Mini-Lesson Reading Workshop

Thinking WITHIN the text
Monitoring and Correcting
·  Bear Snores On – Karma Wilson
·  Frank and Ernst on the Road – Alexandra Day
·  Secret Knowledge of Grown Ups – David Wisnlewski
·  Wolf – Becky Bloom
·  Bink and Gollie – Kate DiCamillo

/ Searching for and Using Information / Summarizing
·  Gracias – The Thanksgiving Turkey – Joy Cowley
·  Doctor DeSoto - William Steig
·  Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One – Kate Duke


Thinking BEYOND the text
Making Connections
·  Bad Boys – Margie Palatini
·  Roller Coaster – Marla Frazee
·  Stand Tall Molly Lou Mellon – Patty Lovell
·  Little White Owl – Tracey Corderoy
·  Whale’s Song – Dyan Sheldon
·  Thank You, Mr. Faulkner – Patricia Polocco
·  Enemy Pie – Derek Munson
·  No Such Thing – Jackie French Koller
·  I Need My Monster – Amanda Noll

/ Predicting and Asking Questions
·  Grumpy Cat -- Britta Teckentrup
·  Scarlet Stocking Spy – Trina Hakes Noble
·  Dog’s Colorful Day – Emma Dodd
·  Suddenly! – Colin McNaughton
·  Train to Somewhere – Eve Bunting
·  Great Gracie Chase – Cynthia Rylant
·  Taste of Colored Water – Faulkner
·  Alice the Fairy – David Shannon
·  Pink and Say – Patricia Polacco
·  Charlie Anderson – Barbara Abercrombie
·  Little Mouse and the Big Cupcake – Thomas Taylor
·  Where’s My Teddy? - Jez Alborough
/ Inferring
·  Guess Where You’re Going Guess What You’ll Do – AF Bauman
·  Attack of the 50 ft Teacher - Lisa Passen
·  Farmer Duck – Martin Waddell
·  Move Over Rover- Karen Beaumont
·  Bad Day at Riverbend – Cris Van Allsburg
·  Red Book (wordless) – Barabara Lehman
·  The Stranger – Cris Van Allsburg
·  Enemy Pie – Derek Munson






Thinking ABOUT the text
Analyzing
·  Balloon Farm – Jerdine Nolan
·  Owl Moon – Jane Yolen
·  Jumanji – Cris Van Allsburg
·  The 3 Questions – Jon Muth
·  The Stranger – Cris Van Allsburg
·  Knots on a Counting Rope – Bill Martin Jr.
/ Critiquing / Synthesizing
·  The Other Side – Jacqueline Woodson
·  Wednesday Surprise – Eve Bunting
·  Swimmy – Leo Lionni
·  Enemy Pie – Derek Munson
Miscellaneous
Visualizing
·  Black Book of Color – Menena Cottin
·  Whale’s Song – Dyan Sheldon
·  All the Places to Love – Patricia MacLachlan
/ Procedural
·  The Perfect Nest – Catherine Friend
·  Goldie Socks and the Three Libearians – Jackie Hopkins