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                 Back to Top   Language Arts                 

                            Back to Lang. Arts UBD Reading Lessons

Nonficton

Day 1

nonfiction features:

index

table of contents

heading

bold faced words

pictures

maps

diagrams

captions

labels

Day 2

narrative/informational format

table of contents

Days 3-4

headings

Day 5

table of contents

Day 6

infer

*  The Vegetable Garden- Florian- E FLO

Day 7

I wonder...

Very, Very Big- (author?)

Day 8

scanning for information

* Time for Kids Readers - Spanish set- located with audiocassette book kits

alternate suggestions: *  TFK: Spiders! Iorio- 599.44 SPI

* TFK: Sharks! Betz- 597.3 SHA

Day 9

set purposes for rdg.

Day 10

Under the Waves- (author?)

Day 11

main idea

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids

Day 12

headings and captions

Day 13

illustrations/text features

Days 14-15

confirming information

Days 16-17

questioning, inferring, synthesizing

Owen and Mzee- Hatkoff

Day 18

monitor reading/metacognition

Day 19

context clues to infer

http://www.timeforkids.com

Day 20

subheadings/titles

                            Back to Lang. Arts UBD Writing Lessons

Days 1-10

using nonfiction text features: Writing

Day 11

beginning questions

Day 12

audience

Days 13-14

taking notes

Day 15

complete sentences

Day 17

paraphrasing

Days 18-19

beginnings/introductions

Days 20-21

rough draft

Day 22

verbs

Day 23

editing

Day 24

editing/punctuation

Day 25

publishing

Amelia Earhart

*  Amelia Earhart- Schlessinger videorecording- DVD

*   Amelia Earhart- Schaefer- B EAR

*  Amelia Earhart- Wood- B EAR

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

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

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

Compare/Contrast:  Fairy Tale Books- click on this link

*  The Vegetable Garden- Florian- E FLO

*  Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters -Steptoe- E STE

*  Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears- (includes M.B.Daughters) videorecording - VHS

Arthur Series - Brown (40+) books - E BRO

Quiet Farmer- McGee

Past and Present- Adams

*  Strega Nona- DePaola- E DEP

Rosie and Michael- Viorst

Johnny Appleseed

Johnny Appleseed- Kellogg

*  Miss Rumphius- Cooney- E COO

La senorita Runfio- Cooney

*  La historia de Johnny Appleseed- Aliki- B CHA

*  Johnny Appleseed- Schlessinger videorecording- DVD

*  Johnny Appleseed- Schaefer- B CHA

*  Johnny Appleseed- Johnson- B CHA

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

                                Back to Top  Social Studies

*  Seven Brave Women - Hearne- E HEA

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

                     Back to Soc. Studies  Government 2.11A

*  La Bandera- Binns- 929.9 BIN

Brown Meets the President - Brown- PB

*  Duck for President - Cronin- E CRO

Pato para presidente - Cronin

The U.S. Presidency - Dubois

The State Legislative Branch - Firestone

 The State Governor- Firestone

The State Judicial Branch - Firestone

*  The Star-Spangled Banner - Kent- 811 KEN

*  A More Perfect Union:  The Story of Our Constitution - 342.73  MAE

*  The National Anthem - Quiri- 811 QUI

*  This Is America:  The American Spirit in Places and People - Robb - 973 ROB

NEW                      *  Branches of Government- Schlessinger DVD

*  My Teacher for President - Winters- (2) - E WIN

                   Back to Soc. Studies   Government 2.11B

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

*  A Day in the Life of a Mayor-  Burby- 974.7 BUR

Mayors - Flanagan

Next Stop, New York City- Giff

Schools - Hall

Let's Go to a Park - Hill

Parks Are to Share - Hill

*  Let's Visit the Library - Johnston- 027.4 JOH

* Election Day - Murphy- 324.6  MUR

Voting and Elections - Murphy

*  Amelia Bedelia 4 Mayor - Parrish- E PAR

Marvin Redpost: Class President - Sachar

Courthouse - Schaefer

* Schools - National Geographic Society video recording 372 SCH

Library - Schaefer

If You Were a Police Officer - Schomp

*  Election Day - Schlessinger videorecording- 324.973 ELE - VHS

NEW                      *  Branches of Government- Schlessinger DVD

Class Elections from the Black Lagoon - Thaler

Communities - Trumbauer

                                 Back to Soc. Studies   Citizenship  2.13A

*  Miss Rumphius - Cooney- E COO

*  This Land is Your Land - Gutherie-700 section

*  We Live Here Too! Kids Talk about Good Citizenship- 323.6 LOE

Being a Leader - Nelson

*  People and Communities - Harcourt Horizon- video recording -VHS

* Citizenship in the Community - 100% Educational Video- video recording VHS

Patriotic Songs and Symbols

A Picnic in October- Bunting (Statue of Liberty)

America:  A Patriotic Primer- Cheney

*  Legend of the Bluebonnet- DePaola - E DEP and videorecording - VHS

*  La Leyenda de la flor "el conejo"-PB- DePaola- E DEP

Red, White, Blue:  Story of the American Flag- Herman

*  Empire State Building- Mann- 974.7 MAN (Gr. 3-6)

*  The Flag We Love Primer- Ryan- 929.9 RYA

By the Dawn's Early Light- Kroll-Steven

* How to Bake an American Pie- Wilson- E WIL

Purple Mountain Majesties: The Story of Katarine Lee Bates and "America the Beautiful"- Younger

Learning about People and their Culture

+Family Heritage

*  Marianthe’s Story One: Painted Words/Marianthe’s Story Two: Spoken Memories – Aliki  -E ALI 

*  To Be a Kid- Ajmera- E AJM   

*  Everybody Brings Noodles- Dooley- E DOO                      

How My Family Learned to Eat – Friedman  

*  Dim Sum For Everyone- Lin- E LIN

* Family Pictures: Cuadros de familia – Lomas Garza – 306.85 LOM

*  Weslandia- Fleischman- E FLE

*  La procesion de Naty- Freschet- E FRE

*In My Family: En Mi Familia – Garza – 301.42 GAR

*  How Nanita Learned to Make Flan- Geeslin- E GEE

*  Monkeyshines: On Cultures and Customs Around the World- Goldman- PRO 306.03 MON

When Jesse Came across the Sea – Hest        

Cuandro Jesse Cruzo el ocean – Hest    

*  The Children of India- Hermes- 305.23 HER

*  Hoang Anh: A Vietnamese American Boy- Hoyt-Goldsmith -B HOA     

*  Wake Up, World!  A Day in the Life of Children Around the World- Hollyer- 390.083 HOL

*  What Is a Community? From A to Z – Kalman – 307 KAL

*  How My Family Lives in America- Kuklin- 305.8 KUK

*  Who’s Who in My Family? Leedy – 306.85 LEE

*  World Holidays: A Guide for Children- Moehn- REF 398.24 MOE

*  The Keeping Quilt – Polacco – E POL                   

*  The Keeping Quilt - Polacco –  videorecording- VHS

The American Wei – Pomeranc               

* Mama Provi and the Pot of Rice- Rosa Casanova- E ROS          

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

*  All Kinds of Families – Simon – 301.42 SIM

*  It's Disgusting- And We Ate It: True Food Facts from Around the World- Solheim- 641.3 SOL

*  Saturday Sancocho- Torres- E TOR

*  I Am African-American – Turk – 973 TUR

                                Back to Top  Science

                                Back to Science IV. FOSS Air and Weather

Books on COL

What Makes a Raindrop? – Brandt

The Raindrop Goes Plop: a first look at the water cycle – Godwin

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

*  Pickles to Pittsburgh- Barrett- E BAR

Other Weather Books

*  El arco iris- Babarro- E BAB

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

*  Pickles to Pittsburgh- Barrett- E BAR

*  Can It Rain Cats and Dogs?  Berger- 551.48 BER

*  The Nature and Science of Winter- Burton- 508.2 BUR

*  The Nature and Science of Summer- 508.2 BUR

*  The Nature and Science of Spring- Burton- 508.2 BUR

*  Hot Days- Burke- 508.2 BUR

*  Cold Days- Burke- 551.5 BUR

*  Windy Days- Burke- 508.2 BUR

(3 books) *  Cloudy, Rainy, Sunny Days- Burke - 551.57 BUR

*  Weather Everywhere- Casey- 551.5 CAS

*  The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane- Cole- 551.55 COL

*  The Cloud Book- dePaola- E DEP

*  Weather explained:  A Beginner's Guide to the Elements- Elsom- 551.5 ELS

*  When a Storm Comes Up- Fowler- 551.55 FOW

*  Hurricanes- Galiano- 551.55 GAL

*  Weather Words and What They Mean- Gibbons- 551.6 GIB

*  Clouds- Gregoire- 551.57 GRE

*  Clima borrascoso, Huracanes!  Hopping- 551.55 HOP

*  Weather- Kespert- 551.5 KES

*  The Mailbox Gr. 2-3- Oct./Nov. 2006- "weather"- periodical

*  Just a Thunderstorm - Mayer- E MAY

*  First Field Guide to Weather- Kahl- (paperback) Kahl- 551.5 KAH

*  Weather Around You- Royston- 551.5 ROY

*  Clouds- Saunders-Smith- 551.57 SAU (K-1)

*  Rain- Saunders-Smith- 551.57 SAU (K-1)

*  Winter, Summer, Spring, Autumn (4 books) - Saunders-Smith- 508.2 SAU (K-1)

*  Wind- Schlessinger videorecording- VHS

*  Rain and Snow- Schlessinger videorecording- VHS

*  Meteorology- Schlessinger videorecording- VHS

*  Hurricanes and Tornadoes- Schlessinger videorecording- VHS

*  Clouds- Schlessinger videorecording- VHS

*  Climate and Seasons- Schlessinger videorecording- VHS

*  All About Rain, Snow, Sleet, and Hail- Schlessinger videorecording- VHS

*  Weather- Simon- 551.5 SIM

*  On the Same Day in March: A Tour of the World's Weather- Singer-551.6 SIN

*  Thunderstorms- Sipiera- 551.55 SIP

*  What in the World?  The Earth Explained:  Weather and Climate- SVE/Churchill videorecording- VHS

*  Verano- Whitehouse- 508.2 WHI

*  Primavera- Whitehouse- 508.2 WHI

*  Otono- Whitehouse- 508.2 WHI

*  Invierno- Whitehouse- 508.2 WHI

*  The Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm- White- 551.6 WHI

*  Tell Me Why Rain is Wet- Willis- 551.48 WIL

*  Dime por que es mojada la lluvia- Willis- 551.48 WIL

Air Is There

* The Science Book of Air- Ardley- 533 ARD

* 101 Science Experiments- Ardley- PRO ARD

Air Under Water

Parachutes

* Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot: A True Story of the Berlin Airlift and the Candy That Dropped From the Sky- Raven- 943 RAV

Pushing on Air

* Flying in a Hot Air Balloon- Bellville- 797.5 BEL

* Flight: The Journey of Charles Lindbergh- Burleigh- 629.13 BUR

* Hot-Air Henry- Calhoun- E CAL

* Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Bessie Coleman- Grimes- B COL

* Fly High! The Story of Bessie Coleman- Borden- B COL

* Charles Lindbergh, Hero Pilot- Collins- B LIN

* Fly, Bessie, Fly- Joseph- B COL

* Air and Flying- Evans- 621.132 EVA

* Charles A. Lindbergh: A Human Hero- Giblin- B LIN

* Lisa's Airplane Trip- Gutman- E GUT

* Air and Flight- Hewitt- 533 HEW

* Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot: A True Story of the Berlin Airlift and the Candy That Dropped From the Sky- Raven- 943 RAV

* Flying High: Air Travel Past and Present- Shuter- 387.7 SHU

* Sadie the Air Mail Pilot- Strom- E STR

* Joe-Joe's First Flight- Tarpley- E TAR

Air/Water Fountain

Balloon Rockets

* Flying in a Hot Air Balloon- Belville- 797.5 BEL

* Mine's the Best- Bonsall- E BON

* Hot-Air Henry- Calhoun- E CAL

* The Big Balloon Race- Coerr- E COE

* Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm - Nolen- E NOL

* How to Build a Rocket- Richardson-  629.47 RIC (joke book)

*  You Can't Take a Balloon into the National Gallery- Weitzman- E WEI

* You Can't Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum- Weitzman- E WEI

Amelia Earhart

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

* Amelia Earhart- Brown- B EAR

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

* Amelia Earhart- Schlessinger videorecording (DVD)

* Amelia Earhart- Schaefer- B EAR

* Sky Pioineer: A Photobiography of Amelia Earhart- Szabo- B EAR

* Amelia Earhart- Stone- B EAR

* Amelia Earhart - Wood- B EAR