Title/Author
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TEK/Topic
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Misc.
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A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin by Jen Bryant |
Overcoming Obstacles, |
http://explorepahistory.com/displaygallery.php?gallery_id=1-7-4&bcolor=tan&list=1
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Knit Your Bit by Deborah Hopkinson |
Social Studies-WWI, Community Involvement |
Teach students to crochet or knit. Donate to needy cause such as cancer patients. http://hspicturebooks.blogspot.com/search/label/history |
Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett |
Community Involvement, Making Predictions (Caldecott Honor Book) |
Teach students to crochet or knit. Donate to needy cause such as cancer patients. |
Hamster Champs by Stuart Murphy |
Math-angles, Making Predictions |
Simulate the hamsters car jumps with a protractor and a toy car |
Crankee Doodle by Tom Angleberger |
Social Studies-Yankee Doodle |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwHvyqNDUvE
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Flotsam by David Wiesner |
Wordless, Inference (Caldecott Award) |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxmSpQqKUU0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azepxJlktL4
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Emily's Art by Peter Catalanotto |
Art |
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Dolley Madison Saves George Washington by Don Brown |
Social Studies |
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/monarchy-enlightenment/english-portraiture/america-ageof-revolution/a/gilbert-stuarts-lansdowne-portrait
http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=4
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Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 by Michelle Markel |
Social Studies-Labor Unions in the late 1800's
Artwork-watercolor, gouache, and mixed media
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http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/shavelson-clara-lemlich
http://trianglefire.ilr.cornell.edu/primary/testimonials/ootss_ClaraLemlich.html
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A Boy Called Dickens by Deborah Hopkins |
ELA-Victorian England, Child Labor, Debtors' Prison, |
http://www.biography.com/people/charles-dickens-9274087
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Hot Diggity Dog The History of the Hot Dog by Adrienne Sylver |
Expository Writing |
http://majorleagueeating.com/
http://www.nathansfamous.com/
http://www.hot-dog.org/
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Hoop Genius How a Desperate Teacher And A Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball by Joh Coy |
Basketball, Cause and Effect, |
http://www.biography.com/people/james-a-naismith-9420059
http://www.springfieldcollege.edu/welcome/birthplace-of-basketball/index#.VOeBS7DF9lA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4PCIGM5S_M
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The Dark by Lemony Snicket |
Personification
Artwork-Gouache and Digital
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Barnum's Bones How Barnum Brown Discovered the Most Famous Dinosaur in the World by Tracey Fern |
Science, T-Rex, |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDpVAZEefHY
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The Art of Miss Chew by Patricia Polacco |
Art, Learning disabilities, Making predictions |
http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/polacco
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Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich |
Poetry, Monsters |
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Follow Follow by Marilyn Singer |
Point of View, Fairy Tales, Reversos |
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Bluebird by Bob Staake |
Wordless, Friendship, Bullying, Making predictions, Inference |
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The Boy Who Loved Words by Roni Schotter |
Alliteration,Synonyms, Antonyms |
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Hanging Off Jefferson's Nose Growing Up On Mount Rushmore by Tina Nichols Coury |
Expository, National Parks |
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography/rushmore-borglum/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography/rushmore-lincoln-borglum/
http://www.nps.gov/moru/index.htm
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Frankenstein A Monstrous Parody by Ludworst Bemonster |
Parody |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLIVaFuQ82o
Parody of Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
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Carnivores by Aaron Reynolds |
Science, Carnivores, Humor |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgt8k8Dle-Q
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Chopsticks by Amy Krouse Rosenthal |
Personification, Figurative Language, Inference |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtnCkUrfjw8 |
Helen's Big World The Life of Helen Keller by Doreen Rapport |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUV65sV8nu0 (Very emotional scene that insensitive students might not handle well...but poignant.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdTUSignq7Y
http://www.teachingbooks.net/media/pdf/SingleBGs/BigWordsGuide.pdf
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Exclamation Mark by Amy Krouse Rosenthal |
Punctuation, Personification |
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Henry and the Cannons by Don Brown |
Social Studies-American Revolution, Difficulties of war, determination |
http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/knox.html
Map the route the Cannons took.
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Bird by Zetta Elliott |
Art, Drug Addiction, Death, Tone |
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Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson |
Kindness, Friendship, (Coretta Scott King Award) |
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Bully by Laura Vaccaro Seeger |
Bullying |
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The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce |
Personification, Figurative Language, Prediction, Hurricane Katrina, Wizard of Oz, Silent Movies |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VljJIQuPDSE |
Infinity and Me by Kate Hosford |
Math, Concept of Infinity |
Ask students what infinity means to them.
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Lemniscate.html
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Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems |
Persuasion, Ethos, Pathos and Logos |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWEekO4ufwM
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/pigeon-drive-bus-lesson-plans.html
http://pathosethoslogos.com/
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Jack's Path of Courage:The Life of John F. Kennedy by Doreen Rappaport |
Courage, Social Studies |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEC1C4p0k3E
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Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds |
Making predictions, Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast (to old horror movies), Art/Illustration |
https://vimeo.com/43773523
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Crankenstein by Samantha Berger |
Moodiness |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYd3cgMcas8 |
Battle Bunny by Jon Scieszka |
Character, Point of View |
Use Elmo to project as you read for full detail.
Have students apply this book technique to a chapter of a classic book.
http://mybirthdaybunny.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzWbWFlfM9g
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The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt |
Character, Persuasion |
http://www.rif.org/documents/us/The-Day-the-Crayons-Quit.pdf
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Darth Vader and Son by Jeffrey Brown |
Point of View, Tone |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecBQQzqBm3w
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For Liberty The Story of the Boston Massacre by Timothy Decker |
Social Studies, American Revolution, |
http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-massacre/videos/boston-massacre
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1751-1775/captain-prestons-account-of-the-boston-massacre-march-5-1770.php
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Anne Frank's Chestnut Tree by Jane Kohuth |
Social Studies, World War II, Holocaust, Comparison, Symbolism |
http://www.annefrank.org/
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Actual Size by Steve Jenkins |
Science |
Draw an animal such as a blue whale on the sidewalk with chalk to help them with the concept of its length.
http://www.hmhbooks.com/readers_guides/pdfs/JenkinsGuide.pdf
http://www.the-best-childrens-books.org/Actual-Size-lesson.html
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Even Monsters Need Haircuts by Matthew McElligott |
Humor |
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The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns |
Math, shapes |
Have students use their device or cameras to take photos of shapes in the real world |
Henry's Freedom Box A True Story of the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine |
Social Studies-Slavery, Underground Railroad, Black History |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k8P19pI2O0
Find a box or tape off an area on the floor to give students a sense of the dimensions of Henry's box
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Freedom on the Menu The Greensboro Sit-Ins by Carole Boston Weatherford |
Social Studies-Civil Rights, Sit-ins, Black History |
http://www.sitins.com/index.shtml
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-act/videos/civil-rights-act-of-1964
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Harlem's Little Blackbird The Story of Florence Mills by Renee Watson |
Social Studies-Harlem Renaissance, Black History |
http://www.florencemills.com/
http://www.biography.com/people/florence-mills-9408946
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I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen |
Sequence of Events, Inference |
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A Dance Like Starlight One Ballerina's Dream by Kristy Dempsey |
Determination, Dreams, Black History, Fine Arts |
http://primajanetcollins.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZLOAMD4iJ8
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The Junkyard Wonders by Patricia Polacco |
Special Needs, Determination, Dreams |
http://www.ingramcontent.com/Teacher%20Guides/PATRICIA%20POLACCO%20ED%20GUIDE-revise.pdf |
Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles |
Social Studies-Black History, Civil Rights |
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-act/videos/civil-rights-act-of-1964 |
14 Cows For America by Carmen Agra Deedy |
Geography, Culture, Kenya, 9/11, Perspective |
http://www.14cowsforamerica.com/ |
Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow by Joyce Sidman |
Science and Nature poetry including specific nature vocabulary. Scratchboard Illustrations |
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I Have A Dream Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Illustrated by Kadir Nelson |
Social Studies, Civil Rights, Black History, March on Washington, Metaphor, Figurative Language, Persuasion, |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs |
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