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Nonfiction

Week 1

 Day 1 - nonfiction introduction

fiction/nonfiction

ENGLISH

SPANISH

Day 2 - KWL

Day 3- Questioning

Day 4- Photographs

Day 5 - Diagrams and Labels

Week 2

Day 6 -Recognizing New Learning

Day 7- Titles/Headings

Day 8 -Captions

Day 9 - Comparisons

The Honey Maker- Gibbons

Sea Turtles- Gibbons

Day 10 - Cutaways

Week 3

Day 11- Maps

Day 12 - timelines

Day 13- Types of Print

Day 14- Close Ups

Day 15- Table of Contents

 Week 4

Day 16- Index

Day 17- Glossary

Day 18- Finding Paragraphs

Day 19- Reading an Encyclopedia

Day 20- Magazines

Week 5

Day 21- Newspapers

Day 22- Fact/Opinion

Day 23- Context Clues to Infer Meaning

Day 24- Comparing Fiction/Nonfiction

Day 25- "3-2-1 sendoff"

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Week 1

Day 1- Topic Lists

Day 2- Taking Notes

Day 3- Rewording Information

Day 4- Photographs

Day 5- Labels

*  Feathers for Lunch- Ehlert- E EHL

* Plumas para Almorzar- Ehlert- E EHL

Week 2

Day 6 - Diagrams

Day 7- Organizing Information

Day 8 - Captions

*  Amazing Snakes - Thomson- 597.96 THO

Day 9 - Comparisons

Honey Maker - Gibbons

Sea Turtles- Gibbons

Day 10- Observing Details

Week 3

Day 11- Maps

Day 12- Titles/Headings

Day 13- Listening for Voice

Bats- Pringle

Are You a Snail? Allen

Day 14- Different Points of View

Sierra- Siebert

Day 15- Table of Contents

Week 4

Day 17 - Glossary

Day 18- Paragraphs

Day 19- Publishing

Day 20- Class Newspaper

Week 5

Day 21- "How to" Story

*  Cook-A-Doodle-Doo- Stevens -E STE - located in the fairy tale section - Little Red Hen

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

Day 22 - Checking for Clarity

Day 23- "How To" stories

Day 24 - "How To" Stories

The Pumpkin Book- Gibson

Day 25- "How To" - Adding a Warning

The Pumpkin Book -Gibson
 

Language Arts

*  Hedgie's Surprise - Brett- E BRE

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Social Studies

IV. Culture/Customs/Maps

*  To Be a Kid-  Ajmera- E AJM

*  Marinathe's Story:  Painted Words and Spoken Memories - Aliki- E ALI

*  Fiesta USA - Ancona- 394.2 ANC

*  The Crane Wife- Bodkin- 398.2 BOD

* Looking at Maps and Globes- Bredeson- 912 BRE

*  Dandelions- Bunting- E BUN

*  A Picnic in October- Bunting- E BUN

*  Hacer Mapas:  Donde esta es la fiesta? Burstein- 526 BUR

*  Molly's Pilgrim- Cohen- E COH

*  Molly y los pereginos- Cohen- E COH

*  Maps and Globes- Crewe- 912 CRE

*  Quinito's Neighborhood= El Vecindario de Quinito-   Cumplano- E CUM

*  Bakers- Deedrick- 641.8 DEE

*  Astronauts - Deedrick- 629.45 DEE

*  City Green- DiSalvo- E DIS

*  Cuckoo:  A Mexican Folktale/Cucu:  Un Cuento Folklorico Mexicano- Ehlert- 398.2 EHL

*  Community Service = Servicio comunitario- Emmer- 371.19 EMM

*  Happy Birthday, Everywhere!  Erlbach- 394.2 ERL

*  Hawaii is a Rainbow- Feeney- 996.9 FEE

*  As the Crow Flies: A First Book of Maps- Hartman- E HAR

*  In My Family= En Mi Familia- Garza- 306.85 LOM

*  Family Pictures= Cuadros de familia -Garza- 306.85 LOM

*  People and Communities- Harcourt Horizions videorecording- VHS

*  About My Community- Harcourt Horizons videorecording- VHS

*  The Children of India - Hermes- 305.23 HEP

* Wake Up, World!  A Day in the Life of Children Around the World- Hollyer- 390.083 HOL

*  What is a Community?  From A to Z- Kalman- 307 KAL

*  Community Helpers from A to Z- Kalman- 331.7 KAL

*  Birthdays Around the World- Lankford- 394.2 LAN

*  A Story to Tell:  Traditions of a Tlingit Community- Nichols- 979.8 NIC

*  I Live on a Farm- Ward- 307.72 KEH

*  I Live in the Mountains- Ward- 978.8 KEN

*  Eye of the Storm:  Chasing Storms with Warren Faidley- 551.5 KRA

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

*  Tortillas para mama: Spanish and English- Griego- 398.8 TOR

*  A Community at Work- SVE and Churchill Media videorecording- VHS

*  The Enormous Carrot- Vagin- 398.209 VAG

*  Vamos a comer! Watt - E WAT

V. Looking Back/Families/Changes over Time

  *  Mis abuelos- Auld- 306.974 AUL

*  Mi mama- Auld- 306.974 AUL

*  Mi hermana- Auld- 306.875 AUL

*  Mi hermano- Auld- 305.875 AUL

*  My Grandparents- Auld- 306.874 AUL                    

*  Families- Bailey - 306.85 BAI

*  Franklin's Baby Sister- Bourgeois- E BOU

*  La hermanita de Franklin- Bourgeois- E BOU

*  Keeping Time- Branley- 529 BRA

*  Clifford's Family- Bridwell- E BRI

*  La Familia de Clifford- Bridwell- E BRI

*  The Little House- Burton- E BUR and audiocassette/book kit

*  La casita- Burton- E BUR

*  At Grandma's - Greene- E GRE

*  Spot's Baby Sister- Hill- E HIL

*  La hermanita de Spot- Hill- E HIL

*  Colonial Times from A to Z- Kalman- 973.2 KAL

*  Pioneer Life from A to Z- Kalman- 973 KAL

*  A Child's Day- Kalman/Everts- 305.23 KAL

*  Mom and Me- Kaplan- 306.874 KAP

*  My Family- Kinkade- 306.85 KIN

*  How My Family Lives in America- Kuklin- 305.8 KUK

*  In My Family/En mi familia - Lomas Garza- 306.85 LOM

* Family Pictures/Cuadros de familia- Lomas Garza - 306.85 LOM

*  The Story of Clocks and Calendars- Maestro- 909.83 MAE

*  A Year - Murphy - 529 MUR

*  Months- Murphy - 529 MUR

*  A Day - Murphy - 529 MUR

*  A Week - Murphy - 529 MUR

*  The Family Book- Parr- E PAR

*  Telling Time- Schlessinger videorecording - VHS

*  Children of a New Century- Schott- 305.23 SCH

*  Travel Through Time:  Flying High- Shuter - 387.7 SHU

*  All Kinds of Children- Simon- 305.23 SIM

*  Giraffe Graphs- Stewart- 511 STE

*  A Child's Calendar- Updike- 811 UPD

* Kids in the Middle Ages- Wroble- 305.23 WRO

*  Kids During the Renaissance- Wroble- 305.23 WRO

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Science

                                   Back to Science Pebbles, Sand, and Silt

Rocks

Sand

* Beach is to Fun - Brisson- E BRI

*  D.W. All Wet- Brown- E BRO

*  The Seashore- Cohat- 591.52 COH

*  The Boy on the Beach- Daly- E DAL

*  Louie's Goose- Ehrlich- E EHR

*  Living Near the Sea - Fowler- 551.46 FOW

*  Out of the Ocean- Frasier- E FRA

*  Gaspard at the Seashore- Gutman- E GUT

* Como iremos a la playa?  Luciana- E LUC

*  Lottie's New Beach Towel- Mathers- E MAT

*  Sand - Miller - 553.6 MIL

*  Hoppy and Joe- Paraskevas- E PAR

*  El duende del mar- Perera- E PER

*  Hello, Ocean!  P. M.Ryan- E RYA

* Poppleton and Friends- Rylant- E RYL

*  Beach Party- Ziefert- E ZIE

Soil

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

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

* Tierra: Miremos un jardin- Royston- 631.4 ROY

* Rocks and Soil- Snedden- 552 SNE

* Rocks and Minerals- Squire- 552 SQU

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

Silt/River Rocks

* A River Ran Wild: An Environmental History- Cherry- 974.4 CHE

*  Living Near a River- Fowler- 333.91 FOW

* The Raft- LaMarche- E LAM

* Rivers- Llamas Ruiz- 551.48 LLA

* Go Home, River- Magdanz- E MAG

* Let's Explore a River- MacCauley- 508.316 MAC

* Rivers- Parker- 551.48 PAR

* Rivers & Lakes- Ramsay -551.48 RAM

Natural Sources of Water

* Bill Nye the Science Guy: Water Cycle- Disney videorecording (VHS)

* Our Endangered Planet: Groundwater-Hoff- 333.91 HOF

* Our Endangered Planet: Rivers & Lakes- 363.73 HOF

* The Drop in My Drink: The Story of Water on Our Planet- Hooper- 553.7 HOO

* Let's Explore a River- MacCauley- 508.316 MAC

* A Drop of Water- Morrison- 508 MOR

* Rivers- Parker- 551.48 PAR

* The Magic School Bus Wet All Over: A Book About The Water Cycle -Relf- 551.48 REL- located in Magic School Bus section

*  El autobús mágico se salpica todo: un libro sobre el ciclo del agua- 551.48 REL- located in Magic School Bus section

* Crawdad Creek - Sanders -E SAN
 

* A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder - Wick -546 WIC

Worms

* Diary of a Worm- Cronin- E CRO and audiocassette/book KIT

* Worms- Green- 595.3 GRE

* A Mealworm's Life- Himmelman- 595.76 HIM

* Inch by Inch- Lionni- E LIO

* Inchworm and a Half- Pinczes- E PIN- located in the Math section

* La lombriz de tierra- Schaefer- 592 SCH- located with Spanish animal books

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Books Listed in COL:

Funny Bones- Ahlberg

The Skeleton Inside You- Balestino

 Dem Bones- Barner

Skeleton Hiccups- Cuyler

Other Human Body Books:

General

*   My Five Senses – Aliki- 612.8 ALI

*   Nuestros cinco sentidos – Catala – 612.8 CAT (K-3)

*   The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses – Cole – 612.8 COL (Gr. 2-5)

*   The Five Senses – Hewitt – 573.8 HEW

*   Eyes, Nose, Fingers, and Toes:  A First Book About You – Hindle – E HIN (PK-K)

*   Senses:   How We Know – National Geographic Society – Videorecording VHS

*   How Our Senses Work – Ripoll – 612.8 RIP 

Hearing

*   How Do Our Ears Hear? – Ballard – 612.8 BAL (PK-4)

*   My Ears – Furgang – 612 FUR (K-3)

*   Hearing Sounds – Hewitt – 534 HEW

*   Hearing – Hurwitz – 612.8 HUR

*   Listening and Hearing – Pluckrose – 612.8 PLU

*   The Sense of Hearing – Schuh – 612.8 SCH

Seeing

*   How Do Our Eyes See? – Ballard – 612.8 BAL (PK-4)

*   My Eyes – Furgang – 612.8 FUR (K-3)

*   Sight – Hurwitz – 612.8 HUR

*   Looking and Seeing – Pluckrose – 612.8 PLU

*   The Sense of Sight – Schuh – 612.8 SCH

*   Can You See the Chalkboard? – Silverstein – 617.7 SIL (Gr. 4-8)

Smelling

*   El libro apestoso – Cole – E COL (K-3) (smelly things)

*   My Nose – Furgang – 612.8 FUR (K-3)

*   Smell – Hurwitz – 612.8 HUR

*   The Sense of Smell – Schuh – 612.8 SCH

Tasting

*   Taste -Hurwitz – 612.8 HUR

*   Eating and Tasting – Pluckrose – 612.3 PLU

*   Qué rico!:  un libro sobre el gusto – Rau – 612.87 RAU

*   The Sense of Touch – Schuh – 612.8 SCH

Touching

*   Spot’s Big Touch and Feel Book – Hill – E HIL (PK-K)

*   Touch – Hurwitz – 612.8 HUR

*   Touching and Feeling – Pluckrose – 612.8 PLU

*   The Sense of Touch – Schuh – 612.8 SCH

Other Human Body Books:

*   How Do We Think? – Ballard – 612.8 BAL (il. K-3 rl 5.5)

*  Germs Make Me Sick!(2 copies) – Berger – 616.9 BER (K-3) 

*   Cells, Genes, Chromosomes – Bosch – 574.87 BOS (Gr. 4-5)

*   The Respiratory System – Bosch – 612.2 BOS (Gr. 3-6)

*   Clifford’s Big Book of Things to Know – Bridwell E BRI (PK-2) includes human body

*   The Magic School Bus:  For Lunch – videorecording – VHS (intermediate grades)

*   The Magic School Bus:  Inside Ralphie – videorecording VHS – immune system

*   The Magic School Bus:  Human Body – Scholastic videorecording – DVD

*   The Magic School Bus:  Human Body – Scholastic videorecording - VHS

*   The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body – Cole – 613 COL located in MSB section

*   Bill Nye:  The Human Body – The Inside Scoop! (skeletal syst., circulatory syst.)– Disney videorecording – VHS (Gr. 3-5)

*   What’s Inside the Human Body? – Drillsman – PRO 612 DRI (Gr 4-6)

*   My Pinkie Finger – Franco – E FRA (K-3) (child’s body’s growth)

*   Mi dedo menique – Franco – E FRA (K-3) (child’s body’s growth)

*   My Heart – Furgang – 612.1 Fur (K-3)

*   My Lungs – Furgang – 612.2 FUR (K-3)

*   You and Your Body – Hewitt – 612 HEW (K-3)

*   My Heart – Lindeen – 612 LIN (PK-2)

*   Bill Nye, the Science Guy:  Digestion – videorecording (Gr. 3-6)

*   Lungs – Parker – 612.2 PAR (Gr. 4-8) 

*   The Human Body – Parker – PRO 612 PAR (upper grades)

*   Skeleton – Parker – 596 PAR

*   The Skeleton – Parker – 611 PAR

*   How Our Blood Circulates – Parramón – 612.1 PAR (Gr. 5-7)

*   The Digestive System – Parramón – 612.3 PAR (Gr. 3-6)

*   Hands – Rau - E RAU (PK-1)

*   Las Manos – Rau- E RAU (PK-1)

*   Los Pies – Rau – E RAU (PK-1)

*   I Know How my Cells Make Me Grow – Rowan – 611 ROW (PK-2)

*   Giggle Belly – Sakelaris – E SAK (K-3)

*   Blood – Sandeman – 612.1 SAN (Gr 2-4)

*   Breathing – Sandeman – 612.2 SAN (Gr. 2-4)

*   Skin, Teeth, and Hair – Sandeman – 612.7 SAN (Gr.1-3)

*   Brazos, codos, manos y dedos – Schaefer – 612 SCH (K-3)

*   El cuello y los hombros – Schaefer – 612 SCH (K-3)

*   Pares del cuerpo – Schaefer – 611 SCH (K-3)

*   Piernas, rodillas, pies y dedos – Schaefer – 611 SCH (K-3)

*   All About Cells and Body Systems – Schlessinger videorecording  VHS  (K-4)

*   All About Nutrition and Exercise – Schlessinger videorecording VHS

*   What Happens to a Hamburger? – Showers – 612.3 SHO (K-3) digestive system

*   Digestive System – Silverstein – 612.3 SIL (Gr. 5-8)

*   The Circulatory System – Silverstein – 612.1 SIL (Gr. 5-8)

*   The Respiratory System – Silverstein – 612.2 SIL (Gr. 5-8) 

*   Bones:  Our Skeletal System – Simon - 612.7 SIM (Gr. 3-5)

*   The Heart:  Our Circulatory System – Simon – 612.1 (Gr. 3-6)

*   La temperature:  caliente y frío – Stille – 636 STI (K-3)

*   The Digestive System – Stille – 612.3 STI

*   The Respiratory System – Stille – 612.1 STI (Gr. 2-5)

*   Burp!:  The Most Interesting Book You’ll Ever Read about Eating – Swanson  612.3 SWA (digestive system)

*   Me and My Amazing Body – Sweeney – 611 SWE (K-3)

*   Head to Toe Science:  Over 40 Eye-Popping, Spine-Tingling, Heart-Pounding Activities….. – Wiese – 612 WIE ( Gr. 3-8)

*   My Body – Wilkes – 612 WIL (Gr. 3-6)

*   Earthlings Inside and Out:  A Space Alien Studies the Human Body – Wyatt– 612 WAY (Gr. 3-5)