10/11/13
5th Grade Common Core Texts
Central Texts: (I have only included books needed here)
Module 1:
1 copy for each student
Pam Muñoz Ryan, Esperanza Rising (New York: Scholastic, 2002) ISBN: 978-0-439-12042-5.
Module 2A:
1 copy for each student
Kathryn Lasky, TheMost Beautiful Roof in the World: Exploring the Rainforest Canopy, photographed by Christopher G. Knight (New York: Gulliver Green, 1997); ISBN: 978-0-15-200893-2.
(just ONE text for teacher modeling).
Paul Mason, Rainforest Research Journal(New York: Crabtree Publishing Company, 2011); ISBN: 978-0-7787-9924-5
Module 2B: TBD
Module 3A:
1 copy for each student
Sharon Robinson, Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America(New York: Scholastic Press, 2004), ISBN:978-0-439-42592-6
Module 4:
1 copy for each student of each of the following:
Edwidge Dantikat, Eight Days: A Story of Haiti.(New York: Orchard Books, 2010), ISBN: 978-0-545-27849-2.
Marian Hale, Dark Water Rising.(New York: Square Fish,2010), ISBN: 978-0-312-62908-3
Recommended Texts
Module 1:
For Every Child: The Rights of the Child in Words and Pictures, Caroline Castle (author),
I Have the Right to Be a Child, Alain Serres (author) Aurélia Fronty (illustrator) Helen Mixter (translator)
The Color of Home Mary Hoffman (author), Karin Littlewood (illustrator)
Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution Ji-Li Jiang (author)
Ryan and Jimmy: And the Well in Africa That Brought Them Together Herb Shoveller (author)
Giant Steps to Change the World Spike Lee and Tanya Lewis Lee (authors), Sean Qualls (illustrator)
Shannen and the Dream for a School Janet Wilson (author)
Stand Up, Speak Out: A Book about Children's Rights Selda Altun (editor)
The Girl from Chimel Rigoberta Menchú (author), Domi (illustrator)
Our World of Water: Children and Water Around the World Beatrice Hollyer (author)
Out of War: True Stories from the Front-lines of the Children’s Movement for Peace in Colombia Sara Cameron (author) with UNICEF
Kids on Strike! Susan Campbell Bartoletti (author)
Gandhi Demi (author/illustrator)
Human Rights Activist: Victory over Violence Ellen Rodger (author)
This Child, Every Child: A Book about the World’s Children David J. Smith (author) Shelagh Armstrong (illustrator)
Free the Children: A Young Man Fights against Child Labor and Proves That Children Can Change the World
Craig Kielburger (author)
We Are All Born Free: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures Amnesty International (editor)
Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade against Child Labor Russell Freedman (author), Lewis Hine (photographer)
UNICEF (Web site)
Craig Kielburger (founder) (Web site)
Oxfam (Web site)
UNICEF
Module 2A:
UNIT 1:
A Rainforest Habitat / Molly Aloian and Bobby Kalman (authors)The Magic School Bus in the Rain Forest / Scholastic Publishers
Rain Forests / Nancy Smiler Levinson (author), Diane Dawson Hearn (illustrator)
El Soñador / Pam Muñoz Ryan
The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the AmazonRain Forest / Lynne Cherry (author/illustrator)
El gran capoquero: Un cuento de la selva Amazonica / Lynne Cherry (author/illustrator), Alma Flor Ada (translator)
Tropical Rain Forests / Peter Benoit (author)
Rain Forests: Garden of Green / Laura Purdie Salas (author), Jeff Yesh (illustrator)
Rain Forest Explorer / Greg Pyers (author)
One Day in the TropicalRain Forest / Jean Craighead George (author)
Natures Green Umbrella: Tropical Rain Forests / Gail Gibbons (author/illustrator)
Hands of the Rain Forest: The Emberá People of Panama / Rachel Crandell
(author/photographer)
Discover the Amazon: The World’s Largest Rainforest / Lauri Berkenkamp (author), Blair Shedd (illustrator)
Tree of Life: The Incredible Biodiversity of Life on Earth / Rochelle Strauss (author), Margot Thompson (illustrator)
Protecting Earth’s Rain Forests / Anne Welsbacher (author)
Bats, Bugs and Biodiversity: Adventures in the Amazonian Rain Forest / Susan E. Goodman (author), Michael J. Doolittle (photographer)
The Rainforest Grew All Around / Susan K. Mitchell (author),
Connie McLennan (illustrator)
La Selva Creció y Creció / Susan K. Mitchell (author),
Connie McLennan (illustrator)
The Dreamer / Pam Muñoz Ryan
Chatter, Sing, Roar, Buzz: Poems about the Rain Forest / Laura Purdie Salas (author)
Biodiversity of Rain Forests / Greg Pyers (author)
UNIT 2:
Rain Forest Plants / Pamela Dell (author)Rain Forest Animals / Francine Galko (author)
Morpha: A Rain Forest Story / Michael Tennyson (author),
Jennifer H. Yoswa (illustrator)
Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon / Sy Montgomery (author), Dianne Taylor-Snow (photographer)
Up a Rainforest Tree / Carole Telford and
Rod Theodorou (authors)
The Tarantula Scientist / Sy Montgomery (author),
Nic Bishop (photographer)
Rain Forest Animals / Carolyn Franklin (author)
Young Charles Darwin and the Voyage of the BEAGLE / Ruth Ashby (author)
The Search for Cures from the Rainforest / Carol Ballard (author)
How Monkeys Make Chocolate: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Rainforest / Adrian Forsyth (author)
The Case of the Monkeys That Fell from the Trees: And Other Mysteries in Tropical Nature / Susan E. Quinlan (author)
UNIT 3:
Insects / Shelley Underwood (author)Ant Cities / Arthur Dorros
(author/illustrator)
Centipedes / Rebecca Rissman (author)
Goliath Bird-Eating Tarantula: The World’s Biggest Spider / Meish Goldish (author)
Morpha: A Rain Forest Story / Michael Tennyson (author),
Jennifer H. Yoswa (illustrator)
Bugs! Ants / Kristin Petrie (author)
Bugs! Centipedes / Kristin Petrie (author)
Secret of the Plant-Killing Ants and More! / Ana María Rodríguez (author)
It’s a Butterfly’s Life / Irene Kelly (author)
Insects in Danger (World of Insects) / Kathryn Smithyman (author)
Goliath Bird-Eating Spiders and Other Extreme Bugs / Deirdre A. Prischmann (author)
Deadly Praying Mantis / Meish Goldish (author)
Bizarre Bugs / Doug Wechsler (author)
Dirty Rotten Bugs? Arthropods Unite to Tell Their Side of the Story / Gilles Bonotaux
(author/illustrator)
Fabulous Fluttering Tropical Butterflies / Dorothy Hinshaw Patent (author)
The Field Guide to Rain Forest Animals: Explore the Amazon Jungle / Nancy Honovich (author)
One Day in the Tropical Rainforest / Jean Craighead George (author)
Rain Forest / Elinor Greenwood (author)
DK Eye Wonder
Butterfly and Moths / Nic Bishop (author)
Life in the Rain Forests / Lucy Baker (author)
Tree of Life: The Incredible Biodiversity of Life on Earth / Rochelle Strauss (author)
Butterflies / Seymour Simon
What is an Arthropod?1 / Bobbie Kalman (author)
The Life and Times of the Ant / Charles Micucci (author)
Module 2B:TBD
Module 3A:
UNIT 1:
The History of Baseball / Diana Star Helmer and Thomas S. Owens (authors)Alphabet of Sports / Barbie Heit Schwaeber (author), David Lowe (illustrator)
Colors of Sports / Laura Purdie Salas (author)
Soccer in North America / Mike Kennedy (author)
Basketball: A History of Hoops / Mark Stewart (author)
Who Invented Basketball?: And Other Questions Kids Have about Sports / Suzanne Slade (author), Cary Pillo (illustrator)
Sports in America: Decade by Decade / Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Carolyn Leigh (authors), Amy June Bates (illustrator)
The Curious, Captivating, Unusual History of Sports / Lucia Raatma (author)
Best Seat in the House: A Basketball Memoir / Spike Lee (author)
Sports: From Ancient Olympics to the Super Bowl / Liz Miles (author)
Sports (DK Eyewitness Book) / Tim Hammond (author)
Sports Technology / Stewart Ross(author)
UNIT 2:
The History of Baseball / Diana Star Helmer and Thomas S. Owens (authors)The Girl Who Struck out Babe Ruth / Jean L. S. Patrick (author), Jeni Reeves (illustrator)
Jackie Robinson: A Life of Determination / Colleen A. Sexton (author)
Jackie Robinson: He Led the Way / April Jones Prince (author)
Jackie Robinson: Breaking the Color Barrier / Sean Price (author)
Who Was Jackie Robinson? / Gail Herman (author), John O’Brien (illustrator)
Jackie Robinson / Stephanie Sammartino McPherson (author)
Thank You, Jackie Robinson / Barbara Cohen (author)
Jackie Robinson: Strong Inside and Out / Editors of TIME for Kids with Denise Lewis Patrick (authors)
Brothers at Bat: The True Story of an Amazing All-Brother Baseball Team / Audrey Vernick (author), Steven Selerno (illustrator)
Jackie Robinson: Hero and Athlete / Suzanne Slade (author), Thomas Spense (illustrator)
Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson / Sharon Robinson (author), Kadir Nelson (illustrator)
When Jackie Met Hank / Cathy Goldberg Fishman
(author), Mark Elliott (illustrator)
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball / Kadir Nelson (author/illustrator)
Stealing Home: Jackie Robinson against the Odds / Robert Burleigh (author), Mike Wimmer (illustrator)
Jackie Robinson: Baseball Great & Civil Rights Activist / Charles E. Pederson (author)
Jackie’s Nine: Jackie Robinson’s Values to Live By / Sharon Robinson (author)
First Pitch: How Baseball Began / John Thorn (author)
Jackie Robinson: Champion for Equality / Michael Teitelbaum (author)
Stars in the Shadows: The Negro League All-Star Game of 1934 / Charles R. Smith Jr. (author), Frank Morrison (illustrator)
UNIT 3:
Roberto Clemente: A Life of Generosity / Sheila Anderson (author)We’ll Never Forget You, Roberto Clemente / Trudie Engel (author)
Roberto Clemente: Baseball Legend / Nick Healy (author)
Ladies First: Women Athletes Who Made a Difference / Ken Rappoport (author)
Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates / Jonah Winter (Author)
Pride of Puerto Rico: The Life of
Roberto Clemente / Paul Robert Walker (author)
Nothing but Trouble: The Story of
Althea Gibson / Sue Stauffacher (author)
Roberto Clemente: Young Baseball Player / Montrew Dunham (author)
Playing to Win: The Story of
Althea Gibson / Karen Deans (author)
Roberto Clemente: Baseball’s
Humanitarian Hero / Heron Marquez (author)
Roberto Clemente / Susan Muaddi Darraj and Rob Maaddi (authors)
Roberto Clemente: Baseball Hall of Famer / William W. Lace (author)
Roberto Clemente: Baseball Player / Jerry Roberts (author)
Charging the Net: A History of Blacks in Tennis from Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe to the William Sisters / Cecil Harris and Larryette Kyle-DeBose (authors)
Born to Win: The Authorized Biography of Althea Gibson / Frances Clayton Gray and Yanick Rice Lamb (authors)
Althea Gibson Broke Barriers /
Althea Gibson Won Again! /
Biography of Althea Gibson /
Module 4:
UNIT 1:
TornadoesMari Schuh (author)
FloodsMatt Doeden (author)
EarthquakesJoelle Riley (author)
Hurricanes!Marcie Aboff (author)
Hurricane FuryMolly Blaisdell (author)
Tsunamis and Floods / Jayne Keedle (author)The Worst Tornadoes of All Time / Terri Dougherty (author)
Surviving Earthquakes / Michael Burgan (author)
Chasing the World’s Most Dangerous Storms / Clive Clifford (author)
Hurricanes / Seymour Simon (author)
Tornadoes / S.L. Hamilton (author)
Shattering Earthquakes / Louise Spilsbury (author)
Natural Disasters / Nicolas Brasch (author)
Saving Animals from Hurricanes / Stephen Person (author)
Saving Animals After Floods / Joyce Markovics (author)
Hurricanes / Glenn Stout (author)
Forces of Nature: The Awesome Power of Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Tornadoes / Catherine O’Neill Grace (author)
Natural Disasters: Violent Weather / Steve Parker (author)
Eyewitness: Natural Disasters / Claire Watts (author)
UNIT 2:
Hurricane / David Wiesner (author)Hurricane! / Jonathan London (author)
The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 / Laurence Yep (author)
I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 / Lauren Tarshis (author)
Earthquake Terror / Peg Kehret (author)
The Blizzard’s Robe / Robert Sabuda (author)
Blown Away! / Joan Hiatt Harlow (author)
Escaping the Giant Wave / Peg Kehret (author)
Night of the Twisters / Ivy Ruckman (author)
Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival / Kirby Larson (author)
Earthquake at Dawn / Kristiana Gregory (author)
Storm Warriors / Elisa Carbone (author)
The Terrible Roar of Water / Penny Draper (author)
Tales from the Gulf / Martha Tannery Jones (author)
Storm Surge: The Science of Hurricanes / Don Nardo (author)
Earthshake: Poems from the Ground Up / Lisa Westberg Peters (author)
UNIT 3:
Volunteering / Amanda Rondeau (author)Clara Barton: Angel of the Battlefield / Tamara Hollingsworth (author)
The Red Cross / Anastasia Suen (author)
Disaster Relief / Nick Hunter (author)
Kids Care! 75 Ways to Make a Difference for People, Animals, & the Environment / Rebecca Olien (author)
The Haitian Earthquake / Peter Benoit (author)
Hurricane Katrina / Peter Benoit (author)
Earthquake in Haiti / Miriam Aronin (author)
Ways to Help after a Natural Disaster / Laya Saul (author)
Clara Barton: Civil War Hero and American Red Cross Founder / Susan E. Hamen (author)
The International Red Cross / Sean Connolly (author)
The World Health Organization / Sean Connolly (author)
Disaster Relief Workers / Greg Roza (author)