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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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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

 

                                  

                                                   

 

 

 

 

 

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Language Arts: Kinder Units

 

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

Stephen F. Austin

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

 

                                    Back to Top                                                                                              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

                                                             Back to Top        Science

UBD: Animals UBD: Weather

                                            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

 

 

                                            ScienceWeather

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