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Correlation Matrix: Reading Strategies, Genre, Writing Form, and Text Models
Reading Skills
Reading Genre
Writing
Text Model
Form
Narrative
T-S
 Story Map
 Realistic Fiction
Memoir
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Chrysanthemum-Kevin
Henkes
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 Fairy
Diary
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Tales/Folk
 The Relatives Came-Cynthia Rylant
Tales
 Schema
 Koala Lou-Mem Fox
 Myths/Legends
 Author
 Saturdays and Tea Cakes-Lester Laminack
Studies
 Non-fiction:
 Fireflies-Julie Brinkloe
Science
 Symbolism
 Ira Sleeps Over-Bernard Waber
(predictions)
 Alliteration
 Jamaica’s Tag-Along-Havill
 My Rotten Red-Headed Brother-Polacco
T-W
 Whoever We Are-Mem Fox
 Smoky Night-Eve Bunting
 A Picnic in October-Eve Bunting
 The Wall-Eve Bunting
 Lorax-Dr. Seuss
 What a Wonderful World-George D. Weiss
T-T
 Ben’s Dream and Just a Dream-C. Van Allsburg
 Stellaluna-Cannon and Bats: Night Fliers-Maestro
 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad
Day-Viorst and Today was a Terrible Day-Patricia Reilly
Giff
 Everybody Needs a Rock-Baylor and If You Find a RockPeggy Christian
 Amazing Grace-Mary Hoffman and Oliver Button is a
Sissy-Tomie dePaola
Memoir
 The Memory Box
 Keepers-Jeri Hanel Watts and Felicia Marshall
 The Hundred Penny Box-Sharon Bell Mathis
 Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge-Mem Fox
 When I Was Young in the Mountains-Cynthia Rylant
Diaries
 Diary of a Worm
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Narrative
Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday-Viorst
Amaze-Aaron Steele
Anna Banana and Me-Leonore Blegvad
Annie and the Wild Animals-Jan Brett
Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Bird-Cynthia Rylant
The Best Town in the World- Byrd Baylor
Beware of Boys-Tony Blundell
The Bicycle Man-Allen Say
The Boy Who Didn’t Believe in Spring-Lucille Clifton
Cat Heaven-Cynthia Rylant
A Country Far Away-Nigel Gray
Charlie Needs a Cloak-Tomie de Paola
Dinner at Aunt Connie’s House-Faith Ringold
Dog Heaven-Cynthia Rylant
Figurative
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Fantasy
Science Fiction
Fiction
Non Fiction
Poetry
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Visualizing /Description
Miss Rumphius-Barbara CIooney
Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening-Robert Frost
Hello Ocean-Pam Munoz Ryan
Owl Moon-Jane Yolen
My Mama Had a Dancing Heart-Libba Moore Gray
Twilight Comes Twice-Ralph Fletcher
Barn Dance-Bill Martin Jr.
The Wise Woman and Her Secret-Eve Merriam
Welcome to the Green House-Jane Yolen
Painted Words/Spoken Moments-Aliki
Old Black Fly-Aylesworth
Zoom and Re-Zoom-Istvan Banyai
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs-Barrett
I’m in Charge of Celebrations-Byrd Baylor
Tangerine-Bloor
Fireflies-Julie Brinkloe
The Sailor Dog-Margaret Wise Brown
Voices from the Wild-Bouchard
Smoky Night-Eve Bunting
See the Ocean-Condra
Fishing in the Air-Sharon Creech
Good Dog Carl-Alexandra Day
Big Blue Whale-N. Davies
The Cloud Book-Tomie de Paola
The Popcorn Book-Tomie de Paola
Everybody Cooks Rice-Dooley
Morning Girl-M. Dorris
Abuela=Arthur Dorros
The Chocolate Chip Cookie Contest-Douglass
Arctic Memories-Normee Ekoomiak
Sailboat Lost-Leonard Everett Fisher
Pizza Pat-Gelman
Winter at Long Pond-George
My Little Island-Lessac
Where the River Begins-Thomas Locker
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Like Butter on Pancakes-Jonathan London
Time of Wonder-Robert McCloskey
Basket Moon-Ray
Lizard in the Sun-Joanne Ryder
Gregory the Terrible Eater-Sharmat
The Listening Walk-P. Showers
Dakota Dugout-Ann Turner
The Napping House-Audrey Wood
Elbert’s Bad Word-Wood
Hamburger Heaven-Wong Herbert Yee
Elisabeth-Claire Nivola
Figurative Language
I Love You the Purplest-Barbara M. Joosee
Thundercake-Patricia Polacco
Old Black Fly-Jim Aylesworth
The Girl Who Hated to Read
Henry and Mudge and the Happy Cat-Cynthia Rylant
Here We All Are-Tomie de Paola
An Octopus is Amazing
Good Dog Carl-Alexandra Day
What Lives in a Shell?-Kathleen Weidner Zoehlfeld
Poetry
Baseball, Snakes and Summer Squash: Poems About
Growing Up-Donald Graves
Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea-Joyce Carol Thomas
Joyful Noise-Paul Fleischmann
A Quite Place-Douglas Wood
Small Talk: A Book of Short Poems-Lee Bennett Hopkins
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Fact/Opinion
Cause/Effect
Prediction
Non-Fiction
Information Text
Research
Persuasive
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Cause and Effect
A Bad Case of Stripes-David Shannon
If You Give a Mouse (all books)-Laura Numeroff
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash-Trinka Hakes Noble
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs-Judi Barrett
Pierre-Maurice Sendak
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble-William Steig
Prediction
SuddenlyPossum Magic-Mem Fox
Amos and Boris-Mem Fox
Questioning
The Great Kapok Tree-Lynne Cherry
Grandfather Twilight-Barbara Berger
The Lotus Seed-Sherry Garland
How Many Days to America?-Eve Bunting
An Angel for Solomon Singer-Cynthia Rylant
Amelia’s Road-Linda Allman
Fly Away Home-Eve Bunting
Why is the Sky Blue?-Sally Grindley
Harvey the Foolish Pig-Dick Gackenbach
Charlie Anderson-Barbara Abercrombie
Chicken Sunday-Patricia Polacco
If Sarah Will Take Me-Bouchard
Lost in the Sun-Carrick
Grandpa’s Teeth-Clement
Big Al-Andrew Clements
How My Parents Learned to Eat – Friedman
Monarch Butterfly-Gail Gibbons
Tight Times-Hazen
Journey Home-McKay
The Three Questions-Muth
Wump World-B. Peet
Pink and Say-Polacco
Abiyoyo-Pete Seegeer
The Amazing Bone-William Steig
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Brave Irene-Steig
Dr. DeSoto-Steig
The Mary Celeste-Yolen
Freedom Summer-Deborah Wiles
Persuasive
Can I Have a Stegosaurus Mom?-Lois G. Grambling
Earrings-Judith Viorst
Duck for President-Doreen Green
My Teacher for President-Kay Winters
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus-Mo Williams
Dear Mrs. LaRueI Wanna Iguana-Karen Kaufman Arloff
Click-Clack Moo-Doreen Cronin
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Summary
Note Taking
Non Fiction Text
Features
Historical Fiction
Biography
Diary
Non Fiction
Expository
Research
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Expository
Airplanes and Flying Machines-Pascale De Bourgoing
And So They Build-Bert Kitchen
Antarctica-Helen Cowcher
Books and Libraries-Jack Knowlton
Children of the Dust Bowl-Jerry Stanley
The Egyptians-Pamela Odijk
Whale-Eyewitness Books
Flight: The Journey of Charles Lindbergh-Robert Burleigh
Summary
The Paper Bag Princess-Robert Munsch
The Pumpkin Blanket-Deborah Turney Zagwyn
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble-William Steig
Main Idea
City of Snow: The Great Blizzard of 1888-Linda Oatman
High
Arctic Lights, Arctic Nights-Debbie S. Miller
The Boy on Fairfield Street-Kathleen Krull
How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning-Rosalyn Schanzer
When Marion Sang-Pam Munoz Ryan
Determining Importance
Exploring the Titanic-Robert Ballard
Hungry, Hungry Sharks-Joanna Cole
Medieval Feast-Aliki
Animal Shelters-Ron Bacon
Save Our Earth-Ron Bacon
Exploring the Titanic-Robert Ballard
The Important Book-Margaret Wise Brown
The Great Kapok Tree-Lynne Cherry
Hungry, Hungry Sharks-Joanna Cole
The Cloud Book-Tommie de Paola
Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One-Duke
Cross a Bridge-Hunter
Into the Sky-Hunter
Helen Keller-Hurwitz
Anasi Goes Fishing-Kimmel
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Nessa’s Story-Luenn
Book-Lyon
The Lady and the Spider-McNulty
Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad-Faith Ringgold
Sierra-Siebert
Should There be Zoos?-Tony Snead
Sophie’s Masterpiece-Spinelli
Tops and Bottoms-Janet Stevens
Two Bad Ants-Chris Van Allsburg
Dia’s Story Cloth
Frida-Jonah Winter
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Foreshadowing
Theme
Point of View
Drawing
Conclusions
Irony
Allusion
Predicting
Fiction
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Mystery
Poetry
Fantasy
Poetry
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Character Traits
Sleeping Ugly-Jane Yolen
The Paper Bag Princess-Robert Munsch
Piggie Pie-Margie Palatini
Inference
The Story of Ruby Bridges-Robert Coles
The Art Lesson-Tomie de Paola
Tough Boris-Mem Fox
Koala Lou-Mem Fox
Knots on a Counting Rope-Bill Martin, Jr.
Stellaluna-Janell Cannon
The Stranger-Chris Van Allsburg
The Wretched Stone-Chris Van Allsburg
Creatures of the Earth, Sea and Sky-Georgia Heard
Fireflies-Julie Brinkloe
Fly Away Home-Eve Bunting
Grandfather Twilight-Barbara Berger
If You Listen-Charlotte Zolotow
Miss Maggie-Cynthia Rylant
The Royal Bee-Frances Park and Ginger Park
Something Beautiful-Sharron Dennis Wyeth
No, David-David Shannon
Shortcut-Donald Crews
Love You Forever-Robert Munsch
Brave Irene-William Steig
Dandelion-Eve Bunting
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Teammates-Peter Golenbock
Dancing in the Wings-Debbie Allen
Going Home-Eve Bunting
Getting Through Tuesday-Melrose Cooper
Carl Goes Shopping-Alexandra Day
Frank and Ernest-Alexandra Day
Grandpa’s Face-Greenfield
Oink!Oink!-Arthur Geist
Shoes from Grandpa-Mem Fox
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Tight Times-Barbara Shook Hazen
Cinder Edna-Ellen Jackson
She’s Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head-Lasky
Branta and the Golden Stone-Walter Wangerin, Jr.
The Crane Girl-Veronika Martenova Charles
Down the Road-E.B. Lewis
Five Secrets in a box-Catherine Brighton
Gershon’s Monster-Eric Kimmel
Foreshadowing
Owl Moon-Jane Yolen
Encounter-Jane Yolen
How Many Days to America-Eve Bunting
The Z Was Zapped: A Play in Twenty-Six Acts-Chris Van
Allsburg
Point of View
Two Bad Ants-Chris Van Allsburg
Encounter-Jane Yolen
Irony
The Stranger-Chris Van Allsburg
Encounter-Jane Yolen
The Tale of the Mandrian Ducks-Katherine Patterson
Grandfather’s Journey-Allen Say
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Retelling
Summarizing
Theme
Symbolism
Memoirs
Fables/Folktales
Narrative
Non-Fiction
Personal
Narrative
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Folktales
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Personal Narrative
The Art Lesson-Tomie de Paola
Tar Beach-Faith Ringgold
Chicken Soup for the Kid’s Soul-Jack Canfield
Symbolism
Tar Beach-Faith Ringgold
The Wretched Stone-Chris Van Allsburg
The Stranger-Chris Van Allsburg
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses-Paul Goble
An Angel for Solomon Singer-Cynthia Rylant
Synthesis
Tea with Milk-Allen Say
A Color of His Own-Leo Leonni
The Library-Sarah Stewart
The Table Where the Rich People Sat-Byrd Baylor
The Story of the Jumping Mouse-John Steptoe
The Rag Coat-Lauren Mills
Mirette on a High Wire-Emily Arnold
Georgia Music- Helen V. Griffith
She’s Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head-K. Lasky
An Octopus is Amazing-P. Lauber
The Country Bunny and the Little Golden Shoes-DuBose
Heyward
Fables/Folktales
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters-Steptoe
Yeh Shen: Ai-Ling Louie
Flossie and the Fox
Lon Po Po
So Say the Little Monkeys
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears
Johnny Appleseed
The Magic Fish
The Talking Eggs
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Metacognition
Re-reading
All
Conventions
Organizing
Structures
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Organizing Narrative Writing
The Important Book-Margaret Wise Brown
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad
Day-Judith Viorst
Fortunately-Remy Charlip
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie-Laura Numeroff
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick-Chris Van Allsburg
Tuesday 29, 1999-David Wiesner
Ruby the Copycat-Ruby Rathmann
The Enormous Potato-Aubrey Davis
The Giant Carrot-Jan Peck
Conventions
From Pictures to Words-Janet Stevens
Punctuation Takes a Vacation-Robin Pulver
A Book Takes Root –Michael Kehoe
Behind the Mask-Ruth Heller
Context Clues
Piggins-Jane Yolen
A River Ran Wild-Lynne Cherry
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