Curriculum Goals:
Know the functions of print (that print carries meaning) Know the conventions of print (that it is a rule-governed system)
Develop alphabetical knowledge (knowledge that letters stand for sounds) Construct meaning from the interaction between the adult and child
Improve listening comprehension Develop vocabulary knowledge
Make decisions independently
Develop phonological awareness (awareness of syllables, rhymes, and sounds in words)
Broaden world knowledge and metalinguistic awareness through repeated readings
Improve communication, turn-taking, and joint attention as both the student and adult play important roles in the story reading interaction
Where the Wild Things Are
By: Maurice Sendak / Amazing Grace
By: Mary Hoffman / Anansi Does the Impossible!
By: Verna Aardema / The Boy of the Three-Year Nap
By: Diane Snyder
Lexile Level / AD 740 / 680 / 630 / 610
Non Fiction Book Connection / Example:
Where Are the Night Animals? By Mary Ann Fraser
What Makes Day and Night?
By Franklyn M. Branley / Example:
The Story of Ruby Bridges
By Robert Coles / Example:
Any non-fiction children’s book about spiders / Example:
A Look at Japan
By Helen Frost
Japan the Land
By Bobbie Kalman
Vocabulary Focus / Boat / Girl / Spider / Rice
Type of Questioning / Literal / Inferential / Literal / Inferential / Literal / Inferential / Literal / Inferential
Thinking Maps / Circle Map
Tree Map / Bubble Map
Circle Map / Circle Map
Flow Map / Circle Map
Tree Map
HUSH!
By: Minfong Ho / Madeline
By: Ludwig Bemelmans / Martha Speaks
By: Susan Meddaugh / Officer Buckle and Gloria
By: Peggy Rathmann
Lexile Level / 640 / 480 / 420 / 510
Non Fiction Book Connection / Example:
Amusing Moments In The Wild
Published by Potomac, Md
Where else in the Wild?
By David M. Schwarz and Yael Schy / Example:
Paris: A 3D Keepsake Cityscape
By Sarah McMenemy
This is Paris
By Miroslav Sasek / Example:
National Geographic Kids: Everything Dogs
All about dogs and Puppies
By Laura Driscoll / Example:
Police Officers on the Go
By Alyse Sweeney
Vocabulary Focus / Sleeping / Straight Legs / Talk / Dog
Type of Questioning / Literal / Inferential / Literal / Inferential / Literal / Inferential / Literal / Inferential
Thinking Maps / Circle Map / Circle Map
Bubble Map / Circle Map / Circle Map
Flow Map
Rainbow Fish
By: Marcus Pfister / Stellaluna
By: Janell Cannon
Lexile Level / AD 410 / 550
Non Fiction Book Connection / Example:
Fish Counting
By Arthur David Zoller
Coral Reef
By Susan Canizares and Mary Reid / Example:
Bats
By Gail Gibbons
Vocabulary Focus / Fish / Bird
Type of Questioning / Literal / Inferential / Literal / Inferential
Thinking Maps / Circle Map
Bubble Map / Circle Map
Bubble Map