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UBD Reading Lessons UBD Writing Lessons

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Nonfiction

Day 1

text features overview

Day 2

5 W's

Day 3

problem/solution

Day 4

cause/effect

Day 5

chronological text structure

Day 6

topic/main idea

Day 7

facts/details

Days 8-9

summary/drawing conclusions

Day 10

fact/opinion

Day 11

metacognition

Day 12

connecting prior and new learning

Day 13

inner conversation

Day 14

metacognition strategies

Day 15

notetaking while reading

Day 16

infer meaning of unfamiliar words

Day 17

gather facts to answer questions

Day 18

plot/themes

Day 19

poetry- meanings

Day 20

2 column chart

Day 21

compare/contrast information

Day 22

author's purpose:

to inform

to entertain

to persuade

to explain feelings

Day 23

notetaking/synthesis

Day 24

summary/personal reflection

Day 25

get the 'gist'

                                    Back to Language Arts UBD Writing Lessons

Nonfiction

Week 1-Day 1

brainstorming - nonfiction writing

Day 2

nonfiction intros/leads

All About Sharks- Arnosky

A Drop of Water- Wick

* A Drop of Water- Morrison- 508 MOR

Are You a Snail? Allen and Humphries

Drip! Drop! How Water Gets to Your Tap- Seuling

Ice Age Mammoth -  Hehner

* It's Disgusting and We Ate It- Solheim- 641.3 SOL

Safari Beneath the Sea- Swanson

Sea Soup: Phytoplankton- Cerullo

Day 4

verbs

Day 5

vary sentence beginnings

Week 2 -Day 1

organizing ideas- persuasive writing

Day 2

varied sentence structure

Day 3

determining author's purpose -persuade or share info.

Day 4

transitional words/phrases

Day 5

conclusions/summary

Day 6

organize ideas- persuade

Day 7

varied sentence structure

Day 8

author's purpose: share info or persuade

Day 9

transitions

Day 10

writing conclusions- summary

Week 3 Day 1

plan/list - how to (prune spider)

Day 2

* Many Luscious Lollipops- Heller- 428.2 HEL

*  Many Luscious Lollipops- Heller- videorecording (VHS)

Day 3

adverbs/adverbial phrases

Day 4

similes

Day 5

writing conclusions/endings

Week 4 Day 1

composition- living in TX

Days 2-3

supporting ideas with details/ex.

Day 4

specific vocabulary

Day 5

tense

Week 5 Day 1

compare/contrast- Venn Diagram

Days 2-3

using facts in writing

Day 4

analogies/comparisons

The Moon and You- Krupp

alternate title: *  Beach is to Fun: A Book of Relationships- Brisson- E BRI

Day 5

metaphors/similes

 

   Back to Top Language Arts  COL Books

Other categories on COL but not within the link above:

 

Synonyms for Said

*  Charlotte's Web- White- FIC WHI

*  Las telranas de Carlota- White- located in Span. fiction section

Chicken Little- Kellogg

Pollita pequenita- Kellogg

* The Great Kapok Tree- Cherry- E CHE

Language Arts COL

It's a Mystery:  Book Lures- Dalgeish

Mysteries an Detections- Flack

Monsters, Mysteries, and UFOs- Lonworks

 

Other Similar Books in McWhorter's Library:

 

*  Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the UFO - Adler- FIC ADL

*  The Mystery of UFOs - Herbit- 001.942 HER

 

 

 

                                Back to Top Social Studies

II. Movement

The Trail North - Baker

Black Texans:  They Overcame - Barnes

Texas Days of Glory- Boyette

The Very First Thanksgiving: Pioneers on the Rio Grande- Bragg

S. Rosita's Christmas Wish - Bruni

The Mexican Americans - Catalano

Explorers and Settlers of Spanish Texas - Chipman

Gonzalo:  Coronado's Shepherd Boy- Clendenin

Pedro's Journal: Voyage with Christopher Columbus-  Conrad

Hidden Treasure of the Chisos- Dearen

*  Westlandia- Fleischman- E FLE

Brendan the Navigator: A History Mystery About the Discovery of America- Fritz

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

Westward Ho! Ho! Ho! Jokes of the Wild West- Hartman/Roop

Stephen F. Austin:  Wilderness Pioneer- Hoff

*  Francisco Coronado- Hurwitz- B COR

Ghost at the Old Stone Fort- Jones

Texas Footprints- Kerr

The Tree That Wouldn't Die - Levine

The Littlest Vaquero:  A Story of the First Texas Cowboys, Longhorns, and the American Revolution- Liles

Great Lives:  Exploration- Lomask

*  Discovery of the Americas- Maestro

Exploration and Conquest: The Americas After Columbus- Maestro

Personal history: The Afro-Americans in Texas- Martinello and Nesmith

Shipwrecked on Padre Island- Marvin

With the Wind, Kevin Dolan: A Novel of Ireland and Texas- Milligan

Jane Long: A Child's Pictorial History- Morgan

Texas Christmas: As Celebrated Under Six Flags- Morgan

Los Vaqueros: Our First Cowboys- Munson

*  Francisco Coronado- Nardo- B COR

*  Sieur La Salle- Nardo- B LAS

Diez Deditos and Other Play Rhymes and Action Songs from Latin America- Orozco

Bill Pickett, Rodeo Ridin' Cowboy- Pinkney- B PIC

Early Explorers of Texas- Sandell VR

Explorers Who Got Lost- Sansdevere-Dreher

*  A Paradise Called Texas- Shefeman- kit/unit- behind circ. desk

Texas and the American Revolution- Suffler

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

Horse's Return to America- Viola

Estevan:  Walking Across America- NA

Jane's Long Journey- Wade

Explorers in Early Texas- Warren

Twenty Texans:  Historic Lives for Young Readers- Warren

The Story of Texas- Weems

*  Encounter- Yolen- E YOL

*  Encuentro- Yolen- E YOL

 

                                Back to Top   Science

III. Ecosystems

                                Back to Science    III. Ecosystems

Animal Life Cycles

* Flies- Brimner-  595.77 BRI

* Butterflies and Moths- Brimner- 595.78 BRI

* La oruga- Hartley- 595.78 HAR

* La cucaracha- Hartley- 595.7 HAR

* An Earthworm's Life- Himmelman- 598.7 HIM

* A Hummingbird's Life- Himmelman - 598.7 HIM

* A Ladybug's Life- Himmelman- 595.76 HIM

* A Luna Moth's Life- Himmelman- 595.78 HIM

* A Monarch Butterfly's Life- Himmelman- 595.78 HIM

* A Mouse's Life- (2 copies) Himmelman- 599.35 HIM

* A Pill Bug's Life- Himmelman- 595.3 HIM

* A Salamander's Life- Himmelman- 597.8 HIM

* A Slug's Life- Himmelman- 594 HIM

* A Wood Frog's Life- Himmalman-597.8 HIM

* What is a Life Cycle? Kalman- 571.8 KAL

* El ciclo de vida de la rana- Kalman- 597.8 KAL

* Asi nace una rana- Llewellyn- 597.8 LLE (Gr. K-3)

* Life Cycle: Birth, Growth, and Development- Macnair- 612.6 MAC

* Watch Me Grow: Bear (2 copies)- Magloff- 599.74 MAG (Gr. K-2)

* Watch me Grow: Duckling- Magloff- 598.4 MAG (Gr. K-2)

* Watch Me Grow: Frog- Magloff- 597.8 MAG (Gr. K-2)

* Watch Me Grow: Puppy- Magloff- 636.7 MAG (Gr. K-2)

* Watch Me Grow: Rabbit- Magloff- 599.32 MAG (Gr. K-2)

* Ciclo de vida de la rana- Royston- 597.8 ROY- (Gr. K-3) located w/ Spanish animal books

* Ciclo de vida de el pollo- Royston- 636.5 ROY- (Gr. K-3) located w/ Spanish animal books

* Ciclo de vida de el conejillo de Indias- Royston- 599.35 ROY (Gr. K-3)- located w/ Spanish animal books

* La rana- Spilsbury- 597.8 SPI (Gr. 3)

 

Biomes/Ecosystems

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 Biomes General

Biomes/Ecosystems Websites MBG Net
Ecosystems Vocab. Quiz
Biomes 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 Biomes Caves/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 Biomes Deserts

*   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 Biomes Grasslands/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 Biomes Hills/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 Biomes Islands/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 Biomes Lakes, 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 Biomes Rainforests/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 Biomes Tundra

*   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)

 

  Litterbugs Science-Literature Quickplan

 

 

Balance of Ecosystem if One Part is Removed

The Lorax The Lorax - Save the Trees Game
 Texas Parks & Wildlife: Sustainable Environment Activities
Click here to go to 'Video Questions for Teachers'  for Lorax video questions

 

* Common Ground: The Earth, Water, and Air We Share- Bang - 363.7 BAN and Spoken Arts videorecording- VHS

* The Umbrella- Brett- E BRE

* La sombrilla (paperback)- Brett- E BRE

* After the Spill: The Exxon Valdez Disaster, Then and Now - Markle- 363.738 MAR

* The Lorax -Seuss- E SEU

*  El Lorax- Seuss- E SEU

* Environmental Impacts- SVE & Churchill Media- videorecording- VHS

 

Food Chains/Webs

*  AIMS March 2005- Gr. 3-4 "ocean food webs"- periodical

 *  ΏQuι son los biomas?  Kalman- 577 KAL

* Cadenas alimentarias del desierto - Kalman -577.54 KAL

* What Are Food Chains and Webs? Kalman- 577 KAL

ΏQuι son las redes y cadenas alimentarias? Kalman -577 KAL

* Forest Food Chains- Kalman- 577.3 KAL

* Desert Food Chains- Kalman- 577.54 KAL

*  All Kinds of Habitats- Hewitt- 577 HEW

*  What are Food Chains and Food Webs?  577  KAC

Amy's Award*  Who Eats What? Food Chains and Food Webs - Lauber-  574.5  LAU

* Prairie Food Chains- MacAulay- 577.4 MAC

* Meadow Food Chains- MacAulay- 577.4 MAC

* Really Wild Animals: Polar Prowl- National Geographic Society videorecording- VHS

*  Food Chains - Riley - 577 RIL

* All About Food Chains- Schlessinger Media videorecording (VHS)

* Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Gets Eaten- videorecording (VHS)

The Magic School Bus Gets Eaten-                   Video Note Taking Sheet Click here to go to 'Video Questions for Teachers' -                 Click on The Magic School Bus Gets Eaten

 

Food Chains Websites Fish Food Game
Food Chains

 

 

Owl Pellets

* Snowy Owls- Frost- 598.9 FRO

*  Owls- Kelsey- 598.9 KEL

* Owls and Other Birds of Prey- Reid- 598.9 REI