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Reading Lessons
Nonfiction
Week 1 / Day 1
fiction/nonfiction
K- 3 ENGLISH
| * Anansi the Spider-McDermott - 398.2 MCD (located in folktale section-300s) | * Spiders/Aranas-Hall -595.4 HAL - located in Spanish animal book section |
| * The Three Little Pigs-Page- E PAG | * Pigs- Gibbons- 636.4 GIB |
| * Some Smug Slug- Edwards- E EDW | * A Slug's Life - Himmelman- 594 HIM |
| * Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad- Edwards- E EDW | * Harriet Tubman: Woman of Courage- Skelton- B TUB |
| * The Wolf's Story- Forward- E FOR- located in the Little Red Riding Hood Section of Fairy Tales in the 300s | * Wolves-Ripple- 599.773 RIP - with little books in the 500 section |
| * Koala Lou- Fox- E FOX | * Koalas - Saunders-Smith- 599.2 SAU |
| * The Octopus- Cazet- E CAZ | * Octopuses/Pulpos- Lindeen- 594 LIN |
| * A House for Hermit Crab- Carle- E CAR | * Hermit Crabs- Schafer- 595.3 SCH |
| * Twister- Beard- E BEA | * Twisters! Hayden- 551.55 HAY |
| * The Three Little Javelinas- Lowell- E LOW (located in 3 Little Pigs Fairy Tale section) | * Javelinas- Schafer- 599.63 SCH |
| * Nuts to You! Ehlert- E EHL | * Squirrels- Townsend 599.36 TOW or Shafer 599.36 SCH |
| * Never Poke a Squid- Cazet- E CAZ | * Squids- Rake- 594 RAK |
| * Swimmy- Lionni- E LIO | * Sea Anemones-
Schafer -593.6 SCH * Clownfish/Pez Payaso- Lindeen- 597 LIN |
| * Armadillo Tattletale- Ketteman- E KET | * The Armadillo- POTTS- 599.3 POT |
| * My Friend Rabbit- Rohmann- E ROH | * Rabbits- Macken- 636.9 MAC |
| * Bearcub and Mama- Jenning -E JEN | * Brown Bears- Helmer- 599.784 HEL |
| * Let's Go Home, Little Bear- Waddell- E WAS | * Black Bears- Freeman- 599.78 FRE |
| * The Shy Little Kitten- Schurr- E SCH | * Kitten- Evans- 636.8 EVA |
| * Little Raccoon's Big Question- Schlein- E SCH | * Raccoons- Fowler- 599.76 FOW |
| * Small Green Snake- Gray- E GRA | * Snakes- Rustad- 639 RUS |
| * The Snowy Day- Keats- E KEA | * Snow is Falling- Branley- 551.57 BRA |
| * Miss Spider's Tea Party- Kirk- E KIR | * Spiders- Iorio- 595.44 SPI |
| * Amelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride - Ryan -E RYA | * A Picture Book of Amelia Earhart- Adler - B EAR |
| * Too Many Frogs- Asher- E ASH | * Tree Frogs- Frost- 595.4 FRO |
| * Oh! Henkes- E HEN (kinder level) | * Arctic Hares- Frost- 599.32 FRO (k lev.) |
| * Little Fish Lost- Lan- E LAN (kinder) | * Parrotfish- Schaefer- 597.5 SCH (k lev.) |
| * The Dinosaurs are Back and It's All Your Fault! Hartman- E HAR | * An Alphabet of Dinosaurs- Dodson-567.91 DOD |
| * Little Fish Lost- Lan- E LAN (kinder) | * Parrotfish- Schaefer- 597.5 SCH (k lev.) |
| * Our Tree Named Steve- Zweibel- E ZWE | * The Life Cycle of a Tree- Tagliaferro- 588 TAG |
| * A Home for Pearl Squirrel- Johnson- E JOH | * Squirrels- Townsend - 599.36 TOW - with little animal books |
K-3 SPANISH
| * La oruga muy hambrienta - Carle- E CAR | * La oruga- Hartley- 595.78 |
| * Mi madre es fantastica - Goldsack- E GOL | * Mi mamá - Auld- 306.874 |
| * Sapo y sepo con amigos- Lobel- E LOB | * La rana- Royston- 597.8 ROY |
| * El penguino Taky- Lester- E LES | * Los penguinos- Macken- 598.47 MAC |
| * Un enorme animal nube- Carballido- E CAR | * Las nubes- Saunders-Smith- 551.5 SAU |
| * Oso pardo, oso pardo, que ves ahi? Martin- E MAR | * El oso pardo- Whitehouse- 599.784 WHI |
| * La semilla de zanahoria- Krauss- E KRA | * Las semillas-Whitehouse 581.4 WHI |
| * Oye, hormiguita- Hoose-E HOO | * La hormiga- Whitehouse- 595.79 WHI |
| * Spot va a la granja- Hill- E HIL | * Esta granja- Rubin- 630 RUB |
| * La mariquita malhumorada- Carle- E CAR | * Mariquitas/Ladybugs- Hall- 595.76 HAL |
| * Stelaluna- Cannon- E CAN | * Muricelagos- Wilson- 599.4 WIL |
| * Cuando el elefante camina- Kasza- E KAS | * El elefante- Whitehouse- 599.67 WHI |
| * Alatorcida (Crickwing)- Cannon- E CAN | * La cucaracha - Hartley- 595.7 HAR |
| * El monton de hojas (Clifford)- Page- E PAG | * Las hojas- Whitehouse- 581.4 WHI |
| * Buscando a Nemo- Disney- E DIS | * Pez payaso (Clown fish)- Lindeen- 597 LIN |
| * Destello el dinosaurio - Pfister- E PFI | * Estegosaurio- Frost- 597.915 FRO |
| * El cachorrito deArturo- Brown- E BRO | * Los cachorros- Sjonger- 636.7 SJO |
| * Pato va en bici- Shannon- E SHA | * El pato- Spilsbury- 598.4 SPI |
| * I'm Going to Texas- Wade- 371.2 N- located in E WAD section | * Texas (Spanish)-Bredeson - paperback- 976.4 BRE |
| * Harold y el lapiz color morado- Johnson- E JOH | * Morado/Purple- Schuette- E SCH |
| * Los 100 Primeros días de escuela de Emilia- Wells- E WEL | * ¿Cuántos es cien? Carroll- 513.2 CAR |
| * ¡Perros! ¡Perros! Guy- E GUY | * Dogs = Perros- Khu- 636.7 KHU |
| * El dia de nieve- Keats- E KEA | * La nieve -Ring- 551.57 RIN |
| * Pato va en bici- Shannon- E SHA | * El Pato- Spilsbury- 598.4 SPI |
Day 2
author's purpose
Day 3
title vs. heading
Day 4
diagrams
Day 5
labels
Week 2 Day 6
wondering/thinking questions
Day 7
paragraphs, photographs
Day 8
captions
Day 9
comparisons in nonfiction books
The Honey Maker- Gibbons
captions - familiar w/ unfamiliar
The Honey Maker- Gibbons
Day 10
cutaways
Week 3 Day 11
maps
Day 12
types of print & purposes
Day 13
close ups/magnification
Day 14
table of contents
Day 15
glossary
Week 4 Day 16
index
Day 17
newspaper
Time for Kids
Scholastic News
The Mini-Page
Day 18
magazine - titles of magazines/titles of articles
Day 19
encyclopedia
Day 20
timelines
Week 5 Day 21
main idea of nonfiction section
Day 22
3-2-1 sendoff
Day 23
fact/opinion
Day 24
text-to-world connections
Day 25
respond to reading
Nonfiction
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UBD Language Arts - Writing
Nonfiction
Week 1/Lesson 1
topic list/author's purpose
Lesson 2
KWL chart
Lesson 3
notetaking
Lesson 4
putting research notes in sequential order
Lesson 5
create headings/titles for their non-fiction book
Week 2 Lesson 6
create a diagram
Week 2 Lesson 7
create labels for a picture
Lesson 8
study photographs
Lesson 9
write captions for photographs
Lesson 10
compare everyday objects
The Honey Maker- Gibbons = size of a period to a bee egg
* Sea Turtles- (paperback) Gibbons = car could park between its flippers - 597.92 GIB
other suggestion: * Actual Size-Jenkins- 591.4 JEN
Lesson 11
create a title page
Lesson 12
create an author's page about themselves
Lesson 13
dedication for book
Lesson 14
create a table of contents
Lesson 15
create a glossary based on research vocabulary
Week 4/Lesson 16
publish non-fiction books
Lesson 17
create alphabet book based on research
Lesson 18
present research information from a different point of view
Sierra- Siebert (pretended to be a mountain)
Lesson 19
choose topic for how-to paper
Lesson 20
clarify directions
Week 5/Lesson 21
revise how-to papers
* The Pumpkin Book- Gibbons- audiocassette/book KIT
Lesson 22
include how-to features
* The Pumpkin Book- Gibbons- audiocassette/book KIT
Lesson 23
add warning box/advice
* The Pumpkin Book- Gibbons- audiocassette/book KIT
Lesson 24
edit for punctuation
Apples- Gibbons
Lesson 25
publish books for an audience
Back to Language Arts
General
Language Arts
| Nursery Rhymes | Winter | MLK/Friendship |
| Mittens/Jackets | Groundhog & Hibernation | Health & Nutrition |
| Valentines | Presidents/Money | Texas |
Kinder Units
Nursery Rhymes
| Nursery Rhymes Website | Nursery Rhyme Site |
* Mama Goose: A Latino Nursery Treasure: Un Tesoro de Rimas Infantiles - Ada & Campoy- 398.8 MAM
* Mother Goose- Beaton- 398.8 MOT
* Hand Rhymes -Brown - 793.4 BRO
* Mary Engelbreit's Mother Goose: One Hundred Best-Loved Verses- 398.8 ENG
* My Little Golden Mother Goose- Cohen- 398.2 MY
* Mother Goose- DePaola- 398 MOT
* Mary Englebreit's Mother Goose - 398.8 ENG- located in the professional dev. section
* Three Little Kittens -Galdone - 398 GAL
* Whatever Happened to Humpty Dumpty? Greenberg -811 GRE
* Humpty Dumpty - Kirk- E KIR
* One, Two, Skip a Few -Arenson - 398.8 ONE
* One, Two, Skip a Few -Arenson - E ONE
* Pio Peep! Traditional Spanish Nursery Rhymes (Ada) 398.8 PIO
* Playtime Rhymes for Little People -Beaton - E PLA & 398.8 BEA
* "Fire! Fire" said Mrs. McGuire -Martin -398.8 MAR
* Mother Goose- Marshall- 398.8 MOT
* The Real Mother Goose - Rand McNally and Co. - 398.8 MOT
* Mother Goose Remembers -Beaton - 398.8 MOT
* James Marshall's Mother Goose -398.8 MOT
* Mother Goose -DePaola - 398 MOT
* My First Real Mother Goose Bedtime Book- 398.2 MY
* The Web Files -Palatini - E PAL
* Los cinco patitos -Paparone - E PAP
* The Rooster Crows -Petersham -398.8 PET
* And The Dish Ran Away With the Spoon -Stevens & Crummel - E STE
* The Grand Old Duke of York -Roffey - 398.8 ROF
* Crafts From Your Favorite Nursery Rhymes -(Ross) 745.5 ROS
* The Read-Aloud Treasury- Schweninger- 808.8 REA
* Tortillas Para Mama - (Griego) 398.8 TOR
* The Real Mother Goose - B. Fisher Wright - prof. dev. section
Kinder Units
Winter
* Iguanas in the Snow/Iguanas en la nieve and other poems – Alarcon – 811 ALA
* Ice Cream Bear – Alborough – audiocassette/book kit
* Cocoa Ice – Appelbaum – E APP
* Snowy Day: Stories and Poems – Bauer – 808.8 SNO
* Cat and Mouse in the Snow – Bogacki – E BOG
* Caps, Hats, Socks, and Mittens: a book about the four seasons – Borden – E BOR
* Caps, Hats, Socks, and Mittens: a book about the four seasons- Borden- audiocassette/book KIT
* Snow Is Falling – Branley – 551.57 BRA
* The Snowman (2) – Briggs - E BRI
* Snowmen at Night – Buehner – E BUE
* Cold Days – Burke – 551.5
* The Nature and Science of Winter – Burton – 508.2 BUR
* Winter – Burton and Taylor – 508.2 BUR
* One Winter's Day- Butler- E BUT
* Snow Friends- Butler & McNaughton- E BUT
* The Lonesome Polar Bear – Cabrera – E CAV
* Snowden – Carlson – E CAR
* The Five-Dog Night – Christelow – E CHR
* There Was a Cold Lady who Swallowed Some Snow – Colandro -audiocassette/book kit
* Snowball – Crews – E CRE
* The Biggest, Best Snowman – Cuyler – E CUY
* 10, 9, 8 Polar Animals: A Counting Book- Davis- 513.2 DAV
* Little Polar Bear Finds a Friend – DeBeers – E DEB
* Geez Louise! – Elya – E ELY
* Lost in the Blinded Blizzard – Erickson – FIC ERI
* Snow Dance – Evans – E EVA
* Snow Day – Fain – E FAI
* Snowball Fight – Fallon – E FAL
* The First Day of Winter – Fleming – E FLE
* Time to Sleep – Fleming – E FLE
* How Do You Know It’s Winter? – Fowler - 508 FOW
* Dear Rebecca, Winter Is Here – George – E GEO
* When It Starts to Snow – Gershator – E GER
* The Snow Lambs – Gliori – E GLI
* Wind in the Willows: winter tales – Grahame - videorecording- (VHS)
* Ice Is Whee! – Greene – E GRE
* Snow Joe – Greene – E GRE
* The Big Snow – Hader – E HAD
* Hibernation – Hall – 591.56 HAL
* Snow Bear – Harper – E HAR
* A Snowflake Fell: Poems about Winter – Hori – 811 SNO
* Oh! – Henkes – E HEN
* Bearcub and Mama – Jennings – E JEN
* Snowie Olie – Joyce – E JOY
* The Snowy Day – Keats – E KEA
* Geraldine’s Big Snow – Keller – E KEL
* Winter Is for Snowflakes – Knudsen – E KNU
* The Snow Ghosts – Landry – E LAN
* In the Snow – Lee – E LEE
* The Winter King and the Summer Queen – Lister – E LIS
* Emma’s Magic Winter – Little – E LIT
* Froggy se viste – London – E LON
* Winter – Macken – 508.2 MAC
* Snowflake Bentley – Martin – B BEN
* Snow – McKie – E MCK
* The Tale of Jack Frost – Melling – E MEL
* The Winter King – Morrissey – FIC MOR
* Missing Mittens – Murphy – E MUR
* Snow? Let’s Go! – Nagel – E NAG
* If You Take a Mouse to the Movies – Numeroff – E NUM
* Si llevas un raton al cine – Numeroff – E NUM
* January Rides the Wind – Otten – 811 OTT
* The Barefoot Book of Monsters! (includes The Abominable Snowman) – Parnell – 398.2 PAR (Gr 2-3)
* Brian’s Winter – Paulsen – FIC PAU
* Hopper – Pfister – E PFI
* Ice Cream Larry – Pinkwater – E PIN
* Snip, Snip…Snow! – Poydar – E POY
* It’s Snowing! It’s Snowing! – Prelutsky – 811 PRE
* Winter Friends – Quattlebaum – 811.54 QUA
* Hot and Cold – Ramsey – 536 RAM
* Bob’s Vacation – Rau – E RAU
* Chilly Charlie – Rau - E RAU
* Carlitos Friolento! Rau- E RAU
* Grandmother Winter – Root – E ROO
* Extreme Snowboarding – Ryan – 796.9 RYA
* Henry and Mudge and the Sparkle Days: the fifth part of these adventures – Rylant –E RYL
* Poppleton in Winter – Rylant – E RYL
* The Cobblestone Street Cousins: special gifts – Rylant – FIC RYL
* Stranger in the Woods: a photographer’s fantasy (2) – Sams – FIC SAM
* Winter – Saunders – 508.2 SAU
* Penguin ABC – Schafer – 598.47 SCH
* Penguins 123 - Schafer- 513.2 SCH
* Snow Pumpkins – Schaefer – E SCH
* All About Rain, Snow, Sleet, and Hail – Schlessinger videorecording - (VHS)
* Rain and Snow – Schlessinger videorecording (VHS)
* Winter Lullaby – Seuling – 591.54 SEU
* Kirsten Snowbound! – Shaw – FIC SHA
* Snow – Shulevitz - E SHU
* Central Heating: Poems about Fire and Warmth – Singer – 811 SIN
* Winter – Thayer – 508.2 THA
* When Winter Comes – VanLaan – E VAN
* Paperwhite – Wallace – E WAL
* The Mystery of the Abominable Snowman – Wallace – 001.944 WAL
* A Snowfake Fell: Poems about Winter – Whipple – 811 SNO
* Invierno – Whitehouse – 508.2 WHI
* The Long Winter – Wilder – FIC WIL
* El Largo invierno – Wilder – FIC WIL
| Winter Website | Kindergarten Kafe - Winter Activities |
Kinder Units
MLK/Friendship
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Websites | Ms. Sirois' Kindergarten |
| Freedom! Freedom! Let it Ring! |
Click here to go to the Teacher Page/Holidays/January/MLK links
* Amigos- Ada- audiocassette/book KIT
* Love Letters - 811 ADO
* Caramba con los amigos! Alcantara- E ALC
* We are Best Friends - E ALI
* Moonbear's Pet- Asch- E ASC
* How to Be a Friend -Brown and Brown - 158.2 BRO
* Arthur and the True Francine- Brown- E BRO
* Arthur and the True Francine- Brown- audiocassette/book KIT
* Biscuit's Big Friend -Capucilli - E CAP
* How to Lose All Your Friends- Carlston- E CAR
* Field Day Friday - E CAS
Big Al- Clements
* Little Polar Bear Finds a Friend- De Beer- E DEB
* Raffi and Rosi - Delacre- E DEL
* Four Friends in the Summer - E DEP
* I Love You Most - E DUK
Dandelion- Freeman
* Cinco Pequenas Mariquitas- Gerth- E GER
* No Matter What! E GLI
* Friends - Heine - E HEI
* Jessica (imaginary friends) -Henkes- E HEN
Toot and Puddle- Hobbie
* Homemade Love - E HOO
* Mama, Do You Love Me? Joosse-E JOO
* Frog and Toad are Friends- Lobel- E LOB
* Sapo y sepo con amigos- Lobel- E LOB
* George and Martha- Marshall- audiocassette/book KIT
* Jorge y Marta- Marshall- E MAR
* Sophie and Lou - Mathers - E MAT - currently missing...
* My Friend Rabbit -Rohmann -E ROH
* Henry and Mudge...(series)- Rylant- E RYL
Amos and Boris -Steig
* Will You Be My Friend? Tafuri - E TAF
* The Big Ugly Monster and the Little Stone Rabbit- Wormell- E WOR
* Friends Stick Together - Ziefert - E ZIE
Kinder Units
Mittens/Jackets
* The Missing Mitten Mystery -(Kellogg) E KEL
* The Mitten: A Ukranian Folktale -(Brett) 398.209 BRE
* Missing Mittens - Murphy - E MUR
Kinder Units
Groundhog & Hibernation
GROUNDHOG
| Groundhog Day Websites | Activities and Crafts for Groundhog Day |
| Groundhog Day |
* Groundhog Day- Schlessinger videorecording- VHS
HIBERNATION
* Every Autumn Comes the Bear -Arnosky - E ARN
* Sleepy Bear -Dabcovich -E DAB
* An Animal Year -DK Vision video recording- VHS
* Why Do Bears Sleep All Winter? Englar- 599.74 ENG
* Time to Sleep -(2 copies)-Fleming- E FLE
* Frogs- Gibbons- 597.8 GIB
* Hibernation (2 copies)- Hall- 591.56 HAL
* A Salamander's Life- Himmelman- 597.8 HIM
* Bear Snores On -Wilson -E WIL
Kinder Units
Health & Nutrition
* The Edible Pyramid - Leedy - 613.2 LEE
* Eating Right - McGinty - 613.2 MCG
* Eat Your Vegetables! Drink Your Milk! Silverstein, Silverstein, & Nunn - 613.2 SIL
* The Food Pyramid - Kalbacken - 613.2 KAL
* Food Rules! Haduch - 613.2 HAD
Dental Health
* Brushing Well - Frost- 617.6 FRO (multiple copies)
* Going to the Dentist - Frost 617.6 FRO (multiple copies)
* Your Teeth - Frost 617.6 FRO (multiple copies)
* El Diente de Franklin - Bourgeois- E BOU
* Dentistas- Ready - 617.6 REA
* Dentists - Ready- 617.602 REA
* Little Bear Brushes His Teeth - Langreuter and Sobat- E LAN
* I Know Why I Brush My Teeth- Rowan- 617.6 ROW
* Arthur's Tooth- Brown - E BRO
* Arthur's Tooth- Brown- E BRO (audiocassette and book kit section)
* Let's Talk About Going to the Dentist - Johnston- 617.6 JOH
* Skin, Teeth, and Hair - Sandeman- 612.7 SAN
Kinder Units
Valentines
* The Day It Rained Hearts - E BON
* The Story of Valentine's Day - 394.261 BUL
* Valentine's Day - 394.2 FRA
* Valentine's Day - 394.2 GIB
* Valentine's Day - 394.2 MAR
* Valentine's Day - 394.26 RAU
* Valentine's Day - E ROC
* Valentine's Day- 394.2618 ROO
* Crafts for Valentine's Day - 745.594 ROS
* Valentine's Day - video recording
* Super-Fine Valentine - E COS
* Lilly's Chocolate Heart -Henkes- E HEN
* I Love You, Stinky Face - E MCC
* Froggy's First Kiss - London- E LON
Kinder Units
Presidents/Money
Presidents
* A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln - Adler - B LIN
* A Picture Book of Thomas Jefferson -Adler - B JEF
* A Picture Book of John F. Kennedy - Adler - B KEN
* Vamos a leer sobre- Abraham Lincoln- Blade- B LIN (paperback)
* Abe Lincoln's Hat - Brenner - B LIN
* Arthur Meets the President - Brown - E BRO
* Arthur Meets the President (audio) - Brown
* George Washington's Teeth - Chandra -973.4 CHA FIC section
Money
* The Go-Around Dollar - Adams- 332.4 ADA
* Pigs Will Be Pigs - Axelrod - E AXE
* Round and Round the Money Goes - Berger - 332.4 BER
* Arthur's TV Trouble - Brown - E BRO
* The Story of Money - Maestro- 332.4 MAE
* Jelly Beans for Sale - McMillan- 332.4 MCM
* My Rows and Piles of Coins - Mollel- E MOL
* The Buffalo Nickel - Morrison- B FRA
* Money, Money, Money - Parker - 332.4 PAR
* If You Made a Million - Schwartz - 332.024 SCH
Kinder Units
Texas
note: all of these books (except the Fairy Tales) are located in the 'Texas' section (900 section)
Texas 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
* El ratón vaquero - Rafael Lara-Alecio & Beverly J. Irby- E LAR -12908796- big book section
*
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
| Lone Star Junction biography | Stephen F. Austin |
Stephen F. Austin: Wilderness Pioneer – Hoff
* Twenty Texans - p. 7- Warren- 920 WAR
| Comparing and Contrasting Texas Heroes by Elizabeth Weathers/University of Houston | Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston PowerPoint |
| Eduplace/Houghton Mifflin resources | Venn Diagram for above activity |
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Social Studies
People at Work
My First Job- Allen
* Pigs Go to Market- Axelrod- E AXE
Coaches- Bagley
* Families- 306.85 BAI
* Plumbers- Boraas- 696.023 BOR
* The Relatives Came- Rylant- E RYL
* Everybody Brings Noodles- Dooley- E DOO
Everybody Cooks Rice- Dooley
* Families- 306.85 BAI
* A Day in the Life of a Librarian- Burby- 020 BUR
* Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon! Cummings- E CUM
* Saturday Market- Grossman- E GRO
* A Day in the Life of a Teacher- Hayward- 372.11 HAY
School Bus Drivers- Klingel
School Media Specialists - Klingel
School Principals- Klingel
School Secretaries- Klingel
Supermarket- Krull
I Want to Be a Teacher- Liebman
* Quiero ser maestro- Liebman- 371.1 LIE
I Want to Be a Police Officer- Liebman
* Quiero ser policia- Liebman- 363.2 LIE
* When I Grow Up- McNaughton- E MCN
* Maestro- Miller- 371.1 MIL
* Houses and Homes- Morris- 363.5 MOR
Nurses- Ready
* Jorge el curioso encuentra trabajo- Rey- E REY (2 copies)
Everybody Works- Rotner
* Barney's Many Hats! What Can Barney Be? Ryan-Herndon- E RYA
* What Do People Do All Day? Scarry- 331.7 SCA
* Richard Scarry's Busiest People Ever- Scarry- E SCA
* We Need Police Officers- Schafer- 363.2 SCH
* Grandmother's Alphabet- Shaw- E SHA
* All Kinds of Families-Simon-301.43 SIM
Wash Day- Simon
Home Tools- Snyder
Growing Up on a Farm- Stone
* What Could I Be When I Grow Up? SVE/Churchill videorecording (VHS)
* Barney, What Will I Be When I Grow Up? Valvassori- E VAL
* Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday- Viorst- E VIO
* Alexander, que era rico el domingo pasado- Viorst- E VIO
* Houses and Homes- Wood- 392.3 WOO
What Moms Can't Do- Wood
What Dads Can't Do- Wood
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Science
Science
Animals
Animals I Know
Animals, Animals- Carle
Carnival of Animals- Lithgow
Animal Antics from A to Z- Lobel
5E: Life Cycle of a Penguin
* Mr. Popper's Penguins - Atwater- FIC ATW
* Plenty of Penguins- Black- 598.47 BLA
* These Birds Can't Fly- Fowler- 598.5 FOW
* Penguins! Gibbons- 598.47 GIB
* Penguins - Holmes- 598.47 HOL
* The Emperor's Egg- Jenkins- 598.47 JEN
* Little Penguins- Jonas- 598.47 JON
* Penguins- Kalman- 598.4 KAL
* Penguins- Kendell- 598.47 KEN
* Mi pingüino Oliver- Kimmel- E KIM
* My Penguin Osbert- Kimmel- E KIM
* Tacky the Penguin- (paperback)- Lester- E LES
* El pinguino Taky- Lester- E LES
* Penguins = los pinguinos- Macken- 598.47 MAC
* Cinderella Penguin, or The Little Glass Flipper- Perlman- E PER- located in the Cinderella Fairy Tale Section
* El pingüino Pedro y el pequeño Timoteo- Pfister- E PFI
* El pingüino Pedro- Pfister- E PFI
* Penguins 1-2-3- Schafer- 513.2 SCH
* Penguins A-B-C- Shaefer- E SCH
* Busy Penguins- Schindel- E SCH
* Arctic Antics: A Book of Penguin Poems- Sierra- 811 SIE
* Penguins- Switzer- 598.4 SWI
* Penguin Chick- Tatham- 598.47 TAT
* Penguins- Townsend- 598.47 TOW
* Augustine- Watt- E WAT
* Augustina: se muda al polo norte-(2) Watt- E WAT
4. Discovery Center Activity: Animal Classification
* What is the Animal Kingdom? Kalman -590 KAL
* ¿Qué es un reino animal? un libro- Kalman- 590 KAL
5. Additional Unit Activity: Helping Animals Find Food
6. How Do Animals Move?
* "Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," said the Sloth- Carle- E CAR
* Who Hops? Davis- E DAV
* Animal Records- DK videorecording (VHS)
* Centipedes- Hall- 595.6 HAL
* Move! Jenkins- 573.7 JEN
* The Sloth: The World's Slowest Animal= El perezoso: El mamifero más lento del mundo- Paige- 599.3 PAI- located w/ Spanish animal books
* Snails and Slugs- Pascoe -594 PAS
* La babosa- Schaefer- 594 SCH
* ¿Qué puede nadar? Whitehouse- 573.7 WHI
* ¿Qué puede correr? Whitehouse- 573.7 WHI
* ¿Qué puede nadar? Whitehouse- 573.7 WHI
7. We Need Animals
8. Watch a Fish
Living/Nonliving
| Science Clips | Living/Nonliving |
Life in Ponds and Streams- Amos
* Rocks and Minerals -Bingham- 549 BIN
* Mike Mulligan and His Marvelous Steam Shovel- Burton- E BUR
* Mike Mulligan y su maquina maravillosa - Burton - E BUR
* Usar
las rocas- Katz-Cooper- 552 KAT
* Duck Pond Dip- DK -(PK- 1) -571.763 DUC
* Turtle Splash! Countdown at the Pond- Falwell- E FAL
* Around the Pond: Who's Been Here? L. Barrett George- E GEO
* Gaspard at the Seashore- Gutman- E GUT
* What is a Life Cycle? Kalman- 571.8 KAL
* ¿Qué son las plantas? Kalman- 580 KAL
* What Is a Living Thing? Kalman- 570 KAL
* The Carrot Seed - Krauss- PRO section
* La semilla de zanahoria- Krauss- E KRA
* Pond - Pascoe- 578.763 PAS (RL 3-4)
* Animals at the Pond- Lambilly-Bresson- 591.73 LAM
Amy's Award
*
Living and Nonliving- Lindeen- 570 LIN (K-3)
*
Desierto-(includes rocks)- Mayer- 577.54 MAY
Pond- Morrison
Pond and River- Parker
Leaves and Trees- Pascoe
*
Frog in the Pond- Rau -597.8 RAU (PK-1)
Life in a Pond- Robinson
* Living and Nonliving- Royston- 570 ROY
* Each Living Thing- Ryder- E RYD
*
Frogs- Saunders-Smith- 597.8 SAU (Gr. 1)
*
Blocks of Rocks- Sheehan- 552 SHE
*
Bloques de Piedra - Sheehan- 552 SHE
* Rocks and Minerals- Squire- 552 SQU
* Teacher's Helper- Gr. 1- Aug./Sept. 2005- "living/nonliving"- periodical
* Las hojas- Whitehouse- 581.4 WHI
5E: The Magic Wand
Hey Diddle Diddle
4. D.C. Activity: World of Living Things
5. D.C.A. - Living/Nonliving
see above
Science
Weather
Temperature
* Temperature-
Frisch- 536 FRI (K-3)
* Temperature- (2
copies) Manolis- 536 MAN (K-3)
* Hot Numbers, Cool Math- Sargent- 536 SAR
* The Magic School Bus in the Arctic: A Book About Heat- Scholastic- 536 SCH- located in Magic School Bus Section
* La temperatura:
caliente y frio- Stille- 536 STI
Weather Wear
* El arco iris- Babarro- E BAB
* El muneco de nieve- Babarro- E BAB
* Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs- Barrett- audiocassette/book KIT
* Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs- Barrett- E BAR
* Pickles to Pittsburgh: The Sequel to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs- Barrett- E BAR
* Bear in Sunshine - Blackstone- E BLA
* Hot Days- Burke- 508.2 BUR (K)
* Cold Days- Burke- 551.5 BUR (K)
* Rainy Days- Burke- 551.57 BUR (K)
* Cloudy Days- Burke- 551.57 BUR (K)
* Little Cloud- Carle- E CAR (K-1)
* Un enorme animal nube- Carballido- E CAR (K-2)
* Weather Everywhere- Casey- 551.5 CAS
* I Face the Wind- Cobb- 551.51 COB
* The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane- Cole- 551.55 COL- located in the Magic School Bus section
* The Cloud Book- dePaola- 551.57 DEP
* El libro de las nubes- (3 copies) dePaola- 551.5 DEP
* Gilberto y el viento- Ets- audiocassette/book KIT
* What's the Weather Today? Fowler- 551.6 FOW
* Can You See the Wind? Fowler- 551.51 FOW
* Weather Words and What They Mean- Gibbons- 551.6 GIB
* Clouds- Gregoire- 551.57 GRE
* Please, Wind? Greene- E GRE (Gr. K)
* El baúl de mis amigos: un libro el tiempo y las estaciones- Gutiérrez- 551.5 GUT
* Clima- Harris- 551.6 HAR
* Weather- Harris- 551.6 HAR
* Wind- Herriges- 551.5 HER (K-3)
* Sunshine- Herriges- 551.5 HER (K-3)
* Snow- Herriges- 551.5 HER (K-3)
* Rain- Herriges- 551.5 HER (K-3)
* Lightning- Herriges- 551.5 HER (K-3)
* Clouds- Herriges- 551.5 HER (K-3)
* Weather ABC: An Alphabet Book- Hoena- 551.5 HOE
* Clima borrascoso: ¡Huracanes! Hopping- 551.55 HOP
* Who Likes the Wind? Kaner- 551.51 KAN
* The Snowy Day- Keats- E KEA
* Un día de nieve- Keats- E KEA
* Un día de nieve- Keats- audiocassette/book KIT
* Wild Weather = Tiempo salvaje- Kenah- 551.5 KEN
* Rain- Llamas Ruiz- 551.55 LLA
* Winter = Invierno- Macken- 508.2 MAC (Gr. 1)
* Autumn = Otoño- Macken- 508.2 MAC
* Summer = Verano- Macken- 508.2 MAC
* Spring = Primavera- Macken -508.2 MAC
* Viento- Mayer- 551.51 MAY (K-1)
* Thunder and Lightning- Mayer - 551.55 MAY (K-1)
* Truenos y los relámpagos- Mayer- 551.55 MAY (K-1)
* Sunshine- Mayer- 551.5 MAY (K-1)
* Sol- Mayer- 551.5 MAY (K-1)
* Just a Thunderstorm- Mayer- E MAY
* Mirandy and Brother Wind- McKissack- audiocassette/book KIT
* Un día lluvioso- Nelson- 551.57 NEL
* Un día con viento- Nelson- 551.51 NEL
* Un día soleado- Nelson- 551.1 NEL
* Un día nublado- Nelson- 551.57 NEL
* Un día nevado - Nelson- 551.57 NEL
* Pooh's Best Day: A Book About Weather= El mejor día de Pooh: un libro sobre el tiempo- Walt Disney Enterprises- E POO- with kinder Disney books
* Blue un día de lluvia- Reber- E REB (PK-K)
* La nieve- Ring -551.57 RIN
* Weather Around You- Royston- 551.5 ROY
* Las nubes/Clouds- Saunders-Smith-551.57 SAU (Gr. 2)
* Los relámpagos/Lightning- Saunders-Smith - 551.56 SAU (Gr. 2)
* All About Rain, Snow, Sleet, & Hail- Schlessinger Media- videorecording (VHS)
* The Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm: A Book About the Weather- Scholastic- located w/ Magic School Bus books
* Verano- Whitehouse- 508.2 WHI
* Primavera- Whitehouse- 508.2 WHI
* Otoño- Whitehouse- 508.2 WHI
* Invierno- Whitehouse- 508.2 WHI
* Why is it Windy? Williams -551.51 WIL (Gr. 1)
* Why is it Snowing? Williams- 551.57 WIL (Gr. 1)
* Why is it Raining? Williams- 551.57 WIL (Gr. 1)
* Tell Me Why Rain is Wet- Willis- 551.48 WIL
* Dime por qué es mojada la lluvia- Willis- 551.48 WIL
Heat Causes Change
* Hot Days - Burke- 508.2 BUR
* Hot and Cold- Ramsay- 536 RAM
* Mr. Putter and Tabby Row the Boat- Rylant- E RYL (boat adventure to escape the heat)
* Central Heating: Poems About Fire and Warmth- Singer- 811 SIN
* La temperatura:
caliente y frio- Stille- 536 STI
Earth: Rocks, Soil, Water
Rocks Have Properties
* Everybody Needs a Rock- (2 copies) Baylor- E BAY
* Rocks and Minerals- (2 copies) Bingham- 549 BIN
* Miremos las
rocas-(2 copies) Cipriano- 552 CIP
* Rocks- DVD
* Rocks, Fossils, and Arrowheads- Evert- 552 EVE
* Usar las rocas-
Katz Cooper- 552 KAT
* Radical Rocks- Korb- 552 KOR
* I Love Rocks- Meister- E MEI
* Me fascinan las piedras- Meister- E MEI
* Let's Look at Rocks- Mitten- 552 MIT
* Dave's Down-to-Earth Rock Shop- Murphy- 552 MUR
* Rock Basics- Lindeen- 552 LIN
* Rock- Oxlade- 552 OXL
* Rocks and Fossils- Pellant- 552 PEL
* The Best Book of Fossils, Rocks, and Minerals- Pellant- 560 PEL
* All About Rocks and Minerals- Schlessinger videorecording- VHS
* Blocks of Rocks- Sheehan- 552 SHE
* Bloques de piedra- Sheehan- 552 SHE
* Rocks and Soil- Snedden- 552 SNE
* Rocks and Minerals- Squire- 552 SQU
* Experiments with Rocks and Minerals- Tocci- 552 TOC
Soil Has Properties
* Soil Basics- Lindeen- 631.4 LIN
* Soil and vegetation- SVE videorecording
Water Has Properties
* Raindrops- Brimner- 551.48 BRI
* El autobus magico viaja por el agua- Cole- 628.1 COL- located in the Magic School Bus section
* The Drop in My Drink: The Story of Water on our Planet- Hooper- 553.7 HOO
* El ciclo del agua- Kalman- 551.48 KAL
* Water Dance- Locker- E LOC
* Science Experiments with Water- Nankivell-Aston- 507.8 NAN
* Bill Nye the Science Guy- Water Cycle- videorecording- VHS
* The Water Cycle- Olien- 551.48 OLI
* Treasure at Sea for Dragon and Me: Water Safety for Kids (and Dragons)- Pendziwol- 797.2 PEN
* Water- Ramsay- 553.7 RAM
* The Magic School Bus Wet All Over: A Book About the Water Cycle- Relf- 551.48 REL
* El autobús mágico se salpica todo: un libro sobre el ciclo del agua- Relf- 551.48 REF
* A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder- Wick- 546 WIC
* Water- Williams- 551.48 WIL
* Tell Me How Ships Float- Willis- 623.8 WIL
* Dime cómo flotan los barcos- Willis- 532 WIL
* Tell Me Why Rain is Wet- Willis- 551.48 WIL
* Dime por qué es mojada la lluvia- Willis- 551.48 WIL
Rocks, Water, & Soil in Our Neighborhood
* A River Ran Wild: An Environmental History- Cherry- 974.4 CHE
* Our Endangered Planet: Groundwater- Hoff- 333.91 HOF
* Our Endangered Planet: Rivers and Lakes- Hoff- 363.73 HOF
* The Drop in My Drink: The Story of Water on our Planet- Hooper- 553.7 HOO
* Soil Basics- Lindeen- 631.4 LIN
* Blocks of Rocks- Sheehan- 552 SHE
* Bloques de piedra- Sheehan- 552 SHE
* Rocks and Soil- Snedden- 552 SNE
* Soil and vegetation- SVE videorecording
* A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder- Wick- 546 WIC