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Below is a list of literature books used to enhance our school's curriculum. These may be used as selections for read-alouds, shared reading, guided reading, or independent reading throught the course of the year.

Click on the underlined titles for Scholastic's information about the book along with related articles and activities for more in-depth learning.

[|RAMONA QUIMBY, AGE 8] Questions and activities Beverly Cleary site

[|THE MOUSE AND THE MOTORCYCLE] Novel study Teaching guide Webquest

[|CHARLOTTE'S WEB] - games & more! Gamequarium activities

[|THE CHALK BOX KID] Webquestmore activities

[|SHARK LADY] research project idea

[|THE SECRET SOLDIER] discussion guide Revolutionary War Unit

[|THE HUNDRED PENNY BOX]

[|HOMER PRICE]

[|THE HUNDRED DRESSES LOUIS BRAILLE]

[|MORNING GIRL]

[|ASHANTI TO ZULU]

[|MUFARO'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS] [|JOURNEY TO JO'BURG] [|WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA, BEN FRANKLIN]**?** [|AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED PAUL REVERE]**?** **MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE** [|HELEN KELLER] [|TORNADO] LEARNING TO SWIM IN SWAZILAND I AM ROSA PARKS J.T. WHITE BIRD JOYFUL NOISE **I HAVE A DREAM**  THE FORTUNE TELLERS TALES OF SPIDER
 * EVERY LIVING THING**
 * JULIAN, SECRET AGENT** **JULIAN, DREAM DOCTOR**
 * HAILSTONES & HALIBUT BONES**
 * HONEY, I LOVE**


 * Word Recognition Skills:**
 * Phonological Awareness**
 * Word Analysis / [|Phonics & Decoding Skills]**


 * [|Vocabulary Development]**


 * [|Comprehension Strategies]:**
 * [|summarizing]**
 * retelling**
 * [|using context clues]**
 * [|making predictions]**
 * drawing conclusions**
 * [|making inferences]**
 * making connections**
 * [|cause and effect]**
 * author's purpose**
 * story's theme**


 * Poetry sites:**
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 * [|Literature Elements]**


 * [|Study Skills]**