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Nonfiction

awaiting UBD Language Arts lesson plans

                             Back to Lang. Arts UBD Writing Lessons

Folktales

Day 1

family story

Day 2

elements of folktales

A Story, A Story

*  Legend of the Bluebonnet - DePaola- E DEP- located in folktales/fairy tales section

Day 3

*  Anansi the Spider -

(see Trickster Tales/Anansi section in the fairy tale/folktale section- 300s)

Day 4

select purpose- folktale

Days 5-6

graphic organizer- outline of folktale

Day 7

use of repetition

Day 8

pattern of three

see Three Little Pigs or G. and Three Bears - Reading Resources- Fairy Tale versions

Day 9

folktale ending = happy

Day 10

share drafts

Day 11

purpose of fables

Days 12-13

graphic organizer = pre-writing strategy for fable

Day 14

draft - fable

Day 15

adding dialogue

Day 16

fable sharing

Day 17

elements of fairy tales

Days 18-20

story map graphic organizer

Cinderella stories- see fairy tale section (300s)

Three Little Pigs- see fairy tale section (300s)

Days 21-22

patterns of 3 and 7

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs- see fairy tale section (300s)

Day 23

adding dialogue

Day 24

vivid verbs

Jack and the Beanstalk- see fairy tale section (300s)

Day 25

fairy tale share

                     Back to Language Arts General COL books: Language Arts

The following Lang. Arts books are in COL order:

*  Bluebonnet List

*  The Web Files – Palatini – E PAL

*  Nate the Great and Me: the Case of the Fleeing Fang – Sharmat – E SHA

*Nate the Great and the Monster Mess – Sharmat – E SHA

*  Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Sleeping Dog– Sobol – FIC SOB

Pigsty – Teague

*  El chicquero – Teague – E TEA

*  A Picture Book of Christopher Columbus – Adler - B COL

*  A Picture Book of Louis Braille – Adler – B BRA

                                                                                                                *  Picture Book of Davy Crockett – Adler – B CRO

*  A Picture Book of Frederick Douglass – Adler – B DOU

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

*  American’s Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle – Adler - B EDE

*  A Picture Book of Thomas Alva Edison – Adler – B EDI

*  A Picture Book of Anne Frank – Adler – B FRA

*  A Picture Book of Ben Franklin – Adler – B FRA

*  A Picture Book of Lou Gehrig: the luckiest man – Adler – B GEH

*  A Picture Book of Patrick Henry – Adler – B HEN

*  A Picture Book of Thomas Jefferson – Adler – B JEF

*  A Picture Book of Helen Keller – Adler – B KEL

*  A Picture Book of John F. Kennedy – Adler – B KEN

*  A Picture Book of Martin L. King, Jr. – Adler – B KIN

*  A Picture Book of Robert E. Lee – Adler – B LEE

*  A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln – Adler – B LIN

*  A Picture Book of Thurgood Marshall – Adler – B MAR

*  A Picture Book of Florence Nightingale – Adler – B NIG

*  A Picture Book of Jesse Owen – Adler – B OWE

*  A Picture Book of Rosa Parks – Adler – B PAR

*  A Picture Book of Paul Revere – Adler – B REV

*  A Picture Book of Jackie Robinson – Adler – B ROB

*  A Picture Book of Eleanor Roosevelt – Adler – B ROO

*  A Picture Book of Sojourner Truth – Adler – B TRU

*  A Picture Book of Harriett Tubman – Adler – B TUB

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

John Henry An American Legend – Keats

*  John Henry – Rabbit Ears Production – DVD

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

*  Johnny Appleseed – Johnston – B CHA

*  Johnny Appleseed – Schaefer – B CHA

*  Pecos Bill – Disney Tall Tale – 398.2 PAU

*  Pecos Bill – Kellogg – 398.2 KEL

*  Pecos Bill - Osborne – 398.22 OSB

 * Farmer Duck – Waddell – E WAD

*  Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain[– Aardema – Audio cassette/book kit

The Best Town in the World – Baylor

*  The Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark – Deedy – E DEE

*  Stellaluna – Cannon – E CAN

*  Stelaluna(Spanish) – Cannon – E CAN

*  Stone Fox(2) – Gardiner – FIC GAR

*  Stone Fox y la carrera de trineos – Gardiner – FIC GAR

*  Snowflake Bentley(2) – Martin – B BEN

Just Like Home/Como en Mi Terra – Miller

The Best(Worst) School Year Ever – Robinson

Mitchell Is Moving – Sharmat

Arthur Series (44 titles at MCWHORTER) FIC and E

*  Julius, the Baby of the World – Henkes – PRO HEN

* Julius, the Baby of the World – Henkes – E HEN

*  Julius, el rey de la casa – Henkes – E HEN

*  The Snowy Day – Keats – E KEA

*  Un dia de nieve – Keats- E KEA

Alice in Wonderland – Carroll – E DIS

Country Mouse Makes a Decision – NA (?)

*  More Than Anything Else – Bradby – E BRA

The Wall – Bunting

*  Dear Mr. Henshaw – Cleary – FIC CLE

*  Quierido Senor Henshaw(2) – Cleary – FIC CLE

*  Swimmy – Lionni – E LIO

*  Nadarin- Lionni- E LIO

*  Five Lionni Classics – Lionni – VR/VHS

Miss Tizzy – Gray

Evan’s Corner – Hill

*  The Big Orange Splot – Pinkwater- E PIN

*  Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday  (2) – Viorst – E VIO

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

*  Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster – Frasier – E FRA

* Chicken Sunday – Polacco – E POL – video cassette- VHS

*  Chicken Sunday – Polacco –  E POL

 El Pollo de los domingos – Polacco

*  Millions of Cats – Gag – E GAG

Milliones de gatos – Gag

                             Back to Language Arts Comprehension Toolkit Books

books with italics = Comprehension Toolkit list

books without italics= other suggestions

Asking Questions

*  The Story of Ruby Bridges- Coles- B BRI

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

First on the Moon- Henner

*  Neil Armstrong: The First Man on the Moon- Kramer- B ARM

*  The Mary Celeste: An Unsolved Mystery from History- Yolen- E YOL

*  The Wolf Girls: An Unsolved Mystery from History- Yolen & Stemple- E YOL

Time

 A River Runs Wild- Cherry

*  Koala Lou- Fox- E FOX

*  Wemberly Worried- Henkes- E HEN

*  Prudencia Preocupa- Henkes- E HEN

*  Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse- Henkes- E HEN

*  Lilly y su bolso de plastico morado- Henkes- E HEN

*  Chester's Way- Henkes- E HEN

Determining Importance

A History of US Colonies to Country- Hakim

National Geographic for Kids (periodical)

Infer Meaning

Cheyenne Again- Bunting

Kids Discover: The Titanic

*  The Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest- Jenkins-796.52 JEN

Space Songs- Livingston

*  Knots on a Counting Rope- Martin- E MAR

Making Connections

Lightning -Kramer

WORD STUDY

                                 Back to Top Social Studies

Citizenship and Government

 Celebrations:  Children Just Like Me – Kindersley ---------the only book listed on COL

Ninos como yo – Kindersley

*  America the Beautiful – Bates – 811 BAT

Woodrow for President:  A Tale of Voting Campaigns and Elections - Barnes and Barnes

*  A More Perfect Union: The Story of our Constitution – Maestro – 342.73 MAE

The Pledge of Allegiance:  Promesa de Lealtad - (Scholastic)

*  So You Want to Be President - 973.09  STG

*  I Am African-American – Turk – 973 TUR   (heritage)

*  We the Kids: The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States – Catrow – 342.73 WE

*  Uncle Sam and Old Glory:  Symbols of America -929.9  WES

*  Woodrow Wilson: Twenty-eighth President - B  WIL

Citizenship

*  Citizenship in the Community – 100% Educational Videos - videorecording- VHS

*  We Live Here Too!: Kids talk about good citizenship - Loewen  323.6 LOE

         The Donkey and the Rock – Demi   (settling disputes)

*  Teacher's Helper 2-3 June/July 2005- "citizenship" - periodical

                                     Local Government Services

           *  The Fire Station – National Geographic Society – videorecording - VHS

                            How Local Services Are Provided

                                                   Elections

                                    A Very Important Day – Herold

                                      Granddaddy’s Gift - Mitchell

                                                  Structure

*  A Day in the Life of a Mayor: featuring New York City Mayor Giuliani – Burby – 974.7 BUR

               *  So You Want to Be President – St. George – 973.09 STG

                                             Good Citizens

Jane Addams:

                               Jane Addams – Armentrout

         *  Peace and Bread: Story of Jane Addams – McPherson – B ADD

Helen Keller:   

                       *  A Picture Book of Helen Keller – Adler – B KEL

                                                Helen Keller – Sullivan

Harriet Tubman:

                                 Harriet and the Promised Land - Lawrence

         *  Learning about Bravery from the Life of Harriet Tubman – Mosher – B TUB

                                                 Harriet Tubman - Rowley

*   Minty: A Story of a Young Harriet Tubman – Schroeder – B TUB

Citizenship materials:

                *  So What is Citizenship Anyway?  Luthringer- 323.609 LUT

         *  Being Responsible- Nelson- 179 NEL

*  Citizenship in the Community- 100% Educational Videos- VHS

*  What Does it Mean to Be a Good Citizen?  videorecording - VHS

                                     Timelines/Graphs/Charts

                 Back to Top Science

                                 Back to Science    III. The Changing Earth

Back to Science         IV. Objects in the Sky

*  Uranus - Adamson- 523.47 ADA

*  Urano- Adamson- 523.47 ADA

*  Saturno- Adamson- 523.46 ADA

*  Pluton- Adamson- 523.48 ADA

*  Neptuno- Adamson- 523.48 ADA

*  Mercurio- Adamson- 523.41 ADA

*  Marte- Adamson- 523.43 ADA

*  La Tierra- Adamson- 550 ADA

*  Jupiter (Eng./Span.)- Adamson- 523.45 ADA

*  Venus- Adamson- 523.42 ADA

*  El sol- Asimov- 523.7 ASI

*  The Sun and the Solar System- Branley- 523.2 BRA

* The Planets in Our Solar System- Branley- 523.4 BRA

*  Pluto- Brimner- 523.48 BRI

*  Jupiter- Brimner - 523.45 BRI

*  Earth - Brimner- 550 BRI

*  The Reader's Digest Children's Atlas of the Universe- Burnham- REF 523.1 BUR

*  The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System-   Cole- located in the Magic School Bus section

*  The Magic School Bus: Out of This World- Scholastic videorecording (VHS)

El autobus magico el el sistema solar- Cole

*  Space- Kalman- 520 KAL

*  The Oxford Children's A to Z of Space- Kerrod - REF 520 KER

*  Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors- Kerrod- 523.5 KER

*  Exploring Space- Kirkwood- 520 KIR

*  Postcards from Pluto:  A Tour of the Solar System- Leedy- 523.2 LEE

*  The Planets- Gibbons- 623.4 GIB

*  Solar System- Goldsmith- 523.2 GOL

*  The Scholastic Encyclopedia of Space- Mitton- REF 520.3 MIT

*  Space- Oxlade- 520 OXL

*  There's No Space Like Space- Rabe- 520 RAB

*  Venus- Richardson- 423.42 RIC

*  Saturn- Richardson- 523.46 RIC

*  Mercury- Richardson- 523.41 RIC

* Mars- Richardson- 523.41 RIC

*  Jupiter- Richardson- 523.45 RIC

* Earth- Richardson- 525 RIC

*  Sun- Schlessinger videorecording -VHS

*  Planets and the Solar System- Schlessinger videorecording- VHS

*  All About the Planets- Schlessinger videorecording- VHS

*  The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System- Cole- 523.3 COL- located in the Magic School Bus section

*  The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System - Scholastic videorecording-(VHS)

*  The Magic School Bus Gets Lost in Space- Scholastic videorecording (VHS)

*  Uranus- Simon- 523.4 SIM

*  Our Solar System- Simon- 523.2 SIM

*  Stars and Planets- Levy- 523.2 STA

*  What's in Space?  Stars and Planets- SVE & Churchill Media videorecording - VHS

*  Neptune- Vogt- 523.4 VOG

*  Sun- Vogt- 523.7 VOG

*  Earth- Vogt- 550 VOG

*  What's Faster Than a Cheetah?  Wells- 531 WEL

*  Tell Me Why the Moon Changes Shape- Willis- 523.3 WIL

*  The Solar System: An A-Z Guide- Wilsdon- 520.3 WIL

*  The Sun- Winrich- 523.7 WIN

*  The Moon- Winrich- 523.3 WIN

*  Pluto- Winrich- 523.482 WIN

* Neptune- Winrich- 523.481 WIN