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                                    Back to Language ArtsUBD Reading Lessons: Memoirs

Day 1

The Lady with the Alligator Purse- Wescott

*  Chicken Soup with Rice- Sendak- audiocassette/book KIT

*  It Looked Like Spilt Milk- Shaw- E SHA

Day 2

making connections

*  The Relatives Came- Rylant- E RYL

*  Fireflies- Brinkloe- E BRI

*  My Great Aunt Arizona- Houston- B HUG

*  The Snowy Day- Keats- E KEA

*  Un dia nieve- Keats- E KEA

*  Chrysanthemum- (several copies) Henkes- E HEN

*  Crisantemo- Henkes- (several copies) E HEN and videorecording (VHS)

Day 3

connecting to the text

*  Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge- Fox- E FOX

*  Guillermo Manuel Jorge José- Fox- E FOX

* Hazel's Amazing Mother- Wells- E WEL

*  La estupenda mama de Roberta- Wells- E WEL

*  Ira Sleeps Over- Waber- E WAB

* Quique duerme fuera de casa- Waber - E WAB

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Day 4

compare/contrast

*  Amazing Grace- Hoffman- E HOF

* La asombrosa Graciela- Hoffman- E HOF

* Oliver Button is a Sissy- DePaola- E DEP

*  Oliver Button es una nena- DePaola- E DEP

*  Now One Foot, Now the Other- (paperback)-DePaola - E DEP

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Day 5

*  A Day's Work- Bunting- E BUN

The Tenth Good Thing About Barney- Viorst

Mirette on the High Wire- McCully

Day 6

author's experience

When I Was Little- Curtis

*  Dog Heaven- Rylant- E RYL

* Cat Heaven- Rylant- E RYL

Day 7

emotions

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

*  The Rag Coat -(2 copies)- Mills- E MIL

Christmas Tree Memories- Aliki

Day 8

char. traits

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

*  Olivia Saves the Circus- Falconer- E FAL

*  Olivia, la reina del circo- Falconer- E FAL

Day 9

paraphrasing text

When I Was Nine- Stevenson

Birthday Presents- Rylant

Day 10

meaning

*  The Keeping Quilt- Polacco- E POL

My Grandmother's Cookie Jar- Miller

Day 11

Visualization

Christmas Tree Memories- Aliki

*  Miss Rumphius- Cooney- E COO

*  Grandfather's Journey- Say- E SAY

When I Was Nine- Stevenson

Days 12 & 13

prediction based on the cover

Day 14

inference

Grandfather Twilight- Berger

*  Fireflies - Brinkloe-E BRI

Fly Away Home- Bunting

*  How Many Days to America? Bunting- E BUN

*  Oliver Button is a Sissy- DePaola-E DEP

*  Oliver Button es una nena- DePaola- E DEP

*  Tight Times- Hazen- E HAZ

The Royal Bee- Park & Park

Where Are You Going, Manyoni? Stock

Day 15

infer char. feelings

Day 16

questioning

*  Amelia's Road- Altman- E ALT

Grandfather Twilight- Berger

Fly Away Home- Bunting

The Wise Woman and Her Secret- Merriam

Yanni Rubbish- Oppenheim

An Angel for Soloman Singer- Rylant

All I See- Rylant

Day 19

reading response

Charlie Anderson- Abercrombie

*  Oliver Button is a Sissy- DePaola- E DEP

*  Oliver Button es una nena- DePaola- E DEP

*  The Rag Coat-(2 copies) Mills- E MIL

Day 21

theme

*  Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair- Polacco- videorecording

* Babushka Baba Yaga- Polacco- E POL

* The Bee Tree- Polacco- E POL

*  Chicken Sunday- Polacco- E POL

* Chicken Sunday- Polacco- videorecording

* Christmas Tapestry- Polacco- E POL

* John Phillip Duck- Polacco- E POL

*  The Keeping Quilt- Polacco- E POL

* The Keeping Quilt- Polacco- videorecording- E POL

* Meteor! Polacco- E POL
 

* Meteor! Polacco- videorecording

* Mr. Lincoln's Way- Polacco- E POL

Mrs. Katz and Tush- Polacco

Mrs. Mack- Polacco

*  My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother- Polacco- E POL

*  Pink and Say- Polacco- E POL

*  Pink y Say (Spanish) Polacco- E POL

* Rechenka's Eggs- Polacco- videorecording

Some Birthday- Polacco

*  Thank You, Mr. Falker- Polacco- E POL

* Thunder Cake- Polacco- E POL

*  Thunder Cake- Polacco- videorecording

* The Trees of the Dancing Goats- Polacco- E POL

*  Gracias, Senor Falker- Polacco- E POL

* Welcome Comfort- Polacco- E POL

OTHER 4th GRADE MEMOIR SUGGESTIONS

* The Pain and the Great One- Blume- E BLU

* The Days of Summer- Bunting- E BUN

* Up North at the Cabin (2 copies) - Chall- E CHA

* Night Driving (2 copies)- Coy- E COY

* Calling the Doves= El canto de las palomas- Herrera- B HER

* Boundless Grace - Hoffman- E HOF

* Amber on the Mountain- Johnston- E JOH

* A Chair for My Mother- Williams- E WIL

                                Back to Language ArtsUBD Writing Lessons:  Memoirs

Day 1

characterization

Day 2

webbing ideas

Day 4

show don't tell

Day 5

dialogue, punctuation formatting

Day 6

personal and family stories

The House on Mango Street- Cisneros

* Shortcut- (paperback) Crews- E CRE

Tales of a Gambling Grandma- Khalsa

* Family Pictures- Lomas- 306.85 LOM

The Chalk Doll- Pomerantz

Day 7

objects add memories

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

My Family Vacation- Khalsa

Day 8

modeling

Day 9

create a scene

Day 10

paint a picture

Day 11

autobiography timeline

Day 12

types of leads:

mystery statement

shocking statement

humorous statement

onomatopoeia

dialogue

Day 13

senses

Day 14

showing the action

Day 15

boxes inside boxes - details

Day 16

outside or inside questions

Day 17

questioning character

Day 18

developing the problem

Day 19

creating the setting

After the End- Barry Lane

Reviser's Toolbox- Barry Lane

Day 20

creating dialogue

Day 21

exploding a moment

Day 22

voice

Day 23

sounds: onomatopoeia

Day 24

idioms

Day 25

endings:

surprise

summary

happy

mysterious

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*  The Little House - Burton- E BUR

*  Chanticleer and the Fox - Cooney- 821 COO

*  Curious George Rides a Bike - (includes Flossie and the Fox) - DVD

*  Legend of the Bluebonnet - DePaola- 398.2 DEP

*  Legend of the Bluebonnet - DePaola- 398.2 DEP

*  La leyenda de flor el conejo - DePaola- paperback - 398.2 DEP

Gilberto and the Wind - Ets

Gilberto y el viento- Ets

*  Voices of the Alamo- Garland- 976.4 GAR

*  The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses - Goble- E GOB

  Chrysanthemum- Henkes- E HEN

*  Chrysanthemum- Henkes- videorecording (VHS)

*  Crisantemo- Henkes- E HEN

An Indian Winter - Holiday House

*  Fables - Lobel- FIC LOB

* Fabulas - Lobel- FIC LOB

*  Black and White- Macaulay- E MAC

Little Island - MacDonald

* Shaq and the Beanstalk - O'Neal- PRO ONE

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

*  Officer Buckle and Gloria- Rathamann- E RAT

*  Your Favorite Seuss - includes The Lorax- Seuss-E SEU

*  The Lorax- (2) Seuss- E SEU

* El Lorax- Seuss- E SEU

*  The Giving Tree-(2) - Silverstein- E SIL

*  The Giving Tree - Silverstein- videorecording (VHS)

* El arbol generoso- Silverstein - E SIL

Quick as a Cricket - Wood - on order

* Veloz como el grillo- Wood- E WOO

*  Owl Moon - Yolen- E YOL

                                Back to TopSocial Studies

                             Back to Soc.Studies  Texas Regions

How the Critters Created Texas - Abernethy

Singin' Texas- Abernethy

*  Eyewitness: Texas- Adams- 976.4 ADA

Children's Atlas of the World- Adelman

An American Safari:  Adventures on the North American Prairie- Brandenburg

*  Texas- Bredeson- 976.4 BRE

Endangered and Threatened Animals of Texas- Campbell

*  The Armadillo from Amarillo- Cherry- E CHE

*  Texas Almanac- Dallas Morning News- 976.4 PRO REF PB (paperback)

Treasures of the Southwest - Dobie

Texas- Hanson-Hardin- 976.4 HAN

Geography from A to Z: Picture Glossary- Knowlton

*  Texas:  Facts and Symbols -McAuliffe - 976.4  MCA

*  Texas - Schlessinger videorecording (VHS)

* A Paradise Called Texas- Shefelman- Integrated Learning Unit kit- behind circ. desk

*  Texas: Geography and Climate- SVE videorecording

*  Texas- Texas Horizons videorecording- VHS

*  Texas- Capstone Press- 976.4 TEX

Handbook of Texas- NA

*  Toby's Texas Tales- Tucker- 976.4 TUC

*  Uniquely Texas- Wade- 976.4 WAD

*  All Around Texas: Regions and Resources- Wade- 976.4 WAD

*  Texas -Thom- 976.4  THO

                                  Back to Soc.StudiesTexas (General) K-2

* Texas (Eyewitness) - Adams- 976.4 ADA (upper grades)

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

* The Texas Bluebonnet- Andrews- REF 635.9 AND

* Lucy Goose Goes to Texas- Bea- E BEA

*  Pecos Bill-  Blair- 398.2 BLA

*  Pecos Bill- (Spanish) 2 copies - Blair- 398.2 BLA

* Jim Bowie- Johnston-  B BOW

*  Texas - Bredeson- 976.4 BRE

*  Texas- Bredeson-(Spanish paperback) -976.4 BRE

* Armadillo Rodeo- Brett- E BRE

* The Battle of the Alamo: The Fight for Texas Territory- Bredeson- 976.4 BRE

*  Armadillo Rodeo - Brett - E BRE

* Cowboy Up! Brimner- E BRI (K-1)

*  Texas (Shape Book)- Bruun- 976.4 BRU

* T is for Texas- Bustard- 976.4 BUS

* The Golly Sisters Go West- Byars- E BYA

* The Golly Sisters Ride Again- Byars- E BYA

* Bluebonnet at Dinosaur State Park- Casad- E CAS

*  Bluebonnet at the Marshall Train Depot- (2 copies)- Casad- E CAS

* Bluebonnet at the Johnson Space Center (2 copies)- Casad- E CAS

*  Bluebonnet at the Texas State Capitol- (4 copies)-Casad- E CAS

*  The Armadillo from Amarillo- Cherry- E CHE

* The Legend of the Bluebonnet - Clearvue videorecording (VHS)

* Cooperation Ranch (Nana Puddin)- Cook- videorecording- VHS

* (The) Twelve Days in Texas- (paperback) -Cooner- E COO

* I Know An Old Texan Who Swallowed a Fly-(paperback)- Cooner- 976.4 COO

* Twelve Days in Texas- Cooner- E COO

* The West Texas Chili Monster- Cox- E COX

*  Round Up:  A Texas Numbers Book- Creane- 976.4 CRA

*  L is for Lone Star: A Texas Alphabet- (2 copies)-Crane- 976.4 CRA

* Sam Houston: American Hero- Crawford- B HOU

* Cowboy Slim- Danneberg- E DAN

* Texas Mother Goose- Davis- 811 DAV

* Texas Zeke and the Longhorn- Davis- 398.2 DAV (old woman and her pig)

* The Cowboy ABC- Demarest- 978 DEM

*  The Legend of the Bluebonnet- DePaola- 398.2 DEP-located with the legends (Fairy Tale section)

* La leyenda de la flor el conejo-(paperback)- DePaola- E DEP - located with the legends (Fairy Tale section)

* The Mockingbird- Doughty- REF 598.8 DOU

*  The Cotton Candy Catastrophe at the Texas State Fair- Enderle- E END

Amy's Award*  Cowboy Days- Field Trip Productions Inc. videorecording- VHS

* The Toughest Cowboy, or How the West Was Won- Frank- E FRA

* Family Pictures = Cuadros de familia- Garza- 308.85 GAR

* In My Family=En mi familia- Garza- 308.85 GAR

* Voices of the Alamo- Garland- 976.4 GAR (Gr. 4-5)

* Yippee-Yay! A Book About Cowboys and Cowgirls- Gibbons- 978 GIB (Gr. 1-3)

* Texas- Hanson-Harding- 976.4 HAN (upper grades) - kit 30 maps

* Prairie Dog Pioneers- Harper- E HAR

*  Como los perros de la pradera- Harper- E HAR

* Mayor Jalapeño Hal- Harper- E HAR

* (What's So Great About...) Sam Houston- Harkins- B HOU (Gr. 2-3)

* Cowboy Baby- Heap- E HEA (K)

* Puss in Cowboy Boots- Huling- 398.2 HUL - located in Texas section

* The Cowboy and the Black Eyed Pea- Johnston- E JOH- located in the Fairy Tale section: Princess and the Pea

*  Dallas- Kent- 976.4 KEN

*  Bubba the Cowboy Prince: A Fractured Texas Tale- Ketteman- E KET

*  Armadilly Chili- (2 copies) Ketteman- 398.2 KET

* Armadillo Tattletale- Ketteman- E KET- located in Texas section

*  Armadillo Chismoso- Ketteman- E KET

* Waynetta and the Cornstalk: A Texas Fairy Tale-(2 copies) Ketteman- 398.2 KET

* The Great Texas Hamster Drive- Kimmel - E KIM

* El ratón vaquero- Lara-Alecio- 12908796- big book- located in big book section

* The Jalapeño Man- Leland- E LEL- located in Fairy Tale section: Gingerbread Man

* Don't Eat the Bluebonnets- Leventhal & Rosenberg- E LEV

* I Remember the Alamo- Love- FIC LOV (upper elem.)

* Home on the Range- Marsoli- E MAR

* Henry Cisneros: Mexican-American Leader- Martinez- B CIS

*  Texas Facts and Symbols- McAuliffe- 976.4 MCA

* Ten Cows to Texas- Mercer- E MER

* Tex and Sugar: A Big City Kitty Ditty- B. J. Newman- E NEW

* Thunder Rose- Nolen- E NOL

* The Bilingual Library of the United States of America: Texas- (Spanish)- J.M. Obregón- 976.4 OBE

* Texas Alphabet - Parker- 976.4 PAR

* Cynthia Ann Parker: Comanche Captive- Egan- B PAR

* Barbara Jordan - Patrick-Wexler- B JOR

* Annie Heads Rainwater: A Torchbearer for Justice and Freedom: How One Woman Stood Up for Equality- Rainwater- 323.092 RAI

* Texas Alphabet- Rice- 976.4 RIC

* Texas Night Before Christmas- Rice- E RIC

* Cowboy Alphabet- Rice- E RIC

* The Battle of the Alamo- Santella- 976.4 SAN

* El Alamo- Schaefer- 976.4 SCH (Gr. 1-3)

* Armadillos- Schaefer- 599.3 SCH (Gr. 1-3)

* El armadillo- Schaefer- 599.3 SCH (Gr. 1-3)

* Javelinas- Schaefer- 599.63 SCH (Gr. 1-3)

* El jabalí-(2 copies) Schaefer- 599.63 SCH

* A Paradise Called Texas- Shefelman- FIC SHE

Amy's Award* Texas - Schlessinger Media- videorecording - VHS

* El Alamo - Sorensen- 976.4 SOR

* Don't Ever Cross That Road! An Armadillo Story- Storad- E STO

* Cowboys (Poems)- Sullivan- 811 SUL

* Texas: Change and Opportunity- SVE videorecording (VHS)

* Texas: Statehood and After- SVE videorecording (VHS)

* Texas: Early History to Independence - SVE videorecording (VHS)

* Texas: Geography and Climate - SVE videorecording (VHS)

*  Texas - Capstone Press - 976.4 TEX

* Texas Almanac- REF 976.4 TEX

* Texas- Thompson- 976.4 THO

Amy's Award* Toby's Texas Tales (geography)- Tucker- 976.4 TUC (Gr. 1-4)

* Vanishing Wildlife of Texas- Tveten- 591.68 TVE

*  Cowboy Bob's Critters Visit Texas Heroes- von Rosenberg -(paperback)- E VON

* Cowboy Bob's Critters Visit Texas Heroes- Von Rosenberg- 976.4 VON

*  I'm Going to Texas/Yo Voy A Tejas - Wade -E WAD

* Uniquely Texas- Wade- 976.4 WAD (upper grades)

* Texas History- Wade- 976.4 WAD (upper grades)

* People of Texas- Wade- 976.4 WAD (upper grades)

* Texas Native Peoples- Wade- 976.4 WAD (upper grades)

* Texas Plants and Animals- Wade- 976.4 WAD (upper grades)

* All Around Texas: Regions and Resources- Wade- 976.4 WAD (upper grades)

Amy's Award* Twenty Texans: Historic Lives for Young Readers- Warren- 920 WAR

Amy's Award* Indians Who Lived in Texas- Warren- 970.4 WAR (Gr. 2-4)

* The Black Cowboys- Wukovits- 978.004 WUK

* Learn About- Texas Indians: A Learning and Activity Book- Zappler- 976.4 ZAP

Stephen F. Austin

Stephen F. Austin:  Wilderness Pioneer – Hoff

* Twenty Texans - p. 7- Warren- 920 WAR

                                  Back to Soc.StudiesTexas (General) 3-5

* Texas- Adams- 976.4 ADA

* Juneteenth- Branch- 394.263 BRA

* The Battle of the Alamo: The Fight for Texas Territory- Bredeson- 976.4 BRE

* Texas (2 copies)- Hanson-Harding- 976.4 HAN

* Hats Are for Watering Horses: Why the Cowboys Dressed That Way- Christian- 391 CHR

* The Legend of the Bluebonnet-- DePaola- 398.2 DEP (1983)

* The Legend of the Bluebonnet (3 copies)- DePaola- videorecording (VHS)

* La leyenda de la flor el conejo (2 copies)- DePaola- 398.2 DEP

* The Battle of the Alamo- Doeden- 976.4 DOE

* La batalla del Alamo- Doeden- 976.4 DOE

* The Alamo Comic Book- Espinosa- 741.535 ESP

* In the Days of the Vaqueros: America's True Cowboys- Freeman- 636.209 FRE

* Voices of the Alamo- Garland- 976.4 GAR

* Cowboy Cooking- Gunderson- E GUN

* Migrant Worker: A Boy from the Rio Grande Valley- Hoyt-Goldsmith- 331.509 HOY

* The Tree That Would Not Die- Levin- 976.4 LEV (Treaty Oak)

* Remember the Alamo- Love- FIC LOV

* The Alamo Remembered: Tejano Accounts and Perspectives- Matovina- REF 976.4 MAT

* Texas Outdoor Adventure Guide for Kids- Maupin- 796.5 MAU

* Texas (bilingual) - Obregón- 976.4 OBR

* The Armadillo- Potts- 599.3 POT

* The Battle of the Alamo- Santello- 976.4 SAN

* Texas- Schlessinger- videorecording (Gr. K-4)

* Born to be a Cowgirl: A Spirited Ride Through the Old West- Savage- 978 SAV

* Cowboy Country- Scott- 978 SCO

* A Paradise Called Texas- Shefelman- FIC SHE (1983)

* A Paradise Called Texas- Shefelman (KIT)

* Cowboys (2 copies)- Sullivan- 811 SUL

* Texas- Capstone- 976.4 TEX

* Texas- Thompson- 976.4 THO

* All Around Texas: Regions and Resources- Wade- 976.4 WAD (RL Gr. 6.5)

* People of Texas- Wade- 976.4 WAD (RL Gr. 6.2)

* Texas History- Wade- 976.4 WAD (RL. Gr. 6.6)

* Texas Native People- Wade- 976.4 WAD (RL Gr. 6)

* Texas Plants and Animals- Wade- 976.4 WAD (RL Gr. 6)

* Uniquely Texas- Wade- 976.4 WAD (RL Gr. 6)

* A Historical Album of Texas- Wills- 976.4 WIL

* Indians Who Lived in Texas- Warren- 970.4 WAR

                                Back to Soc.Studies Native Americans

* Agricultural Indians of Texas - AGR video recording 

* Fiesta U.S.A. - Ancona- 394.2 ANC

The Trail North - Baker

Where the Buffaloes Begin - Baker

If You Are a Hunter of Fossils - Baylor

Desert is Theirs  - Baylor

The Book of Where:  or How to Be Naturally Geographic - Bell

First Strawberry:  A Cherokee Story - Bruchac

Native American Stories- Bruchac

*  Crazy Horse's Vision - Bruchac-E  BRU

*  Moonstick:  The Seasons of the Sioux - Bunting- E BUN

Endangered and Threatened Animals of Texas - Campbell

Echoes of the Elders:  The Stories and Paintings of Chief - Chief Lelooska

Map Skills for Texas History and Geography Students- Conroy

Mammals of Texas - Davis

Comanche Peace Pipe, Lone Star Heroes - Dearen

* The Legend of the Bluebonnet - 398.2 DEP and a video recording (VHS)

*  La leyenda de flor el conejo - DePaola- paperback - 398.2 DEP

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

Coronado's Children:  Tales of Lost Mines and Buried

Treasures of the Southwest - Dobie

The Star Maiden - Esbensen

The Winding Trail:  The Alabama-Coushatta Indians of Texas - Fox

*  Buffalo Hunt - Freedman- 978 FRE

Indian Chiefs - Freedman

* From the Plains - Texas Buffalo Hunters - video recording 970.004 FRO

The Gift of the Sacred Dog - Goble

*  The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses -Goble- E  GOB

*  The Legend of the White Buffalo Woman -Goble- E  GOB

he Gift of the Sacred Dog - Goble

* Beyond the Ridge - Goble- E GOB

* Buffalo Woman - Goble- 398.2  GOB

Cynthia Ann Parker - Gonzalez

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

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

*  A Ring of Tricksters:  Animal Tales from North America - Hamilton- 398.2 HAM

The West Indes, and Africa - Hamilton

Texas Tales in Words and Music - Hodge

Tumbleweed Tom on the Texas Trail - Hopkins

Workin' From Can't to Can't: African American Cowboys in Texas - Institute of TX Cultures

Melting Pot - I.T.C.

Texas Our Texas and Other Favorite Songs of the Lone Star State - Keim

Native American Rock Art:  Messages

from the Past - La Pierre

Eats Folk History of Texas Food - Linck

*  The Iroquois- Lund- 973.04 LUN

The Discovery of the Americas- Maestro

Woman Who Outshone the Sun - Martinez

Shipwrecked on Padre Island - Marvin

*  The Rough Face Girl - Native American Cinderella - 398.2 MAR

Your Texas Heritage - McConachie

* Arrow to the Sun - McDermott - 398.208 MCD (Spanish version below)

* Flecha al sol - McDermott- 398.208 MCD

Traveling Through Texas - Mircovich

President Mirabeau B. Lamar - Morgan

Poli:  A Mexican Boy in Early Texas - Neugeboren

Charles Goodnight - O'Rear

Texas Lore Series - Reynolds

* Uncle Nacho's Hat - Rohner 398.2 ROH

*  El Sombrero del Tio Nacho - Rohner- 398.2 ROH

Cowboys and Cow Towns of the Wild West - Savage

 *  The Apaches - 976.004 SNE

*  The Hopis - Sneve- 973.04 SNE

Focus on Texas:  History and Geography - Sorensen

The Haunted Tunnel - Stem

* Cowboys - 811 SUL

Buffalo Sunrise:  The Story of a North American Giant - Swanson

*  Native American Myths and Legends - Taylor - 398.2 NAT

*  Texas Almanac - PRO 976.4 TEX

Estevan, Walking Across Texas - Wade

* Texas Native Peoples -Wade-  976.4 WAD

*  Indians Who Lived in Texas - Warren- 970.4 WAR

Twenty Texans: Historic lives for Young Readers - Warren

The Serpent's Tongue:  Prose, Poetry, and Art of the New Mexico Pueblos - Wood

Navajo - Woods

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                                Back to Science   I. Sci. Processes/Ideas/Inventions

*  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

Leaf Rubbings

* Eyewitness: Tree- Burnie- 582.16 -located in REF section (Gr. 4-5)

* Leaf Man- Ehlert- E EHL (K-1)

* Fall Leaves Fall- Hall- E HAL (K-2)

* How Leaves Change-Johnson- 581.1 JOH (Gr. 5)

* Why Do Leaves Change Color? Maestro- 582.16 MAE (Gr. 3-5)

* Lucky Leaf- O'Malley- E OMA (K-2)

* El monton de hojas- Paige- E PAG (K-1)

* Fletcher and the Falling Leaves- Rawlinson- E RAW (K-2)

* Autumn Leaves- Robinson - 581.4 ROB (K-4)

* Leaves! Leaves! Leaves! Wallace- E WAL (K-1)

* Las hojas- Whitehouse- 581.4 WHI

Carbon Printing

Color Writing

* 101 Great Science Experiments- Ardley- PRO ARD

* The Science Book of Color- Ardley- 535.6 ARD

Reflecting

Symmetry

* Figuras - Bulloch- 516 BUL

* Let's Fly a Kite-(2 copies)- Murphy- 512.9 MUR and PRO section

* King Joe Goes to the Fair: Geometry and Spatial Sense KIT- PRO section

General Invention Resources

*  Under Water  - Greenburg - FIC GRE

*  In the Garden - Greenburg- FIC GRE

*  The Gadget War - Duffey- FIC DUF

*  The Kid Who Invented the Popsicle: And Other Surprising Stories About Inventions - Wulffson- 609 WUL

* Thomas Edison - Schaefer- B EDI

*  In the Kitchen - Greenburg- FIC GRE

*  Flik the Inventor- Saxon- E SAX

*  Sleepy Time Olie- Joyce- E JOY

*  The Industrial Revolution - Collins- 330.973 COL

*  Brainstorm! The Stories of Twenty American Kid Inventors - Tucker -920 TUC

* Inventions and Inventors -Grolier International- REF 609 INV

*  Children of a New Century- Schott- 305.23 SCH

*  Nineteenth-century Inventors- Noonan- 920 NOO

* Great Inventions -Nirgiotis- B EDI

*  Accidents May Happen -Jones -124 JON

*  Women Inventors- Blashfield- 920 BLA

* Benjamin Franklin: Scientist and Inventor - videorecording (VHS)

* Thomas Edison and Electricity- Parker- B EDI

                                 Back to Science  II. FOSS Earth Materials

Evaporation

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

* Sun Up, Sun Down- Gibbons- 523.7 GIB

* The Water Cycle- Olien- 551.48 OLI

Weathering/Erosion

*  Glaciers- Nadeau- 551.31 NAD

* Earth- Taylor- REF 525 TAY

* Rocks- DVD (Gr. 5)

Rock/Mineral Properties

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

Rocks/Soil