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Unit
Text
Author
Delores and the Swings
Because of Winn-Dixie
Teacher’s College - Tamar 2
www.readingandwritingproject.com
Kate DiCamillo
Owl Moon
Jane Yolan
Firefighters
Ballet
Cats
Sun, Moon, and Stars
Chicken Soup for the Kid’s Soul
Chicken Soup for the Kid’s Soul 2
Shortcut
Bigmama’s
Fireflies!
Peter’s Chair
Snow Day
Stand Tall, Mollly Lou Mellon
Bee Tree
Amelia’s Road
I’m a Michigan Kid!
Katie Daynes
Susan Meredith
Anna Milbourne
Stephanie Turnbull
Jack Canfield, et.al.
Jack Canfield, et.al.
Donald Crews
Donald Crews
Julie Brinkloe
Ezra Jack Keats
Lester Laminack
Patty Lovell
Patricia Polacco
Linda Jacob Altman
Gary Bower
I’m a Michigan Kid! Official Passport
Gary Bower
Michigan
Licia Raatma
Kids Love Michigan: A Family Guide to
Exploring “Kid-Tested” Places in
Michigan… Year Round!
M is for Mitten: A Michigan Alphabet
George and Michele Zavatsky
Realistic Fiction
Improving the Quality of
Personal Narratives
Improving the Quality of
Personal Narratives
Informational
Informational
Informational
Informational
Personal Essay
Personal Essay
Personal Narrative Launch
Personal Narrative Launch
Personal Narrative Launch
Personal Narrative Launch
Personal Narrative Launch
Personal Narrative Launch
Personal Narrative Launch
Realistic Fiction
Research & Content Area
Writing
Research & Content Area
Writing
Research & Content Area
Writing
Research & Content Area
Writing
4th
Research & Content Area
Writing
Informational
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
Literary Essay
Literary Essay
Literary Essay
Literary Essay
Personal Narrative Launch
Personal Narrative Launch
Personal Narrative Launch
Personal Narrative Launch
Personal Narrative Launch
Personal Narrative Launch
Collection of Informational Books
reflecting your students interests: They
suggest:
 DK Readers (www.dkr.com)
 Seymour Simon non-fiction collections
(www.chroniclekids.com)
 Gail Gibbons books
The Other Side
The Tequila Worm
Baseball in April and Other Stories
Every Living Thing
Through Grandpa’s Eyes
An Angel for Solomon Singer
The Summer My Father was Ten
Up North at the Cabin
Miss Rymphius
Ida B
Annie Appleford and Kathy-jo
Wargin
Jacqueline Woodson
Viola Canales
Gary Soto
Cynthia Rylant
Patricia Maclachlan
Cynthia Rylant
Pat Brisson
Martha Chall
Barbara Cooney
Katherine Hannigan
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
Personal Narrative Launch
Personal Narrative Launch
Personal Narrative Launch
Personal Narrative Essay
Personal Narrative Essay
Personal Narrative Essay
Personal Narrative Essay
Personal Narrative Essay
Persuasive Letter
Persuasive Letter
4th
Persuasive Letter
4th
Persuasive Letter
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
4th
Persuasive Letter
Persuasive Letter
Persuasive Letter
Persuasive Letter
Persuasive Letter
Persuasive Letter
Persuasive Letter
Persuasive Letter
Persuasive Letter
Poetry
4th
4th
4th
Poetry
Poetry
Poetry
4th
5th
Research and Content Area
Informational
5th
5th
5th
5th
5th
5th
5th
5th
5th
5th
5th
5th
5th
Literary Essay
Literary Essay
Literary Essay
Literary Essay
Literary Essay
Personal Essay
Personal Essay
Personal Essay
Personal Essay
Personal Essay
Personal Essay
Personal Narrative Launch
Personal Narrative Launch
The Day of Ahmed’s Secret,
Owl Moon
Thundercake
Chicken Soup for the Kid’s Soul
Chicken Soup for the Kid’s Soul 2
Bears Don’t Pollute
Earrings
Why Should I Recycle
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
Can I Have a Stegosaurus, Mom? Can I?
Please?
Can I have a Tyrannosaurus Rex, Dad? Can
I? Please?
Can I Bring my Pterodactyl to School, Ms.
Johnson?
Hey, Little Ant
Can I Keep Him?
My Brother Dan’s Delicious
The Salamander Room
I Wanna Iguana
I Wanna New Room
Earrings
Don’t let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!
If You’re Not Here, Please Raise Your
Hand: Poems about School
Teaching Poetry: Yes You Can!
Insectlopedia
A Poke in the I: A Collection of Concrete
Poems
America’s Regions
Collection of Informational Books
reflecting your students interests: They
suggest:
 DK Readers (www.dkr.com)
 Seymour Simon non-fiction collections
(www.chroniclekids.com)
 Gail Gibbons books
A Day’s Work
Baseball Saved Us
Chicken Soup for the Kid’s Soul 2
Every Living Thing
Woman Hollering Creek
Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul
Chicken Soup for the Kid’s Soul 2
A Fine Fine School
Should we have Pets
Old Henry
How Green are You?
See the Ocean
Time of Wonder
Florence Perry Heide
Jane Yolen
Patricia Polacco
Jack Canfield, et.al.
Jack Canfield, et.al.
Jan and Stan Berenstein
Judith Viorst
Mike Gordon
Doreen Cronin
Lois G. Grambling
Lois G. Grambling
Lois G. Grambling
Phyllip and Hannah Hoose
Steven Kellogg
Steven L. Layne
Annie Mazer
Karen Kaufman Orloff
Karen Kaufman Orloff
Judith Viorst
Mo Willems
Mo Willems
Kallie Dokos
Jacqueline Sweeney
Douglas Florian
Paul Janeczko
Kathy Barabas
Eve Bunting
KenMochizuki
Jack Canfield, et. Al.
Cynthia Rylant
Sandra Cisneros
Jack Canfield, et.al.
Jack Canfield, et.al.
Sharon Creech
Sylvia Lollis
Joan Blos
David Bellamy
Estelle Condra
Robert McCloskey
5th
5th
5th
5th
5th
5th
5th
5th
5th
5th
5th
Personal Narrative Launch
Personal Narrative Launch
Personal Narrative Launch
Personal Narrative Launch
Personal Narrative Launch
Personal Narrative Launch
Personal Narrative Launch
Personal Narrative Launch
Personal Narrative Launch
Persuasive Essay
Research and Content Area
5th
Research and Content Area
Canoe Days
Letting Swift River Go
Mr. Peabody’s Apples
Women Hollering Creek
Saturday and Teacakes
Charlotte’s Web
Smokey Nights
Brave Irene
Stevie
Should There Be Zoos? A Persuasive Text
George vs. George: The American
Revolution as Seen from Both Sides
Let it Begin Here! Lexington & Concord:
First Battles of the American Revolution
Gary Paulsen
Jane Yolen
Madonna Ritchie
Sandra Cisneros
Lester Laminck
E.B. White
Eve Bunting
William Steig
John Steptoe
Tony Stead
Rosalyn Schanzer
Dennis Brindell Fradin