8)

*   Rainforests – Oldfield – 333.75 OLD (Gr. 3-6)

*   Journey Through the Northern Rainforests – Pandell – 578.73409 PAN

*   Forests and Woodlands – Pipes – 333.75 PIP

*   Trees and Plants in the Rainforest – Pirotta – 581.7 PIR (Gr. 2-4)

*   Rainforests – Oldfields – 333.75 OLD (Gr. 3-6)

*   Rainforests – Sexton – 578.734 SEX

*   Environmental Impacts – SVE and Churchill Media - videorecording- VHS

*   Explore the Tropical Rainforests – Tagliaferro – 577.34 TAG (Gr. 3-5)

*   At Home in the Rainforest – Willow – 577 WIL

*   If I Ran the Rainforest – Worth – 577.34 WOR

*   Welcome to the Greenhouse – Yolen – 577.34 YOL (PK-3)

Back to BiomesTundra

*   Circle of Thanks – Fowler – E FOW (K-2)

*    Glaciers – George – 551.3 GEO (Gr. 3-5)

*   A Walk in the Tundra – Johnson – 577.5 JOH (Gr. 4-6)

*   A Child’s Alaska – Murphy – 919.8 MUR (Gr. 3-6)

*   Glaciers – Nadeau- 551.31 NAD (K-3)

*   Really Wild Animals:  Polar Prowl – National Geographic Society–videorecording (VHS) – (Gr 3-5)

*   Tundra and Cold Deserts – Pipes – 577.5 PIP

*   Tundra – Sayre – 574.5 SAY (Gr. 4-8)

*   Explore the Tundra – Tafliaferro – 577.5 TAG (Gr 3-5)

* Welcome to the Ice House- Yolen- 591.75 YOL (PK-4)

 

Rock Cycles

* Everybody Needs a Rock (2 copies) - Baylor- E BAY (K-2)

* Rocks and Minerals-(2 copies) Bingham- 549 BIN

* Rocks - Burrud- vidoeroecroding (DVD) (Gr. 5)

* Miremos las rocas-(2 copies) Cipriano -552 CIP (K-2)

* Rocks- DVD (Gr. 5)

* Rocks, Fossils, and Arrowheads- Evert- 552 EVE

* Rocks: A Resource Our World Depends On- Graham- 552 GRA

* Usar las rocas- Katz Cooper- 552 KAT

*  Soil Basics- Lineen- 631.4 LIN (K-2)

* Rock Basics- Lindeen- 552 LIN (K-2)

* I Love Rocks- Meister- E MEI (Gr. K)

* Me fascinan las piedras -Meister- E MEI (Gr. K)

* Let's Look at Rocks- Mitten- 552 MIT

* Dave's Down-to-Earth Rock Shop- Murphy- 552 MUR

* Rock - Oxlade- 552 OXL

* Rocks and Fossils- Pellant- 552 PEL

* The Best Book of Fossils, Rocks, and Minerals- Pellant- 560 PEL

* All About Rocks and Minerals- Schlessinger videorecording (VHS)

* Blocks of Rocks- Sheehan - 552 SHE

* Bloques de piedra- Sheehan- 552 SHE

* Rocks and Soil- Snedden- 552 SNE

* Rocks and Minerals- Squire- 552 SQU

* Soil and Vegetation- SVE and Churchill Media videorecording (VHS)

* Experiments with Rocks and Minerals- Tocci- 552 TOC

 

Tree Rings

* A Tree is Growing- Dorros- 582.16 DOR

 

Natural Resources

* Conservation and Natural Resources- Ball- 333.72 CON

* The Great Kapok Tree- Cherry- E CHE

* El gran capoquero- Cherry- E CHE

* The Lorax- Seuss- E SEU and videorecording (VHS)

* El Lorax (2 copies)- E SEU

* Environmental Impacts- SVE & Churchill Media- VHS

 

 

                                Back to the Top Social Studies

U.S. History U.S. Geography

                                                    Back to Soc. St.U.S. History

Bill of Rights

* The Bill of Rights- Burgan- 342.83 BUR

*  The U.S. Bill of Rights and Constitutional Amendments- Goldhil videorecording

*   The Bill of Rights – Quiri – 323.097 QUI

*   The Bill of Rights – Stein – 342.73 STE

Thomas Edison

*   The Wizard of Sound:  A Story about Thomas Edison – Mitchell – B EDI (gr 4-5)

   *   Thomas Edison and the Electric Light – Nest – Videorecording VHS

*   Thomas Edison – Nirgiotis – B EDI

*   Thomas Edison and Electricity – Parker – B EDI

 

Benjamin Franklin

*   What Was the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? – Fritz – videorecording VHS

  

Patrick Henry

*   Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May? – Fritz – B HEN

 

Jackie Kennedy

*   Jackie Kennedy Onassis:  Woman of Courage – Anderson – B ONA

 

William Penn

*   William Penn:  Founder of Pennsylvania – Kroll – B PEN

*   William Penn and Pennsylvania – Schlessinger – Videorecording VHS

 

Pilgrims

*   Stranded at Plimoth Plantation – Bowen – 973.2 BOW

*   Eating the Plates:  A Pilgrim Book of Food and Manners – Penner – 394.1 PEN

*   The Pilgrims of Plimoth – Sewall – 974.45 SEW

*   The Pilgrims of Plimoth – Weston Woods/Scholastic – Videorecording - VHS

   Pocahontas

*   Pocahontas – Iannone – B POC

*   La historia de Pocahahtas – Jenner – B POC

*   Sisters in Strength:  American Women Who Made a Difference(includes

Pocahontas) – McDonough – 920 MCD

*   Pocahontas – Nest Entertainment – Videorecording VHS

*   Pocahontas:  Powhatan Princess – Shaughnessy – B POC

Paul Revere

*   And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? – Fritz – B REV

*   And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? – Fritz – Videorecording  VHS

*   Paul Revere – Sullivan – B REV

Eleanor Roosevelt

*   Eleanor Roosevelt:  A Life of Discovery – Freedman – B ROO

*   Eleanor Everywhere:  The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt – Kulling – B ROO

*   Sisters in Strength:  American Women Who Made a Difference(includes

Eleanor Roosevelt) – McDonough – 920 MCD

Underground Railroad

*   The Underground Railroad – Bial – 973.7 BIA

*   Follow the Drinking Gourd:  A Story of the Underground Railroad –Connelly - Videorecording

*   Harriet Tubman – Nest Entertainment – Videorecording

*   Escape from Slavery:  Five Journeys to Freedom – Rappaport – 973 RAP

*   The Underground Railroad – Stein – 973.7 STE

*   Harriet Tubman, A Woman of Courage – Skelton – B TUB

                                                                                                                                     General

*   America the Beautiful – Bates – 811 BAT

*   Scholastic Encyclopedia of the United States – Bock – REF 973.03 BOC

*   The Heroine of the Titanic:  A Tale Both True and Otherwise of the Life

Of Molly Brown – Blos – B BRO

*   If You Were There in 1776 – Brener – 973.3 BRE

*   From Sea to Shining Sea:  A Treasury of American Folklore and Folk Songs –

Cohn – REF 810.8 FRO

*   Ten Brave Men, Makers of the American Way – Daugherty – 920 DAU

*   50 American Heroes Every Kid Should Meet – Denenberg – 920 DEN

*   Sweet Land of Story:  Thirty-Six American Tales to Tell – DeSpain – 398.2 SWE

*   Scholastic Encyclopedia of the U. S. at War – English – REF 963 ENG

 *   The Slave Dancer – Fox – FIC FOX

*   We Were There Too:  Young People in U. S. History – Hoose – 973 HOO

*  Hand in Hand:  An American History Through Poetry – Hopkins – 811 HAN

*   Lives, Poems About Famous Americans – Hopkins – 811.008 LIV

*   My America:  A Poetry Atlas of the United States – Hopkins – 811.008 MY

*   I’m New Here – Howlett – 371.97 HOW

*   Journeys in Time:  A New Atlas of American History –Leacock - 973 LEA

*   Places in Time:  A New Atlas of American History – Leacock – 911 LEA

*   The Discovery of the Americas – Maestro – 917.04 MAE

*   Buttons for General Washington – Roop – 973.3 ROO

*   A Is for America:  An American Alphabet – Scilian – E SCI

*   The Iroquois:  A First American Book – Sneve – 973.04 SNE

*   The Sign of the Beaver – Speare – FIC SPE

 *   Early America:  Expanding and Preserving the Union – Teacher Created Materials  KIT (prof. section)

*   The United States – Webb – 973 WEB

U.S. History Website George W. Bush

 

 

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U.S. Geography Website Name That State

*  Around the World in a Hundred Years:  From Henry the Navigator to Magellan-  Fritz- 910.92 FRI

*  The Scrambled States of America- videorecording (VHS)

* The Scrambled States of America-

*  Train of States- Sis- 973.02 SIS

*  Celebrate the 50 States- Leedy- 973 LEE

*  Children's Millennium Atlas of the United States- Rand McNally and Co. - REF 912.73 CHI

*  The United States of America- A State-By-State Guide- Miller- 973 MIL

*  National Geographic Atlas for Young Explorers- REF 912 NAT