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Booklists for Teachers and Parents

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Books to use for Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies:

http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detaillistbooks.asp?idBookLists=201

Using Prior Knowledge

Andrews-Goebel, Nancy. The Pot That Juan Built. Illustrated by David Diaz. Lee & Low, 2002. 32 pages. Ages 6 - 10 Arnosky, Jim. All About Rattlesnakes. Scholastic, 1997. 28 pages. Ages 4 - 8 Brenner, Barbara . Thinking About Ants. Illustrated by Carol Schwartz. Mondo, 1997. 32 pages. Ages 2 - 5 Chrustowski, Rick. Big Brown Bat. Henry Holt, 2008. 32 pages. Ages 5-8 Floca, Brian. Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11. Atheneum, 2009. 40 pages. Ages 5 - 10 Florian, Douglas. Bow Wow Meow Meow: It's Rhyming Cats and Dogs. Harcourt, 2003. 47 pages. Ages 4 - 11 Gibbons, Gail. My Basketball Book. HarperCollins, 2000. Ages 3 - 8 Gibbons, Gail. My Football Book. HarperCollins, 2000. Ages 3 - 8 Giovanni, Nikki. Rosa. Illustrated by Bryan Collier. Henry Holt, 2005. 32 pages. Ages 6-10 Hartman, Bob. The Wolf Who Cried Boy. Illustrated by Tim Raglin. Putnam, 2002. 32 pages. Ages 4 - 8 Hausherr, Rosmarie. What Instrument Is This?. Scholastic, 1992. 38 pages. Ages 4 - 8 Jenkins, Steve and Robin Page . What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?. Houghton Mifflin, 2003. 32 pages. Ages 3 - 6 Prelutsky, selector, Jack. The Beauty of the Beast: Poems from the Animal Kingdom. Illustrated by Meilo So. Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. 101 pages. Ages 3 - 11 Ross, Alice and Kent Ross . The Copper Lady. Illustrated by Leslie Bowman. Carolrhoda, 1997. 48 pages. Ages 6 - 9 Sayre, April Pulley. Stars Beneath Your Bed: The Surprising Story of Dust. Illustrated by Ann Jonas. Greenwillow Books / HarperCollins, 2005. 24 pages. Ages 5-8 Takabayashi, Mari. I Live in Tokyo. Houghton Mifflin, 2001. 32 pages. Ages 5 - 9 Trivizas, Eugene. The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1993. 32 pages. Ages 5 - 8 Waldman, Neil. The Snowflake: A Water Cycle Story. Millbrook Press, 2003. 32 pages. Ages 4 - 8

Making Connections: Family

Amato, Mary . The Chicken of the Family . Illustrated by Delphine Durand. Putnam, 2008. 32 pages. Ages 4-7

Diakité, Penda. I Lost My Tooth in Africa. Illustrated by Baba Wagué Diakité. Scholastic Press, 2006. 32 pages. Ages 4-7

Gregory, Nan . Pink. Illustrated by Luc Melanson. 2007, Groundwood. 32 pages. Ages 5-8

Hamanaka, Sheila. Grandparents Song. HarperCollins, 2003. 32 pages. Age 7 and older

Jenkins, Emily. Five Creatures. Illustrated by Tomek Bogacki. Frances Foster Books / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001. 24 pages. Ages 3 - 6

Kuklin, Susan. Families. Hyperion, 2005. 36 pages. Ages 7-11

Lazo Gilmore, Dorina K.. Cora Cooks Pancit. Illustrated by Kristi Valiant. Shen's Books, 2009. 32 pages. Ages 3 - 7

Making Connections: School

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Ajmera, Maya and John D. Ivanko . Back to School. SHAKTI for Children / Charlesbridge, 2001. 32 pages. Ages 5 - 7

Choi, Yansook. The Name Jar. Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. 32 pages. Ages 4 - 6

Creech, Sharon. A Fine, Fine School. Illustrated by Harry Bliss. HarperCollins, 2001. 32 pages. Ages 4 - 8

Edwards, Michelle. Pa Lia's First Day (A Jackson Friends Book). Harcourt, 1999. 50 pages. Ages 5 - 8

Grimes, Nikki. Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel. Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. Putnam, 2009. 74 pages. Ages 6 - 9

McNamara, Margaret . How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?. Illustrated by G. Brian Karas. Schwartz & Wade, 2007. 32 pages. Ages 5-8

Moss, Peggy. Say Something. Illustrated by Lea Lyon. Tilbury House, 2004. 32 pages. Ages 5 - 10

Paterson, Katherine. Marvin One Too Many. Illustrated by Jane Clark Brown. HarperCollins, 2001. 48 pages. Ages 4 - 7

Making Connections: Friendship

Boelts, Maribeth. Those Shoes. Illustrated by Noah Z. Jones. Candlewick Press, 2007. 32 pages. Ages 5-8

English, Karen. Hot Day on Abbott Avenue. Illustrated by Javaka Steptoe. Clarion, 2004. 32 pages. Ages 5 - 9

Grimes, Nikki. Danitra Brown Leaves Town. Illustrated by Floyd Cooper. Amistad / HarperCollins, 2002. 32 pages. Ages 5 - 8

Kasza, Keiko. The Rat and the Tiger. Putnam, 1993. 32 pages. Ages 2-5

Rodman, Mary Ann. My Best Friend. Illustrated by E. B. Lewis. Viking, 2005. 32 pages. Ages 5-8

Rogers, Fred. Extraordinary Friends. Illustrated by Jim Judkis. Putnam, 1999. 32 pages. Ages 3 - 7

Zolotow, Charlotte. My Friend John. Illustrated by Amanda Harvey. Random House, 2000. 32 pages. Ages 2 – 4

Questioning

Browne, Anthony. Into the Forest. Candlewick Press, 2004. 28 pages. Ages 6 - 10

Davies, Nicola. Big Blue Whale. Illustrated by Nick Maland. U.S. edition: Candlewick Press, 1997. 27 pages. Ages 3 - 7

Erdrich, Louise. Grandmother's Pigeon. Illustrated by Jim LaMarche. Hyperion, 1996. 32 pages. Ages 6 - 11

Geisert, Arthur and Bonnie Geisert . River Town. Houghton Mifflin, 1999. 32 pages. Ages 7 - 10

Gillette, J. Lynett. Dinosaur Ghosts: The Mystery of Coelophysis. Illustrated by Douglas Henderson. Dial, 1997. 32 pages. Ages 5 - 11

Hearne, Betsy. Who's in the Hall? A Mystery in Four Chapters. Illustrated by Christy Hale. Greenwillow, 2000. 32 pages. Ages 6 - 9

Johnston, Tony. My Abuelita. Photographed by Tim O'Meara. Illustrated by Yuyi Morales. Harcourt / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. 32

pages. Ages 4 - 7 Kimmel, Eric A. . Stormy's Hat: Just Right for a Railroad Man . Illustrated by Andrea U’Ren. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008. 32 pages. Ages 5-8

Lehman, Barbara. The Red Book. Houghton Mifflin, 2004. 32 pages. Ages 5 - 10

Macaulay, David. Shortcut. Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 64 pages. Ages 4 - 10

Quigley, Mary. Granddad's Fishing Buddy. Illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch. Dial, 2007. 32 pages. Ages 4-8

Reiser, Lynn. Two Mice in Three Fables. Greenwillow, 1995. 32 pages. Ages 3 - 6

Rumford, James. Silent Music: A Story of Bagdhad. A Neal Porter Book / Roaring Brook Press, 2008. 32 pages. Ages 7-9

Wiesner, David. The Three Pigs. Clarion, 2001. 40 pages. Ages 4 and older

Woodson, Jacqueline. The Other Side. Illustrated by E. B. Lewis. G. P. Putnam, 2001. 32 pages. Ages 5 – 8
































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Visualizing

Banks, Kate. And If the Moon Could Talk. Illustrated by Georg Hallensleben. U.S. edition: Frances Foster /FSG, 1998. 40 pages. Ages 3 - 6

Davies, Nicola. One Tiny Turtle. Illustrated by Jane Chapman. U. S. edition: Candlewick Press, 2001. 32 pages. Ages 3 - 7

Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Weather: Poems for All Seasons. Illustrated by Melanie Hall. HarperCollins, 1994. 64 pages. Ages 4 - 8

Karas, G. Brian. Atlantic. Putnam, 2002. 32 pages. Ages 6 - 10

Manushkin, Fran. How Mama Brought the Spring. Illustrated by Holly Berry. Dutton, 2008. 32 pages. Ages 5-8

Medearis, Angela Shelf. Our People. Illustrated by Michael Bryant. Atheneum, 1994. 32 pages. Ages 4 - 8

Miller, Sara Swan. Three Stories You Can Read to Your Cat. Illustrated by True Kelley. Houghton Mifflin, 1997. 48 pages. Ages 5 - 7

Perkins, Lynne Rae. Snow Music. Greenwillow Books / HarperCollins, 2003. 36 pages. Ages 4 - 8

Perkins, Lynne Rae. Pictures from Our Vacation. Greenwillow Books / HarperCollins, 2007. 32 pages. Ages 6-9

Schaefer, Lola M.. What's Up? What's Down?. Illustrated by Barbara Bash. Greenwillow / HarperCollins, 2002. 32 pages. Ages 3 - 7

Schertle, Alice. Down the Road. Illustrated by E. B. Lewis. Browndeer Press, 1995. 40 pages. Ages 4 - 7

Sidman, Joyce. Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors. Illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski. Houghton Mifflin / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

2009. 32 pages. Ages 4 - 8

Stock, Catherine. Gugu's House. Clarion, 2001. 32 pages. Ages 5 - 8

Updike, John. A Child's Calendar. Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. New edition: Holiday House, 1999. 32 pages. Ages 5 - 11

Wetterer, Margaret K. and Charles M. Wetterer . The Snow Walker. Illustrated by Mary O'Keefe Young. Carolrhoda, 1996. 48 pages. Ages 7 – 10

Inferring

Baek, Matthew J.. Panda & Polar Bear. Dial, 2009. 32 pages. Ages 2 - 5 Baker, Jeannie. Window. Greenwillow (U.S. edition), 1991. 32 pages. Age 9 and older Banks, Kate. Howie Bowles, Secret Agent. Illustrated by Issac Millman. Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999. 89 pages. Ages 7 - 9 Burningham, John. Edwardo : The Horriblest Boy in the Whole Wide World. Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. 32 pages. Ages 5-8 Esbensen, Barbara Juster. Swing Around the Sun: Poems. Illustrated by Cheng-Khee Chee, Janice Lee Porter, Mary GrandPrJ, and Stephen Gammell. Carolrhoda, 2003. 48 pages. Ages 5 - 10 Frazee, Marla. A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever . Harcourt, 2008. 32 pages. Ages 4-7 Kasza, Keiko. My Lucky Day. Putnam, 2003. 32 pages. Ages 3-7 Minshull, Evelyn. Eaglet's World. Illustrated by Andrea Gabriel. Albert Whitman, 2002. 32 pages. Ages 5 - 8 Morales, Yuyi. Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book. Chronicle, 2003. 28 pages. Ages 4 - 7 Pallotta, Jerry. The Skull Alphabet Book. Illustrated by Ralph Masiello. Charlesbridge, 2002. 32 pages. Ages 7 - 10

Pattison, Darcy. The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman. Illustrated by Joe Cepeda. Harcourt, 2003. 32 pages. Ages 5 - 10 Pinkney, Jerry. The Lion & the Mouse. Little, Brown, 2009. 32 pages. Ages 4 - 10 Prelutsky, Jack. If Not for the Cat. Illustrated by Ted Rand. Greenwillow / HarperCollins, 2004. 40 pages. Ages 4 - 10 Scamell, Ragnhild. Buster's Echo. Illustrated by Genevieve Webster. HarperCollins, 1993. 24 pages. Ages 2 - 4































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Shannon, George. White Is for Blueberry. Illustrated by Laura Dronzek. Greenwillow / HarperCollins, 2005. 32 pages. Ages 2-7 Simont, Marc and based on a true story by Reiki Sassa . The Stray Dog. HarperCollins, 2001. 32 pages. Ages 2 - 5 Wiesner, David. Tuesday. Clarion, 1991. 32 pages. Ages 3 - 8 Young, Ed. Seven Blind Mice. Philomel, 1992. 40 pages. Ages 3-6

Summarizing

Alalou, Elizabeth and Ali Alalou . The Butter Man. Illustrated by Julie Klear Essakalli. Charlesbridge, 2008. 32 pages. Ages 5-9 Bang, Molly. Common Ground: The Water, Earth and Air We Share. Blue Sky/Scholastic, 1997. 32 pages. Ages 5 - 8 Blake, Robert. Togo. Philomel, 2002. 40 pages. Ages 6 - 10 Cooper, Elisha. Ice Cream. Greenwillow / HarperCollins, 2002. 40 pages. Ages 6 - 10 Fleming, Candace. Boxes for Katje. Illustrated by Stacey Dressen-McQueen. Melanie Kroupa Books / Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2003. 36 pages. Ages 6 - 9 Fleming, Denise. Buster. Henry Holt, 2003. 32 pages. Ages 4 - 7 Goldin, Augusta. Ducks Don't Get Wet. Illustrated by Helen K. Davie. Revised edition: HarperCollins, 1999. 32 pages. Ages 3 - 7 Haas, Jessie. Runaway Radish. Illustrated by Margot Apple. Greenwillow Books / HarperCollins, 2001. 56 pages. Ages 5 - 8 Harjo, Joy. The Good Luck Cat. Illustrated by Paul Lee. Harcourt, 2000. 32 pages. Ages 4 - 7 Judge, Lita. One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II. Hyperion, 2007. 32 pages. Ages 6-10 Markle, Sandra. Creepy, Crawly Baby Bugs. Walker, 1996. 32 pages. Ages 4 - 8 McCully, Emily Arnold. Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006. 32 pages. Ages 5-9 McKissack, Patricia C.. The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Schwartz & Wade, 2007. 32 pages. Ages 5-8 Muth, based on a story by Leo Tolstoy, Jon J. . The Three Questions. Scholastic Press, 2002. 32 pages. Ages 5 - 10 Pennypacker, Sara. Pierre in Love. Illustrated by Petra Mathers. Orchard Books / Scholastic, 2007. 40 pages. Age 5-9 Peterson, Cris. Clarabelle: Making Milk and So Much More. Photographed by David R. Lundquist. Boyds Mills Press, 2007. 32 pages. Ages 6-10 Rylant, Cynthia. Mr. Putter and Tabby Stir the Soup. Illustrated by Arthur Howard. Harcourt, 2003. 48 pages. Ages 5 - 7 Winter, Jeanette. My Name Is Georgia: A Portrait. Silver Whistle/Harcourt Brace, 1998. 48 pages. Ages 5 - 8

Synthesizing

Bunting, Eve. One Green Apple. Illustrated by Ted Lewin. Clarion, 2006. 32 pages. Ages 5-8

Casanova, Mary. The Hunter: A Chinese Folktale. Illustrated by Ed Young. Atheneum, 2000. 32 pages. Ages 5 - 9

Cocca-Leffler, Maryann. Jack's Talent. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. 32 pages. Ages 5-7

Diakité, Baba Wagué. The Magic Gourd. Scholastic Press, 2003. 32 pages. Ages 4 - 7

Falwell, Cathryn. David's Drawings. Lee & Low, 2001. 32 pages. Ages 4 - 7

hooks, bell. skin again. Illustrated by Chris Raschka. Hyperion, 2004. 32 pages. Ages 5 - 10

Hume, Lachie. Clancy the Courageous Cow. U.S. edition: Greenwillow Books / HarperCollins, 2007. 32 pages. Ages 6-10

Jean-Pierre, Siméon. This Is a Poem That Heals Fish. Translated by Claudia Zoe Bedrick. Illustrated by Olivier Tallec. U.S. edition: Enchanted Lion Books, 2007. 40 pages. Ages 6-10
































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Jimenez, Francisco. La Mariposa. Illustrated by Simon Silva. Houghton Mifflin, 1998. 40 pages. Ages 8-11

Martin, Jacqueline Briggs. The Water Gift and the Pig of the Pig. Illustrated by Linda S. Wingerter. Houghton Mifflin, 2003. 32 pages. Ages 5 - 8

McDonald, Megan. Judy Moody Saves the World. Illustrated by Peter Reynolds. Candlewick Press, 2002. 144 pages. Ages 6 - 9

Muth, Jon J.. Stone Soup. Scholastic Press, 2003. 32 pages. Ages 5 - 8

Myers, Walter Dean. Looking Like Me. Illustrated by Christopher Myers. Egmont, 2009. 32 pages. Ages 5 - 9

Ormerod, Jan. Who's Whose?. U.S. edition: Greenwillow, 1998. 32 pages. Ages 3 - 7

Paterson, Katherine. The Smallest Cow in the World. Illustrated by Jane Clark Brown. HarperCollins, 1991. 64 pages. Ages 4-7

Raschka, Chris. John Coltrane's Giant Steps. A Richard Jackson Book / Atheneum, 2002. 32 pages. Ages 6 - 10

Reiser, Lynn. The Surprise Family. Greenwillow, 1994. 32 pages. Ages 3-6

Rumford, James. Calabash Cat and His Amazing Journey. Houghton Mifflin, 2003. 32 pages. Ages 4 - 8

Shulevitz, Uri . How I Learned Geography. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2008. 32 pages. Ages 4-8

Wong, Janet S.. Apple Pie 4th of July. Illustrated by Margaret Chodos-Irvine. Harcourt, 2002. 32 pages. Ages 6 - 9

MONDO Texts that connect to Writing Units at Grade Levels

Kindergarten

How To Use This Document

This is a document that supports the integration of writing units of study to MONDO texts. Use the shared reading texts, guided reading books, text

cards, and oral language photos to support the unit of study. The texts are to be used during your writing mini-lessons, or to immerse students at the

beginning of a writing unit of study.

Unit of Study Focus:

Narrative Writing


Narrative Writing


Expository (How to)


Expository (All about)

MONDO Shared Reading Texts:

A Trip to the City* A Week with Aunt Bea*

* - These texts can be used in a

lesson to show how to “zoom in” on

one small moment


A Trip to the City* A Week with Aunt Bea*

* - These texts can be used in a

lesson to show how to “zoom in” on

one small moment


Make a Valentine


Little Bears Who Lives in the Sea I Eat Leaves At Work Hands, Hands, Hands Chickens

Some books do not have all of the

elements mentioned on the genre

elements grid, but they can still be

used for topic selection, sentence

structure, etc.

MONDO Guided Reading Texts: Batter Up! (B) A Trip to the City (C)* What a Mess (C)

MONDO Guided Reading Texts: Batter Up! (B) A Trip to the City (C)* What a Mess (C)

MONDO Guided Reading Texts:

Make a Valentine (C)


Flowers (A) Little Bears (A)














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A Week with Aunt Bea (D)* * - These texts can be used in a lesson to show how to “zoom in” on one small moment

A Week with Aunt Bea (D)* * - These texts can be used in a lesson to show how to “zoom in” on one small moment

The Pet Store (A) Trucks (A) What Comes from Eggs? (A) At Work (B) Breakfast at the Farm (B) I Eat Leaves (B) In the Woods (B) Raindrops (B) This is Water (B) Who Lives in the Sea (B) Hands, Hands, Hands (E) Tarantulas Are Spiders (F) Chickens (G) Dinosaurs (K)

Some books do not have all of the

elements mentioned on the genre

elements grid, but they can still be

used for topic selection, sentence

structure, etc.

First Grade

Connections from MONDO Texts to APS Writing Pacing Guides


Narrative


Expository - How to and All About


All About and Poetry


Old Man’s Mitten What’s Cooking How the Mouse Got Brown Teeth


How To:

Making Collages

All About

Where Do Animals Live? Penguins Are Waterbirds Meet the Octopus Caterpillars (Big Book) Spiders


Poetry

Where Does the Wind Go? Mice Cat Who Has Seen The Wind? Somewhere Caterpillar (Chart) Morning, Noon, and Night


The First Day of School (A)

Lost Cat (D)

Tubes in My Ears: My Trip to the Hospital(K)


How To:

How To Make Sock Puppets(E) Making Collages (level G) How To Make Salsa (H) Growing Radishes and Carrots(I) All About: Homes (B) How Many Legs? (C) Where Do Animals Live? (D) A Pumpkin Grows (E) Penguins Are Waterbirds (F) Dolphins (F)


Poetry:

Right Outside My Window (F) I Love Cats (G) Zoo-Looking (level G) Somewhere (I) Where Does the Wind Go? (L) Morning, Noon, and Night (K)


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Breathing (J) Meet the Octopus (K) Caterpillars (K) Slugs and Snails (L) Some Machines are Enormous(L) Spiders (M)

Mondo Info Pairs: Mondo Info Pairs:

How to Info Pairs:

5A Recipe for a Rainbow (G)

All About Info Pairs:

1A You’re Getting Warmer (E) 1B The Reasons for the Seasons (E) 4A Map of My Neighborhood (F) 4B North, South, East, West (F) 6A What is a Tipi? (H) 6B Even the Three Pigs Didn’t Have One (H) 7A Lines and Shapes (H) 7B Playground Polygons (H) 8B The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (I) 9A Cave Dweller Tour (I) 9B Soaring Serpents (I) 11A What About Whiskers? (K) 11B Tasty Toungue Facts (K) 12A Sojourner Truth (L) 13A Too Much Pollen! (L) 13B The Waggle Dance (L) 14A Four Facts About Old Cars (M) 14B Hybrid Cars (M)

Mondo Info Pairs:

(see All-About resources listed in 2nd

quarter)

Second Grade Level

Unit of Study Focus: Narrative Unit of Study Focus: Procedures and Reports Unit of Study Focus: Poetry and

Reports


Use resources from your school’s resource room


Procedure:

Let’s Make A Kite

Report:

Seahorses Trees Beavers Should We Have Pets?


Let’s Sing About It - Poetry

Something Is There Witches’ Menu What’s That?

Report:

Thinking About Ants Animal Shelters Up And Away


Small Moment:

My Haircut – Level E


Procedure:

Let’s Make A Kite- Level E Candy Creations from the “Candy Queen” (pg. 16-32) (I)


Poetry:

Super Silly Riddles!- Level G


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Six Things to Make (K) Planning a Birthday Party (M) How to Grow Crystals (P)

All About:

Butterflies In My Garden (pg. 4-13) (F) Seahorses (F) Trees (H) I Need Glasses: My Visit to the Optometrist (I) Beavers (J) Sharks (K) Our National Treasures (K) Thinking about Ants (L) Animal Shelters (M) Up and Away! Taking a Flight (N) Platypus (N) Frogs (O) Whales (O)

Dogs Are My Favorite Things (H)

Up the Haystack (H) Level I: Sounds of a Summer Night (I) Francis Scott Key “Star Spangled Banner” pg. 32 Who Likes It Hot? (J) We’re Off To Thunder Mountain (J) Look at the Moon (K) Could We Be Friends – Poems for Pals (L) The Funny Old Man and The Funny Old Woman (M)(use a small portion of the text to illustrate rhyme). Did You Hear Wind Sing Your Name? (N)

MONDO Text Cards:

Small Moment:

Card 4B: Jerome’s Dog-Walking Business Level G

MONDO Text Cards

Procedure:

Card 1A: How to Make Scrambled Eggs Level F Level G: Card 3A: Let’s Look at Density Level G Card 3B: Be a Density Detective Level G Level I: Card 6A: Counting to 10 With Roman Numerals – Level I

All About:

Card 5A: The River Otter’s Home – Level H Card 5B: The Spotted Owl’s Forest – Level H Card 6B: Hieroglyphics -Level I Card 7A: The 1962 Great Atlantic Storm -Level I Card 9A: Electric Cars for Sale!- Level J Card 9B: The Big Green Bus- Level J

MONDO Text Cards

All Abouts:

Card 10A: The Pioneers – Level K Card 11A: Firefly Facts Level L Card 12A: The Right to Privacy – Level M Card 14B: Craig Kielburger: Free the Children – Level N

How To:

Card 13B: Finding Your Way –

Level M

Third Grade Level

Connections from MONDO Texts to APS Writing Pacing Guides

Unit of Study Focus: Narrative

Unit of Study Focus: Informational

Unit of Study Focus: Fiction

MONDO Shared Reading/Read Aloud Texts:

Javed’s Pet - Level J Twiddle Twins Music Box Mystery – Level L Hurricane on Seashell Island – Level L/M Ivy’s Journal – Level N The Breakfast Bird – Level O Take a Bow Winky Blue – Level L Read Aloud:

MONDO Shared Reading /Read Aloud Texts:

Touch the Earth – Level H Grizzly Bears – Level K Skyscrapers – Level J

Safari – Island Adventures – Level L/M Read Alouds The Olympics – Level J

MONDO Shared Reading/Read

Aloud Texts:

Grandpa at the Beach – Level K Lost and Nearly Lost: “Fishing on

the Net” Level O (Realistic Fiction)


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Camping with Grandma :The Waterfall Hike” – Level K Island Adventures :The Legend of Seashell Island” – Level L Tammy Tooodlepepper, Collector: “The Funny Woman” – Level P

At the Opening Ceremony – Level J Zebra, Leopard, and Giraffe Patterns – Level M Encyclofact: “Print My Pattern”- Level L Encyclofact: “Lost and Nearly Lost – Level N Sports Hall of Fame – Level L Should There Be Zoos? – Level N Cyber net: “From Pigeon Post to the Internet “Level – M Volleyball – “Playing Volleyball” – Level Q Encyclofact “Gliding – Level O Walruses – Le vel Q

The Inventor – Level P

MONDO Guided Reading Texts/Text Cards

Journey to a New Land: An Oral History – Level M

Lucy Takes a Holiday – Level K The Little Brown Jay: A Tale From India – Level L Edgar Badger’s Butterfly Day – Level L Edgar Badger’s Fishing Day – Level L The Twiddle Twins Single Footprint Mystery – Level L

MONDO Guided Reading Texts/Text Cards

Making Pop- Ups – Level K Grizzly Bears- level K Sports Hall of Fame – Level L

Text Cards: 7A, 7B, 10B, 12A, 12B

MONDO Guided Reading

Nicketty- Nacketty – Noo- Noo- Noo – Level J

Grandpa at the Beach – Level K Too Much Trouble for Grandpa – Level K

Poetry:

Where Does the Butterfly Go When It Rains – Level J Touch the Earth – Level J Someday Cyril – Level N

Fourth Grade Level

Unit of Study Focus: Personal Narratives

Unit of Study Focus: Essays Unit of Study Focus: Realistic

Fiction


MONDO Shared Reading Texts: (These are

examples of Informational Essay)

Expository Text Structures:

The Outback: “The Australian Outback” How Advertising Works Glaciers and Other Icy Bergs: “Glaciers, Icy

Sheets and Ice Bergs” Ballooning: “Hot Air Ballooning” Come to Bali: “Welcome to Bali” The Mighty Hippopotamus How To Start Your Own Business Safari Encyclofact: “Household Garbage”


Realistic Fiction:

Fatima How To Be Nice: (And Other

Lessons I Didn’t Learn) Come To Bali: “Monkey

Business”

MONDO Read Aloud:

Personal Narrative:

Glaciers and Other Icy Bergs:

MONDO Read Aloud:

MONDO Read Aloud:

Realistic Fiction:

Over The Long Distance: “Fun Runs”


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“Millennium Adventure” The Science of Flight: “Another Day

In Space”

Grandpa In The Green Room: “Cheuki’s Dream” Mountain Sports: “Snowboard Mania” Memories: “The Big Clean Up” Valley Of Hope


Personal Narrative:

How To Be Nice: (And Other Lessons I Didn’t Learn) – use a chapter as an example (O)



Should Kids Play Video Games? (P )- Should There Be Presidential Term Limits? (S) Americas Forests and Woodlands (T) Are Organized Sports Better For Kids Than Pick Up

Games? (T)


Realistic Fiction:

How To Be Nice: (And Other Lessons I Didn’t Learn) Level O Tea Leaves – Level O Fatima- Level O

MONDO Text Cards

MONDO Text Cards:


Level O/P

Card 1 A: Masks: A Southwestern Native American Tradition

Card 1 B: Preserving Pacific Northwest History Through Totems

Level S/T

Card 12 B: Storm Chasers And Tornado Forecasters (last 2 paragraphs)

Card 13 B: The Faces Of New York City Card 14B: Nimby or Yimby?

MONDO Text Cards

Fifth Grade Level

Unit of Study Focus: Personal Narratives Unit of Study Focus:

Essays

Unit of Study Focus: Realistic

Fiction


Personal Narrative:

Rescue Missions: “Rescue”

MONDO Shared Reading

(These are examples of Informational Essay)


Magnets: “Magnetism” Sherlock Hounds: “Our Heroic Search And Rescue Dogs” In And Around The Pacific Rim Grand Central Terminal: “Gateway to New York City” Water Wonders Of The World Americas Mountains (use pg. 41) Very Small Things: “Microbes” Hunters, Gatherers and Trackers: “Hunters and Gatherers” (use pgs. 3-9)


Realistic Fiction:

Books For Oliver Finding Chance

Read Aloud

Personal Narrative:

Gold Fever: “Letters From The Past” (the letters only)

Read Aloud:


Adventures In History: “Life In Ancient Greece” (first page only)

Read Aloud:

Realistic Fiction:

A New Way: “Anna Hopkins”


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The Restless Earth: “Friends Of Sandy Bay”

Trapped: “The Coral Trap”


Personal Narrative:

Level R:

Malinali (use 1 excerpt from the journal as an example of a personal narrative)



Should There Be Space Exploration? (R) Water Wonders of the World (use chapter 6) (U) Grand Central Terminal: “Gateway to New York City”

Level U Americas Mountains – pg. 41 (V) Is It Better To Be Judged By A Jury Of Your Peers Than By A Judge? (V) Should We Drill For Oil In Protected Areas? (W)


Realistic Fiction:

Level Q:

Finding Chance The Alien, The Giant, and Rocketman Breadsong Books For Oliver

MONDO Text Cards MONDO Text Cards

(These are examples of Informational Essay)


Level R/S:

Card 1 A: What Was The Stamp Act? Card 1 B: An Unruly Tea Party At Boston

Harbor Card 2 A: How To Survive An Avalanche Card 3 A: At Work In The Colonies Card 5 B: Tracking Birds Through Banding

Level T/U:

Card 6 A: The Trail Where They Cried Card 7 A: Jack and Jill (and Family): A

Chimpanzee Community Card 8 A: The Unknown Earth: “Exploring

The Depths Of The Sea” Card 8 B: An International Science Project Card 10 A: The Hudson River – America’s

First Highway Card 10 B: Road Trip! Route 66: “America’s

Favorite Highway” Level V/W:

Card 11 B: Why Vote? Card 13 B: Where Does Sand Come From?

MONDO Text Cards

Documents

Booklists for Teachers and Parents - Aurora Public Schoolsinstruction.aurorak12.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/66/2012/07/Books-to...Strategies.pdf · Booklists for Teachers and Parents