“Children in our classrooms love books and spend time with them everyday. As teachers we are happier and more creative, then before, but if we don’t want to return to programmed reading instruction, we’re going to have to know what to teach instead”...and what resources we can use to support quality teaching. (Mosaic of Thought by Ellin Keene p.17 2007)

The Happy Hollow Mosaic of Thought study group met for a semester long series of bi-monthly meetings to delve deeply into Ellin Keene’s revised book. While much of her work validated what we are currently doing in our classrooms, it also reinforced the need to continuously reflect and revamp our current practices. Our work further inspired us to examine our literary resources and our literacy standards. Ellin Keene’s upcoming visit will challenge us to continue revitalizing our pedagogy.

Through our conversations and our online reflections we realized the need for more comprehensive and curriculum related texts to support the teaching of reading strategies. Grade level lists were compiled to be used as an added resource at the primary and intermediate grades.

The books were chosen from collections of books currently in classrooms and consists of favorite reads and curriculum related texts.

Submitted By:

Ruth Brenneman

Allison Cohen

Deborah Dowd

Lorraine Horgan

Michelle Lataille

Miriam Morrison

Laura O’Brien

Maureen Tillett

Lise Weig

Grades K, 1 and 2

Schema

books by Todd Parr

It’s Okay to be Different

The Daddy Book

The Earth Book

The Family Book

The Grandma Book

The Grandpa Book

The Mommy Book

The Peace Book

Berenstain Bears by

The Berenstain Bears Visit the Dentist

The Berenstain Bears and the Truth

The Berenstain Bears and Too Much TV

The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food

The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Friends

The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Grownups

The Berenstain Bears and the Week at Grandma’s

Franklin books by Paulette Bourgeois

Finders Keepers for Franklin

Franklin and the Thunderstorm

Franklin Fibs

Franklin Goes to School

Franklin in the Dark

Franklin Rides a Bike

Franklin Wants a Pet

The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant

books by Mem Fox

Tough Boris

Whoever You Are

The Tenth Good Thing about Barney by Judith Viorst

How to Lose All Your Friends by Nancy Carlson

Regina’s Big Mistake by Marissa Moss

Winners Never Quit by Mia Hamm

Just Kidding by Trudy Ludwig

Creating Mental Images

The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer

Close Your Eyes by Jean Marzollo

Color Me a Rhyme by Jane Yolen

Creatures of the Earth, Sea and Sky by Georgia Heard

Footprints and Shadows by Anne Westcott Dodd

Goodnight to Annie by Eve Merriam

Greyling by Jane Yolen

I Am the Ocean by Suzanna Marshak

The Napping House by Audrey Wood

Night in the Country by Cynthia Rylant

Night Sounds, Morning Colors by Rosemary Wells

Putting the World to Sleep by Shelley Moore Thomas

Quiet, Please by Eve Merriam

Say Something by Mary Stoltz

What Does the Rain Play? by Nancy White Carlstrom

When I’m Sleepy by Jane R. Howard

Wild, Wild Sunflower Child by Nancy White Carlstrom

The Zoo at Night by Martha Robinson

Questioning

books by Kevin Henkes

Julius, The Baby of the World

books by Leo Lionni

A Color of His Own

An Extraordinary Egg

It’s Mine

Tillie and the Wall

books by Peter Reynolds

The Dot

Ish

books by Allen Say

Emma’s Rug

Kamishibai Man

books by Dr. Seuss (e.g. The Lorax, The Sneetches)

books by Mo Willems (e.g.My Friend is Sad)

The Quiltmaker’s Gift by Jeff Brumbeau

I’m in Charge of Celebrations by Byrd Baylor

The Gift of Nothing by Patrick McDonnell

The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson

3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade

Inferring:

Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting

5th: Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo

Skinny Bones by Barbara Park

Golden Goose by Dick King Smith

Mr. Peabody’s Apples by Madonna

Everybody Needs A Rock by Byrd Baylor

Owl in the Shower

Peppe the Lamplighter by Elisa Bartone

Those Shoes

Synthesizing:

Oliver Button is a Sissy by Tomie DePaola

The Table Where the Rich People Sit by Byrd Baylor

Jackie and Me by Dan Gutman

My Old Man by Patricia Polacco

Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardner

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

The Name Jar

Westlandia

Determining Importance:

Time For Kids

Historical Fiction: TBA

Sledding on Boston Common

Henry Box Brown (check on title)

Minty (check author’s name)

You Choose History Books

The Rag Coat by Lauren Mills

The Coolest Rock by Sherilin Chanek

Revolutionary War on Wednesday by Mary Pope Osbourne

If You Lived At the Time of the American Revolution by Kay Moore

George vs. George by Rosalyn Schanzer

Cheyenne Again