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Week 1

Day 1 - characteristics of fables

Aesop's Fables- Pinkney - see Reading Resources - Aesop's Fables

The Grasshopper and the Ants - see below

*   Aesop’s Fables – 398.2 AES Videorecording

*   Walt Disney’s The Grasshopper and the Ants – Brown – 398.24 BRO

 *   Eric Carle’s Treasury of Classic Stories for Children by Aesop, Hans

Christian Anderson, and the Brothers Grimm – Carle – 398.2 CAR

La cigarra y la hormiga: version de la fabula de Esopo- White

Day 2 - characteristics of folktales

The Magic Fish - Littledale - see Reading Resources - General Folktales

Day 3 - characteristics of fairy tales - see Reading Resources- Fairy Tale Versions- Cinderella

Cinderella- Karlin

Day 4 - similarities of the genre

Day 5- differences of the genre

Week 2 - story moral

Day 6- story moral - see Reading Resources - Aesop's Fables

Aesop's Fables- Salter

The Tortoise and the Hare

Day 7 - story moral - see Reading Resources - Aesop's Fables

Aesop's Fables- Salter

The Lion and the Lost Meal

Day 8

Aesop's Fables

Day 9

Aesop's Fables

The Jealous Camel

Day 10

Aesop's Fables- Salter

The Gundog and the Hare

Week 3

Genre Study- Folktales

Day 11

American Folk Classic Tales- Sullivan

Uncle Sam

Day 12- sequencing

Judge Roy Bean and His Pet Bear

Day 13 - sequencing

Jean Lafitte, Hero of New Orleans

Day 14- sequencing - see Reading Resources- Fairy Tale Versions- Cinderella

Cinderella of Santa Fe

Day 15- summarizing

Groundhog Sees His Shadow

(other groundhog suggestions below)

*  Gregory’s Shadow(2) – Freeman – E FRE

*  Gretchen Groundhog, It’s Your Day – Levine – E LEV

American Folktale Classics Retold- Sullivan

Week 4

Day 16- Genre Study - see Reading Resources- Fairy Tale Versions- The Frog Prince

Princess Stories- Edens

The Frog Prince

Day 17- cause/effect - see Reading Resources - Fairy Tale Versions - The Princess and the Pea

Princess Stories- Edens

The Princess and the Pea

Day 18 - cause/effect - see Reading Resources - Fairy Tale Versions- Rumpelstiltskin

Rumpelstiltskin - Langly

The Princess and the Pea

Day 19- cause/effect - see Reading Resources- Fairy Tale Versions- Rapunzel

The Princess and the Pea

Rapunzel

Day 20- summary - see Reading Resources- Fairy Tale Versions- Snow White

Bedtime Stories- Publications International

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

Week 5

Day 21- characteristics of genre

The Lion and the Mouse

*   A Little Golden Book Collection:  Animal Tales – E ANI

*   The Lion and the Mouse – Jones – 398.24 JON

Day 22- cause/effect

Bedtime Stories- Publications International

Day 23- similarities/differences

*  Bubba the Cowboy Prince- Ketteman - E KET

Day 24- main idea

Aesop's Fables- Salter

The Dishonest Doctor

Day 25- summary - see Reading Resources- Fairy Tale Versions- Hansel and Gretel

 Hansel and Gretel

COL SUGGESTED BOOK LIST - FOURTH GRADE FAIRY TALES/FABLES

The titles we have are indicated with *  -

All are located in the fairy tale section

Borreguita and the Coyote -Aardema

*  Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella Story- dePaola- 398.209 DEP

Princess Stories- Edens

*  Little Red Riding Hood: A Newfangled Prairie Tale- Ernst- 398.21 ERN

*  The Wolf's Story - Forward- E FOR

The Frog Prince or Iron Henry- Grimm

Rapunzel- Grimm

Goldilocks and the Three Bears: A Tale Moderne- Guarnaccia

Cinderella- Karlin

*  Bubba the Cowboy Prince- Ketteman - E KET

Rumpelstiltskin - Langly

The Magic Fish- Littledale

*  Fables- Lobel - FIC LOB

*  Fabulas- Lobel- FIC LOB

The Prince Who Wrote a Letter- Love

*  Cindy Ellen- Lowell - 398.2 LOW

*  Little Red Cowboy Hat- Lowell- 398.2 LOW

*  The Three Little Javelinas- Lowell - E LOW

* Los Tres Pequeños Jabalies- Lowell- E LOW

Princesses Are Not Quitters! Lum

Hansel and Gretel- Marshall

*  Little Red Riding Hood- Marshall- 398.21 MAR

*  Cinderella Penguin, or the Little Glass Flipper- Perlman - E PER

The Penguin and the Pea- Perlman

Goldilocks and the Three Hares- Petach

Aesop's Fables- Pinkney

Bedtime Stories- Publications International

*  Squids will be Squids- Scieszka - E SCI

*  A Handful of Beans- Steig- 398.2 STE

The Princess and the Pea- Stevens

American Folktale Classics Retold- Sullivan

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**All of the books McW has have an * and are located in the fairy tale section **

Week 1

Day 1 - Morals in Stories

*  Fables- Lobel- FIC LOB - includes The Lobster and the Crab story

*  Fablulas -Lobel- FIC LOB - includes The Lobster and the Crab story

Day 2 - Morals in Stories

*  Fables- Lobel- FIC LOB

* Fabulas- Lobel- FIC LOB

Aesop's Fables- Salter

Aesop's Fables- fairy tale section - to see full list, go to Reading Resources, Aesop's Fables

*  Squids Will Be Squids- Scieszka - E SCI

Lesson 3- Using a Story Organizer

The Ducks and the Fox

Lesson 5- Shared Writing

Week 2

Lesson 6 - Finding an audience

* Fables- Lobel- FIC LOB

* Fabulas- Lobel- FIC LOB

Aesop's Fables- Salter

* Squids Will Be Squids- Scieszka- E SCI

Day 7 -Action in Fables

* Fables- Lobel- FIC LOB - includes The Ostrich in Love

* Fabulas- Lobel- FIC LOB- includes The Ostrich in Love

Day 8 - Focusing on Important Parts of a Fable

Day 9 - Illustrations

* Fables- Lobel- FIC LOB

* Fabulas- Lobel- FIC LOB

Aesop's Fables- Salter

Day 10 - Publishing an Anthology

(see books for Day 9)

Week 3

Day 11 - 'Good' characters

Day 12 - Character Traits

Borreguita and the Coyote- Aardema

Day 13 - Setting

* Cindy Ellen- Lowell -398.2 LOW

Lesson 14- prewriting with an organizer

Lesson 15 - Changing Story Elements to Make the Tale Your Own

*  Little Red Riding Hood: A Newfangled Prairie Tale- Ernst- 398.21 ERN

Week 4

Lesson 16 - Drafting Your Own Tale

Lesson 17- Using Genre Characteristics in Writing

Lesson 18 - Using Genre Characteristics in Writing

Lesson 19 - Character Traits

* The Wolf's Story -Forward- E FOR

Lesson 20- Dialogue

*  Little Red Cowboy Hat-Lowell -  398.2 LOW

Week 5

Lesson 21- Revising Your Story

Lesson 22- Revising/Editing

Lesson 23- Endings/Conclusions

The Penguin and the Pea- Perlman

Lesson 24 - Illustrations

Lesson 25- Storytelling

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*  William Shakespeare and the Globe- Aliki- 793 ALI

Rattlesnake Dance- Arnosky

*  Call Me Alnightito- Conrad- E CON

*  Jazper- Egielski- E EGI

*  Chrysanthemum- Henkes- E HEN

*  Crisantemo- Henkes- videorecording (VHS)

Swine Lake- Marshall

Alvin Ailey- Pinkney

How Turtle's Back Was Cracked: A Traditional Cherokee Tale - Ross

Zeke Pippen- Steig

Night Sounds, Morning Colors - Wells

Click here to go to the Six Traits of Writing Page

                                Back to Top                 Social Studies

                                Back to Social Studies            III. Conflict and the Texas Revolution

*  A Picture Book of Thomas Jefferson- Adler- B JEF

Black Texans: They Overcame- Barnes

Texas Days of Glory- Boyette

* If You Were There in 1776 - Brenner- 973.3 BRE

*  The Declaration of Independence- Burgan- 973.3 BUR

David G. Burnet: From New Jersey to Texas - Carnes

Bluebonnet at the Alamo- Casad

The Boy in the Alamo- Cousins

Lizzie:  Queen of the Cattle Trails- Crawford

Sam Houston: American Hero- Crawford

With Santa Anna in Texas:  A Person Narrative of the Revolution- De la Pena

*  Early America:  Expanding and Preserving the Union- KIT - Teacher Created Materials- behind circ. desk

Stowaway to Texas- Evey

*  The Hatmaker's Sign: A Story- Fleming- E FLE

William Barrett Travis:  Victory or Death- Flynn

Kwanzaa- Freeman

Make Way for Sam Houston- Fritz

Cynthia Ann Parker:  Indian Captive- Gonzalez

Jane Long:  The Mother of Texas- Gonzalez

Lafitte:  The Terror of the Gulf- Gonzalez

Benito and the White Dove- Gurasich

Deaf Smith:  Scout, Spy, and Texas Hero- Harper

Quanah Parker:  Warrior for Freedom, Ambassador for Peace- Hlts

Alamo and the War of Texan Independence- Haythornthwaite

Johnny Texas- Hoff

Stephen F. Austin:  Wilderness Pioneer- Hoff

Johnny Texas on the San Antonio Road - Hoff

Alamo, An Illustrated Story- Hoyt

Susanna of the Alamo: A True Story- Jakes

Great Texas Scare - Jones

Immortal Thirty-Two- Kerr

Juan Segin: A Hero of Texas- Kerr

Kitty of Blossom Prairie- Liles

Rebecca of Blossom Prairie- Liles

A Portrait of Spotted Deer's Grandfather- Littlesugar

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

Personal History: The Afro-American Texans- Martinello and Sance

One of Fannin's Men:  A Survivor at Goliad- Marvin

Clouds Over Texas- Matthews

Davy's Dawg- Matthews

When Corn Grows Tall in Texas- McDonald

President Mirabeau B. Lamar- Morgan

Los Vaqueros:  Our First Cowboys- Munson

Our Tejano Heroes- Munson

Battle of San Jacinto- Pohl

From Slave to Statesman:  Legacy of Joshua Houston, Servant to Sam Houston- Prather

*  The Declaration of Independence- Quiri- 973.3 QUI

Texas Jack at the Alamo- Rice

Cowboys and Cow Towns of the Wild West- Savage

*  Our Declaration of Indpendence- Schleifer- 973.3 SCH

*  American Independence- Schlessinger videorecording- VHS

Spirit of Iron- Shefelman

Willow Creek Home- Shefelman

*  Paradise Called Texas- Shefelman- KIT - behind circulation desk

Homeplace- Shelby

Race to Velasco- Spellman

* The Declaration of Independence- Stein- 973.3 STE

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

*  Texas Alamanac Teacher's Guide- 2002-3 - Dallas Morning News- REF 976.4 TEX

Muddy Banks- Tolliver

Easter Fires- Wade

*  I'm Going to Texas/Yo voy a Tejas- Wade- E WAD

Milk, Meat, Biscuits and the Terraqueos Machine: The Story of Gail Borden- Wade

Quanah Parker

Quanah Parker:  Comanche Chief- Updyke

Davy Crockett

*  A Picture Book of Davy Crockett-  Adler- B CRO

* Davy Crockett- Johnston- B CRO

*  Davy Crockett, Hero of the Wild Frontier - Moseley- B CRO

*  Davy Crockett - Rabbit Ears videorecording- DVD

Davy Crockett:  Defender of the Alamo- Sanford

Davy Crockett:  An American Hero- Townsend

David Crockett:  Sure He Was Right- Wade

Sam Houston

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

Sam Houston:  Hero of San Jacinto- Gonzalez

*  The Raven:  A Biography of Sam Houston- James- B HOU

Sam Houston:  Texas Hero- Sanford

I Am Houston- Wade

Jim Bowie

*  Jim Bowie- Johnston- B BOW

Jim Bowie:  A Texas Legend- Flynn

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IV.  Civil War and Reconstruction, Westward Expansion and Start of Industrialization

*  Texas- Bruun- 976.4 BRU

*  A Picture Book of Davy Crockett- Adler- B CRO

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

*  The Battle of the Alamo- Santella- 976.4 BRA

*  La battla del Alamo- Doeden- 976.4 DOE

*  The Battle of the Alamo - Doeden- 976.4 DOE

*  Voices of the Alamo- Garland- 976.4 GAR

The Death of the Iron Horse- Goble

*  Prairie Dog Pioneers- Harper- E HAR

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

*  War with Mexico- Jacobs- 973.6 JAC

*  Iron Horses- Kay- E KAY

* Doodle Dandies (poems) - Lewis- 811 LEW

* I Remember the Alamo- Love- FIC LOV

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

*  An Outlaw Thanksgiving- McCully- E MCC

*  Texas - Schlessinger videorecording- VHS

*  El Alamo- Sorensen- 976.4 SOR

* Texas: Change and Opportunity- SVE videorecording- VHS

*  A Historical Album of Texas- Willis- 976.4 WIL

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

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CATTLE DRIVES

*  Calico, the wonder Horse, or The Saga of Stewy Stinker- Burton- E BUR

*  Cowboy Slim - Danneberg- E DAN

*  The Case of the Midnight Rustler- Erickson- FIC ERI

*  Cowboy Days- Field Trip videorecording- (K-4)- VHS

*  Wagons West!  Gerrard- E GER

*  Cowboy Cooking- Gunderson- 394.109 GUN

*  The Journal of Joshua Loper:  A Black Cowboy- Myers- FIC MYE

*  Jo and the Bandit- Roberts- FIC ROB

*  Brother Anansi and the Cattle Ranch:  El hermano Anansi y el rancho de ganado - Rohmer- 398.2 ROH

*  Life on the Texas Range- Smith- REF 636 SMI

*  The Trail Drivers of Texas - Hunter- REF 976.4 TRA

*  The Wild West- Wood- 978 WOO

                              Back to Soc. Studies     Social Studies Biographies

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Moses Austin

                                Back to Biographies           

Stephen F. Austin

Stephen F. Austin:  Wilderness Pioneer – Hoff

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

                                Back to Biographies           

Gail Borden, Jr.

                                Back to Biographies 

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

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Rene Robert Cavelier

                                Back to Biographies         

Sieur de la Salle

*   Sieur de la Salle – Nardo - B LAS

                                Back to Biographies         

  Henry Cisneros

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

*  Henry Cisneros:  Of the People – Romero – B CIS

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Christopher Columbus

*  A Picture Book of Christopher Columbus – Adler – B COL

*  Where Do You Think You’re Going, Christopher Columbus? – Fritz – B COL

*  Where Do You Think You’re Going, Christopher Columbus? – Fritz – B COL - VR

*  Christopher Columbus – Larken – B COL

*  Christopher Columbus – Nest -  videorecording

*  Discovering Christopher Columbus – Pelta – 970.01 PEL

*  Christopher Columbus – Schaefer – B COL

*  Encounter- Yolen- E YOL

Encuentro- Yolen

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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

*  Francisco Vasquez de Coronado- (Hurwicz) B COR

* Francisco Coronado - (Nardo)  B  COR

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Martin de Leon

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Lorenzo de Zavala

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Miriam Amanda Wallace "Ma" Ferguson

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Joseph Glidden

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Pattillo Higgins

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Sam Houston

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

*  The Raven:  A Biography of Sam Houston   -(James)  B HOU

* Twenty Texans - p. 13- Warren- 920 WAR

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Anson Jones

                                Back to Biographies          

Barbara Jordan

*  Barbara Jordan -(Patrick-Wexler)- B JOR

* Twenty Texans - p. 105- Warren- 920 WAR

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  Mirabeau Bonaparte Lamar     

   President Mirabeau B. Lamar – Morgan

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Audie Leon Murphy

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Cleto Rodriguez

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John Tower

                                Back to Top    Science

                                Back to Science    IV. Science Fair/Processes

*  The Ben Franklin Book of Easy and Incredible Experiments - Franklin Institute Science Museum Book -507.8 BEN

*  How to Think Like a Scientist - Kramer -502.8 KRA

*  Ciencia Magica:  Experimentos extranos y asombrosos - Levine and Johnstone -507.8 LEV

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

*  Experiments with Solids, Liquids, and Gases - Tocci -507 TOC

                                            Back to Science    V. Adaptations

Animals

*   How Do Animals Adapt? -  Kalman – 577.4 KAL

*   ¿Cómo se adaptan los animals? – Kalman – 577.4 KAL

*   Animal Adaptations for Survival – Rose – 591.4 ROS

*  Reptiles and Insects:  Leapin’ Lizard!(2)  - Disney (Bill Nye) videorecording- VHS

*   All About Animal Adaptions – Schlessinger Media – videorecording – VHS

Adaptations to Environment

A.  Foods

*  Whose Food Is This:  A Look at What Animals Eat – Leaves, Bugs, and Nuts – Allen – 591.5 ALL

B.  Home

*  Whose  House Is This:  A Look at Homes – Webs , Nests and Shells - Gregoire - 591.56 GRE

*  Cain the Coyote- Tales from the Wild- National Geographic videorecording (VHS)

*  Peekaboo Pals- National Geographic videorecording- VHS- (K-3)

C.   Products

*   Whose Work Is This?:  A Look at Things Animals Make – Pearls, Milk, Honey– Allen – 591.5 ALL

D.  Sounds

*   Whose Sound Is This?:  A Look at Animal Noises—Chirps, Clicks, and Hoots –Allen – 591.59 ALL

E.  Weather

*  Butterfly Battle- Magic School Bus chapter book- White- FIC WHI- located in the Magic School Bus section

*   Polar Prowl (Really Wild Animal Series) – National Geographic Kids– videorecording – VHS

Defenses/Weapons

*  All About Turtles- Arnosky- 597.92 ARN

*   Inmersión!:  Animales del fondo del mar – Berger – 591.77 BER (K-3)

*   Animals Staying Safe – Niz – 591.47 NIZ  (K-3)

*   Animal Survivors – Clarke-Hill – videorecording (gr 1-4)

*   Animal Weapons – DK Vision  (K-3) - VHS

*  Armored Animals- DK Vision videorecording-(K-3) - VHS

*   Insect Defenses – Kalman – 595.714 KAL

*   Secret Weapons and Great Escapes (Really Wild Animals Series) – National Geographic Kids – videorecording -VHS

*  Puffer Fish- J. Sullivan Rake- 597.64 RAK

*  Amazing Insect Warriors- Schlessinger videorecording- VHS

A.  Camouflage

* Pinduli- Cannon- E CAN

* Pinduli (Spanish) Cannon -E CAN

*   The Mixed-Up Chameleon – Carle – E CAR (gr. K-3)

*   El camaleón camaleónico- Carle – E CAR (gr. K-3)

*   Animal Disguises – DK Vision – videorecording

*   Chameleons Are Cool – Jenkins – 597.95 JEN (gr 1-3)

*   Camouflage:  Changing to Hide – Kalman – 591.47 KAL  

*   Animal Colors – DK -Meyers – videorecording- VHS

*   Peekaboo Pals – National Geographic Kids – videorecording VHS (K-3)

*   Secret Weapons and Great Escapes – National Geographic Kids – videorecording (Gr. 3-5)

*   Special Animal Secrets – National Geographic Kids – videorecording (Gr. K-3)

*  Incredible Insects!  Schlessinger videorecording - VHS

*   Chameleon’s Colors – Tashiro – E TAS  (RL 4 , IL K-3)

*   Animal Disguises – Weber – 591.47 WEB

*   Whose Spots Are These?:  A Look at Animal Markings – Round,  Bright, and Big – Wohlrabe – 591.47 WOH

*  Bugs (camouflage)  -York- 595.7 YOR

B.  Ink

*   Squids – Rake (2 copies)- 594.58 RAK (P-2)  

C.  Odor

*  Skunks – Dingwall – 599.7 DIN

*   El zorillo – Whitehouse – 599.76 WHI (Gr. K-1)

D.  Quills

*   Porcupines – Dingwell – 599.3 DIN

*   Porcupines – Ripples – 599.35 RIP

E.  Stings/Bites

*   Tigers – DuTemple – 599.74 DUT (Gr 2-4)

*   Jellies:  The Life of Jellyfish – George – 595.GEO

*  What Is a Reptile?(2) – Kalman – 597.9 KAL

*   ¿Qué son los reptiles? – Kalman – 597.9 KAL (rl 7 il 3-6)

*   Jellyfish – Landau – 593.5 LAU (K-3)

*   Jellyfish – Lindeen – 593.5 LIN (P-2)

*   Reptiles – Weber – 599.9 WEB

*   Bites and Stings – Silverstein - 617.1 SIL (gr 4-9)

F.  Venom

*   The World’s Deadliest Snakes – Martin – 597.96 MAR (gr 3-9)

*   Poisonous Snakes of Texas – Price – REF 597.96 PRI

Food Chains

*   Desert Food Chains – Kalman – 577.54 KAL

*   Forest Food Chains – Kalman – 577.3 KAL

*   Meadow Food Chains – Kalman – 577.4 KAL

*   What Are Food Chains and Food Webs (2) – Kalman - 577 KAL

*   ¿Qué son las redes y cadenas ailmentarias? – Kalman – 577 KAL

*   Who Eats What?:  Food Chains and Webs – Lauber – 574.5 LAU

*   Prairie Food Chains – MacAulay – 577.4 MAC

*   Food Chains – Riley – 577 RIL

*  All About Food Chains – Schlessinger Media – videorecording - VHS

*   Scholastic’s Magic School Bus Gets Eaten – Scholastic videorecording – VHS

*   The Environment – Snedden – 577 SNE

Hibernation

*   Every Autumn Comes the Bear – Arnosky – E ARN – (RL 3.4)

*   ¿Qué es la hibernación? – Crossingham – 591.56 CRO

*  Why Do Bears Sleep All Winter?:  A Book about Hibernation – Englar – 599.74 ENG

*  Bears – Kalman – 599.74 KAL

Migration

*   Why Do Geese Fly South in the Winter? – Allen – 591.56 ALL

*   Flute’s Journey – Cherry – 598.8 CHE (K-gr 3)            

*   Caribou – Frost – 599.65 FRO –migration patterns (RL 3.2)

*   Animal Journeys – Clark-Hill – videorecording  (gr 1-4)

*   An Animal Year – DK Vision – videorecording

*   How Do Birds Find Their Way? – Gans – 598.252 GAN (gr 1-3)

*   Animals Migrating:  How, When , Where and Why Animals Migrate – Kanter – 591.56 KAN (gr 2-6)

*   The Journey:  Stories of Migration – Rylant – 591.56 RYL (gr 2-5)

*   The Journey of a Butterfly – Scrace – 595.78 SCR (gr K-3)

Plants

*   AIMS Summer 2006 – “Gr 1-2 - Plants” – periodical

*  AIMS April 2005 – “Gr 1-2 Seed Model” – periodical

*   A Kid’s Guide to How Plants Grow – Ayers – 635.9 AYE

*   Seeds – Bodach – 575.6 BOD

*  Plant – Burnie – 581 BUR

*   The Tiny Seed – Carle – 582 CAR

*   From Seed to Plant – Gibbons – 581.3 GIB(k-2)

*   Pond Plants – Giesche – 581.763 GIE

*  ¿Cómo crecen las plantas? – Heller – 581.5 SPI

*   Plants That Never Bloom – Heller – videorecording

*   The Reason for a Flower – Heller – 582 HEL

*   The Reason for a Flower – Heller – videorecording – (k-3)

*   El motivo de la flora – Heller – 582.13 HEL - (k-3)

*   Plants and Flowers – Hewitt – 580 HEW

*   Sorting Plants:  What Is a Flower? – Hewitt – 580 HEW

*   The Magic School Bus Goes to Seed – Jacobs - videorecording- VHS

*   The Carrot Seed (2 copies) – Krauss – E KRA

*   La semilla de zanahoria – Krauss – E KRA

*   How Do Apples Grow? – Maestro – 582 MAE –(Gr. 2-3)

*   Trees and Plants in the Rain Forest – Pirotta – 581.7 PIR – (gr 2-4)

*   Plant Life – Riley – 580 RIL

*   Pick Pull Snap:  Where Once a Flower Bloomed – Schaefer – 571.85 SCH

*   Plants of the Rainforest – Schlessinger – videorecording

*   The Magic School Bus Goes to Seed (2 copies) – Scholastic videorecording- VHS

*    The Magic School Bus Gets Planted – Scholastic videorecording- VHS

*  How Do Plants Grow? – Spilsbury – 571.8 SPI

*   ¿Cómo crecen las plantas? – Spilsbury – 571.6 SPI

*   What Is a Plant? – Spilsbury – 580 SPI

*   ¿Qué es una planta? – Spilsbury – 580 SPI

*   Where Do Plants Grow? – Spilsbury – 581.7 SPI

*   ¿Dónde crecen las plantas? – Spilsbury – 581.7 SPI

*   Why Do Plants Have Flowers?  - Spilsbury -574.6 SPI

*  ¿Por qué las plantas tienen flores? – Spilsbury – 575.6 SPI

*   ¿Quien depende de las plantas? – Trumbauer – 581.6 TRU

*   Plants – Two-Can (kit) – computer disc/booklet

*   Plants – Vanderlinden – 580.78 VAN (K-3)

*   Texas Plants and Animals – Wade – 976.4 WAD

*   America’s Prairies and Grasslands – Wallace – 876.4 WAD (gr 3-5)

*   Las flores (2 copies) – Whitehouse – 581.4 WHI

*   Las hojas – Whitehouse – 581.4 WHI

*   Las raices – Whitehouse – 581.13 WHI

*   Matematicas con Plantas – Whitehouse – 513.2 WHI

*  Plant A B C – Whitehouse – 580 WHI

Animals- Por Quoi Tales

* Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale- Aardema- 398.2 AAR and videorecording VHS

*  Por qué zumban los mosquitos en los oídos de la gente: Un cuento de Africa Occidental (2 copies)- Aardema- 398.2 AAR

* Why the Sky is Far Away: A Nigerian Folktale- Gerson- E GER

* The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote- Johnston- 398.208 JOH

* Why Alligator Hates Dog: A Cajun Folktale- Reneaux- 398.2 REN

Bird Beaks

Physical Char.- Camouflage

* Pinduli- Cannon- E CAN

* Pinduli (Spanish) Cannon -E CAN

* El camaleón camaleónico- Carle- E CAR (Gr. K-3)

* The Mixed-Up Chameleon- Carle- E CAR (Gr. K-3)

* Animal Diguises- DK videorecording (Gr. K-3)- VHS

* Animal Colors- DK videorecording (Gr. K-3)- VHS

* Camouflage: Changing to Hide- Kalman- 591.47 KAL

* Peekaboo Pals -National Geographic Kids videorecording (Gr. K-2) VHS

* Special Animal Secrets- National Geographic Kids videorecording (Gr. K-2) VHS

*  Really Wild Animals: Secret Weapons and Great Escapes- National Geographic videorecording (Gr. 3-5) VHS

*  Incredible Insects!  Schlessinger videorecording - VHS

*   Chameleon’s Colors – Tashiro – E TAS  (RL 4 , IL K-3)

*   Animal Disguises – Weber – 591.47 WEB

* Whose Spots Are These? A Look At Animal Markings, Round, Bright, and Big- Wohlrabe- 591.47 WOL (Gr. K-3)

*  Bugs (camouflage)  -York- 595.7 YOR

                                Back to Science                    VI. Matter

States of Matter

*  AIMS February 2005- Gr. 4- "states of matter"-periodical

* States of Matter: A Question and Answer Book - Bayrock- 530 BAY

* Stella Brite and the Dark Matter Mystery- Latta- FIC LAT

*  Matter and Materials -Mellett - REF 507 MEL

*  Cool Chemistry:  Great Experiments with Simple Stuff- Moje- 540 MOJ

* Physics Matters! Grolier- REF 530 PHY

*  Solids, Liquids, and Gases - Osborne-530.407  OSB

*  Solid, Liquid, or Gas? Robinson - 530.4 ROB (K-3)

* Sólidos, liquidos y gases- Royston- 530.4 ROY

*  All About Properties of Matter- Schlessinger videorecording- VHS

*  All About Solids, Liquids, and Gases - Schlessinger videorecording- VHS

*  Solids, Liquids, Gases -Simon- 530.4 SIM

*  The Oxford Children's Book of Science- Taylor- 503 TAY

*  Experiments with Solids, Liquids, and Gases -Tocci - 507  TOC

* Matter- Webster- 530 WEB

*  What is the World Made Of? All About Solids, Liquids, and Gases-   Zoehfeld -530.4  ZOE