CenterfortheCollaborativeClassroom Overview1
LexileOverviewRead-aloudTextsandSmall-groupReadingTextsOurmaterialspreparestudentsforthecomplextextstheywillencounterindependentlyby
teachingallstudentstheskillsandstrategiestheyneedtobecomefluent,confidentreaders.Studentsexperiencetherichnessofgrade-leveltextsthroughread-aloudsandclosereadingsoftextofincreasingcomplexity.
ThetextsusedforSharedReadinginBeingaReaderwerechosenspecificallyfortheworkthatthestudentsdowiththem.Thetextsallowthestudentstopracticefoundationalskillsincludingconceptsofprint,phonemicawareness,high-frequencywordrecognition,andunderstandingofauthor'scraft.Therepetitiveandrhymingnatureofthetextsalsomakethemappropriateforechoandchoralreading,helpingthestudentswithfluency.Becauseofthenatureandpurposeofthetexts,LexilelevelsandtextcomplexitywerenotaconsiderationwhenchoosingthetextsforSharedReading.
Small-groupreadingtextsinBeingaReaderare carefullyconstructedtoalignwithinstruc-tioninearlyreadingskills(phonics,high-frequencywords,andtextfeatures),andarealignedwithLexilegrade-levelbands(whenappropriate).
ThetextsinMakingMeaningwerechosenforthepurposeofteachingaparticularcomprehensionstrategy,andarealignedwiththeappropriateLexilegrade-levelband.Studentsworkwithexcerptedtextfromtheread-aloudstodeepentheirunderstandingofthetextsandtopracticeusingthestrategiestaughtduringthewhole-classlessons.
ThetextsinBeingaWriterwerechosenforthepurposeofteachingaparticularelementofagenre,illustratinganexampleofwritingcraft,ortohighlighttheworkofaparticularauthor.Becausetheyareusedasmentortextsforwritinginstruction,welookedforthebestbookswecouldfindthatwerehighinterestandfittheinstructionalgoalsofthelessons.Ourselectionoftextswasbaseduponqualitativeanalysis.Quantitativemeasureswereoflesserimportanceduetothedemandstheinstructionplacesonthetexts.
IDRLibrariesandSIPPSFluencyLibraries
InMakingMeaning,IndividualizedDailyReading(IDR)supportsstudentsastheylearnhowtochooseappropriatelyleveledtextstoreadindependently. Studentsconferconsistentlywith theirteacherabouttheirreading.Ongoingassessmentsmeasureeachstudent'sgrowth.As studentsdevelopasreaders,theyencounterincreasinglysophisticatedfictionandnonfictiontexts.TheIDRLibrariesarecarefullycreatedtoinsurethatstudentshaveaccesstoawide-rangeoftextsatavarietyofreadinglevels.
SIPPSFluencyLibrariesincludeleveledtextsthatstudentscanreadduringIndividualizedDailyReading.Havingaccesstotheselibrariesprovidesstudentswithage-appropriate,leveledreadingmaterialthattheycanusetopracticetheskillslearnedduringSIPPSlessons.
CenterfortheCollaborativeClassroom Overview2
CollaborativeLiteracy
Read-aloudandSmall-groupReadingTextsGenrePercentagesBeingaWriterRead-aloudGenresEdition Grade Poetry Fiction Nonfiction OtherBW2e K 44% 38% 19% BW2e 1 49% 41% 10% BW2e 2 31% 40% 29% BW2e 3 20% 21% 59% BW2e 4 20% 17% 63% BW2e 5 24% 46% 31% BW2e 6 20% 22% 57% MakingMeaningRead-aloudGenresEdition Grade Poetry Fiction Nonfiction DramaMM3e K 6% 44% 50% MM3e 1 9% 44% 47% MM3e 2 7% 43% 50% MM3e 3 2% 44% 51% 2%MM3e 4 13% 31% 54% 2%MM3e 5 10% 27% 63% MM3e 6 8% 19% 70% 3%BeingaReaderSharedReading(K–1)andWordStudy(2)Read-aloudGenresEdition Grade Poetry Fiction Nonfiction Other*BR1e K 44% 40% 12% 4%BR1e 1 38% 35% 23% 4%BR1e 2 100% BeingaReaderSmall-groupReadingSetsGenresEdition Set Poetry Fiction Nonfiction Other*BR1e 1 91% 9% BR1e 2 67% 33% BR1e 3 67% 33% BR1e 4 50% 42% 8%BR1e 5 24% 71% 5%BR1e 6 38% 54% 8%BR1e 7 50% 50% BR1e 8 25% 25% 25% 25%BR1e 9 43% 57% BR1e 10 29% 13% 29% 29%BR1e 11 17% 33% 17% 33%BR1e 12 20% 40% 30%*Includessubgenressuchascountingbooks,memoir,biography,historicalfiction,andfolktales.
CenterfortheCollaborativeClassroom BeingaReader3
BeingaReaderGradeKSharedReading
Week Title Author Format Genre/Type
1 ChickaChickaBoomBoom BillMartinJr.andJohnArchambault
bigbook fiction
2 thealphabet MoniqueFelix bigbook fiction3 "TheItsyBitsySpider" traditional poem poetry
4 IWentWalking SueWilliams,Jr. bigbook fiction5 "TheMoreWeGetTogether" traditional poem poetry
6 HandsCan CherylWillisHudson bigbook expositorynf7 WhatIsRound? RebeccaKaiDotlich bigbook expositorynf
8 Gossie OlivierDunrea bigbook fiction
9 "TenGallopingHorses" traditional poem poetry"FiveLittleMonsters" EveMerriam poem poetry
10 PoetryReview11 BookReview
12 BarnyardBanter DeniseFleming bigbook fiction
13 "WindshieldWipers" MaryAnnHoberman poem poetry14 "JustWatch" MyraCohnLivingston poem poetry
15 redsled LitaJudge bigbook fiction16 "ItFellintheCity" EveMerriam poem poetry
17 MillionsofSnowflakes MaryMcKennaSiddals bigbook poetry18 WalkingThroughtheJungle JulieLacome bigbook fiction
19 "One,Two,BuckleMyShoe" traditional poem poetry
20 PoetryReview21 BookReview
22 FishEyes:ABookYouCanCountOn
LoisEhlert bigbook countingbook
23 "WayDownDeep" MaryAnnHoberman poem poetry24 "I'maYellow-billDuck" JackPrelutsky poem poetry
25 FiveLittleDucks PennyIves bigbook fiction26 HereAreMyHands BillMartinJr.andJohn
Archambaultbigbook nonfiction
27 ILoveBugs! PhilemonSturges bigbook fiction
28 MyFavoriteBear AndreaGabriel bigbook fiction29 PoetryReview
30 BookReview
CenterfortheCollaborativeClassroom BeingaReader4
BeingaReaderGrade1SharedReadingWeek TitleAuthor Format Genre/Type
1 ThisIstheWayWeGotoSchool:ABookAboutChildrenAroundtheWorld
EdithBaer bigbook nonfiction
2 "WillabyWallabyWoo" adaptedfromDennisLee poem poetry3 FlowerGarden EveBunting bigbook fiction
4 "HippopotamusStew" JoanHorton poem poetry5 OverintheMeadow:ACounting
RhymeLouiseVoce bigbook countingbook
6 "BippityBoppityBumblebee" traditional poem poetry
"KittyCaughtaCaterpillar" JackPrelutsky poem poetry7 ThisLittleChick JohnLawrence bigbook fiction
8 TheBusyLittleSquirrel NancyTafuri bigbook fiction9 PoetryReview
10 BookReview
11 "Listen" MargaretHillert poem poetry12 WhenWinterComes NancyVanLaan bigbook fiction
13 "InaWinterMeadow" JackPrelutsky poem poetry14 Up,Down,andAround KatherineAyres bigbook nonfiction
15 beetlebop DeniseFleming bigbook fiction16 "KickaLittleStone" DorothyAldis poem poetry
17 notwoalike KeithBaker bigbook nonfiction
18 "TheLittleTurtle" VachelLindsay poem poetry19 PoetryReview
20 BookReview 21 ILoveOurEarth BillMartinJr.andMichael
Sampsonbigbook nonfiction
22 "Mice" RoseFyleman poem poetry
"Caterpillars" AileenFisher poem poetry23 ListentotheRain BillMartinJr.andJohn
Archambaultbigbook fiction
24 TheSecretSong MargaretWiseBrown bigbook fiction
25 TheNappingHouse AudreyWood bigbook fiction26 BugsforLunch MargeryFaklam bigbook nonfiction
27 APigIsBig DouglasFlorian bigbook nonfiction28 MyFavoriteBear OneDuckStuck bigbook fiction
29 PoetryReview
30 BookReview
CenterfortheCollaborativeClassroom BeingaReader5
BeingaReaderSmall-groupReadingSets1–5Set Week Title Author Genre1 1 WeCanRead AmyBauman fiction 2 WeCan'tSee! AmyBauman fiction 3 NanandSam KenniAlden fiction 4 ItCanSit! AmyHelfer expositorynonfiction Review NattheRat ElizabethJohnson fiction 5 GoDown,FatFish CorinnKintz fiction 6 WhereIsMyHat? ValerieFraser fiction Review CanYouSeeMyFish? CorinnKintz fiction 7 MyCatDot ElizabethJohnson fiction 8 TheKick ElizabethJohnson fiction Review KatandRickGetaRock ElizabethJohnson fiction 2 1 Rub-a-Dub-Dub EricaGreen fiction 2 PatandPam ValerieFraser fiction Review ThePet ElizabethJohnson fiction 3 Gus AmyHelfer fiction 4 WeHaveHomes AmyHelfer expositorynonfiction Review Wag AmyHelfer fiction 5 SledDogs ValerieFraser narrativenonfiction 6 WhatVetsDo LucyBledsoe nonfiction Review WeHaveFish ValerieFraser fiction 7 FishforMax AmyHelfer fiction 8 OntheJob AmyHelfer nonfiction Review ABadFox AmyHelfer fiction 3 1 Buzz,Hum,Tap,Whap,Whiz,
Ding-a-lingCorinnKintz nonfiction
2 TheGoodLittleDucks,Part1 CorinnKintz fiction Review TheGoodLittleDucks,Part2 CorinnKintz fiction 3 TheJugofWater RobArego fiction 4 WhereIsMom? RobArego fiction Review TheSkunk KenniAlden narrativenonfiction
5 DripDrop EricaGreen fiction 6 MakePlumJam EricaGreen narrativenonfiction
Review TheBand ElizabethJohnson fiction
7 TheSpellingTest RobArego fiction 8 WinterFun RobArego nonfiction
Review TheClowns RobArego fiction
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BeingaReaderSmall-groupReadingSets1–5(continued)
Set Week Title Author Genre4 1 AHikebytheLake CorinnKintz fiction 2 LifeinaPlainsTribe,Part1 CorinnKintz expositorynonfiction
Review LifeinaPlainsTribe,Part2 CorinnKintz expositorynonfiction
3 Snakes! AmyHelfer expositorynonfiction 4 AColdRide AmyHelfer fiction
Review GetOutandGetFit AmyHelfer expositorynonfiction 5 OutMyWindow AmyBauman fiction
6 WhatLittleDeerEat AmyBauman fiction
Review AGoodTeam KenniAldenandMargaretGoldberg
fiction
7 BirdSchool AmyHelfer fiction
8 FoxSpillstheStars retoldbyAmyHelfer folktale Review Sharkes! AmyHelfer expositorynonfiction
5 1 FunForts LucyBledsoe nonfiction
2 Ann'sBookClub LucyBledsoe fiction
Review Ants,Moths,andWasps LucyBledsoe narrativenonfiction 3 HaveYouEver? MargaretGoldberg fiction
4 SpringontheFarm RobArego nonfiction Review AnimalHomes RobArego expositorynonfiction
5 APlayDaywithMyBrotherRay
LucyBledsoe fiction
6 CookFoodonaCampfire LucyBledsoe nonfiction Review Sailboats LucyBledsoe expositorynonfiction
7 BallGames EricaGreen expositorynonfiction
8 Dance! ValerieFraser expositorynonfiction Review NewSchool KenniAlden fiction
9 SunnyDays,StarryNights CorinnKintz expositorynonfiction 10 Scout'sPuppies KenniAlden fiction
Review TheNightSkies CorinnKintz expositorynonfiction 11 TheDesert RobArego expositorynonfiction
12 TheSilverCoins RobArego folktale
Review TheFourSeasons RobArego expositorynonfiction 13 GrizzlyBears LucyBledsoe expositorynonfiction
14 Glaciers KenniAlden expositorynonfiction
Review GlaciersandtheEarth KenniAlden expositorynonfiction
CenterfortheCollaborativeClassroom BeingaReader7
BeingaReaderSmall-groupReadingSets6–12
Set BookTitle Author Genre Lexile F&P6 BallGames EricaGreen expositorynonfiction 510 J NewSchool KenniAlden fiction 430 I
SunnyDays,StarryNights CorinnKintz expositorynonfiction 440 K
TheSilverCoins RobArego folktale 510 I Sailboats LucyBledsoe expositorynonfiction 430 J
7 Jellyfish AnnHerriges expositorynonfiction 420L n/a
Chameleon! JoyCowley nonfiction 250L J
Elephant WendyPerkins expositorynonfiction n/a n/a PuffinPeter PeterHoracek fiction n/a n/a
AggieGetsLost LoriRies fiction AD130L n/a IrisandWalterandCousin
HowieElissaHaden fiction 340L J
What'sItLiketoBeanAnt? JinnyJohnson expositorynonfiction 490L n/a
LeonandBob SimonJames fiction 400L K
8 TheGreatGracieChase:StopThatDog
CynthiaRylant fiction AD410L K
Lightning AnnHerriges expositorynonfiction n/a n/a PolarBearSon:AnInuitTale retoldbyLydia
Dabcovichfolktale AD470L n/a
RubyBridgesGoestoSchool RubyBridges memoir 410L K
"UndertheGround" RhodaBacmeister poem n/a n/a "Accidentally" MaxineKumin poem n/a n/a
Koalas ValerieBodden expositorynonfiction n/a n/a Jamaica'sFind JuanitaHavill fiction 460L K
9 Penguins ValerieBodden expositorynonfiction n/a n/a HappyLikeSoccer MaribethBoelts fiction NC1050L n/a
GoldenGateBridge KateRiggs expositorynonfiction n/a n/a Gravity JoyFrisch-Schmoll expositorynonfiction n/a n/a
Earth DerekZobel expositorynonfiction n/a n/a UpstairsMouse,Downstairs
MoleWongHerbertYee fiction 510L L
OnlyOneYear AndreaCheng fiction 550L n/a
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BeingaReaderSmall-groupReadingSets6–12(continued)Set BookTitle Author Genre Lexile F&P10 Bink&Gollie KateDiCamilloand
AlisonMcGheefiction 310L M
ToBeanArtist MayaAimeraandJohnD.Ivanko
expositorynonfiction n/a n/a
"OldTortoise" MadelineCamora poem n/a n/a
"EveryTimeIClimbaTree" DavisMcCord poem n/a n/a ILoveGuineaPigs DickKing-Smith nonfiction AD990L M
TheBeckoningCat KokoNishizuka folktale AD690L n/a
HelenKeller MargaretDavidson biography 520L N
11 TreeLady H.JosephHopkins biography 760L n/a MyNameisMariaIsabel AlmaFlorAda fiction 860L N
IceBear:IntheStepsofthePolarBear
NicolaDavies expositorynonfiction AD950L N
"Story" EloiseGreenfield poem n/a n/a TheKeyCollection AndreaCheng fiction 590L n/a
TheBabeandI DavidA.Adler historicalfiction 330L O
12 SharkLady:TheAdventuresofEugenieClark
AnnMcGovern biography 750L O
Bee KateRiggs expositorynonfiction 700L n/a Pop'sBridge EveBunting historicalfiction AD630L n/a
FlyAwayHome EveBunting fiction 450L P FamilyReminders JulieDanneberg historicalfiction 780L n/a
CenterfortheCollaborativeClassroom MakingMeaning3E9
MakingMeaning3EKindergartenUnit Lesson Title Author/Source Format Genre/Type F&P1 Week1 MyFriends TaroGomi picturebook fiction G1 Week2 IfYouGiveaMouseaCookie LauraJoffeNumeroff picturebook fiction K1 Week3 Cat'sColors JaneCabrera picturebook fiction n/a1 Week4 FlowerGarden EveBunting picturebook realisticfiction J1 Week5 FriendsatSchool RochelleBunnett picturebook narrativenf n/a1 Week6 WhistleforWillie EzraJackKeats picturebook realisticfiction L2 Week1 WhenSophieGetsAngry--Really,
ReallyAngryMollyBang picturebook realisticfiction K
2 Week2 IWasSoMad MercerMayer picturebook fiction J2 Week3 SayHello JackForeman picturebook realisticfiction G3 Week1 PumpkinPumpkin JeanneTitherington picturebook narrativenf n/a3 Week2 Maisy'sPool LucyCousins picturebook fiction n/a3 Week3 "CharlieNeedsaCloak" TomiedePaola picturebook fiction I4 Week1 Cat'sColors JaneCabrera picturebook
4 Week1 "Cats" EleanorFarjeon poem poetry4 Week2 Cookie'sWeek CindyWard picturebook realisticfiction F
4 Week3 "Umbrellas" LilianMoore poem poetry5 Week1 BraveBear KathyMallat picturebook fiction n/a
5 Week2 ALettertoAmy EzraJackKeats picturebook realisticfiction K5 Week3 BraveNorman:ATrueStory AndrewClements picturebook narrativenf n/a6 Week1 DoctorsHelp DeeReady picturebook expositorynf n/a6 Week1 ADayintheLifeofaZookeeper NateLeBoutillier picturebook expositorynf n/a6 Week2 Tools AnnMorris picturebook expositorynf n/a6 Week3 OntheGo AnnMorris picturebook expositorynf n/a6 Week4 Trains MattDoeden picturebook expositorynf n/a7 Week1 ABabyPenguinStory MargaretE.H.Rustad picturebook expositorynf L7 Week1 ABabyDuckStory MargaretE.H.Rustad picturebook expositorynf L7 Week2 AHarborSealPupGrowsUp JoanHewett picturebook expositorynf K7 Week3 ATigerCubGrowsUp JoanHewett picturebook expositorynf K8 Week1 GettingAroundbyPlane CassieMayer picturebook expositorynf n/a8 Week2 TheMoon MargaretE.H.Rustad picturebook expositorynf I8 Week3 TheSun CharlotteGuillain picturebook expositorynf n/a8 Week4 Dolphins KateRiggs picturebook expositorynf n/a9 Week1 APorcupineNamedFluffy HelenLester picturebook fiction n/a
CenterfortheCollaborativeClassroom MakingMeaning3E10
MakingMeaning3EGrade1Unit Lesson Title Author/Source Format Genre/Type F&P1 Week1 QuickasaCricket AudreyWood picturebook fiction D1 Week2 WhenIWasLittle JamieLeeCurtis picturebook realisticfiction I1 Week3 PeopleinMyNeighborhood ShellyLyons picturebook narrativenf I1 Week3 PlacesinMyNeighborhood ShellyLyons picturebook narrativenf n/a1 Week4 It'sMine LeoLionni picturebook fable P2 Week1 MatthewandTilly RebeccaC.Jones picturebook realisticfiction L2 Week2 McDuffandtheBaby RosemaryWells picturebook fiction n/a2 Week3 Chrysanthemum KevinHenkes picturebook fiction M3 Week1 CuriousGeorgeGoes
CampingMargretReyandH.A.Rey picturebook fiction n/a
3 Week2 AngelinaandHenry KatharineHolabird picturebook fiction n/a3 Week3 Peter'sChair EzraJackKeats picturebook realisticfiction J4 Week1 DidYouSeeWhatISaw?
PoemsAboutSchool:"SchoolBus"and"SlidingBoard"
KayWinters poetrycollection poetry
4 Week1 "TheBalloonMan" DorothyAldis poem poetry4 Week2 IntheTall,TallGrass DeniseFleming picturebook fiction n/a
4 Week3 SheepOuttoEat NancyShaw picturebook fiction H4 Week4 TheSnowyDay EzraJackKeats picturebook realisticfiction J5 Week1 AnExtraordinaryEgg LeoLionni picturebook fiction L5 Week2 GeorgeWashingtonandthe
General'sDogFrankMurphy picturebook narrativenf n/a
5 Week3 TheBumblebeeQueen AprilPulleySayre picturebook narrativenf M5 Week4 DowntheRoad AliceSchertle picturebook realisticfiction n/a6 Week1 UsingYourSenses RebeccaRissman picturebook expositorynf L6 Week2 SleepWell:WhyYouNeedto
RestKathyFeeney picturebook expositorynf n/a
6 Week2 "HowtoCatchYourZZZs" KidsHealth.org article expositorynf6 Week3 DinosaurBabies LucilleRechtPenner picturebook expositorynf L
7 Week1 AnOceanofAnimals JanineScott picturebook expositorynf M7 Week2 BigBlueWhale NicolaDavies picturebook expositorynf N7 Week3 ChameleonsAreCool MartinJenkens picturebook expositorynf M7 Week4 Birds:WingedandFeathered
AnimalsSuzanneSlade picturebook expositorynf M
8 Week1 ThrowYourToothontheRoof SelbyB.Beeler picturebook expositorynf M8 Week2 Velociraptor KateRiggs picturebook expositorynf n/a8 Week3 ADayintheLifeofaGarbage
CollectorNateLeBoutillier picturebook expositorynf K
8 Week4 AnElephantGrowsUp AnastasiaSuen picturebook expositorynf n/a9 Week1 Julius AngelaJohnson picturebook fiction n/a
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MakingMeaning3EGrade2Unit Lesson Title Author/Source Format Genre/Type Lexile F&P1 Week1 McDuffMovesIn RosemaryWells picturebook fiction 450L n/a
1 Week1 Poppleton:“TheLibrary” CynthiaRylant picturebook fiction 370L J1 Week2 SheilaRae,theBrave KevinHenkes picturebook fiction 440L K
1 Week3 GirlWonder:ABaseballStoryinNineInnings
DeborahHopkinson picturebook narrativenf 380L P
2 Week1 JamaicaTag-Along JuanitaHavill picturebook realisticfiction
410L K
2 Week2 AlexanderandtheTerrible,Horrible,NoGoodVeryBadDay
JudithViorst picturebook realisticfiction
AD970L M
2 Week3 TheThreeLittlePigs JamesMarshall picturebook folktale 560L L
2 Week4 TheThreeLittleWolvesandtheBigBadPig
EugeneTrivizas picturebook fiction 700L O
3 Week1 ATreeIsNice JaniceMayUdry picturebook expositorynf 420L n/a3 Week1 "MyBabyBrother" MaryAnnHoberman poem poetry
3 Week2 "Bees,BotheredbyBoldBears,BehaveBadly"
WalterR.Brooks poem poetry
3 Week2 "Raccoon" MaryAnnHoberman poem poetry n/a n/a3 Week3 POP!ABookAboutBubbles KimberlyBrubaker
Bradleypicturebook expositorynf AD430L n/a
3 Week4 ThePaperboy DavPilkey picturebook realisticfiction
AD530L N
4 Week1 Babu'sSong StephanieStuve-Bodeen
picturebook realisticfiction
AD600L n/a
4 Week2 Erandi'sBraids AntonioHernandezMadrigal
picturebook realisticfiction
AD500L n/a
4 Week3 Chester'sWay KevinHenkes picturebook fiction 570L M5 Week1 TheIncrediblePaintingofFelix
ClousseauJonAgee picturebook fiction
n/a
5 Week2 Galimoto KarenLynnWilliams picturebook realisticfiction
520L n/a
5 Week3 ThePaperCrane MollyBang picturebook fiction AD810L L
6 Week1 TheTaleofPeterRabbit BeatrixPotter picturebook fiction AD660L L6 Week1 BeatrixPotter AlexandraWallner picturebook narrativenf AD760L O
6 Week2 TheArtLesson TomiedePaola picturebook narrativenf AD650L M
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MakingMeaning3EGrade2(continued)Unit Lesson Title Author/Source Format Genre/Type Lexile F&P
6 Week2 "Draw,Draw,Draw:AShortBiographyofTomiedePaola"
CCC article narrativenf 960L
7 Week1 InsectDetectives SteveVoake picturebook expositorynf AD840L P7 Week2 Butterflies TeresaWimmer picturebook expositorynf n/a
7 Week3 SpinningSpiders MelvinBerger picturebook expositorynf n/a8 Week1 Snails MonicaHughes picturebook expositorynf n/a
8 Week2 BendandStretch PamelaHillNettleton
picturebook expositorynf 530L M
8 Week3 "ClassicSmoothie" CCC functionaltext
expositorynf
8 Week3 "TheCityZoo" CCC functionaltext
expositorynf
9 Week1 "TheFriendship-fosteringBuddyBench"
Gogonews.com article expositorynf 1140L
9 Week1 "Hey,Joe,How'sItGoing" JenniferMarinoWalters
article expositorynf 1340L
9 Week1 "GiantJellyfishInvasion" RuthA.Musgrave article expositorynf 1050L
9 Week2 "ZoosAreGoodforAnimals" CCC article expositorynf 940L 9 Week2 "ZoosAreNotGoodfor
Animals"CCC article expositorynf 860L
9 Week3 MeFirst HelenLester picturebook fiction 550L n/a
9 Week4 BigAl AndrewClements picturebook fiction 880L L10 Week1 littlebluelittleyellow LeoLionni picturebook fiction 210L J
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MakingMeaning3EGrade3Unit Lesson Title Author Format Genre/Type Lexile F&P1 Week1 MissNelsonIsMissing! HarryAllard picturebook fiction 340L L1 Week1 MissNelsonHasaFieldDay HarryAllard picturebook fiction 390L L1 Week2 TwoBobbies KirbyLarson,Mary
Netherypicturebook narrativenf AD810L M
2 Week1 "Seal" WilliamJaySmith poem poetry 2 Week1 CherriesandCherryPits VeraB.Williams picturebook realisticfiction AD610L M2 Week2 TheSpookyTailofPrewitt
PeacockBillPeet picturebook fiction AD650L M
2 Week3 AuntFlossie'sHats(andCrabCakesLater)
ElizabethFitzgeraldHoward
picturebook realisticfiction 400L n/a
3 Week1 ThePaperBagPrincess RobertMunsch picturebook fiction AD740L n/a3 Week2 Julius,theBabyoftheWorld KevinHenkes picturebook fiction 460L N3 Week3 BoundlessGrace MaryHoffman picturebook realisticfiction AD650L M3 Week3 AmazingGrace MaryHoffman picturebook realisticfiction 680L L3 Week4 TheRaft JimLaMarche picturebook realisticfiction AD540L O3 Week5 Alexander,Who'sNot(Doyou
hearme?Imeanit.)GoingtoMove
JudithViorst picturebook realisticfiction 730L M
4 Week1 TheGirlWhoLovedWildHorses PaulGoble picturebook legend 670L N4 Week1 TheEmperorandtheKite JaneYolen picturebook fiction AD660L n/a4 Week2 ADay'sWork EveBunting picturebook realisticfiction 350L n/a4 Week3 MailingMay MichaelO.Tunnell picturebook historical
fictionAD770L n/a
4 Week4 BraveIrene WilliamSteig picturebook fiction AD630L S5 Week1 BraveHarriet MarissaMoss picturebook biography 810L n/a5 Week2 WilmaUnlimited KathleenKrull picturebook biography AD730L Q5 Week3 SoniaSotomayor JonahWinter picturebook biography NC840L O6 Week1 MorningMealsAroundthe
WorldMaryellenGregoire picturebook expositorynf NC770L M
6 Week2 Homes ChrisOxlade picturebook expositorynf IG730L n/a
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MakingMeaning3EGrade3(continued)Unit Lesson Title Author Format Genre/Type Lexile F&P
6 Week3 "HoptoIt:FancyFootwork" CCC article expositorynf 1020L
6 Week3 "Origami:TheArtofJapanesePaperFolding"
CCC article expositorynf 1010L
6 Week3 "JumpRope:ThenandNow CCC article expositorynf 1110L
6 Week4 "HowtoMakeaPaperAirplane"
CCC functionaltext
expositorynf
6 Week4 "LincolnSchoolLunchCalendar"
CCC functionaltext
expositorynf
6 Week4 "YouCanMakeTeawithMilk"fromMorningMealsAroundtheWorld
MarkyellenGregoire
functionaltext
expositorynf
6 Week4 "YouCanMakeBreakfastQuesadillas"fromMorningMealsAroundtheWorld
MarkyellenGregoire
functionaltext
expositorynf
7 Week1 FlashyFantasticRainForestFrogs
DorothyHinshawPatent
picturebook expositorynf n/a
7 Week2 ExploretheDesert KayJackson picturebook expositorynf 810L Q7 Week3 PolarBears MarkNewman picturebook expositorynf AD990L n/a7 Week3 "PolarBearsinPeril" Elizabeth
Winchesterarticle expositorynf 970L
8 Week1 "BanningTag" CCC article expositorynf 890L
8 Week1 "Smile–You'veGotHomework!"
CCC article expositorynf 870L
8 Week1 "Homework–WhoNeedsIt?" CCC article expositorynf 880L
8 Week2 Lifetimes DavidL.Rice picturebook expositorynf AD770L n/a8 Week3 Fables ArnoldLobel picturebook fable 540L N8 Week4 Possum'sTalefromPushingUp
theSkyJosephBruchac collectionof
playsdrama n/a
8 Week5 Keepers JeriHanelWatts picturebook realisticfiction AD580L n/a
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MakingMeaning3EGrade4Unit Lesson Title Author Format Genre/Type Lexile F&P1 Week1 ABadCaseofStripes DavidShannon picturebook fiction AD540L n/a1 Week1 TheOldWomanWhoNamed
ThingsCynthiaRylant picturebook realisticfiction AD760L n/a
1 Week2 SongandDanceMan KarenAckerman picturebook realisticfiction 780L L2 Week1 ShatteringEarthquakes LouiseandRichard
Spilsburychapterbook
expositorynf IG930 T
2 Week2 "TyingtheScore:Men,Women,andBasketball"
CCC article expositorynf 1050
2 Week2 "FoodforThought" CCC article expositorynf 1340
2 Week3 Nineteenth-CenturyMigrationtoAmerica
JohnBliss chapterbook
expositorynf NC770L S
3 Week1 AnimalSenses PamelaHickman chapterbook
expositorynf 950L n/a
3 Week2 AnimalSenses PamelaHickman chapterbook
expositorynf
3 Week3 SlinkyScalySlitherySnakes DorothyHinshawPatent
picturebook expositorynf 890L n/a
4 Week1 ThunderCake PatriciaPolacco picturebook realisticfiction 630L n/a4 Week1 ThePrincessandthePizza MaryJaneand
HermAuchpicturebook fiction AD540L n/a
4 Week2 ChickenSunday PatriciaPolacco picturebook realisticfiction 650L N4 Week3 TheBatBoy&HisViolin GavinCurtis picturebook historical
fictionAD700L Q
4 Week3 Teammates PeterGolenbock picturebook narrativenf 930L S4 Week4 "DemeterandPersephone" CCC shortstory myth 730L
4 Week4 "Co-chinandtheSpirits"
CCC shortstory myth 940L
4 Week5 GluskabeandOldManWinterfromPushingUptheSky
JosephBruchac collectionofplays
drama n/a
5 Week1 Hurricane DavidWiesner picturebook realisticfiction AD460L n/a5 Week2 MyManBlue:"MyManBlue,"
"WhenWeFirstMet,""SecondSon"
NikkiGrimes collectionofpoems
poetry
5 Week3 MyManBlue:"Grounded,""TheWatcher"
NikkiGrimes collectionofpoems
poetry
6 Week1 Amelia'sRoad LindaJacobsAltman
picturebook realisticfiction 660L O
6 Week2 PeppetheLamplighter ElisaBartone picturebook historicalfiction
AD570L n/a
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MakingMeaning3EGrade4(continued)Unit Lesson Title Author Format Genre/Type Lexile F&P
6 Week3 ComingtoAmerica BetsyMaestro picturebook expositorynf AD890L O
6 Week4 APictureBookofHarrietTubman
DavidA.Adler picturebook narrativenf AD760L P
7 Week1 "VirtualWorlds:CommyinaComputer"
CCC article expositorynf 1240L
7 Week1 "SchoolUniforms:TheWaytoGo"
CCC article expositorynf 1010L
7 Week1 SchoolUniforms:NoWay!" CCC article expositorynf 1180L7 Week2 "HowtoMakeOoblek" CCC functionaltext expositorynf
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1Week1 “Somersaults”inRead-AloudRhymesfortheVeryYoung
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poetry
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BeingaWriter2EKindergarten(continued)Unit Lesson Title Author Format Genre/Type Lexile F&P5 Week1 “BlowingBubbles”inRead-
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5 Week2 “Mice”inRead-AloudRhymesfortheVeryYoung
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7 Week1 IWannaNewRoom KarenKaufmanOrloff
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7 Week2 “AnArgumentforPets:GoodfortheAnimals”
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BeingaWriter2EGrade3Unit Lesson Title Author Format Genre/Type Lexile F&P1 1 ThePainandtheGreatOne JudyBlume picturebook realisticfiction 610L M
1 1 “AboutJudyBlume” judyblume.com article autobiography 1 1 Grandpa’sFace EloiseGreenfield picturebook realisticfiction AD610L Q
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1 2 “AboutEloiseGreenfield” JamesPreller;eduplace.com
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1 2 ThingsWillNeverBetheSame TomiedePaola chapterbook personalnarrative
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1 2 SilverSeeds PaulPaolilliandDanBrewer
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1 2 OceansandSeas NicolaDavies picturebook expositorynonfiction
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1 3 Atlantic G.BrianKaras picturebook narrativenonfiction
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1 3 IWonderWhytheSeaIsSalty AnitaGaneri picturebook expositorynonfiction
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1 3 HelloOcean PamMuñozRyan picturebook realisticfiction AD730L N
1 3 InNovember CynthiaRylant picturebook realisticfiction AD440
2 1 “MoreAboutJudyBlume” LeonardS.Marcus;judyblume.com
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PN 1 MyFather’sHands JoanneRyder picturebook personalnarrative
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PN 2 “JohnandtheSnake”inChildtimes:AThree-GenerationMemoir
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BeingaWriter2EGrade3(continued)Unit Lesson Title Author Format Genre/Type Lexile F&P
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ENF 1 TheABCsofEndangeredAnimals
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ENF 2 IntotheSea BrendaZ.Guiberson picturebook narrativenonfiction
900L
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ENF 2 WhereButterfliesGrow JoanneRyder picturebook narrativenonfiction
AD670L
ENF 2 “AboutJoanneRyder” JamesPreller article biography FNF 1 Kittens NikiWalkerand
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FNF 1 MyPetPuppy MarilynBaillie picturebook expositorynonfiction
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FNF 2 “PuzzleSticks” fromFun-To-MakeCraftsforEveryDay
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OW 1 “Don’tChangeOurStartTime” DevelopmentalStudiesCenter
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OW 1 “RatsAretheCoolestPets” DevelopmentalStudiesCenter
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OW 1 “WhyYouShouldGetaDog” DevelopmentalStudiesCenter
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OW 2 “ComputersinOurClassrooms” DevelopmentalStudiesCenter
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Poetry 1 “TwoVoicesinaTentatNight” KristineO’ConnellGeorge
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Poetry 1 “FreshPop-Corn” LauraPurdieSalas poem poetry
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BeingaWriter2EGrade3(continued)Unit Lesson Title Author Format Genre/Type Lexile F&P
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9 1 “WritingHabitsofProfessionalAuthors”
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BeingaWriter2EGrade4Unit Lesson Title Author Format Genre/Type Lexile F&P1 Week1 SylvesterandtheMagic
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1 Week1 Wizzil WilliamSteig picturebook fiction AD690L
1 Week1 “AboutWilliamSteig” JamesPreller article biography 1 Week1 “I’mSorry!” JackPrelutsky poem poetry
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1 Week2 TeawithMilk AllenSay picturebook personalnarrative
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1 Week3 DesertVoices ByrdBaylorandPeterParnall
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1000L X
PN Week1 “ASnakeNamedMoon”and“TheMissingMoon”inTheMoonandI
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PN Week2 “HotRolls”and“LearningtheHardWay”inChildtimes:AThree-GenerationMemoir
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PN Week2 “TheMirror” JijoVilayanickal essay personalnarrative
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FIC Week1 TarBeach FaithRinggold picturebook fiction AD790L P
FIC Week1 NightoftheGargoyles EveBunting picturebook fiction AD1090L
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FIC Week1 MissRumphius BarbaraCooney picturebook realisticfiction 680L M
FIC Week2 OwlMoon JaneYolen picturebook realisticfiction 630L O
FIC Week2 Roxaboxen AliceMcLerran picturebook fiction 740L
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FIC Week3 MorningontheLake JanBourdeauWaboose
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ENF Week1 Kenya:AQuestionandAnswerBook
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ENF Week1 Mexico ColleenSexton chapterbook expositorynonfiction
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FNF Week2 “1,2,3Dragon” studentsatGermantownAcademy,PA
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FNF Week2 “CatchingStars” studentsatGermantownAcademy,PA
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OW Week1 “BugsAreCreepy” CCC essay opinion
OW Week1 “InsectsAreAmazing” CCC essay opinion
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BeingaWriter2EGrade4(continued)Unit Lesson Title Author Format Genre/Type Lexile F&P
OW Week1 “HelpingOtherCountries” CCC essay opinion
OW Week1 “ItIsOurMoneyandWeNeedIt”
CCC essay opinion
OW Week2 “BikeHelmets” CCC essay opinion
Poetry Week1 “FeelingIll” MichaelRosen poetry poem
Poetry Week1 “Lullaby” KristineO’ConnellGeorge
poetry poem
Poetry Week1 “lawnmower” ValerieWorth poetry poem Poetry Week1 “WindyNights” RodneyBennett poetry poem
Poetry Week1 “UpandDown” DouglasFlorian poetry poem Poetry Week1 “Egg” KristineO’Connell
Georgepoetry poem
Poetry Week1 “Crickets” MyraCohnLivingston poetry poem
Poetry Week2 “OverMyToes” MichaelRosen poetry poem Poetry Week2 “cow” ValerieWorth poetry poem
Poetry Week2 “PoetQuotes:WhatIsPoetry?”
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9 Week1 “WritingHabitsofProfessionalAuthors”
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BeingaWriter2EGrade5Unit Lesson Title Author Format Genre/Type Lexile F&Pl
11 TheTrueStoryofthe3Little
Pigs!JonScieszka picturebook fiction
AD570LQ
1 TheFrogPrinceContinued JonScieszka picturebook fiction AD600L
1 “AboutJonScieszka” LeonardS.Marcus article biography
1 Scranimals JackPrelutsky picturebook poetry NP
1“Lemonade”and“BackyardBubbles” RebeccaKaiDotlich poems poetry
2MyRottenRedheadedOlderBrother PatriciaPolacco picturebook fiction AD480L
2 Meteor! PatriciaPolacco picturebook fiction AD870L
2 “AboutPatriciaPolacco” PatriciaPolacco article autobiography
3 WaterDance ThomasLocker picturebooknarrativenonfiction 310L Q
3 CanItRainCatsandDogs? MelvinandGildaBerger picturebook expository
nonfiction 710LR
2 1 “MoreAboutJonScieszka” LeonardS.Marcus article biography PN 1 KnotsinMyYo-YoString JerrySpinelli essay
collectionpersonalnarrative 980L
U
PN 2 StillFiretalking PatriciaPolacco picturebook autobiography PN 2 “OnRespect” NickManey essay essay PN 2 “OnHelpingOthers” LaiaMitchell essay essay FIC 1 TheWreckoftheZephyr ChrisVanAllsburg picturebook fiction 500L Q
FIC 1 Moira’sBirthday RobertMunsch picturebook fiction AD540LFIC
1NothingEverHappenson90thStreet RoniSchotter picturebook realisticfiction
Q
FIC2 SweetMusicinHarlem DebbieA.Taylor picturebook realisticfiction
AD800LFIC 2 TheSweetestFig ChrisVanAllsburg picturebook fiction AD530L P
FIC2 UncleJed’sBarbershop
MargareeKingMitchell picturebook realisticfiction AD710L
FIC 3 TheLotusSeed SherryGarland picturebook realisticfiction AD880L PFIC 3 JustaDream ChrisVanAllsburg picturebook fiction 550L OFIC
3TheSummerMyFatherWasTen PatBrisson picturebook realisticfiction NC1040L
FIC 4 “AboutChrisVanAllsburg” ChrisVanAllsburg article autobiography
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BeingaWriter2EGrade5(continued)Unit Lesson Title Author Format Genre/Type Lexile F&PENF 1 IWonderWhyPenguins
Can’tFlyPatJacobs chapterbook expository
nonfictionNC1160L P
ENF 1 IWonderWhyTheSaharaIsColdAtNight
JackieGaff chapterbook expositorynonfiction
P
ENF 1 Rainforests JamesHarrison chapterbook expositorynonfiction
920L
ENF 2 ExtremeEarthRecords SeymourSimon chapterbook expositorynonfiction
ENF 2 GlobalWarming SeymourSimon chapterbook expositorynonfiction
980L
OW 1 “WARNING:TooMuchTVIsHazardoustoYourHealth”
TV-TurnoffNetwork;CenterforScreen-TimeAwareness
essay opinion
OW 1 “Television:TheMostDisparagedResourceoftheInformationAge”
SalmaanS. essay opinion
OW 1 “AnimalExperimentationSavesLives”
GiovannyP. essay opinion
OW 1 “AnimalTesting:HereIstheTruth”
EmmaH. essay opinion
OW 2 “SchoolUniforms” AkinyiR. essay opinion Poetry 1 “September” JohnUpdike poem poetry
Poetry 1 “TheSea” DebraChandra poem poetry
Poetry 1 “PorchLight” DebraChandra poem poetry Poetry 1 “ChildFrightenedbya
Thunderstorm”TedKooser poem poetry
Poetry 1 “fireworks” ValerieWorth poem poetry
Poetry 1 “flamingo” ValerieWorth poem poetry Poetry 1 “WindshieldWiper” EveMerriam poem poetry
Poetry 2 “GentleSoundofRain” LeeEmmett poem poetry Poetry 2 “ILovetheLookofWords” MayaAngelou poem poetry
Poetry 2 “PoetQuotes:WhatIsPoetry?”
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9 1 “WritingHabitsofProfessionalAuthors”
various excerpt nonfiction
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BeingaWriter2EGrade6Unit Lesson Title Author Format Genre/Type Lexile F&P
1 1 GoldilocksandJustOneBear LeighHodgkinson picturebook fiction AD640L
1 1 “TheElvesintheShelves” JoanAiken shortstory fantasy 1 1 “AboutJoanAiken” lib.usm.eduand
indiebound.orgarticle interview
1 1 Probuditi! ChrisVanAllsburg picturebook fiction AD710L 1 2 SidewaysStoriesfrom
WaysideSchoolLouisSachar chapterbook fiction 460L P
1 2 “AboutLouisSachar” louissachar.com excerpt interview 1 2 “Milk,”“Journey,”and
“Mosquito”BarryYourgrau shortstories fantasy
1 3 SneedB.CollardIII’sMostFunBookEverAboutLizards
SneedB.CollardIII chapterbook expositorynonfiction
1020L
1 3 MysteriousDisappearances JohnTownsend chapterbook expositorynonfiction
660L
1 3 Birmingham1963:HowaPhotographRalliedCivilRightsSupport
ShelleyTougas chapterbook narrativenonfiction
980L Y
2 1 “MoreAboutLouisSachar” louissachar.com article interview
PN 1 RattlesnakeMesa:StoriesfromaNativeAmericanChildhood
EdNahNewRiderWeber
essaycollection personalnarrative
760L
PN 2 “NoPlaceI’dRatherBe” KristiYamaguchi essay autobiography
PN 2 “MyMother’sHands” DanFengMei essay personalnarrative
PN 2 “ExcerptfromIAmMalala:HowOneGirlStoodUpforEducationandChangedtheWorld”
MalalaYousafzai excerpt autobiography
830L
PN 2 “TheStray” GarySoto essay personalnarrative
830L
FIC 1 TheSecretShortcut MarkTeague picturebook fiction 570L FIC 1 “They’reMadeOutofMeat” TerryBisson shortstory science
fiction
FIC 1 “TheSneeze” AlexRoan shortstory sciencefiction
FIC 2 ThankYou,Mr.Falker PatriciaPolacco picturebook realisticfiction
AD650L
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BeingaWriter2EGrade6(continued)Unit Lesson Title Author Format Genre/Type Lexile F&P
FIC 2 “EchoesDowntheRails” KristiHoll shortstory fiction 840L
FIC 3 “AboutKristiHoll” KristiHoll,editedbySandyAsher
excerpt interview
FW 1 IftheWorldWereaVillage:ABookabouttheWorld’sPeople
DavidJ.Smith picturebook expositorynonfiction
840L
FW 1 TheTechnologyBehindEverydayAppliances
NicolasBrasch chapterbook expositorynonfiction
FW 1 TheTechnologyBehindAmazingBuiltStructures
NicolasBrasch chapterbook expositorynonfiction
FW 1 ATeenGuidetoBeingEcoinYourCommy
CathSenker chapterbook expositorynonfiction
960L
FW 2 Ouch!TheWeird&WildWaysYourBodyDealswithAgonizingAches,FerociousFevers,LousyLumps,CrummyColds,BothersomeBites,Breaks,Bruises&Burns&MakesThemFeelBetter!
JoeRhatigan chapterbook expositorynonfiction
1140L
AW 1 “DoNotRaisetheDrivingAgeto18”
CCC essay opinionwriting
AW 1 “TheMinimumDrivingAgeShouldBeRaised”
RameyshRamdas essay argumentativewriting
AW 1 “LosingIsGoodforYou” AshleyMerryman essay argumentativewriting
AW 1 “WhyParentsShouldPush
TheirKidstoPlayTeamSports”
LisaEndlichHeffernanandMaryDellHarrington
essay argumentativewriting
AW 1 “SleepDeprivationandTeens:‘WalkingZombies’”
VickiAbelesandAbigailBaird,PhD
essay argumentativewriting
AW 1 “BringNaps,Recess,andtheArtsBacktoSchool”
AnnieMurphyPaul essay argumentativewriting
Poetry 1 “Smells” KathrynWorth poem poetry
Poetry 1 “SpringIs” BobbiKatz poem poetry Poetry 1 “OdetoPablo’sTennis
Shoes”GarySoto poem poetry
Poetry 1 “SteamShovel” CharlesMalam poem poetry Poetry 1 “Fireflies” J.PatrickLewis poem poetry
Poetry 1 “Bullsnakerattle” BarbaraEsbensen poem poetry
Poetry 1 “giraffe” ValerieWorth poem poetry
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BeingaWriter2EGrade6(continued)Unit Lesson Title Author Format Genre/Type Lexile F&PPoetry 1 “YouCanTalkAboutYour
Hummingbirds”ArnoldAdoff poem poetry
Poetry 2 “Thepicketyfence DavidMcCord poem poetry
Poetry 2 “AprilRainSong” LangstonHughes poem poetry Poetry 2 “Pencils” BarbaraEsbensen poem poetry
Poetry 2 “PoetQuotes:WhatIsPoetry?”
various excerpt nonfiction
9 1 “WritingHabitsofProfessionalAuthors”
various excerpt nonfiction