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*All titles are based on the recommended read-aloud lists of Linda Hoyt, Fountas & Pinnell, Stephanie Harvey, Making Meaning, and Booksource.

Grade 2 Recommended Trade Book Read-Aloud Titles*Benchmark Literacy Unit

Suggested Metacognitive Strategy Focus

Title Author Genre

1 Ask questions The Best Story Eileen Spinelli Realistic Fiction

1 Ask questions Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King

Jean Marzollo Biography

1 Ask questions Danitra Brown, Class Clown Nikki Grimes Realistic Fiction

1 Ask questions The Emperor’s Egg Martin Jenkins Informational Nonfiction

1 Ask questions The Other Side Jacqueline Woodson Historical Fiction

1 Ask questions Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra

Andrea Pinkney Biography

2 Visualize The Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg Fantasy

2 Visualize Mammoths on the Move Lisa Wheeler Informational Nonfiction

2 Visualize Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888

Ernest L. Thayer Historical Fiction/Fables

2 Visualize What Do You Do When Something Wants to Eat You?

Steve Jenkins Informational Nonfiction

2 Visualize All Alone Kevin Henkes Realistic Fiction

2 Visualize One Giant Leap Don Brown Biography

3 Determine text importance Diary of a Worm Doreen Cronin Diary/Animal Fantasy

3 Determine text importance Bill Pickett: Rodeo-Ridin’ Cowboy

Andrea-Davis Pinkney

Biography

3 Determine text importance The Biggest Bear Lynd Ward Realistic Fiction

3 Determine text importance Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman

Alan Shroeder Historical Fiction

3 Determine text importance The Story of Jumping Mouse John Steptoe Animal Fantasy

3 Determine text importance Letting Swift River Go Jane Yolen Historical Fiction

4 Summarize & synthesize Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday

Judith Viorst Realistic Fiction

4 Summarize & synthesize Beaks! Sneed B. Collard III Informational Nonfiction

4 Summarize & synthesize Big Al Andrew Clements Animal Fantasy

4 Summarize & synthesize Big Cats Dorothy Patent Informational Nonfiction

4 Summarize & synthesize The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses

Paul Goble Realistic Fiction

4 Summarize & synthesize Endangered Elephants Bobbie Kalman Informational Nonfiction

5 Make connections Julius, the Baby of the World Kevin Henkes Realistic Fiction/Animal Fantasy

5 Make connections My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me

Maya Angelou Informational Nonfiction

5 Make connections When Sophie Gets Angry— Really, Really Angry

Molly Bang Realistic Fiction

5 Make connections Dia’s Story Cloth Dia Cha Informational Nonfiction/Biography

5 Make connections Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse

Leo Lionni Animal Fantasy

xvii©2014 Benchmark Education Company, LLC • Benchmark Literacy • Grade 2

*All titles are based on the recommended read-aloud lists of Linda Hoyt, Fountas & Pinnell, Stephanie Harvey, Making Meaning, and Booksource.

Benchmark Literacy Unit

Suggested Metacognitive Strategy Focus

Title Author Genre

6 Fix-up monitoring Raising Dragons Jerdine Nolen Fantasy

6 Fix-up monitoring Hello, Fish! Visiting the Coral Reef

Sylvia A. Earle Informational Nonfiction

6 Fix-up monitoring Stellaluna Janell Cannon Animal Fantasy

6 Fix-up monitoring The Reasons for Seasons Gail Gibbons Informational Nonfiction

6 Fix-up monitoring The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

Jon Scieszka Fractured Fairy Tales

6 Fix-up monitoring Seashore Babies Tara and Kathy Darling

Informational Nonfiction

7 Make inferences Imogene’s Antlers David Small Fantasy

7 Make inferences Why Do Leaves Change Color?

Betsy Maestro Informational Nonfiction

7 Make inferences Six-Dinner Sid Inga Moore Animal Fantasy

7 Make inferences The Babe & I David A. Adler Historical Fiction

7 Make inferences Scaredy Squirrel Melanie Watt Animal Fantasy

7 Make inferences Journey to Ellis Island Carol Bierman Informational Nonfiction/Biography

8 Determine text importance The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest

Lynne Cherry Animal Fantasy

8 Determine text importance The King’s Day: Louis XIV of France

Aliki Informational Nonfiction/Biography

8 Determine text importance Tops and Bottoms Janet Stevens Fables

8 Determine text importance One More Border: The True Story of One Family’s Escape from War-Torn Europe

William Kaplan Informational Nonfiction/Biography

8 Determine text importance Strega Nona Tomie dePaola Fables

9 Make connections The Little House Virginia Lee Burton Historical Fiction

9 Make connections The Flag We Love Pam Muñoz Ryan Informational Nonfiction

9 Make connections Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge

Mem Fox Realistic Fiction

9 Make connections I Pledge Allegiance Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson

Informational Nonfiction

9 Make connections A Fine, Fine School Sharon Creech Realistic Fiction

9 Make connections Wild Babies Seymour Simon Informational Nonfiction

10 Make inferences The Three Little Pigs James Marshall Fairy Tales

10 Make inferences Are You a Spider? Judy Allen Informational Nonfiction

10 Make inferences Mirette on the High Wire Emily Arnold McCully

Historical Fiction

10 Make inferences Honest Abe Edith Kunhardt Informational Nonfiction/Biography

10 Make inferences Dear Juno Soyung Pak Realistic Fiction

10 Make inferences How Do You Raise a Raisin? Pam Muñoz Ryan Informational Nonfiction