Electronic
For

Lisa Kidd
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Description |
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Caldecott Books |
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The
Ox-Cart Man |
Barbara Cooney |
Picture Book: Historical Fiction |
5-10 |
K-4 |
Set in the 1800’s, a man takes all things from the family’s home and trades them for new things in the city. |
Students could make various things such as candles, baskets, or brooms. |
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The
Little House |
Virginia Lee Burton |
Picture Book: Modern Fantasy |
5-10 |
K-4 |
A house was built in the country and as the years went by the city moved in around her. Finally she was moved back to the country. |
Research how your town might have looked 100 years ago and draw maps/pictures from the past and from the present. |
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Tuesday |
David Wiesner |
Picture Book: Modern Fantasy |
5-8 |
K-2 |
Frogs fly through the air on lily pads during the night leaving a mystery for the humans when daybreak comes. |
Write own words for the story. |
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The
Snowy Day |
Ezra Jack Keats |
Picture Book: Realistic Fiction |
4-8 |
PreK-2 |
Peter has a great adventure on a snowy day in the city. |
Make snowman sculptures out of homemade play dough and other materials. Class could create a whole winter scene. |
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Song
of the Swallows |
Leo Politi |
Picture Book: Realistic Fiction |
4-8 |
K-2 |
Juan misses the birds and makes awaits their arrival in the spring. |
Find out which birds come to your area in the spring. Make bird masks. (directions at crayola.com) |
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Where
the Wild Things Are |
Maurice Sendak |
Modern Fantasy |
4-8 |
K-2 |
Max goes on a “wild” adventure when his mother sends him to his room for being naughty. |
Children can draw monsters on construction paper using chalk. |
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Madeline’s
Rescue |
Ludwig Bemelmans |
Picture Book: Modern Fantasy |
4-8 |
K-2 |
Madeline is rescued by a dog when she falls in the river and all the girls wish to keep him. |
Using
construction paper, toothpicks and glue, make a replication of the |
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May
I Bring a Friend? |
Beatrice Schenk de Regniers/Beni Montresor |
Picture Book: Modern Fantasy |
4-8 |
PreK-2 |
A boy is invited to visit the king and queen and he asks permission to bring his animal friends. |
Children can draw with crayons or markers an animal in the story and write on their picture what the animal was thinking in the book. |
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Newbery Books |
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Bridge
to Terabithia |
Katherine Paterson |
Realistic Fiction |
10-12 |
5-6 |
A young boy becomes best friend with a girl who moves in next door. They create a private kingdom in the woods. |
Write a different ending to the book, what would things be like in a year or two if things had turned out differently? GPS:ELA5W1 |
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Sarah,
Plain and Tall |
Patricia MacLachlan |
Historical Fiction |
8-10 |
3-4 |
A father finds a new wife after his first wife passes away. |
Using clam shells and glitter glue, decorate the inside of the shell. (www.crayola.com) |
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Holes |
Louis Sachar |
Realistic Fiction |
11 - adult |
5 + |
A boy is sent to boot camp for a crime he did not commit. |
Students can divide into groups and pick a part of the book and put on a play of characters interacting with one another. |
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The
Whipping Boy |
Sid Fleischman |
Modern Fantasy |
8-12 |
3-6 |
A bratty prince who has a “whipping boy” gets into a lot of trouble. They become friends. |
Using cardboard and paint children can work in groups to make a castle. Make finger or stick puppets and then have students act out scenes. |
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Caddie
Woodlawn |
Carol Ryrie Brink |
Historical Fiction |
10-12 |
5-6 |
Caddie
is an 11-year-old tomboy growing up on the |
Children can make their own “scalp” belts and display in a box like the Woodlawn Children did. |
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Other Award-Winning Books |
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Tomas
and the Library Lady |
Pat
Mora/Raul Texas Bluebonnet Award 2000 |
Multicultural Realistic Fiction |
4-10 |
K-4 |
A librarian encourages a child of migrant workers to come to the library often. |
Make a poster using collage from magazines of children entering a library. Have children list their favorite books on the poster. They can tell the class about the books and why they like them. |
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The
Friendship |
Mildred D. Taylor/ Max Ginsburg Coretta Scott-King Award 1988 |
Multicultural Realistic Fiction |
8-12 |
3-6 |
A group of children witness an argument between
a black man and a white merchant in rural |
Great for a discussion about racism. Students could write what they thought would happen after the book ends then combine work together to make a short play. |
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Knuffle
Bunny |
Mo Willems Award: Caldecott Honor, 2005 |
Picture Book: Realistic Fiction |
3-8 |
PreK- 2 |
Trixie takes her stuffed rabbit with her on an errand and temporarily loses it. |
Do a pantomime. Children can act out the process of washing clothes. |
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Owen |
Kevin Henkes Award: Caldecott Honor, 1994 |
Picture Book: Modern Fantasy |
4-8 |
K-2 |
Owen has a security blanket and does not want to get rid of it. His mother finds a way that he can still take it everywhere. |
Using heavy weight paper and yard, children can make a blanket or quilt. Decorate and then sew squares together. |
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Leo
the Magnificat |
Ann Martin/ Emily McCully Georgia Children’s picture story book award 1998-1999 |
Picture Book: Realistic Fiction |
4-8 |
K-2 |
A homeless cat is adopted by a small church. He is much loved. Based on a true story. |
Make a memory book with illustrations. Write about a pet, an event, etc. Write about what is happening in the pictures. GPS: ELA2W1a |
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ABC/Counting/Concept Books |
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Big
and Little |
Samantha Berger/ Pamela Chanko |
Picture Book Concept Book: Size, big and little |
3-7 |
Prek-2 |
Wonderful photographs introduce the concept of big and little. |
Make a picture using pictures from magazines of things that are big and little. GPS: ELAIR5c |
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Farm
ABCs |
B.A. Hoena |
Picture Book ABC Book |
3-7 |
PreK-2 |
Life on a farm depicts the ABCs with brilliant photographs. |
Children can make their own farm animal book and write what letter each animal starts with. GPS: ELAKW1c |
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Cat
Count |
Betsy Lewin |
Picture Book Counting Book |
3-7 |
PreK-2 |
Cats that are owned by ten different people are added together and it was found that that makes too many cats. |
Talk about pets and how many each child has. Make a book and then add up how many animals (pets) the entire class has if they put them all together. GPS: MKP5 |
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Predictable Books |
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A
Frog in the Bog |
Karma
Joan Rankin |
Modern Fantasy |
3-7 |
PreK-2 |
A frog in the bog grows bigger as he eats bugs,
until he realizes he is not on a log! |
It would be fun to act out this book! Assign bug parts to children. Class could make a huge frog out of cardboard (with teacher assistance) with a hole in the middle to step through as they were eaten. |
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Ten
Cats Have Hats |
Jean Marzollo/ David McPhail |
Modern Fantasy |
4-7 |
K-2 |
A counting book with cats and hats. |
Teacher can purchase plain white fabric or plastic hats for students to paint. |
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Traditional Literature Books |
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Why
Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears |
Retold by Verna Aarderna |
Picture Book: Traditional Fantasy |
4-8 |
K-2nd |
An African folktale that tells the reason why mosquitoes buzz in peoples’ ears. |
Make
African masks using homemade dough. Decorate by painting. (Directions
at www.crayola.com under “mask
art of |
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Cinderella |
Retold by Marcia Brown |
Picture Book: Traditional Fantasy |
5-10 |
K-4th |
A retelling of Cinderella: With the help of her Fairy Godmother, a girl gets to go to a ball. |
Make a diorama from a scene in the story. |
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Why
the Sky is Far Away, A Nigerian Folktale |
Retold by Mary-John Gerson/ Carla Golembe |
Picture Book: Traditional Literature, Folktale |
5-10 |
K-4th |
The sky used to be so close people could break off pieces and eat it, but because of their waste and greed it moved further away. |
A class could make a mural of the sky that tells the story. GPS: ELA4R1h |
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Beauty
and the Beast |
Retold by Marianna Mayer |
Picture Book: Traditional Fantasy |
4-8 |
Pre-K- 3rd |
A kind girl agrees to exchange places with her father as a prisoner of a “beast”. With her love she breaks the spell that was put upon the beast. |
Rewrite part of the story from other another character’s point of view. GPS: ELAKR6h |
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The
Legend of the Poinsettia |
Retold by Tomie dePaola |
Picture Book: Traditional Literature, Folktale |
5-8 |
K-4th |
A Mexican legend of how the poinsettia came to be. A girl had nothing to offer baby Jesus except some weeds she picked. The weeds miraculously bloomed into red flowers. |
Make Poinsettias out of red construction paper. |
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Fantasy/Science Fiction Books |
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First
Graders From Mars, The Problem with |
Shana Corey/Mark Teague |
Modern Fantasy |
4-7 |
K-2nd |
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Write
an invitation for |
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Don’t
Let the |
Mo Willems |
Picture Book: Modern Fantasy |
Infant to 4 |
Through Pre-K |
A pigeon begs to drive a bus. |
Make
a class book: Don’t let the |
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Hedgie’s
Surprise |
Jan Brett |
Picture Book: Modern Fantasy |
4-8 |
K-2 |
Henny is tired of the boy taking her eggs when she longs to have a family. Hedgie helps her by hiding her eggs. |
Write a “Beasty Book” (www.crayola.com). Find out facts about an animal and make a book with facts about the animal in the shape of that animal. |
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Wemberly
Worried |
Kevin Henkes |
Picture Book: Modern Fantasy |
3-8 |
PreK-2 |
Wemberly worried about everything until she finally finds a friend. |
Children can make an animal with paper plates. |
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Realistic Fiction Books |
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Ramona’s
World |
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Realistic Fiction |
8-12 |
3-6 |
Ramona is excited about the 4th grade. She has a new baby sister and a new best friend. |
Write the next chapter in the book. |
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Ruby
the Copycat |
Peggy Rathmann |
Realistic Fiction |
5-7 |
K-2 |
Ruby is new in school and copies everything Angela does |
Students can pair up and use paint to paint a picture, trade with a partner and the partner copies the picture. |
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Heaven |
Angela Johnson |
Realistic Fiction |
13-adult |
7+ |
A young girl’s life is disrupted when she learns that her mom and dad are not her biological parents. |
In this book Marley read letters from her father. Students could also write letters to Marley to help her deal with her emotions. |
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Thunder
Cake |
Patricia Polacco |
Realistic Fiction |
4-8 |
Pre-k-2 |
A young girl is afraid of thunderstorms and her grandmother helps her to overcome her fears. |
Great for math and measurement. Measure out the ingredients to make a real cake. The adult could make it and everyone would eat it! GPS: M5M3a |
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Historical Fiction Books |
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Hope’s
Revolutionary War Diary |
Kristiana
Gregory |
Historical Fiction |
8-10 |
3-4 |
A
young girl writes about her life and the events during the American
Revolution in |
Have children make up a fictional character from the past, or another from the book other than Hope and write a diary for that character. GPS: SSH4Ha |
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Sweet
Clara and the Freedom Quilt |
Deborah
Hopkinson/ James
Ransome |
Historical Fiction |
5-8 |
K-2 |
Clara learns to sew and makes a quilt “map” that helps slaves, including her, get to freedom. |
There is a wonderful activity called “Freedom train” at www.crayola.com. Children construct slave quarters with cardboard boxes and slaves out of clay. They secretly try to free the slaves by moving them to hiding places and then to freedom. |
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Freedom
Summer |
Deborah
Wiles |
Historical Fiction |
4-8 |
Pre-K- 2 |
This book depicts how two friends deal with racism in the 1960’s. |
Pretend to write a letter to the editor of a local newspaper in the 1960’s. Tell why everyone should be allowed to swim in the public pool. |
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Poetry Anthologies |
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Poetry
for Young People Robert
Frost |
Edited by Gary D. Schmidt/ Henri Sorensen |
Poetry Anthology |
8-12 |
2-7 |
A Collection of poems by Robert Frost. The poems describe the seasons. |
Have students write a poem that relates to the seasons. Put the poem on large paper and make an illustration to go with it. |
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I’m
Nobody! Who Are You? Poems by Emily Dickenson for young People |
Edited by Barbara Holdridge/ Rex Schnieder |
Poetry Anthology |
12+ |
7+ |
A Collection of poems by Emily Dickenson |
Compose a set of original lyrics to the tune of a favorite song. Click here for more information. |
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Multicultural Books |
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The
Magic Fan |
Keith Baker |
Modern Fantasy |
4-7 |
K-2 |
Despite being made fun of, Yoshi uses his skills to impress the villagers. |
Illustrate a fan by using paper and folding it into a fan or by painting/drawing on a plain store bought folding fan. |
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Dancing
With the Indians |
Angela Shelf Medearis/ Samuel Byrd |
Modern Fantasy |
4-7 |
K-2 |
A family watches and joins in several exciting dances while attending an annual Seminole Indian celebration. |
Make Indian costumes complete with headdress and dance. |
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How
My Parents Learned to Eat |
Ina R. Friedman/ Allen Say |
Historical Fiction |
4-8 |
K-2 |
An American sailor and a Japanese girl each try to learn, in secret, how to eat like the other. |
At lunchtime try eating with chopsticks! Make a collage out of things from different cultures. |
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Too
Many Tamales |
Gary Soto, Ed Martinez |
Realistic Fiction |
5-10 |
K-4 |
A girl tries on her mother’s ring and “loses” it when she makes Tamales. |
Make a fiesta mat by “weaving” pieces of construction paper and then decorating it. Bring in a special treat: Tamales! |
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El
Chino |
Allen Say |
Biography |
7-10 |
2-5 |
This is a true story about Billy Wong who was the first Chinese bullfighter. |
Using watercolors students could paint a picture of Billy fighting a bull. |
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Informational Books |
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A
Picture Book of Benjamin Franklin |
David A. Adler/ John
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Biography |
5-10 |
K-4 |
A book about Benjamin Franklin, telling of his work as an inventor and statesman. |
Children can make real kites from paper. |
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Helen
Keller Courage in the Dark |
Johanna Hurwitz/ Neverne Covington |
Biography |
7-9 |
2-4 |
Tells of Helen Keller’s life from birth until death including all her accomplishments |
Put different objects into a bag and have each child try to guess what it is by touching it. Also could blindfold children and put on ear muffs so they might get an idea of what it might be like to be deaf or blind. |
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The
Flag We Love |
Pam Munoz Ryan |
Picture Book |
5-10 |
K-4 |
This book gives the history of the flag as well as some aspects of patriotism. |
Using poster paper, construction paper, glitter, and more… Make own version of our American flag. GPS: SSKK2a |
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Titanic |
Victoria Sherrow |
Picture Book |
7-8 |
3-5 |
The history of the Titanic with real photographs of the ship and the people who were aboard. |
Write postcards you would send to friends and loved ones if you were on the Titanic. Include a picture of the titanic or scenery of thing that might be seen on the way. Write a short message on the other side of the card. |
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More Books By Jan Brett |
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Berlioz
The Bear |
Jan Brett |
Picture Book: Modern Fantasy |
4-8 |
K-2 |
Berlioz and other musicians are on their way to
play for the town ball when the mule pulling their bandwagon refuses to
move. Many suggestions are made before a bee gets the mule moving. |
Children can act out the story and play in a band of their own. |
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The
Mitten |
Jan Brett |
Picture Book: Modern Fantasy |
4-8 |
K-2 |
A boy loses his mitten and many animals make a new home in it. |
Make animals out of clay. Using old socks or mittens see how many animals will fit into the mitten. |
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On
Noah’s Ark |
Jan Brett |
Picture Book: Modern Fantasy |
4-8 |
K-2 |
Noah's granddaughter helps bring the animals into the ark and tries to keep them comfortable while they wait for the rain to stop. |
Make a rainbow mobile with clouds and/or animals. Students make a rainbow and draw pictures to attach to it to make a mobile. |
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Gingerbread
Baby |
Jan Brett |
Picture Book: Modern Fantasy |
4-8 |
K-2 |
A different version of the traditional gingerbread boy story with a surprise ending. |
Build a gingerbread house. (Then eat it.) |
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The
Umbrella |
Jan Brett |
Picture Book: Modern Fantasy |
4-8 |
K-2 |
A boy leaves his umbrella while he goes for a walk and unbeknown to him animals begin to gather in the umbrella. |
Find some big leaves or make leaves from paper and construct an umbrella. |
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The
Hat |
Jan Brett |
Picture Book: Modern Fantasy |
4-8 |
K-2 |
As a girl hangs clothes on the line the wind blows a hat away and it gets stuck on a hedgehog’s head. |
Make a hedgehog using a Styrofoam ball and pine straw needles. Use an old sock for a hat. |
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More Books By Kevin Henkes |
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Kitten’s
First Full Moon |
Kevin Henkes |
Picture Book: Modern Fantasy |
3-6 |
Pre-K-1 |
A kitten thinks the moon is a bowl of milk and tries to get it. |
Draw a picture of yourself or others using colored pencils, glue the picture to a “pond” made of aluminum foil. |
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Julius:
The Baby of the World |
Kevin Henkes |
Picture Book: Modern Fantasy |
3-8 |
Pre-K-2 |
Lily is a little bit jealous of her new baby brother but learns he is not so bad after all. |
Make paper mache disguises, glasses, hats, etc. |
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Lily’s
Purple Plastic Purse |
Kevin Henkes |
Picture Book: Modern Fantasy |
4-7 |
Pre-K - 2 |
Lily gets mad at her beloved teacher when he takes her purse away from her. |
Make disguises: use paper plates for masks and make hats out of construction paper or newspaper. |
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Sheila
Rae the Brave |
Kevin Henkes |
Picture Book: Modern Fantasy |
4-7 |
Pre-K - 2 |
Sheila is always very brave but she gets lost one day. |
Make finger puppets and act out the story. |
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MKP5: Students will create and use pictures, manipulative, models and symbols to organize record and communicate mathematical ideas.
ELAKR6h: The student gains meaning from orally presented text. The student retells important facts in own words.
SSKK2a: The students will identify important American symbols and explain their meaning, national and state flags.
ELAIR5c: The student identifies words that are opposites or have similar meanings.
ELAKW1c: The student accurately prints name, all upper case and lower case letters of the alphabet, and teacher-selected words.
SSH4Ha: The students will trace the events that shaped the revolutionary movement in America including: the French and Indian War, British Imperial policy that led to the 1965 Stamp Act, the slogan “no taxation without representation,” and the activity of the Sons of Liberty, and the Boston Tea Party.
ELA4R1h: For literary texts the student identifies the characteristics of various genres and produced evidence of reading that identifies themes and lessons in folktales, tall tales and fables.
M5M3a: Students will use milliliters, liters, fluid ounces, cups, pints, quarts, and gallons to measure capacity.
ELA5W1: The student produces writing that establishes an appropriate organizational structure, sets a context and engages the reader, maintains a coherent focus throughout, and signals a satisfying closure.
ELA2W1a: The student writes text of a length appropriate to address a topic and tell the story.