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                            Back to Lang. Arts UBD Reading Lessons

Picture Book Genres - taken from Picturing Books - Denise Matalka website

Magical Stories

* Tuesday- Wiesner- E WIE

Traditional Stories

See Reading Resources: tall tales, fairy tales, mother goose, fables

Realistic

* Grandfather's Journey- Say- E SAY

Animal Stories

* Officer Buckle and Gloria- Rathmann (2 copies)- E RAT

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

Week 1 - Short Story Fiction

Intro Lesson 1 - Genre

Lesson 2- Award Winners

See Reading Resources- Caldecott list

Lesson 3- Award Winning Picture Books

Flotsam- Wiesner

Newbery, Caldecott winners

Lesson 4- Award Winning Picture Books

The Hello, Goodbye Window- Juster (illustrator: Rashka)

Lesson 5 - Short Story Fiction: Award Winners - Setting: Text/Illustrations

The Hello, Goodbye Window- Juster

Week 2

Lesson 6 - Setting: Text/Illustrations

Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot Air Balloon Ride- Priceman

Lesson 7 (same as Lesson 6)

Lesson 8 - story elements: setting, characters, problem, solution, similarities/differences

The Hello, Goodbye Window - Juster

Hot Air Balloon Ride- Priceman

Lesson 9- story elements, choose an award winner

Lesson 10 - text-to-self, response journal: questions about main character

* Joseph Had a Little Overcoat- Taback- E TAB

Week 3

Lesson 11 - questions about the main character

*  Joseph Had a Little Overcoat - Taback- E TAB

*  Junie B. Jones books - Parks- E PAR

Lesson 12 - questions for the main character- emotion: anger

* When Sophie Gets Angry...-Bang- E BAN

* Cuando Sofia se enoja, se enoja de veras...- Bang- E BAN

Lesson 13- Sophie main character interview

Lesson 14- setting- illustrations/text, main character- illustrations/text

* Sector 7- Wiesner- E WIE

Lesson 15 - see above

Week 4

Lesson 16

Lesson 17

Lesson 18

Lesson 19

Week 5

Lesson 20- Plot/Theme

* Seven Blind Mice- Young- 398.2 YOU

See also fairy tale section - Three Little Pigs section

Lesson 21 - Plot/Theme

Working Cotton - Williams

Lesson 22 - see Lesson 21

Lesson 23- Plot/theme

Mirette on the High Wire- McCully

Lesson 24 - Compare/Contrast- Problem/Solution

* Seven Blind Mice- Young -398.2 YOU

Working Cotton- Williams

Mirette on the High Wire- McCully

                            Back to Lang. Arts UBD Writing Lessons

Short Story Fiction- Award Winning Picture Books

Week 1

Lesson 1- Imagining stories from ordinary moments

Lesson 2- Prewriting techniques

Flotsam- Wiesner- E WIE

Lesson 3 - Shared Writing: 'What if' prewrite

Lesson 4- Prewriting Technique: Key thoughts

Working an old idea

Lesson 5 - Does time stop or fly by?

The Hello, Goodbye Window- Juster

Week 2

Lesson 6- Does time stop or fly by? companion lesson

The Hello, Goodbye Window- Juster

Lesson 7- Describing Setting with Illustrations

The Hello, Goodbye Window- Juster

Lesson 8- Describing Setting with Illustrations 2

Lesson 9 - Lead Your Reader

*  Joseph Had a Little Overcoat- Taback- E TAB

Lesson 10- Just Name It

Week 3

Lesson 11- Dev. a Believable Character

* When Sophie Gets Angry- Bang- E BAN

* Cuando Sofia se enoja, se enoja de veras...Bang- E BAN

Lesson 12 - Dev. a Believable Character II

Lesson 13- Character critique

Lesson 14- Character - w/ Motivations

* Sector 7- Wiesner- E WIE

* When Sophie Gets Angry- Bang- E BAN

* Cuando Sofia se enoja, se enoja de veras...- Bang - E BAN

Lesson 15 - Draft revision: Painting Pictures w/ Precise Words

Amos and Boris - Steig

* Brave Irene- Steig- E STE

* Irene, la valiente - Steig- E STE

* Shrek!  Steig - E STE

Week 4

Lesson 16 - Draft Revision Pt 2

Lesson 17- Revising/Editing

Lesson 18- What time is it? Time to focus

Lesson 19- The Truth and Titles

Lesson 20 - The Truth and Titles Pt. 2

Week 5

Lesson 21- Draft Revision

Lesson 22- Informative Illustrations

Lessons 23-4- Caldecott Here We Come

Lesson 25- Author Awards Celebration

General COL Language Arts

Idioms

*  Arthur in a Pickle - Brown- E BRO

*  The King Who Rained- Gwynne- 428.1 GWY

The Sixteen Hand Horse- Gwynne

A Little Pigeon Toad- Gwynne

*  A Chocolate Moose for Dinner- 428.1 GWY

*  Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms- Terban-428.1 TER

Punching the Clock and Other Funny Idioms- Terban

*  Mad as a Wet Hen and Other Funny Idioms- Terban- 428.1 TER

COL Books

*  Ducky- Bunting- E BUN

*  Stellaluna- Cannon- E CAN

*  Stelaluna (Spanish)- Cannon- E CAN

*  Stellaluna- Cannon- videorecording- DVD

*  Good Luck, Ronald Morgan!  Giff- E GIF

*  Happy Birthday, Ronald Morgan! Giff- E GIF

*  Watch Out, Ronald Morgan! Giff- E GIF

Miss Tizzy- Gray

*  Amazing Grace- Hoff- E HOF

Pigsty- Teague

*  El Chiquero- Teague- E TEA

                                Back to Top      Social Studies                     

                                Back to Soc. Studies         People Working         

My First Job - Allen

I Love You, Mom - Arno

*  Pigs Go to Market:  Fun with Math and Shopping - Axelrod- E AXE

Coaches - Bagley

Bank Tellers  - Bagley

Cashiers - Bagley

*  We Need Librarians - Bauld - 027.809 BAU

*  Plumbers - Boraas - 696.023 BOR

*  School Principals - Boraas - 371.2 BOR

*  A Day in the Life of a Coach - Bowman-Kluhm - 796.07 BOW

*  We Need Custodians - Bauld - 372.16 BAU

*  We Need Teachers - Bauld - 972.11 BAU

*  Firefighters - Bourgeois - E BOU

*  Postal Workers - Bourgeios - E BOU

* The Life of a Emergency Medical Technician - Bowman- Kruhm - 610.69 BOW

Pretend You're a Community Helper - Bryant-Mole

*  Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon!  Cummings- E CUM

*  Bakers - Deedrick - 641.8 DEE

Garbage Collectors - Deedrick - 628.402 DEE

Construction Workers - Deedrick

Here Come Our Firefighters - Demarest

*  City Green - DiSalvo-Ryan - E  DIS

I Like Computers:  What Can I Be?  Dubois

*  Manuela's Gift - Estes - E EST

Electricians - Firestone

Buying a Pet from Ms. Chavez - Flanagan

Mr. Yee Fixes Cars - Flanagan

Choosing Eyeglasses with Mrs. Koutris - Flanagan

Here Comes Mr. Eventoff With the Mail!  Flanagan

Letter Carriers - Flanagan

Mayors - Flanagan

Carpenters - Franchino

*  Leah's Pony - Friederich - E FRI

We Need Water - Frost

*  New Road!  Gibbons -625.7 GIB

Child Care Workers - Gibson

Emergency Medical Technicians - Gibson

Pharmacists - Gibson

*  My Dad's Job - Glassman- E GLA

*  My Working Mom - Glassman-  E GLA

*  Saturday Market - Grossman - E GRO

Grocers Sell Us Food - Greene

Police Officers Protect People - Greene

Librarians Help Us Find Information - Greene

*  The Ox-Cart Man- Hall- E HAL

Dental Hygenists - Hodgkins

* Let's Talk About Going to the Dentist - Johnston - 617.6 JOH

*  Let's Visit the Police Station - Johnston - 363.2 JOH

*  Community Helpers from A to Z - Kalman - 331.7 KAL

*  I Live On a Farm - Kehoe - 307.72 KEH

*  School Cafeteria Workers - Klingel - 642 KLI

School Bus Drivers - Klingel

School Principals - Klingel

School Secretaries - Klingel

School Media Specialists - Klingel

*  The Paperboy - Kroeger - E KRO

Supermarket: New York - Krull

*  Hola, Doctor - Marx - E MAR

Doctors Help People - Moses

*  Animals on the Farm - Morgan - 636 MOR

*  What Mommies Do Best/What Daddies Do Best - Numeroff- E NUM

*  Farm Animals - Perols - 636 FAR

*  Going to the Dentist - Frost - 617.6 FRO

*  Worksong- Paulsen- E PAU

The Ant and the Grasshopper - Poole

*  Farm Animals - video recording

My Dad Takes Care of Me - Quinlan

Chefs - Quiri

*  Nurses - Ready - 610.73 REA

*  School Bus Drivers - Ready - 371.8 REA

*  Doctors - Ready - 610.69 REA

*  Librarians - Ready - 023 REA

*  Police Officers - Ready - 363.209 REA

Dentists - Ready

Everybody Works - Rotner

*  What Do People Do All Day?  Scarry -331.7 SCA

If You Were a Police Officer - Schomp

Parents - Saunders-Smith

Wash Day - Simon

Home Tools - Snyder

*  Around Town - Soentpiet- 307.76 SOE

Growing Up on a Farm - Stone

Farm Animals - Stone

Kitchen - Tuxworth

*  Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday - Viorst - E VIO

Bunny Money - Wells

*  A Chair for My Mother - Williams - E WIL

What Moms Can't Do - Wood

What Dads Can't Do - Wood

Money-Theme Books

*  The Go-Around Dollar-  Adams- 332.4 ADA

*  Pigs Will Be Pigs- Axelrod- E AXE

* Round and Round the Money Goes: What Money is and How We Use It- Berger- 332.4 BER

*  Double Fudge- Blume- FIC BLU

* Arthur's TV Trouble- Brown- audiocassette/book KIT

*  Arthur's TV Trouble- Brown- E BRO

*  Econ and Me - video recording located in the audiocassette/book kit area

* Growing Vegetable Soup- Ehlert- E EHL

*  A sembrar sopa de veduras- Ehlert- E EHL

*  Cuanto dinero?  Endres- 513 END

*  The Buffalo Nickel- Morrison- B FRA

*  Neale S. Godfrey's Ultimate Kids' Money Book- Godfrey- 332.024 GOD

*  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

*  Money Rock- videorecording- VHS

*  Slugger's Car Wash- Murphy- PRO 513 MUR

*  Money, Money, Money: The Meaning of the Art and Symbols on United States Paper Currency- Parker- 332.4 PAR

*  Money Rocks - video recording in the video area*  Chicken Sunday- Polacco- E POL

*  Chicken Sunday- Polacco- videorecording VHS

*  If You Made a Million- Schwartz- 332.024 SCH

* Tightwad Tod- Skinner- E SKI

*  Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday- Viorst- E VIO

*  Alexander, que era rico el domingo pasado - Viorst- E VIO

*  Bunny Money- Wells- E WEL

*  Money- Young- 332.4 YOU

*  You Can't Buy a Dinosaur with a Dime:  Problem Solving in Dollars and Cents- Ziefert- 513.2 ZIE

Johnny Appleseed

*  La historia de Johnny Appleseed- Aliki- B CHA

*  Johnny Appleseed- Blair- B CHA

*  Johnny Appleseed- Ditchfield- B CHA

*  Johnny Appleseed- Johnston- B CHA

*  Johnny Appleseed: A Tall Tale- Kellogg- B CHA

*  Johnny Appleseed- Schaefer- B CHA

*  Johnny Appleseed- Schlessinger videorecording- DVD

*  Teacher's Helper Gr. 2-3- August/September 2005- "Johnny Appleseed"- periodical

Recycling

*  AIMS December 2004- " Gr. 2-3 - recycling" - periodical

* Recycling- Donald- 363.72 DON

*  Garbage- Maass- 363.73 MAA

*  Let's Recycle!  MacKenzie- 363.72 MAC

*  The Wartville Wizard- Madden- E MAD

*  Public Works- National Geographic Society videorecording (VHS)

*  Too Much Trash- Robinson- 363.72 ROB (Gr. K-2)

* Recycling - Royston- 363.72 ROY

* The Magic School Bus Holiday Special- Scholastic videorecording- VHS

                                Back to Soc. Studies          Biographies

                               Back to Biographies     Amelia Earhart

*  A Picture Book of Amelia Earhart - (Adler) B  EAR

*  Amelia Earhart - (Schaefer) B  EAR

*  Sky Pioneer:  A Photobiography of Amelia Earhart-  B EAR

*  Amelia Earhart - (Wood) B  EAR

                                Back to Biographies      Robert Fulton

*  A Headful of Notions - (Bowen) B  FUL

*  Robert Fulton:  From Submarine to Steamboat - (Kroll) B  FUL

*  Robert Fulton -(Schaefer) B  FUL

                                Back to Biographies   Henrietta Chamberlain King

                                Back to Biographies    Thurgood Marshall

*  A Picture Book of Thurgood Marshall -(Adler)  B  MAR

*  Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court -   (Kent) B MAR                                    

                                Back to Biographies   Florence Nightingale

*  A Picture Book of Florence Nightingale - (Adler) B  NIG

*  Florence Nightingale, War Nurse - (Colver) B  NIG

*  Learning About Compassion from the Life of

Florence Nightingale   (Mosher)  B NIG

*  Florence Nightingale - video recording

                                        Back to Biographies Sojourner Truth           

*  Sojourner Truth - (Frost)  B  TRU

*  Sojourner Truth - (Macht) B  TRU

*  A Picture Book of Sojourner Truth - (Adler) B  TRU

*  Sojourner Truth:  A Voice for Freedom -(McKissack) B  TRU

*  Walking the Road to Freedom:  A Story About Sojourner Truth - (Ferris)  B  TRU

                                Back to Top     Science

                                Back to Science    VIII.   Insects

*  Harry the Poisonous Centipede... - Banks- FIC BAN

*  Texas Bug Book - Beck - REF 632.2 BEC

*  Bees - Brimner - 595.79 BRI

*  Cockroaches - Brimner - 595.7 BRI

*  Flies - Brimner - 595.77 BRI

*  Praying Mantises - Brimner - 595.7 BRI

NEW              *  Insect Invaders- A Magic School Bus chapter book- Capeci FIC CAP -located in Magic School Bus section

*  Insects - Claybourne - 595.7 CLA

*  The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive- Cole- 595.79 COL (located in Magic School Bus section)

*  Bumble Bees- Coughlan- 595.79 COU

*  Inspector Hopper - Cushman - E  CUS

*  Oddhopper Opera - Cyrus - 811 CYR

*  Bugs A to Z - DeGezelle- 595.7 DEG

* The Great Bug Hunt - Dobkin - E  DOB

*  Insectos!  Dussling- 595.71 DUS ( located in Span. animal book section)

*  Clara the Caterpillar- Edwards- E EDW

*  Jazper - Egielski - E  EGI

*  Geez Louise!  Elya- E  ELY

*  The Big Bug Book - Facklam - 595.7 FAC

*  In the Garden: Who's Been Here?  George- E GEO

*  Dragonflies- Green- 595.7 GRE

*  Saltamontes/Grasshoppers- Hall- 595.7  HAL (located in Span. animal book section)

*  Wasps- Hall- 595.79 HAL

* The World's Most Dangerous Bugs- Healy- 595.16 HEA

NEW              *  Bumble Bees- Howard- 595.79 HOW

*  Abejas por dentro y por fuera - Houghton- 595.79 HOU (located in Span. animal book section)

* Metamorphosis: Changing Bodies- Kalman- 571.8 KAL

*  Bees- Kelsey- 595.79 KEL

*  Kids Discover : Vol 16 Issue 7- Insects -periodical

*  Kids Discover: Vol. 15 Issue 7-Bees- periodical

*  Roberto:  The Insect Architect - Laden - E  LAD

*  The Mailbox -Gr. 2-3- April/May 2004- "Butterfly Math"- periodical

*  Mosquitoes- Miller- 595.77 MIL

*  Creepy Crawlers: A book of bug jokes- Moore - 818 MOO

*  Eyewitness:  Insect - Mound- 595.7 MOU

*  Reptiles and Insects- Bill Nye- videorecording- VHS

*  The Stick Insect:  El Insecto Palo - Paige- 595.8 PAI

*  Sleepyhead Bear- Peters- E PET

*  The Bee Tree- Polacco- E POL

*  Honey- Robson- 638 ROB

NEW             *  Honey Bees- Rustad- 599.79 RUS (located in tiny book/animals section)

*  Scholastic's Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive- Scholastic videorecording - VHS

*  Bugs, Bugs, Bugs!   Scholastic videorecording -(contains Ants in Its Pants, Inside a Beehive, and Butterfly and the Bog Beast)-DVD

*  A Taste of Honey- Wallace- E WAL

*  Que puede construir?  Whitehouse- 591.56 WHI

*  Buzz! Wong -E WON

*  Bug City: Amazing Insect Warriors - video recording 12901723

*  Bug City:  Incredible Insects! - video recording 12901721

*  Bug City:  Really Gross Bug Stuff - video recording 12901722

*  All About Animals:  Magic Me - video recording 12901767

NEW          *  Bugs- York- 595.7 YOR

                                Back to Science    IX.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

*  Eyewitness:  Plant - Burnie - 581 BUR

*  Plants and Plant Life - Bailey - REF 580 PLA

NEW             *  Seeds- V. K. Bodach- 575.6 BOD

*  The Visual Dictionary of Plants - Dorling Kindersley - 581 VIS REF

*  Good Mushrooms and Bad Toadstools - Fowler -579.6 FOW

*  From Seed to Plant - Gibbons - 581.3 GIB

*  Plants That Never Bloom - Heller - video recording

*  The Reason for a Flower - Heller - video recording

*  Plants and Flowers - Hewitt - 580 HEW

*  How a Plant Grows - (2 copies) Kalman - 581.3 KAL

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

*  La semilla de zanahoria- Krauss- E KRA

*  Plants of the Desert - Llamas- 581.5 LLA

*  Plants Under the Sea - Llamas - 574.5 LLA

*  Trees and Plants in the Rain Forest - Pirotta - 581.7 PIR

*  Plants of the Rainforest - video recording

*  Plant Life - Riley 580 RIL

* Tierra: Miremos un jardin- Royston- 631.4 ROY

*  Plants - Silverstein - 581 SIL

*  Plants - Ontario Science Centre- Vanderlinden - 580.78 VAN

*  The Life of Plants:  Vida de Las Plantas - 581.1 VID

*  Texas Plants and Animals - Wade - 976.4 WAD

*  America's Prairies and Grasslands - Wallace - 876.4 WAL

*  Plants - Two-Can Kit - computer disc and booklet

*  The Magic School Bus Gets Planted - video recording

*  The Magic School Bus Goes to Seed - video recording