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FOURTH GRADE COL SUGGESTED BOOK LIST for short stories, picture books, fiction

* Smoky Night- Bunting- E BUN

* Miss Rumphius- Cooney- E COO

* Senora Runfio- Cooney- E COO

Agatha's Feather Bed- Deedy

* Charlie Needs a Cloak- DePaola- (located on the Click Clack Moo DVD)- DVD

Big Anthony and the Magic Ring- DePaola

The Patchwork Quilt- Flournoy

* Something from Nothing- Gilman- 398.21 GIL

Miss Tizzy- Gray

Ox Cart Man- Hall

Henry and the Kite Dragon- Hall

* My Great Aunt Arizona- Houston- B HUG

* Aunt Flossie's Hats and Crab Cakes Later- Howard - E HOW

* Aunt Flossie's Hats and Crab Cakes Later- Howard- audiocassette/book KIT

Barn Dance- Martin Jr and Archambault

Martha Blah Blah- Meddaugh

Mirette on the High Wire- McCully

Thomas' Snowsuit- Munsch

* Owen- Henkes- E HEN

* Owen (Spanish)- Henkes- E HEN

* The Big Orange Splot- Pinkwater- E PIN

* Chicken Sunday-(2 copies) Polacco- E POL

* Chicken Sunday- Polacco- videorecording (VHS)

* El pollo de los domingos- Polacco- E POL

* Thundercake- Polacco- 2 copies -E POL

* Thundercake- Polacco- videorecording (VHS)

* Officer Buckle and Gloria- Rathmann- E RAT (2 books and 1 VHS)

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

* Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport- Sharmat- E SHA

* Sylvester and the Magic Pebble- Steig- E STE

* Sylvester and the Magic Pebble- Steig- videorecording (VHS)

* Doctor DeSoto- Steig- E STE

* Doctor DeSoto (Spanish)  -Steig- E STE

* Doctor DeSoto (Spanish)- Steig- audiocassette/book KIT

The Gardener- Stewart

* Cook-a-Doodle-Doo! Stevens- located in the Little Red Hen section of fairy tales

* A Chair for My Mother- Williams- E WIL

 * Chair for My Mother- Williams- videorecording (VHS)

* Un sillon para mi mama- Williams -(paperback)- E WIL

Week 1 - Picture Books

Lesson 1- characteristics of picture books

Lesson 2- Describing the character

Miss Tizzy- Gray

Lessons 3 & 4- Asking questions of the character for comprehension

* Officer Buckle and Gloria-(2 copies) Rathmann- E RAT

* Officer Buckle and Gloria - Rathmann- videorecording (VHS)

Lessons 5 & 6-Finding true identity of the character

The Gardener- Stewart

Week 2

Lesson 7- looking for the change events

* Miss Rumphius- Cooney- E COO

* Senora Runfio- Cooney- E COO

Lesson 8 - perspective

* Owen- Henkes- E HEN

* Owen (Spanish)- Henkes- E HEN

Lesson 9 - Point-of-view

* Officer Buckle and Gloria- Rathmann - E RAT

* Officer Buckle and Gloria -Rathmann (videorecording)- VHS

Lesson 10- setting: time/place

* Smoky Night- Bunting- E BUN

Week 3

Lesson 11- setting/mood

scared - picture clues

relieved- picture clues

* Smoky Night- Bunting- E BUN

TYPES OF CONFLICT IN PICTURE BOOKS

Lesson 12 - problem/conflict: story elements map

* Chicken Sunday- (2 copies and 1 VHS) Polacco- E POL

* El pollo de los domingos- (2 copies) Polacco- E POL

Lesson 13- conflict: character vs. self

* Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport- Sharmat- E SHA

* Chicken Sunday- Polacco- E POL

 * El pollo de los domingos- Polacco- E POL

other suggestions

* The Little Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings - Bailey- E BAI

Darkness and the Butterfly- Grifalconi

* Wemberley Worried- Henkes- E HEN

* Prudencia se preocupa- Henkes- E HEN

* Sheila Rae, the Brave- Henkes- E HEN

The Dog Who Cried Wolf- Kasza

* Goggles! Keats- E KEA

* Listen, Buddy! Lester- E LES

* There's An Alligator Under My Bed- Mayer- E MAY

* There's a Nightmare in My Closet (2 copies)- Mayer- E MAY

Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine- Ness

* Thundercake- Polacco- E POL

* Thundercake- Polacco (videorecording)- VHS

* Ira Sleeps Over- Waber- E WAB

* Ira Sleeps Over- Waber- audiocassette/book KIT

* Quique duerme fuera de casa- Waber- E WAB

* Shy Charles- Wells- E WEL

The Parrot Tico Tango- Witte

* El loro Tico Tango- (paperback)- Witte- E WIT

* Elbert's Bad Word- Wood- E WOO

* Hey, Al- Yorinks- E YOR

Lesson 14 - character vs. character conflict

* The Big Orange Splot- Pinkwater- E PIN

* Chicken Sunday- Polacco- E POL

* El pollo de los domingos- Polacco- E POL

other suggestions

* The Ugly Duckling- Andersen- 398.2 AND

Fiona's Lunch- Bateman

* Willy el timido- Browne- E BRO

* How to Lose All Your Friends-  Carlson- E CAR

* Oliver Button is a Sissy- DePaola- E DEP

* Oliver Button es una nena- DePaola- E DEP

* Mean Soup- Everitt- E EVE

* Harriet, You'll Drive Me Wild! Fox- E FOX

Rumpelstiltskin- Brothers Grimm

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs- Brothers Grimm

* Weekend with Wendell- Henkes- E HEN

A Bargain for Frances- Hoban

* Amazing Grace- Hoffman- E HOF

* La asombrosa Graciela- Hoffman- E HOF

* Un león en la biblioteca- Knudsen - E KNU

Harriet and the Promised Land- Lawrence

*  Hooway for Wodney Wat- Lester- E LES

* Me First! Lester- E LES

It's Mine! Lionni

* Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon- Lovell- E LOV

* The Hundred Penny Box- Mathis- FIC MAT

* The Wartville Wizard- Mattern- E MAT

* Enemy Pie- Munson- E MUN

* Pastel para enemigos- Munson- E MUN

* El pez arco iris y la cueva de los monstruos- Pfister- E PFI

* The Tale of Peter Rabbit- Potter- E POT

The Basket Moon- Ray

* The Butter Battle Book- Seuss- E SEU

* "The Zax" story - located in The Sneetches- Seuss- E SEU

Angel Child, Dragon Child- Surat

* The Sweetest Fig- van Allsburg- E VAN

* El higo mas dulce- van Allsburg- E VAN

Lesson 15- character vs. nature conflict

* A Chair for my Mother- Williams- E WIL

* A Chair for My Mother- Williams- videorecording - VHS

* Un sillon para mama- Williams- paperback- E WIL

other suggestions:

High as a Hawk- Barron

* Twister- Beard- E BEA

Coyote Cry- Byrd

* The Great Kapok Tree- Cherry- E CHE

* El gran capoquero- Cherry- E CHE

* The Legend of the Bluebonnet- DePaola- 398.2 DEP and videorecording (VHS)

* La leyenda la flor el conejo- (paperback)- DePaola- E DEP

* The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush- DePaola- 398.2 DEP

Ming Lo Loves the Mountain- Lobel

Stella and the Berry Thief- Mason

 * The Wartville Wizard- Mattern- E MAT

The Last Dinosaur- Murphy

* The Wump World- Peet- E PEE

* The Wump World - Peet- audiocassette/book KIT

* Milo and the Mysterious Island- Pfister- E PFI

* Milo y la ilsa mysteriosa- Pfister- E PFI

Peggony Po: A Whale of a Tale- Pinkney

* The Lorax- Seuss- E SEU

* El Lorax-(2 copies) Seuss- E SEU

* The Giving Tree- Silverstein- E SIL

* El arbol generoso- Silverstein- E SIL

Papi's Gift- Stanton

* Brave Irene- Steig- E STE

* Irene, la valiente- Steig- E STE

* Just a Dream- van Allsburg- E VAN

* Abbie Against the Storm (2 copies)- Vaughan- E VAU

Week 4

Lesson 16- Solutions: Conflicts solved with help from others

* Cook-a-Doodle-Doo! Stevens- located in Little Red Hen section of fairy tales

Lesson 17 - Conflicts solved by character alone

* Miss Rumphius- Cooney- E COO

* Senora Runfio- Cooney- E COO

Lesson 18- Plot: conflict/solution

Agatha's Feather Bed- Deedy

Lesson 19- Plot

Henry and the Kite Dragon- Hall

Lesson 20- Relationships- character to character

Big Anthony and the Magic Ring- DePaola

characters: *  Strega Nona- DePaola (located in fables section)

Week 5

Lesson 21- relationships: character vs. nature

Big Anthony and the Magic Ring- DePaola

other suggestions:

High as a Hawk- Barron

* Twister- Beard- E BEA

Coyote Cry- Byrd

* The Great Kapok Tree- Cherry- E CHE

* El gran capoquero- Cherry- E CHE

* The Legend of the Bluebonnet- DePaola- 398.2 DEP and videorecording (VHS)

* La leyenda la flor el conejo- (paperback)- DePaola- E DEP

* The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush- DePaola- 398.2 DEP

Ming Lo Loves the Mountain- Lobel

Stella and the Berry Thief- Mason

 * The Wartville Wizard- Mattern- E MAT

The Last Dinosaur- Murphy

* The Wump World- Peet- E PEE

* The Wump World - Peet- audiocassette/book KIT

* Milo and the Mysterious Island- Pfister- E PFI

* Milo y la ilsa mysteriosa- Pfister- E PFI

Peggony Po: A Whale of a Tale- Pinkney

* The Lorax- Seuss- E SEU

* El Lorax-(2 copies) Seuss- E SEU

* The Giving Tree- Silverstein- E SIL

* El arbol generoso- Silverstein- E SIL

Papi's Gift- Stanton

* Brave Irene- Steig- E STE

* Irene, la valiente- Steig- E STE

* Just a Dream- van Allsburg- E VAN

* Abbie Against the Storm (2 copies)- Vaughan- E VAU

character vs. society:

* Old Henry- Blos- E BLO

* The Little House- Burton- E BUR

* The Little House- Burton- audiocassette/book KIT

* La casita- Burton- E BUR

* Teammates- Golenbock- 920 GOL

* Companeros de equipo- Golenbock- 920 GOL

* Tight Times- B.S.Hazen- E HAZ

Chachaji's Cup- Krishnaswami

The Story of Ferdinand- Leaf

* El cuento de Ferdinando- Leaf- audiocassette/book KIT

* Baseball Saved Us- Mochizuki- E MOC

* El béisbol nos salvó- Mochizuki- E MOC

* Wings- Myers- E MYE

Have a Good Day Cafe- Park

* The Big Orange Splot- Pinkwater- E PIN

The Island of the Skog- Steig

* The Widow's Broom- van Allsburg- E VAN

* La escoba de la viuda- van Allsburg E VAN

* The Biggest Bear- Ward- audiocassette/book KIT

                                                      Back to Types of Conflict    Character vs. self

* Old Henry- Blos- E BLO

* Teammates- Golenbock- 920 GOL

* Companeros de equipo- Golenbock- 920 GOL

* Tight Times- B.S.Hazen- E HAZ

Chachaji's Cup- Krishnaswami

The Story of Ferdinand- Leaf

* El cuento de Ferdinando- Leaf- audiocassette/book KIT

* Baseball Saved Us- Mochizuki- E MOC

* El béisbol nos salvó- Mochizuki- E MOC

* Wings- Myers- E MYE

Have a Good Day Cafe- Park

* The Big Orange Splot- Pinkwater- E PIN

The Island of the Skog- Steig

* The Widow's Broom- van Allsburg- E VAN

* La escoba de la viuda- van Allsburg E VAN

* The Biggest Bear- Ward- audiocassette/book KIT

                                                      Back to Types of Conflict    Character vs. self

* The Little Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings - Bailey- E BAI

Darkness and the Butterfly- Grifalconi

* Wemberley Worried- Henkes- E HEN

* Prudencia se preocupa- Henkes- E HEN

* Sheila Rae, the Brave- Henkes- E HEN

The Dog Who Cried Wolf- Kasza

* Goggles! Keats- E KEA

* Listen, Buddy! Lester- E LES

* There's An Alligator Under My Bed- Mayer- E MAY

* There's a Nightmare in My Closet (2 copies)- Mayer- E MAY

Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine- Ness

* Thundercake- Polacco- E POL

* Thundercake- Polacco (videorecording)- VHS

* Ira Sleeps Over- Waber- E WAB

* Ira Sleeps Over- Waber- audiocassette/book KIT

* Quique duerme fuera de casa- Waber- E WAB

* Shy Charles- Wells- E WEL

The Parrot Tico Tango- Witte

* El loro Tico Tango- (paperback)- Witte- E WIT

* Elbert's Bad Word- Wood- E WOO

* Hey, Al- Yorinks- E YOR

Lessons 22-25- Themes

Mirette on the High Wire- McCully

                     Back to Lang. Arts UBD Writing Lessons

Week 1

Lesson 1- Finding a character

Week 2- character: physical traits, experience, emotions

* Clifford books- Bridwell- E BRI

* Magic Tree House books- Osborne- FIC OSB

* Harry Potter books- Rowling- FIC ROW

* Franklin books- Bourgeois- E BOU

Lesson 3- Brainstorm: setting

Lesson 4- conflict in a story

* Thundercake- Polacco- E POL

* Thundercake- Polacco- videorecording VHS

Lesson 5- motive

* A Chair for My Mother- Williams- E WIL

* Un sillon para mi mama- Williams (paperback)- E WIL

Week 2

Lesson 6- solutions: multiple attempts to solve a problem

Thomas' Snowsuit- Munsch

Lesson 7 - third person point-of-view

* Officer Buckle and Gloria- Rathmann- E RAT

* Officer Buckle and Gloria- Rathmann- VHS

Lesson 8- first person point of view

* Thundercake- Polacco- E POL

Lesson 9 - building connections between characters

 * Smoky Night- Bunting- E BUN

Lesson 10- Building connections between characters

Week 3

Lesson 11- maintaining focus of story - timeline

* My Great Aunt Arizona- Houston- B HUG

Lessons 12-13- creating emotions- main character

Patchwork Quilt - Flournoy

Lesson 14 - strong leads

* Charlie Needs a Cloak- DePaola - located on the Click Clack Moo: Cows that Type DVD

Lesson 15 - Themes

Week 4

Lesson 16 - Zoom in on the change event

* Smoky Night- Bunting- E BUN

Lesson 17- Revising

Lesson 18- Adding Figurative Language

Mirette on the High Wire- McCully

Lesson 19 - Word Choice

Barn Dance- Martin Jr. & Archambault

Week 5

Lesson 20 - elaboraton through description

Miss Tizzy- Gray

Lesson 21 - description

Lesson 22 - effective conclusions

 Lesson 23 - illustrating a picture book

Lesson 24 - celebrating published work

                             Back to Top                Language Arts

*  The Frog Prince - Grimm - 398.2 GRI

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

*  Three Little Javelinas- Lowell - E LOW

Los tres pequenos jabalies- Lowell

* Shiloh- Naylor- FIC NAY

*  A Bad Case of the Stripes- Shannon- E SHA

Un caso grave de rayas- Shannon

Poetry

* Technically, It's Not My Fault: Concrete Poems- Grandits

*  The Intermediate Mailbox- June/July 2005- "poetry"- periodical

*  A Light in the Attic- Silverstein- 811 SIL

                                Back to Top               Social Studies

Unit VI: Progress/Life in Modern Texas

                                Back to Soc. Studies         Economics                  

*  Scarcity- Adil- 338.5 ADI

*  Supply and Demand- Adil- 338.5 ADI

*  The Intermediate Mailbox- Feb./Mar. 2007- "supply/demand, assembly line, profit, marketing"- periodical

* ECON and Me- RITV videorecording- VHS

*  The Lorax- Seuss- E SEU (Factors of Production)

*  El Lorax- Seuss- E SEU (Factors of Production)

*  Factors of Production and Economic Systems- SVE/Churchill Media videorecording (VHS)

*  Supply and Demand- SVE/Churchill Media videorecording (VHS)

                               Back to Soc. Studies     Bibliography

 Voices from the Fields - Atkins

Texas:  My Reportlinks.com Book - Alter

*  Sam Houston:  A Leader for Texas - Alter - B HOU

Friends From the Other Side:  Amigos del otro lado - Anzaldua

Mexican Ghost Tales of the Southwest - Avila

Off to School - Battle-Lavert

Space Exploration - Beyer

*  Akiak:  A Tale from the Iditarod - Blake - E BLA

George W. Bush:  43rd President - Bredeson

Laura Bush:  First Lady - Bredeson

*  Texas - Bredeson - 976.4 BRE

Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry - Bryan

*  Bluebonnet at the Johnson Space Center - Casad - E CAS

*  Farmworker's Freedom:  The Story of Cesar Chavez - Collins - B CHA

Tales from the Homeplace:  Adventures of a Texas Farm Girl - Corwin

*  L is for Lone Star:  A Texas Alphabet - 976.4 CRA

La Causa:  The Migrant Farm workers Story - De Ruiz

The Environment:  Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion - Dudley

The Deathless White Stallion and Other Tales - Ferguson

Cesar Chavez - Franchere

You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton?  Fritz

In the Shadow of the Alamo - Garland

Sunrise Song - Gilbert

Cesar Chavez - Gonzales

Barbara Pierce Bush - Greenberg

Did You Ever Meet a Texas Hero?  Vol.1 - Gurasich

Did You Ever Meet a Texas Hero?  Vol. 2 - Gurasich

*  Lyndon B. Johnson - Hargrove - B JOH

*  Seven Brave Women - Hearne - E HEA

Celebrations:  Festivals, Carnivals, and Feast Days from Around the World - Gavin

Gone to Texas:  Poetry of the Lone Star State - Kipple

*  Harvesting Hope:  The Story of Cesar Chavez - Krull - B CHA

Astronauts - Lassieur

The Moon  - Lassieur

The Space Shuttle - Lassieur

The Tree That Would Not Die - Levine

Sam and the Speaker's Chair:  The Story of Sam Rayburn -Liles

Family Pictures:  Cuadros de familia -Lomas Garza

In My Family -Lomas Garza

Person History:  The Afro-American Texans -Martinello

African American Inventors -McKissack

*  Junebug - Mead - FIC MEA

A Visit to the Texas Capitol -Montgomery

Today's Tejano Heroes -Munson

Red-Dirt Jessie -Myers

Devil Storm -Nelson

I Am Rosa Parks -Parks and Haskins

Barbara Jordan - Patrick-Wexler

Smithsonian Visual Timeline of Inventions -Platt

When the Moon is Full -Pollock

Texas Lore Series - Reynolds

Victor Lopez at the Alamo - Rice

To Space and Back - Ride

Barbara Jordan:  The Great Lady from Texas - Roberts

*  Uncle Nacho's Hat - Rohner - 398.2 ROH

Henry Cisneros:  A Man of the People - Romero

Lyndon B. Johnson - Schuman

*  Cesar Chavez - Shaefer  - B CHA

Lupe and Me - Spurr

*  Learning About Justice from the Life of Cesar Chavez - Strazzabosco - B CHA

Blind Bess, Buddy, and Me - Tolliver

Boomer's Kids - Tolliver

I Love You, Daisy Phew - Tolliver

Texas Traditions:  The Culture of the Lone Star State - Turner

Artists Who Painted Texas - von Rosenberg

George W. Bush:  From Texas to Washington - Wade

*  I'm Going to Texas:  Yo Voy a Tejas - Wade - professional dev. section

Mike's Oil Patch - Ward

Twenty Texans:  Historic Lives for Young Readers - Warren

Great  Inventions - Wood

Lyndon Johnson:  Triumph and Tragedy -video recording  A & E

Wildcatters - video recording A & E

*  Texas - video recording

                                Back to Top                        Science

                                Back to Science                   Water

*  AIMS - Dec. 2004 - Gr. 3-4 "water strider model"- periodical

*  Raindrops - Brimner - 551.48 BRI

* El autobus magico viaja por el agua- Cole- 628.1 COL- located in Magic School Bus section

*  Bill Nye the Science Guy - The Water Cycle - Disney video recording- VHS

*  Our Endangered Planet:  Rivers & Lakes - Hoff - 373.73 HOF

*  Our Endangered Planet: Groundwater - Hoff - 333.91 HOF

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

*  Water Dance - Locker - E LOC

* El ciclo del agua- Kalman- 551.48 KAL

*  The Gristmill - Kalman - 664.002 KAL

*  Science Experiments with Water -  Nankivell-Aston- 507.8 NAN

* Me and My World- National Geographic Society videorecording - VHS

* The Water Cycle- Olien- 551.48 OLI (Gr. K-3)

*  Water - Ramsay- 553.7 RAM

*  Water, Water, Everywhere - Rauzon - 551.48 RAU

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

* El autobús mágico se salpica todo: Un libro sobre el ciclo del agua- Relf - 551.48 REL- located in M.S.B. section

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

*  Water - Williams - 551.48 WIL

* Tell Me Why Rain is Wet- Willis- 551.48 WIL

* Dime por qué es mojada la lluvia- Willis- 551.48 WIL

* Tell Me How Ships Float- Willis- 532 WIL

* Dime cómo flotan los barcos- Willis- 532 WIL

                                 Back to Science                   Weather

Sun

* El sol- Asimov- 523.7 ASI

* The Sun and the Solar System- Branley- 523.2 BRA

* Sun Up, Sun Down- Gibbons- 523.7 GIB (Gr. K-3)

* Seasons of the Year- Hall- 508.2 HAL (Gr. K-2)

* Who Likes the Sun? Kaner - 523.7 KAN

* Stars- Llamas Ruiz- 523.8 LLA

* Sol- Mayer- 551.5 MAY

* Un día soleado- Nelson- 551.5 NEL

* Catching the Sun- Paratore- E PAR (fiction)

* El sol y la luna- Pfister- E PFI (eclipse) - (Gr. 1-3)

* All About the Sun- Schlessinger Media- videorecording- VHS

* The Sun- Simon- 523.7 SIM

* Sun- Vogt- 523.7 VOG

* The Sun- Winrich- 523.7 WIN

Air Pressure

* Earth's Atmosphere- Schlessinger Media- videorecording VHS (Gr. 5-8)

Changing Patterns

* Seasons of the Year- Hall- 508.2 HAL

* Phases of the Moon- Olson- 523.32 OLS