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                            Language ArtsUBD Reading Lessons: Memoirs

titles in italics = listed in COL

titles not in italics = other suggestions

For a COMPLETE list, go to Reading Resources: then  click: Comprehensive UBD Book List of Memoirs

Day 2

*  Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge- Fox- E FOX

*  Guillermo Manuel Jorge Josι- Fox- E FOX

Discovery Education streaming video Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge

 

Day 3

The Chicken Salad Club- Arnold

Day 4

Making Memories- Oke

Day 5

*  Marinathe's Story: Painted Words/Spoken Memories- Aliki- E ALI

Day 6

*  The Relatives Came- Rylant- E RYL

Day 7

*  Thank You Mr. Falker- Polacco- E POL

PowerVideo Thank You, Mr. Falker

*  Gracias, Seρor Falker- Polacco- E POL

Day 8

Mama is a Miner- Lyon

Day 9

*  Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs- (paperback) DePaola-E DEP

Day 10

*  The Rag Coat- (2 copies) Mills- E MIL

*  Tight Times- Hazen- E HAZ

infer from pictures

* Just Another Ordinary Day- Clements- E CLE

*  My Working Mom- Glassman- E GLA

Day 11

* The Art Lesson- DePaola- E DEP

*  Thank You, Mr. Falker- Polacco- E POL - see below

PowerVideo Thank You, Mr. Falker

Click HERE to go to TeachingBooks and type in 'Polacco' for a book reading

*  Gracias, Senor Falker- Polacco- E POL

*  Tar Beach- Ringgold- E RIN

*  Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs- (paperback) -DePaola- E DEP

*  Marianthe's Story: Painted Words/Spoken Memories- Aliki- E ALI

Day 13

*  The Story of Ruby Bridges- Coles- B BRI

*  La historia de Ruby Bridges- (paperback)- Coles- B BRI

Day 14

* The Story of Ruby Bridges- Coles- B BRI

*  La historia de Ruby Bridges- (paperback)- Coles- B BRI

*  Through My Eyes: The Story of Ruby Bridges- Bridges- B BRI

Day 15

*  Marinathe's Story: Painted Words/Spoken Memories- Aliki- E ALI

Day 16

multiple books by an author

POLACCO

* Appelemando's Dreams- Polacco- E POL

*  Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair- Polacco- videorecording (VHS)

* Babushka Baba Yaga- Polacco- E POL

* The Bee Tree- Polacco- E POL

*  Chicken Sunday- Polacco- E POL

* Chicken Sunday- Polacco- videorecording (VHS)

* Christmas Tapestry- Polacco- E POL

* El pollo de los domingos (3 copies)- E POL

* Gracias, Sr. Falker- Polacco (2 copies)- E POL

* John Phillip Duck- Polacco- E POL

*  The Keeping Quilt- Polacco- E POL

PowerVideo The Keeping Quilt

* The Keeping Quilt- Polacco- videorecording- (VHS)

* La colcha de los recuerdos- (1 hardback and 1 paperback)-Polacco- E POL

* Luba and the Wren- Polacco- 398.2 POL

* Meteor! Polacco- E POL
 

* Meteor! Polacco- videorecording (VHS)

* Mr. Lincoln's Way- Polacco- E POL

Mrs. Katz and Tush- Polacco

Mrs. Mack- Polacco

*  My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother- Polacco -E POL

Click HERE to go to TeachingBooks and type in 'Polacco' for a book reading

*  Pink and Say- Polacco- E POL

*  Pink y Say (Spanish) Polacco- E POL

* Rechenka's Eggs- Polacco- videorecording (VHS)

* Rotten Richie and the Ultimate Dare- Polacco- E POL

Some Birthday- Polacco

*  Thank You, Mr. Falker- Polacco- E POL

PowerVideo Thank You, Mr. Falker

* Gracias, Seρor Falker- Polacco- E POL

Click HERE to go to TeachingBooks and type in 'Polacco' for a book reading

* Thunder Cake- Polacco- E POL

*  Thunder Cake- Polacco- videorecording (VHS)

* The Trees of the Dancing Goats- Polacco- E POL

*  Gracias, Senor Falker- Polacco- E POL

* Welcome Comfort- Polacco- E POL

* When Lightning Comes in a Jar- Polacco- E POL

 

Day 17

*  Chicken Sunday- Polacco- E POL

*  My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother- Polacco - E POL

Click HERE to go to TeachingBooks and type in 'Polacco' for a book reading

Day 18

Visualization

Day 19

Polacco books- see Day 16

Day 20

Babushka's Doll- Polacco

*  The Keeping Quilt- Polacco- E POL

Super Six Comprehension Strategies:  35 Lessons and More for Reading Success- Oczkus

Day 21

Reading with Meaning- Miller

Day 24

*  The Rag Coat-(2 copies)- Mills- E MIL

OTHER SUGGESTIONS: 2nd Gr. Memoirs

* Franklin tiene un mal dνa- Bourgeois- E BOU

* Waiting for Papα: Esperando a Papα- Colato Lainez- E COL

* The Upside Down Boy = El niρo de cabeza- Herrera - B HER

International Children's Digital Library The Upside Down Boy = El niρo de cabeza- Herrera

* Leo, el retoρo tardio- Kraus- E KRA

* I Remember Abuelito: A Day of the Dead Story= Yo recuerdo a abuelito: Un cuento del Dνa de los Muertos- Levy- E LEV

International Children's Digital Library Grandma's Trunk = El baϊl de Mamaνta- M.L. Retana (requires Java)

* El sancocho del sαbado (paperback)- Torres- E TOR

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

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

 

                                    Language ArtsUBD Writing Lessons: Memoirs

italicized titles- alternative choices not listed on COL

Day 1

Day 2

*  Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge- Fox- E FOX

*  Guillermo Jorge Manuel Jose- Fox- E FOX

Discovery Education streaming video Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge

Day 3

*  If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand: Poems About School - Dakos-811 DAK

Neighborhood Odes- Soto

Hey World, Here I Am! Little

Secrets of a Small Brother- Margolis

*  A Light in the Attic- Silverstein- 811 SIL

* Hay luz en el desvan- Silverstein- 811 SIL

*  Where the Sidewalk Ends- Silverstein- 811 SIL

Day 4

Day 5

*  Marianthe's Story: Painted Words/Spoken Memories- Aliki- E ALK

Day 6

Day 7

*  Marianthe's Story: Painted Words/Spoken Memories- Aliki- E ALK

Day 8

organizing in a series

*  Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge- Fox- E FOX

* Guillermo Jorge Manuel Jose- Fox- E FOX

*  Buns Travels Across America- Love- paperback PB LOV

*  The Rag Coat- Mills (2 copies)- E MIL

*  The Keeping Quilt- Polacco- E POL

*  When I Was Young in the Mountains- Rylant- E RYL

* Tulip Sees America- Rylant- E RYL

*  Joseph Had a Little Overcoat- Taback- E TAB

books with similar ideas

* Something from Nothing- Gilman- 398.21 GIL

* Joseph Had a Little Overcoat- Taback- E TAB

Day 9

* Thank You, Mr. Falker- Polacco- E POL

* Gracias, Seρor Falker- Polacco- E POL

Click HERE to go to TeachingBooks and type in 'Polacco' for a book reading

*  Tar Beach- Ringgold- E RIN

* When the Relatives Came- Rylant

Day 10

* Smoky Night- Bunting- E BUN

* Aunt Flossie's Hats and Crab Cakes Later- Howard- E HOW

* Aunt Flossie's Hats and Crab Cakes Later- Howard- audiocassette/book KIT

* Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day- Viorst

Day 16

* Something from Nothing- Gilman- 398.21 GIL

* When I Was Young in the Mountains- Rylant

* Joseph Had a Little Overcoat- Taback

Day 17

painting a picture with words

Other Suggestions: Click here to go to Reading Resources: Imagery

Day 18

show not tell

Other Suggestions: Click here to go to Reading Resources- Show Not Tell

Day 19

wordless picture books

Out! Out! Out! Alexander

Bobo's Dream- Alexander

Look What I Can Do- Aruego

* The Snowman- Briggs- E BRI

*  Pancakes for Breakfast- dePaola- E DEP

Look! Look! Look! Hoban

Changes, Changes- Hutchins

Other Suggestions - Click here for Rdg Resources: Wordless Picture Books

 

 

                                Language ArtsOther Language Arts: COL

 

                                        Johnny Appleseed Books:

*   La historia de Johnny Appleseed – Aliki – B CHA

* Johnny Appleseed- Blair- B APP

* 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 DVD

* Arbor Day- Schlessinger Productions videocassette- VHS

                                        Amelia Earhart Books:

 

*   A Picture Book of Amelia Earhart – Adler – B EAR

* Amelia Earhart- Brown- B EAR

* Sisters in Strength: American Women Who Made a Difference- McDonough- 920 MCD

* Amelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride- Ryan- E RYA

*  Amelia Earhart- Schaefer- B EAR

*   Amelia Earhart – Trumbauer – B EAR

*  Amelia Earhart- Wood- B EAR

 

 Language Arts - COL

*   Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears – Aardema – 398.2 AAR

*   Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears: A West Africa Tale – Aardema - Videorecording

*   Miss Nelson Is Missing! – Allard – E ALL

*   Miss Nelson Is Missing! – Allard – audiocassette tape/book KIT

*   Seρorita Nelson ha desaparecido! – Allard – E ALL

*  Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs – Barrett – E BAR

*  Pickles to Pittsburgh- Barrett- E BAR

*   Wolf! – Bloom – E BLO

*   Wolf! – Bloom – Spoken Arts videorecording (VHS)

*   The Pain and the Great One – Blume – E BLU

 *   Beware of  Boys – Blundell – E BLU

*   The Mitten – Brett – 398.209 BRE

*   Another Important Book – Brown – E BRO

*   The Important Book – Brown – E BRO

*   Ghost’s Hour, Spook’s Hour – Bunting – E BUN

*   The Wednesday Surprise – Bunting – audiocassette/book kit

*   Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel – Burton – E BUR

*   Mike Mulligan y su maquina maravillosa – Burton – E BUR

*   The Little House – Burton – E BUR

*  La casita - Burton- E BUR

*   Stellaluna – Cannon – E CAN

*   Stellaluna – Cannon – DVD

*   Stelaluna – Spanish – Cannon – E CAN

*   The Grouchy Ladybug (2 copies) – Carle – E CAR

*   La mariquita malhumorado – Carle – E CAR

*   The Great Kapok Tree – Cherry – E CHE

*   El gran capoquero:  un cuento de la selva amazσnica – Cherry – E CHE

*   Dear Mr. Henshaw – Cleary – FIC CLE

*   Querido Seρor Henshaw – Cleary – FIC CLE (Spanish Fiction Section)

*   Miss Rumphius – Cooney – E COO

*   La seρorita Runfio (2 copies) – Cooney – E COO

*   Click, Clack, Moo:  Cows that Type – Cronin – E CRO

*   Click, Clack Moo:  Cows that Type – Cronin – DVD

*   Clic, Clic, Muu:  Vacas escritoras – Cronin – E CRO

*   Clic, clic, Muu:  Vacas escritoras – Cronin – videorecording (VHS)

*   Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs – DePaola - E DEP

*   Clara the Caterpillar – Edwards – E EDW

*   Four Famished Foxes and Fosdyke – Edwards – E EDW

*   The Vegetable Garden – Florian – E FLO

*   Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge – Fox – E FOX

*   Guillermo Manuel Jorge Jose – Spanish - Fox – E FOX

*   Millions of Cats – Gαg – E GAG

*   Crisantemo - Spanish – Henkes - videorecording 

*   Chrysanthemum – Henkes – E HEN

*   Chrysanthemum – audiocassette/book kit

*   Chrysanthemum – Henkes – videorecording

*   Owen – Henkes – E HEN

*   Amazing Grace – Hoffman – E HOF

*   Oye, hormiguita (Hey, Little Ant) – Hoose – E HOO

*   Dear Mr. Blueberry – James – E JAM

*   Querido Salvatierra (Dear Mr. Blueberry –Spanish) – James – E JAM

*   The Wolf’s Chicken Stew – Kasza – E KAS

*   The Snowy Day – Keats – E KEA

*  Una dia de nieve – Keats - E KEA

*   Listen Buddy – Lester – E LES

*   El pinguino Taky – Lester - E LES

*   Tacky the Penguin – Lester – audiocassette/book KIT

 *   Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse – Lionni – E LIO

*   Five Lionni Classics includes Swimmy – Lionni – videorecording –VHS

*   Swimmy – Lionni – E LIO

*  Nadarνn –(Spanish Swimmy)– Lionni – E LIO

*   Fables – Lobel – FIC LOB

*  Fαbulas – Lobel – FIC LOB

*   Frog and Toad – Lobel – E LOB

 *   Sapo y sepo con amigos – Lobel – E LOB

*   Knots on a Counting Rope – Martin/Archambault – E MAR

*   There’s an Alligator under my Bed – Mayer – E MAY

*   There’s a Nightmare in my Closet – Mayer – E MAY

*   Mirandy and Brother Wind – McKissack – E MCK

*  Mirandy and Brother Wind  - McKissack – audiocassette/book KIT

*   Sarah, Plain and Tall – McLachlan – FIC MCL

  Sarah sencilla y alta - McLachlan

 *   The Mountain that Loved the Bird – McLerran- E MCL

*   Roxaboxen – McLerran – E MCL

*   If You Give a Mouse a Cookie – Numeroff – E NUM

*  Si le das una galletita a un raton – Numeroff – E NUM

*   Hailstones and Halibut Bones – O’Neil – 811 ONE

*   Hally Tosis – Pilkey – E PIL

*   Thank You, Mr. Falker – Polacco – E POL

 *  Gracias, Seρor Falker – Polacco - E POL

*   Thunder Cake – Polacco – E POL

*  Thunder Cake – Polacco - videorecording

*   Amelia Bedelia – Parish – E PAR

*   How to Eat Fried Worms – Rockwell – FIC ROC

*   The Relatives Came – Rylant – E RYL

*   When I Was Young in the Mountains – Rylant – E RYL

*   El Chino – Say – E SAY

*   Your Favorite Seuss(includes And To Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street) – Seuss – E SEU

*   Sylvester and the Magic Pebble – Steig – E STE

*   Silvestre y el piedrecita magica – Steig – E STE

*   Sylvester and the Magic Pebble – Steig -  videorecording(VHS)

*   Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters – Steptoe – E STE

*   Las bellas hijas de Mufaro:  cuento popular africano – Steptoe – E STE

*   Sweet Corn – Stevenson – 811 STE

*   El Chiquero(The Pigsty) – Teague – E TEA

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

*   The Dove Dove – Terban – 818.54 TER

*   Los misterios del Seρor Burdick – van Allsburg – spooky book section

*   The Garden of Abdul Gasazi – van Allsburg – E VAN

*   El expreso polar (2 copies) – van Allsburg – E VAN

*   The Polar Express – van Allsburg – E VAN

*   The Stranger – van Allsburg – E VAN

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

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

*   Owl Moon – Yolen – E YOL

*   A Chair for my Mother – Williams – E WIL

*   A Chair for my Mother – Williams - videorecording

*   Quick as a Cricket – Wood – E WOO

*  Veloz como el grillo - Wood- E WOO

 

 

                                 Back to Top   Social Studies

Unit 1

Calendars Community Helpers  
Obtaining Information Safety  
Knowing Where We Are Maps  

Calendars

 

*  Anno's Counting Book- Anno- E ANN

*  The Little House- Burton- E BUR

The Little House picture book Activities

 *  The Little House- Burton- audiocassette/book kit

Telling Time- Caudle video

*  A Kitten's Year- Day- E DAY

*  Telling Time - Schlessinger videorecording (VHS)

Telling Time- Caudle video

*  Es tiempo- Cipriano- E CIP (K-2)

* A Kitten's Year- Day- E DAY

Disney's Telling Time Program- sound filmstrip

*  Alligator and Others All Year Long!  A Book of Months- Dragonwagon- 811 DRA

Calendar Activities- Frietag

*  Time- Hewitt- 529 HEW

* What Time is It? Keenan- E KEE (K-3)

*  My First Book of Time- Llewellyn- 529 LLE

*  The Story of Clocks and Calendars- Maestro - 909.83 MAE

*  Game Time - Murphy- E MUR

*  A Day- (2) Murphy- 529 MUR

*  Months- (2) Murphy -529 MUR

* A Week (2)- Murphy- 529 MUR

*  A Year (2) - Murphy- 529 MUR

* It's About Time! Murphy- 529 MUR

*  Pepper's Journal:  A Kitten's First Year- Murphy- PRO 513 MUR

*  January Rides the Wind:  A book of Months- Otten- 811 OT

*  Dog Days:  Rhymes Around the Year- Prelutsky- 811 PRE

*  El frijol- Royston- 593 ROY

* Telling Time- Schlessinger- videorecording (VHS)

*  Chicken Soup with Rice- Sendak- E SEN

* Chicken Soup with Rice- Sendak- audiocassette/book KIT

*  The Sun Was the First Clock- Taylor- 529 TAY

*  A Child's Calendar- Updike- 811 UPD

                        Back to Soc. Studies

Community Helpers

CAREERS

*   The Jolly Postman – Ahlberg  - PRO section

*   We Need Custodians – Bauld – 372.16 BAU

*   We Need Librarians(2 copies) – Bauld – 372.16 BAU

*   We Need Principals – Bauld – 372.2 BAU

*   We Need Teachers – Bauld – 372.11 BAU

*   Plumbers – Boraas – 696.023 BOR

*   Postal Workers – Bourgeois – 393 BOU

*   Firefighters – Bourgeois – 363.37 BOU

*   A Day in the Life of a Police Officer – Bowman-Kruhm – 363.202 BOW

*   Bakers – Deedrick – 641.8 DEE

*   Garbage Collectors – Deedrick – 628.2 DEE

   Teachers – Deedrick

*   Community Services/Servicio Comunitario – Emmer – 371.19 EMM

Police Officers – Flanagan

*   Police Cars – Freedman – 629.2 FRE

*   Doctor Dan, The Bandage Man  - Gaspard – E GAS

*   Saturday Market – Grossman – E GRO

*   A Day in the Life of a Teacher – Hayward – 372.11 HAY

*   My Aunt Works in a Cheese Shop – Hughes – 381.8 HUG

*   My Grandfather Works in a Bakery – Hughes – 641.8 HUG

*   My Grandmother Works in a Dress Shop – Hughes – 646.4 HUG

*   My Mom Is a Beekeeper – Hughes – 638 HUG

*   My Uncle Owns a Deli – Hughes – 647.95 HUG

*  Let’s Visit the Fire Station – Johnston – 363.2 JOH

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

*   What Is a Community? – Kalman – 307 KAL

*   The Colors of Us – Katz – E KAT

*   Quiero ser camionero – Liebman – 383.3 LIE

*   Quiero ser enfermero – Liebman – 610.73 LIE

*   Quiero ser maestro – Liebman – 371.1 LIE

*   Quiero ser policia – Liebman – 363.2 LIE

*   When I Grow Up – McNaughton – E MCN

*   Maestro – Miller – 371.1 MIL

* What Happens at a Diary Farm? ΏQuι pasa en una granja lechera? (2 copies) Pohl- 637 POH

* What Happens at a Firehouse? ΏQuι pasa en una estaciσn de bomberos? (2 copies) Pohl- 628.9 POH

*   The Police Station – National Geographic Society – 363.2 POL- videorecording

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

*   Officer Buckle and Gloria – Rathmann - Weston Woods video recording(VHS)

*   Mail Carriers – Ready – 383 REA

*   Cateros y carteras – Ready – 383 REA

*   Dentistas – Ready – 617.6 REA

*  Doctores y doctoras – Ready – 610.69 REA

*   Enfermeras y enfermeros – Ready – 610.73 REA

*   Police Officers(2 copies) – Ready – 363.209 REA

*   Policlias – Ready – 363.2 REA

*   School Bus Drivers – Ready – 371.8 REA

*   Veterinarios y veterinarias – Ready 636.089

*   Barney’s Many Has!  What Can Barney Be? – Ryan-Hernon – E RYA

*   We Need Police Officers – Schaefer – 363.2 SCH

* Dr. Remedios- Scarry- E SCA

*   Grandmother’s Alphabet – Shaw – E SHA

* Dr. DeSoto- Steig- E STE

* Dr. DeSoto (Spanish)- Steig- E STE

* Dr. DeSoto-(Spanish)  Steig - audiocassette/book KIT

*   If I Were President – Steig – 352.23 STE

*   Medicos sin fronteras – Suen – 610.6 SUE

*   Barney, What Will I Be When I Grow Up? – Valvassori – E VAL

Meet the Principal – Vogel 

*   Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday – Voirst – E VOI

*   Alexander, que era rico el domingo pasado – Voirst – audiocassette/book kit

 

 

 

                                                Back to Soc. Studies

Obtaining Information

*Ellis Island: a true book – Quiri – 325.73 QUI  (gr. 2-4)

*Coming to America-Maestro – 304.8 MAE (gr. K-3)

*My Grandfather’s Day- Ceck – E CEC  (K-3)

*A Very Important Day – Herold –E HER   -  (Gr. 1-3) +safety

*Officer Buckle and Gloria – Rathmann - videorecording             

*Officer Buckle and Gloria – Rathmann – E RAT

Officer Buckle and Gloria Activities

*Safety Awareness – Schlessinger videorecording- VHS         

*Nursery Rhymes – Caudle -398.8 NUR (teach manners, safety, etc)  videorecording- VHS

*The Berenstain Bears Learn about Stranger Danger – Berenstain – E BER (K-3)

                                                        Back to Soc. Studies

Knowing Where We Are

A Country Far Away – Nigel

(Similarities between lives of 2 boys, one in a western country

Country, one in a rural Africa  +maps)

*  Looking at Maps and Globes – Bredeson- 912 BRE (K-3)

*  Mapas y globos terraqueos- Bredeson- 913 BRE (K-3)

*  Hacer mapas:  Donde es la fiesta?  Burstein- 526 BUR

*  Puzzle Maps – Clouse – PB 912.73 CLO

*  As the Crow Flies: A First Book of Maps- Hartman- E HAR

*  The Once Upon a Time: Map Book- Hennessy- FIC HEN

*  The Scrambled States of America- Keller - E KEL

*  The Scrambled States of America- videorecording (VHS)

*  Mapping Penny’s World – Leedy- E LEE               

*Maps and Globe Skills – SVE and Churchill Media videorecording - VHS (primary grades)

Maps: Getting from Here to There – Weiss  

 

              

 

                                 Back to Top  Science

I. - Safety and Investigations II. Heat III. Interactions

                                Back to Science   I. Safety and Investigations

*  AIMS Fall 06 - "Gr. 2-3 microscopes" -periodical

* 101 Great Science Experiments: A Step-by-Step Guide- Ardley- PRO ARD

* Last-Minute Science Fair Projects- Bardhan-Quallen- PRO 507.8 BAR

*  Strategies for a Winning Science Fair Project - Henderson - REF 507 HEN

* Creepy Crawlies and the Scientific Method: More Than 100 Hands-On Science Experiments for Children- Kneidel- PRO KNE

*  How to Think Like a Scientist:  Answering Questions... - 502.8 KRA

What is a Scientist? Lehn

* Science to the Rescue - Markle - 507.8 MAR

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

 

Scientific Method PowerPoint with Explanation of Variables: Stacy Shackleford's PowerPoint
Lesson Plan with PowerPoint Pres.: Scientific Method CyberExchange Lesson Plan
Scientific Method PowerPoint Scientific Problem Solving Powerpoint

 

Build a Boat Lesson

* Captain Duck - Alborough- E ALB

* Who Sank the Boat? Allen-(paperback)  513 ALL

* Boats- Barton- 387.2 BAR

* The 100-pound Problem- Dussling- E DUS- located in Math section

* El problema de 100 libras- Dussling- E DUS- located in Math section

* Gaspard on Vacation- Gutman- E GUT

* Flotar y hundirse- Nelson- 532.45 NEL

 

 

                        Back to Science II. Heat

*  Day Light, Night Light:  Where Light Comes From- Branley- 535 BRA

*  Hot Days- Burke- 508.2 BUR

*  How Do You Know It's Summer?  Fowler- 508 FOW

*  Come On, Rain!  Hesse- E HES

*  Heat Wave!  Ketteman- E KET

*  Hot and Cold- Ramsay- 536 RAM

*  The Magic School Bus in the Arctic:  A Book About Heat- Scholastic- 536 SCH

*  Bartholomew and the Oobleck – Seuss- E SEU

*  Central Heating:  Poems About Fire and Warmth - Singer- 811 SIN

Evaporation

* Bill Nye the Science Guy: Water Cycle- Disney videorecording (VHS)

* Sun Up, Sun Down- Gibbons- 523.7 GIB

* The Water Cycle- Olien- 551.48 OLI

Temperature/Melting

* Hot Days - Burke- 508.2 BUR (K-1)

* Temperature- Frisch- 536 FRI

* Temperature- Manolis- 536 MAN

* Hot and Cold- Ramsay- 536 RAN

* Mr. Putter and Tabby Row the Boat- Rylant- E RYL

* Hot Numbers, Cool Math- Sargent- 536 SAR

* The Magic School Bus in the Arctic: A Book About Heat- Scholastic- 536 SCH- located in the Magic School Bus section

* Central Heating: Poems About Fire and Warmth- Singer- 811 SIN

* La temperatura: caliente y frio- Stille- 536 STI

Hot/Cold Colors

* 101 Great Science Experiments- Ardley- PRO ARD

* The Science Book of Color- Ardley- 535.6 ARD

* Color- Snedden- 535.6 SNE (experiments)

Changes in Matter

*  AIMS Sept 2004- "Gr. 4-5 States of Matter" -periodical

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

*  The Intermediate Mailbox- Dec./Jan. 2007- "density: properties of matter"- periodical

*  Matter and Materials -Mellett - REF 507 MEL

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

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

*  Solid, Liquid, or Gas? Robinson - 530.4 ROB

*  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

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

Matter States of Matter
Chem4Kids.com
Gander Academy: Matter

 

 

                         Back to Science III. Interactions

Electricity

* My First Batteries and Magnets Book- Chaloner- 537 CHA

*   The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip – Cole – 621.3 COL -MSB section- (Gr.1-4)

*  El autobus magico y la excursion al campos electrico- Cole- 621.3 COL (MSB section)   

*  Kids Discover- Vol. 16, Issue 2- Electricity- periodical

* Science Rock- Newell videorecording- 507 SCI (K-Gr. 4)

*    Electricity – Pinna – 537 PIN   (interest 3-6  -  RL 6)

* Safety at Home- includes electricity- Raatma- 613.6 RAA

*    Using Electricity – Royston – 537 ROY 

*All about Electricity– Schlessinger videorecording – VR 537 ALL- VHS

*  Experiments with Electricity – Tocci – 537 TOC (Gr. 2-5)

*  Electricity and Magnetism FUNdamentals – Wood – 537.078 WOO

Light and Shadow Patterns

*The Science Book of Light – Ardley – 535 ARD  (Gr. 3-5)

*Day Light and Night Light: where light comes from – Branley – 535 BRA (K-3)

*Sound and Light – Challoner – 534 CHA (interest gr 3-6)

*Light – Day – 535.078 DAY (interest 3-6?)

* Light and Dark- Hewitt- 535 HEW

* Physics Matters! Grolier Educational- REF 530 PHY

* The Edison Mystery- Gutman- FIC GUT

*Light and Dark – Hewitt – 535 HEW (first yrs of school)

* Artic Lights, Arctic Nights- Miller- 591.4 MIL

*Science Magic with Light – Oxlade – 793 OXL (interest gr 3-6?)

 

Flashlight Systems

Sound

Only COL book: 

Bands Banjos and Java Jive Bass – Sabbath

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*  AIMS -Fall 2005- (Gr. 2-4) "sound amps"- periodical

* 10 Little Rubber Ducks- Carle- E CAR

* Diez Patitos de Goma- Carle- E CAR

* The Very Quiet Cricket- Carle- E CAR

* The Very Clumsy Click Beetle- Carle- E CAR

*Sound and Light – Challoner – 534 CHA (interest 3-6)

* Poems Go Clang! A Collection of Noisy Verse- Gilori- 811.008 POE

* Hearing Sounds- Hewitt- 534 HEW

*Musical Instruments – Kalman – 784.19 KAL (gr 1-2)

* I Heard a Little Baa- MacLeod- E MAC (kinder)

*Sound – Pinna – 534.078 PIN

 *The Magic School Bus in the Haunted House- Scholastic videorecording 534.21 - VHS (2 copies)

 

* Crash! Bang! Boom! A Book of Sounds- Spier- E SPI

 

 

*  Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Creepy Crawly Fun! (includes The Haunted House)- DVD

* Grandma's Records- Velasquez- E VEL