Below you will find:
1) a section for Educator Learning/Professional Development
2) a section of books to use for Student Instruction
Books for Educator Learning/PD
Curriculum & Instruction:
Curriculum & Instruction:
*The Daily Five - Boushey
*The Fundamental Five -Cain & Laird
*Classroom Instruction That Works - Marzano
*Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites - Tate
*Results Now - Schmoker
*Making Sense of Phonics - Beck
*Bringing Words to Life (Vocabulary)- Beck
*Word Journeys-2nd Edition (phonics, spelling, vocabulary) - Ganske
*Developing Literacy -Morrison & Wilcox
*Dancing With the Pen
*Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension for Understanding and Engagement -Harvey &
Goudvis
*Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension for Understanding and Engagement -Harvey &
Goudvis
*Lifetime Guarantees – (Reading Workshop)-
*Reading Essentials – (Reading Workshop)- Regie Routman
*7 Keys to Comprehension –(Reading
Workshop/Info for Parents) – Zimmerman and Hutchins
Professional Development:
*The First Days of School - Wong
*The First Days of School - Wong
*Classrooms That Work -Cunningham
*Qualities of Effective Teachers - J. Stronge
*12 Characteristics of an Effective Teacher - R. Walker
*Qualities of Effective Teachers - J. Stronge
*12 Characteristics of an Effective Teacher - R. Walker
Leadership:
*The Energy Bus - J. Gordon
*Lead For God's Sake - T. Gongwer
Books for Student Instruction:
ELAR:
Inferencing: The Stranger- C. Allsburg, The Wretched Stone-C. Allsburg
Cause and Effect: The Wretched Stone - C. Allsburg, Two Bad Ants -C. Allsburg, If You Give A Moose a Muffin- Laura Numeroff
Main Idea: The Mitten- J. Brett, A Bad Case of Stripes - D. Shannon, The Important Book - M. Brown, The Name Jar -Y. Choi, The Giving Tree - S. Silverstein
Sequencing: If you Give a Moose a Muffin (Series)- Laura Numeroff, The Very Hungry Caterpillar- Eric Carle, The Napping House- A. Wood, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly - S. Taback, The Mitten - J. Brett, Where the Wild Things Are - M. Sendak
Prediction: Headless Horseman, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Nouns: A Mink, A Fink, a Skating Rink, A Mime, a Lime, a Pool of Slime,
Verbs: Its Hard to be a Verb-B. Cleary, To Root, to Toot, to Parachute- B. Cleary
Adjectives: Hairy, Scary, Ordinary - B. Cleary, Pinkalicious Series
Homophones: Deer, Dear: A Book of Homophones - G. Berretta
Compound Words: Thumbtacks, Earwax, Lipstick, Dipstick - B. Cleary
Contractions: I'm and Won't, They're and Don't -B. Cleary
Pronoun: I and You and Don't forget Who - B. Cleary
Creative Writing: The Chronicles of Harris Burdick - C. Allsburg
MATH:
Ordinal Numbers: Me First!- Michael Escoffier, The First Day of Winter- Denise Fleming, Ten Little Caterpillars- Bill Martin, Jr.
Counting and Addition: The Very Hungry Caterpillar- Eric Carle, Countablock -Christopher Franceschelli, 1,2,3 Little Donkey - Rindert Kromhout
Subtraction: Five Little Monkeys Go Shopping- Eileen Christelow, One Less Fish- Kim Michelle Toft, Ten Little Beasties- Rebecca Emberley
Division and Fractions: The Doorbell Rang- Pat Hutchins, The Lion's Share- Matt McElligot, The LIttle Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear - Audrey and Don Wood
Geometry: The Secret Birthday Message- Eric Carle, The Wing on a Flea -Ed Emberley, Seeing Symmetry- Loreen Leedy
Size: Watch Out! Big Bro's Coming!- Jez Alborough, Who Sank the Boat?- Pamela Allen, Big!- Tim Hopgood, The Blue Balloon- Mick Inkpen
Time: The Bad-Tempered Ladybird- Eric Carle, While You Are Sleeping- Durga Bernhard, Cluck o'Clock- Kes Gray
SCIENCE:
Being a Scientist- Natalie Lunis and Nancy White, A Swim Through the Sea, How Do You Lift a Lion, How Mountains Are Made, A Drop of Water, From Caterpillar to Butterfly, From Seed to Plant
*Lead For God's Sake - T. Gongwer
Books for Student Instruction:
ELAR:
Inferencing: The Stranger- C. Allsburg, The Wretched Stone-C. Allsburg
Cause and Effect: The Wretched Stone - C. Allsburg, Two Bad Ants -C. Allsburg, If You Give A Moose a Muffin- Laura Numeroff
Main Idea: The Mitten- J. Brett, A Bad Case of Stripes - D. Shannon, The Important Book - M. Brown, The Name Jar -Y. Choi, The Giving Tree - S. Silverstein
Sequencing: If you Give a Moose a Muffin (Series)- Laura Numeroff, The Very Hungry Caterpillar- Eric Carle, The Napping House- A. Wood, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly - S. Taback, The Mitten - J. Brett, Where the Wild Things Are - M. Sendak
Prediction: Headless Horseman, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Nouns: A Mink, A Fink, a Skating Rink, A Mime, a Lime, a Pool of Slime,
Verbs: Its Hard to be a Verb-B. Cleary, To Root, to Toot, to Parachute- B. Cleary
Adjectives: Hairy, Scary, Ordinary - B. Cleary, Pinkalicious Series
Homophones: Deer, Dear: A Book of Homophones - G. Berretta
Compound Words: Thumbtacks, Earwax, Lipstick, Dipstick - B. Cleary
Contractions: I'm and Won't, They're and Don't -B. Cleary
Pronoun: I and You and Don't forget Who - B. Cleary
Creative Writing: The Chronicles of Harris Burdick - C. Allsburg
MATH:
Ordinal Numbers: Me First!- Michael Escoffier, The First Day of Winter- Denise Fleming, Ten Little Caterpillars- Bill Martin, Jr.
Counting and Addition: The Very Hungry Caterpillar- Eric Carle, Countablock -Christopher Franceschelli, 1,2,3 Little Donkey - Rindert Kromhout
Subtraction: Five Little Monkeys Go Shopping- Eileen Christelow, One Less Fish- Kim Michelle Toft, Ten Little Beasties- Rebecca Emberley
Division and Fractions: The Doorbell Rang- Pat Hutchins, The Lion's Share- Matt McElligot, The LIttle Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear - Audrey and Don Wood
Geometry: The Secret Birthday Message- Eric Carle, The Wing on a Flea -Ed Emberley, Seeing Symmetry- Loreen Leedy
Size: Watch Out! Big Bro's Coming!- Jez Alborough, Who Sank the Boat?- Pamela Allen, Big!- Tim Hopgood, The Blue Balloon- Mick Inkpen
Time: The Bad-Tempered Ladybird- Eric Carle, While You Are Sleeping- Durga Bernhard, Cluck o'Clock- Kes Gray
SCIENCE:
Being a Scientist- Natalie Lunis and Nancy White, A Swim Through the Sea, How Do You Lift a Lion, How Mountains Are Made, A Drop of Water, From Caterpillar to Butterfly, From Seed to Plant
