My Electronic Reading File

Informational/Biography/Autobiography

Title	Author/Illustrator	Genre	Grade Level	Summary	Activity
Winter	Ron Hirschi photographs by Thomas D. Mangelson	Informative	1-3	Tells about winter and what some animals do during winter.	Have students create a collage of winter pictures.
Those Mysterious Dinosaurs	Gina Ingoglia illustrated by Christopher Santor	Informative	3^rd – 4^th	Tells history of different types of dinosaurs.	Have the students make dinosaur puppets using construction paper and popsicle sticks. Students will cut out dinosaur and glue it to stick.
Honest Abe	Susan Neiburg Terkel illustrated by Bert Dodson	Biography	K – 3^rd	Tells of young Abe Lincoln’s love for books and tells a story about Abe borrowing a book from a rich farmer and ruining it accidentally.	I would have the students divide up into groups and each create a talking tableaux for the different scenes in the book.
A Picture Book of Book of George Washington	David A. Adler, illustrated by John and Alexandra Wallner	Biography	K – 3^rd	Gives a childlike account of George Washington’s life from childhood to death.	Shared writing lesson, have students tell me events of George Washington’s life. (SS1H1)

S1E1    Students will observe, measure, and communicate weather data to see patterns
in weather and climate.

S1CS4   Students will use the ideas of system, model, change, and scale in exploring
scientific and technological matters.

SKL2 Students will compare the similarities and differences in groups of organisms.

ELAKR3 b. Recognizes and names all uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet.

SS1H2 The student will read or listen to American folktales and explain how they
characterize our national heritage. The study will include John Henry, Johnny
Appleseed, Davy Crockett, Paul Bunyan, and Annie Oakley.

ELAKW1 The student begins to understand the principles of writing. The student

SS1E1 The student will identify goods that people make and services that people
provide for each other.

SS1E2 The student will explain that people have to make choices about goods and
services because of scarcity.

ELA1W1    The student begins to demonstrate competency in the writing
process.

SSKG1   The student will describe American culture by explaining diverse community
and family celebrations and customs.

ELA2R4     The student demonstrates the ability to read orally with speed, accuracy,
and expression.

SSKG2   The student will explain that a map is a drawing of a place and a globe is a
model of the Earth.

MKG1 Students will correctly name simple two and three-dimensional figures, and
recognize them in the environment.

SS1H1   The student will read about and describe the life of historical figures in
American history.

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Title	Genre	Author/Illustrator	Summary	Grade	Activity
Noah’s Ark	Caldecott	Illustrated by Peter Spier	Shows beautiful artwork of Noah in the ark and all of the animals. Pictures of Noah taking care of the animals and releasing the animals after the flood.	K-5	Have children create their own ark’s using popsicle sticks, and glue. Also cut out and paste animals onto their ark out of magazines.
The Funny Little Woman	Caldecott	Retold by Arlene Mosel, pictures by Blair Lent	A Japanese woman tumbles down a road after her dumpling that rolled away. A wicked oni ends up capturing her. She later escapes laughing all the way.	1-3	Have students divide up into groups and create a song with creative dance movements to go along with the book.
The Snowy Day	Caldecott	By Ezra Jack Keats	Peter awoke to a snowy day. After breakfast he goes out to play in the snow, when it is time to come in he packs a snowball in his pocket but later finds it has melted.	K-2	Have children make a weather wheel using construction paper, paper plates, and crayons. S1E1
Owl Moon	Caldecott	By Jane Yolen, illustrated by John Schoenherr	A father and son go out owling (calling for owls), an owl lands on a branch in front of them and people make eye contact and the owl flies off.	K-3	Have children fold a white piece of paper and make cuts in it. Afterwards compare to classmates to see how each are different. S1E1
Freight Train	Caldecott	Donald Crews	Uses color to describe the different parts of the train.	K-2	Sing a song about all the colors.
King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub	Caldecott	Audrey Wood Illustrated by Don Wood	The king is in the tub all day doing different things like eating at lunch and fishing and having a party that night, until finally he gets out.	1-3	Have the children make their own crowns using paint, glitter, ribbons, jewels, etc.
Knuffle Bunny	Caldecott	Mo Willems	A little girl who can’t talk yet goes to the laundromat with her dad and leaves her knuffle bunny there. Once they realize it was left they go back and get it and she says her first words “knuffle bunny."	Pre-k-K	Have students compare how the little girl felt when she lost her bunny and when she finds her bunny.
Mirette on the Highwire	Caldecott	Emily Arnold McCully	A master of tightrope walking teaches a young girl to walk the wires, after she begs him. At First he doesn’t want to. S1CS4	1-2	Have students place objects on balancing scales to get them to balance. S1E1

Title	Genre	Author/Illustrator	Grade Level	Summary	Activity
The Matchlock Gun	Newbery/Chapter book	Walter D. Edmonds illustrated by Paul Lantz	2-3	A little boy is left with his mother and sister to “protect” them while father goes to protect the land in a war. He has to use his father’s matchlock gun to fight off the Indians to protect his family.	Have students do reader’s theater. Acting out the boy, mother, daughter, father and Indians.
Bridge to Terabithia	Newbery/Chapter book	Katherine Paterson	4-5	A little boy named Jess Aaron has always been known as the best and fastest runner at his school. The summer before fifth grade he practices running everyday so that he will be the best again. A little girl named Leslie Burke moves in and she is the new fastest runner. They become best friends and they create a place called Terabithia.	I would have students write a double entry journal including the following categories What I read I learned
Sarah Plain and Tall	Newbery/Chapter book	Patricia MacLachlan	4-5	Sarah a lady from Maine marries Jacob a farmer after answering an ad. Jacob is a widower. Jacob’s children are afraid Sarah is going to leave them, but she doesn’t.	Have students perform a reader’s theater acting out the characters from the book. Sarah, Papa, Caleb, Anna
The Great Gilly Hopkins	Newbery/Chapter book	Katherine Paterson	4-5	Gilly is an orphan that is being sent to live with Mrs. Trotter. When she arrives she has a hard time adjusting. She longs to be with her mother Courtney.	Have students write a double entry journal including the following categories What I read What I thought
The Whipping Boy	Newbery/Chapter book	Written by Sid Fleischmen illustrated by Peter Sis	4-5	A little boy named Jemmy is known as the whipping boy at the castle. He wants to run away from the castle but the Prince decides to run away and take Jemmy with him.	Have students make a medieval banner.

Title	Genre	Author/Illustrator	Grade Level	Summary	Activity
Good Night, Sweet Butterflies	From the Creator of Ten Little Lady Bugs	Picture Book	Pre-K- K	The book goes through all the colors using an engineered butterfly on each page.	Design a bufferfly out of pipe cleaners and construction paper and glitter.
No More Jumping on the Bed	Tedd Arnold	Georgia children’s picture storybook award	K-2	Walter is jumping on his bed and suddenly the bed falls through each floor of the apartment complex. When he reaches the bottom he realized he has been dreaming.	Have students draw a picture about a dream they have had, using construction paper and crayons, underneath the picture tell about the dream.
Dog Breath, The Horrible Trouble With Hally Tosis	Dav Pilkey	Georgia children’s picture storybook award	K-2	Hally the dog lived with the Tosis family and suffers from bad breath, but Hally’s bad breath saves the day when two burglars break in.	Teach a lesson on dental hygiene, bring in toothbrushes for all the students and show them the correct way to brush their teeth.
My Teacher Sleeps in School	Leatie Weiss, illustrated by Ellen Weiss	Georgia children’s picture storybook award	K-2	Mrs. Marsh’s students think she eats and sleeps at school. When Mrs. Marsh hears of this she takes the class on a field trip to her home.	Have students make a map from their home to school.
Julius	Syd Hoff	Picture Book	1^st – 2	Davy goes to Africa with his father to find a gorilla. He finds Julius the gorilla and brings him back.	Have the students create an animal from Africa that they would like to bring back to America out of Playdough or modeling clay. Then discuss how they could be grouped according to certain characteristics. (SKL2)

Title	Author/Illustrator	Genre	Grade Level	Summary	Activity
Alphabet Mystery	Audrey Wood illustrated by Bruce Wood	ABC	Pre – K – 2nd	Each night before bed the little ABC’s say their name. One night the x is missing. ABC’s have to solve the mystery to find x.	Have students pair up and pull clues from a bag that create a mystery character (letter). ELAKR3
The Gunnywolf	Rotold and illustrated by A. Delaney	ABC	K – 1^st	A little girl goes into the woods forgetting about Gunnywolf while she is singing her ABC’s. She runs into Gunnywolf and he wants her to sing the ABC’s to him he falls asleep.	Students would sing a new alphabet song while making the letters with their bodies.
It’s Mine	Gina and Mercer Mayer	Concept	K – 1^st	A little critter doesn’t want to share and he gets in trouble. In the end he tries to share a frog and no one wants to share it.	Have students participate in a narrative pantomime as the story is being read.

Title	Author/Illustrator	Genre	Grade Level	Summary	Activity
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom	Bill Martin Jr.	Predictable	Pre-k to K	ABC’s climb up the coconut tree and they fall out.	Give each child a letter of the alphabet and as the letter is read have them line up like a train. ELAKR3
Mortimer	Robert Munsch art by Michael Martchenko	Predictable	K - 2	Everyone is getting mad at Mortimer for being noisy and they thump, thump, thump up the stairs each time yelling “Mortimer be quiet.”	Have children chime in on the predictable parts.

Title	Author/Illustrator	Genre	Grade Level	Summary	Activity
Skylark	Patricia MacLacklan	Historical Fiction and Chapter book	3-5	A family in western times struggles through drought. While trying to make the best of it a fire burns papa’s fields. Sarah has a hard time dealing with the drought and takes the children to stay in Maine until the drought ends.	Create a list of warning signs with students that prove the land is experiencing a drought. SS1E2
Number the Stars	Lois Lowry	Historical Fiction Chapter book	3-5	Annemarie is a little girl during World War II. There are food shortages and Nazi's guarding everywhere. Her best friend is Ellen. Ellen is Jewish and Annemarie is Christian. Annemarie has to protect Ellen from the Nazis.	Have students read book in literature circles and discuss the feelings of all characters.
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers	By Mordicai Gerstein	Historical Fiction	1-4	Philippe Petit connects a wire in between the twin towers and walks it while on the rope he dances, runs, and lies down on the wire.	Have students do a frozen tableau of Philippe on the wire.
The Story of Ruby Bridges	By Robert Coles, Illustrated by George Ford	Historical Fiction	1-5	Ruby Bridges is a black child that attends an all white school. Everyone in the school gives her a hard time on a daily basis except for her teacher. Each day she comes prepared to learn. She is a brave child despite her surroundings.	Have students create an open mind portrait of how Ruby felt. SS1H1

Title	Genre	Author/Illustrator	Grade Level	Summary	Activity
Grandfather’s Stories From Mexico	Donna Roland illustrated by Don Oden	Multicultural	2^nd – 3^rd	Grandfather of two Mexican Children lives in Mexico and tells them stories of the Mexican Culture. SSKG1	Make a piñata and have a fiesta in the classroom to celebrate Mexican culture.
The Fortune Tellers	Lloyd Alexander illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman	Multicultural	2^nd – 3^rd	A young man visits a fortune teller the fortune teller tells him all good things and when he goes back he becomes the fortune teller and lives happily ever after. ELA2R4	Have students tell the beginning, middle, and end of the story and be able to place events in order.
Eskimo Boy	By Russ Kendall	Multicultural	K-3	Tells of a seven year old boy’s life in Alaska. Tells about Alaskan and Eskimo culture. (SSKG2)	Have students look at map, and label their own map with United States, and Alaska.
Mai Li’s Surprise	By Majorie Jackson, illustrated by Cheryl Kirk Noll	Multicultural	K-4	A little girl named Mai-Li can write in Chinese. Her brother likes to make kites. He makes a kite and paints a tiger on it and Mai Li writes the tigers name in Chinese on the kite.	Have students design their own kites, and write a Chinese symbol on the kite. MKG1
Too Many Tamales	Written by Gary Soto, illustrated by Ed Martinez	Multicultural	2-4	Maria is helping her mother make tamales. She tries on her mother’s ring when her mother steps out and loses it. She thinks it is in the tamales, but it is not. She goes to tell her mother about the ring and her mother is wearing it.	Study Mexican culture by trying different Mexican foods, like tamales, tacos, tortillas.