Genres

Genres:

**__ Poetry: __**



Check out these poetry websites~ [|Giggle Poetry]

[|Poetry Teachers]

See this site for creating a POETRY CAFE in your classroom~ [|http://blogs.scholastic.com/top_teaching/2010/05/poetry-cafe.html#more]

This article from The Reading Teacher has suggestions for teaching poetic elements in your own classroom~ [|Poetry Cafe!.pdf]

**__ Fantasy: __**

__** Historical Fiction: **__



How and Why I Teach with Historical Fiction by Tarry Lindquist~ []

** CONNECTIONS, CHALLENGES AND CHOICES: **** A PICTURE BOOK BIBLIOGRAPHY ** **Created by: Patt Cromwell and Michelle Kelley**

Grade 4

Explorers and Native Americans Explorers - Blanchard, Anne Navigation 3-D Exploration ISBN 0-531-05455-1 Fritz, Jean Around the World in a Hundred Years ISBN 0-590-48910-0 The World in 1492 ISBN 0-440-84948-9 Hills, Ken The Voyages of Columbus ISBN 0-679-82185-6 Hudson, Wade Five Brave Explorers ISBN 0-516-03063-9 Krensky, Stephen Who Really Discovered America? ISBN 0-8038-9306-X Maestro, Betsy & Guilio The Discovery of the Americas ISBN 0-688-11512-8 (activity book goes with this book) Nicholson, Robert & Claire Watts The Vikings ISBN 0-590-73880-1 Roop, Connie & Peter I, Columbus ISBN 0-380-71545-7 Sis, Peter Follow the Dream ISBN-0-679-80628-8 Yolen, Jane Encounter ISBN 0-15-225962-7 The World’s Greatest Explorers ISBN 0-516-03063-9

Native Americans – Ancona, George Powwow ISBN 0-15-263269-7 Baker, Olaf Where the Buffaloes Begin ISBN 0-14-050560-1 Bruchac, Joseph The First Strawberries ISBN 0-8037-1131-2 Bruchac, Joseph Thirteen Moons on a Turtle’s Back ISBN 0-399-22141-7 Bunting, Eve Cheyenne Again ISBN 0-395-70364-6 Cohlene, Terri Little Firefly: Alqonquin Legend ISBN 0-8167-2363-X Cohlene, Terri Turquoise Boy: A Navaho Legend ISBN 0-8167-2360-5 Cohlene, Terri Ka-ha-si and the Loon: An Eskimo Legend ISBN 0-8167-2359-1 Cohlene, Terri Clamshell Boy ISBN 0-8167-2361-3 DePaola, Tommie The Legend of Bluebonnet ISBN 0-5904-2603-6 DePaola, Tommie The Legend of Indian Paintbrush Freedman, Russell Indian Chiefs ISBN 0-5904-5357-2 Freedman, Russell An Indian Winter ISBN 0-5904-8070 7 Freedman, Russell Buffalo Hunt ISBN 0-5904-6426-4 Green, Ellin The Legend of the Cranberry: A Paleo-Indian Tale ISBN 0-671-75975-2 Goble, Paul The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses ISBN 0-5904-6514-7 Hawk, Richard Red ABC’s ISBN 0-940-11315-5 Jeffers, Susan & H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha ISBN 0-590-46238-5 Jeffers, Susan Brother Eagle, Sister Sky ISBN 0-590-46648-8 Martin, Rafe The Boy Who Lived With the Seals ISBN 0-399-22413-0 Martin, Rafe The Rough-Face Girl ISBN 0-399-21859-9 Medearis, Angela Shelf Dancing with the Indians ISBN 0-8234-1023-4 McDermott, Gerald Raven ISBN 0-15-265661-8 Oughton, Jerric How the Stars Fell into the Sky ISBN-0-395-58798-0 Rodanas, Kristina Dragonfly’s Tale ISBN 0-395-57003-4 Stein, R. Conrad The Trail of Tears ISBN 0-516-46666-6 Warren, Betsy Let’s Look Inside a Tepee ISBN 0-961866002-0

Colonial America/Revolution/Government Berieth, Richard Sammuel’s Choice ISBN 0-590-46472-6 Fritz, Jean Who’s That Stepping on Plymouth Rock ISBN 0-590-45159-6 Gibin, James Cross George Washington ISBN 0-590-47400-6 Kroll, Steven Oh What a Thanksgiving! ISBN 0-590-44874-9 Levy, Elizabeth If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution ISBN 0-590-45159-6 McGovern, Ann If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 ISBN 0-590-45161-8 McGovern, Ann If You Lived in Colonial Times ISBN 0-590-45760-X Waters, Kate Sarah Morton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl ISBN 0-590-47400-6 Waters, Kate Samuel Eaton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy

Westward Expansion: Freedman, Russell Cowboys of the Wild West ISBN 0-590-47565-7 Levine, Ellen If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon ISBN 0-590-45158-8 Stanley, Jerry Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Wordpatch Camp ISBN 0-440-83043-5

States Rights/Civil War/Reconstruction: Bolton, Norman & Angela Herb For Home and Country – A Civil War Scrapbook ISBN 0-590-99736-X Bunting, Eve The Blue and the Gray ISBN 0-590-60197-0 Colman, Penny Spies! Women in the Civil War (Adult only) ISBN 1-55870-267-9 Fleischman, Paul Bull Run ISBN 0-590-47408-1 McKissack, Patricia C. & Frederick Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters ISBN 0-590-43027-0 Murphy, Jim The Boys War ISBN 0-590-45604-0 Polacco, Patricia Pink and Say ISBN 0-399-22671-0 Ringold, Faith Aunt Harriett’s Underground Railroad ISBN 0-517-58767-X Winter, Jeanette Follow the Drinking Gourd ISBN 0-440-84561-0 A Separate Battle

Grade 5

United States and Florida History and Geography Since 1880 Becoming a World Power – WW I & WW II Ackerman, Karen When Mama Retires ISBN 0-679-80289-4 Bachrach, Susan D Tell Them We Remember ISBN 0-316-6926-4 Bunting, Eve The Terrible Things Coerr, Eleanor Sadako ISBN 0-399-21771-1 Emert, Phyllis Raybin True Valor ISBN 1-56565-458-7 Foreman, Michael War Boy ISBN 1-55970-049-1 Hamamaka, Sheila Peace Cranes ISBN 0-531-05849-2 Hamamaka, Sheila The Journey ISBN 0-531-05849-2 Hoestlandt, Jo Star of Fear, Star of Hope ISBN 0-590-866467-X Innocenti, Robert Rose Blanche ISBN 1-55670-207-8 Mann, Peggy Last Road to Safety: A True Story ISBN 1-56565-458-7 Maruki, Toshi Hiroshima No Pika ISBN 0688-01297-3 TR Mochizuki, Ken Baseball Saved Us ISBN 1-880000-01-6 Morimoto, Junko My Hiroshima ISBN 0-14-054524-7 Stevenson, James Don’t You Know There’s a War Going On? Tsuichiya, Yuki Faithful Elephants ISBN 0-395-46555-9 Uchida, Yoshiko The Bracelet ISBN 0-399-22503-X Volakova, Hana I Never Saw Another Butterfly ISBN 0-3052-1015-6 The Number on Grandfather’s Arm

Suffrage/Civil Rights/Feminist Movement – Adoff, Arnold All The Colors of the Race ISBN 0-688-11496-2 Brown, Anthony Piggybook ISBN 0-394-88416-7 Cooney, Barbara Miss Rumphius ISBN 0-14-050-539-3 Ernst, Lisa Campbell Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt ISBN 0-688-11505-5 Hamilton, Virginia The People Could Fly ISBN 0-394-86925-7 Hudson, Wade Great Black Heroes: Five Notable Inventors ISBN 0-590-48033-2 Hudson, Wade Book of Black Heroes from A to Z ISBN 0-590-45757-8 Hoffman, Mary Amazing Grace ISBN 0-8037-1040-2 Flournoy, Valerie The Patchwork Quilt ISBN 0-590-97544-7 Livingston, Myra Cohn Let Freedom Ring ISBN 0-8234-0957-0 Myers, Walter Dean Now is Your Time: The African-American Struggle For Freedom ISBN 0-590-46400-0 Ringold, Faith Dinner at Aunt Connie’s House ISBN 1-56282-425-2 Ringold, Faith Tar Beach ISBN 0-590-46381-0 San Souci, Robert Talking Eggs Sullivan, George The Day The Women Got The Vote ISBN 0-590-47560 Towle, Wendy The Real McCoy ISBN 0-590-46400-0 Turner, Glenette Tilly Take A Walk in Their Shoes ISBN 0-14-036250-9

Government/Economy/Immigration/Growth/Education

Immigration - Freedman, Russell Immigrant Kids ISBN 0-590-46565-1 Jacobs, William Jay Ellis Island: New Hope in a New Land ISBN 0-684-19171-7 Knight, Margy Burns Who Belongs Here? ISBN 0-88448-110-7 Livinson, Riki Watch the Stars Come Out Press, Petra A Multicultural Portrait of Immigration ISBN 0-7614-0055-9 Sandler, Martin W Immigrants ISBN 0-06-024508-5 Say, Allen Grandfather’s Journey ISBN 0-39557035-2

American History - Provensen, Alice The Buck Stops Here ISBN 1-56138-427-5 Sherrow, Victoria Presidents: The Big Book of Presidents ISBN 1-56138-427-5

Geography – Beasant, Pam & Alastain Smith How to Draw Maps and Charts ISBN 0-590-47966-2 Cherry, Lynn The Armadillo from Amarillo ISBN 1-15-200359-2 Jouris, David All Over the Map – An Extraordinary Atlas of the US ISBN 0-89815-649-1 Leedy, Loreen Blast Off to Earth – A Look at Geography ISBN 0-8234-0973-2 Wolfman, Ira My World & Globe ISBN 0-89480-993-8

Other –

African Culture – Chocolate, Deborah M. Newton My First Kwanzaa Book ISBN 0-590-45927-9 Feelings, Muriel Jambo Means Hello ISBN 0-140-54652-9 Gerson, Mary Joan Why the Sky is Far Away ISBN 0-316-30852-8 McKissack, Patricia Flossie and the Fox ISBN 0-590-45884-1 Steptoe, John Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters ISBN 0-688-04045-4 Ward, Leila I am Eyes-Ni Macho ISBN 0-590-44854-4

Jewish Culture – Aleichen, Sholem Hanukah Money ISBN 0-440-84125-9 Gilman, Phoebe Something for Nothing ISBN 0-590-47281-X

Asian Culture – Mahy, Margaret The Seven Chinese Brothers ISBN 0-590-42271-5 Surat, Michele Maria Angel Child, Dragon Child ISBN 0-590-42271-5 Tompert, Ann Grandfather Tang’s Story: A Tale Told with Tangrams ISBN 0-517-57487-X Wells, Ruth A to Zen ISBN 0-88708-175-4 Yagawa, Sumiko The Crane Wife ISBN 0-688-0748-5

Other – Climo, Shirley The Egyptian Cinderella ISBN 0-06-432279-3 Knight, Margy Burns Talking Walls (Teacher guide) ISBN 0-88448-102-6 Sendak, Maurice I Dream of Peace ISBN 0-06-251128-9 Soto, Gary Too Many Tamales ISBN 0-399-22146-8

BOOKS ON THE HOLOCAUST Date Author Title Publisher 1991 Orlev, Uri The Man From the Other Side Houghton Mifflin 1994 Reuter, Bijarne The Boys From St. Petri Dutton *1998 Stillerman, Marci Nine Spoons Hachai *1987 Adler, David The Number On Grandfather’s Arm UAHC Press *1985 Innocenti, Roberto Rose Blanche Creative Education 1983 Orlev, Uri The Island on Bird Street Houghton Mifflin 2002 Levine, Karen Hana’s Suitcase: A True Story Whitman 1988 Hartling, Peter Crutches Lothrop 1991 Vos, Ida Hide and Seek Houghton Mifflin 1999 Bitton-Jackson, L. I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Simon and Schuster Up In The Holocaust 1988 Yolen, Jane The Devil’s Arithmetic Viking 1998 Lobel, Anita No Pretty Picture: A Child of War Greenwillow 1995 Vos, Ida Dancing On The Bridge of Airgnon Houghton Mifflin 1995 Orlev, Uri The Lady With The Hat Houghton Mifflin 1994 Schmur, Steven The Shadow Children Morrow 1998 Rabinovici, Schoschana Thanks To My Mother Dial 1996 Vos, Ida The Key Is Lost Harper Collins 1976 Meltzer, Milton Never to Forget: The Jews Of The Holocaust Harper & Row 1972 Zei, Alki Petro’s War 2006 Katin, Miriam We Are On Our Own: A Memoir; by Miriam Katz

*For younger children

__** Realistic Fiction: **__

__** Non-fiction/Informational: **__

[|Non-fiction Reading Resources]

When you think of nonfiction, one of the first things to come to mind is the TEXTBOOK. There are many other supplemental materials like magazines, comics, graphic novels, guided reading books, Big Books, narrative picture books etc. that are nonfiction. Nonfiction books and biographies are the genres of children's literature that assist teachers in teaching the necessary content! It is vital to help children read this type of text successfully!

Did You Know...

That nonfiction books outnumber fiction in most libraries 12 to 1?

That once children leave the elementary school years, over 85 % of what they read is NONFICTION!

That majority of FCAT reading passages are nonfiction?

See below for a matrix of nonfiction text features that must be taught to students (and when) to ensure maximum comprehension of nonfiction material: [|NonFiction Text Features.pdf]

To Get You Started:

[|David A. Adler is an excellent author of BIOGRPAHIES for elementary age students! Check out his website: www.davidaadler.com]

 [|Gail Gibbons NF Teacher's Guide.pdf] [|Teaching with Picture Books NF Language_Arts_Guide_Updated.pdf]

__** Multicultural: **__