INTERACTIVE READ ALOUD BOOK LISTS

K - 1

READING Tomorrow's Alphabet By Shannon, George – graphic organizers A, My Name Is Alice By Bayer, Jane – sequence Alphabet City By Johnson, Stephen T. – compare/contrast Chicka Chicka Boom Boom By Martin, Bill – rhyming MATH The Icky Bug Counting Book By Pallotta, Jerry – counting book Inch By Inch By Lionni, Leo – climax, problem/solution, summarizing Ten, Nine, Eight By Bang, Molly – rhyme, recognizing text features Only One By Harshman, Marc – comprehension, number sense, patterns & counting Benny's Pennies By Brisson, Pat – comprehension, money Cubes, Cones, Cylinders, And Spheres By Hoban, Tana – comprehension, shapes Each Orange Had 8 Slices By Giganti, Paul – comprehension, patterns The Grouchy Ladybug By Carle, Eric – comprehension, clocks & calendars Pattern Bugs By Harris, Trudy – comprehension, patterns SCIENCE Stellaluna, By Cannon, Janell – prior knowledge, interpreting Joseph Had a Little Overcoat By Taback, Simms – main idea, cause/effect Q Is For Duck By Elting, Mary – compare/contrast What Do You Do With A Tail Like This? By Jenkins, Steve – interpreting, summarizing SOCIAL STUDIES A Chair for My Mother By Williams, Vera (Caldecott) – main idea, point of view, flashback, analyze/evaluate How Many Days To America? By Bunting, Eve – fiction vs. non-fiction, setting Lon Po Po: A Red - Riding Hood Story From China By Young, Ed – problem/solution, context clues, compare/contrast Yo! Yes? By Raschka, Christopher – writing traits When Sophie Gets Angry...Really, Really Angry By Bang, Molly – realism vs. fantasy, analyze/evaluate, main idea The Grouchy Ladybug By Carle, Eric – main idea, voice The information in the book lists above is drawn from the following sources: Hoyt, L. (2009). Interactive Read - Alouds Lesson Matrix for Grades K–1. Retrieved from

http://books.heinemann.com/shared/onlineresources/E01056/GradeK_1LessonMatrix.pdf

Perfection Learning. (n.d.) Linda Hoyt Interactive Read - Alouds. Retrieved from http://www.perfectionlearning.com/images/products/pdfs/natstands/lindahoyt.readalouds.pdf

2 - 3 READING The King Who Rained By Gwynne, Fred – homophones Tomorrow's Alphabet By Shannon, George – organization, graphic organizers Kites Sail High: A Book About Verbs By Heller, Ruth – writing conventions MATH 12 Ways To Get To 11 By Merriam, Eve – fact families The Big Buck Adventure By Gill, Shelley – comprehension, money It's About Time, Max! By Richards, Kitty – comprehension, time The Best Of Times: Math Strategies That Multiply By Tang, Greg – comprehension, number stories & operations The Greedy Triangle By Burns, Marilyn – comprehension, geometry SCIENCE Snowflake Bentley By Martin, Jacqueline – main idea, setting, vocabulary, simile & metaphor The Ocean Alphabet Book By Pallotta, Jerry – alphabet book Possum Magic By Fox, Mem – alliteration, fantasy A River Ran Wild By Cherry, Lynne – cause & effect

SOCIAL STUDIES Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale By Steptoe, John – prediction, character development, context clues Grandfather’s Journey By Say, Allen – questioning, compare & contrast, foreshadowing Martin's Big Words: The Life Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. By Rappaport, Doreen – analyze & evaluate, compare & contrast Cheyenne Again By Bunting, Eve – cause & effect Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince And His Orchestra By Pinkney, Andrea D. – questioning, biography Seven Blind Mice By Young, Ed – interpret, infer, summarizing, simile & metaphor Why Mosquitoes Buzz In People's Ears By Aardema, Verna – comprehension, inferences Nettie's Trip South By Turner, Ann – flashback The Wall By Bunting, Eve – comprehension Sweet Clara And The Freedom Quilt By Hopkinson, Deborah – illustrations The information in the reading, science, and social studies book lists above is drawn from the following sources:

Hoyt, L. (2009). Interactive Read - Alouds Lesson Matrix for Grades 2–3 . Retrieved from

http://books.heinemann.com/shared/onlineresources/E01056/Hoyt_IR23_LessonMatrix.pdf

Perfection Learning. (n.d.) Linda Hoyt Interactive Read - Alouds. Retrieved from

http://www.perfectionlearning.com/images/products/pdfs/natstands/lindahoyt.readalouds.pdf

The information in the math book list above is drawn from: The University Of Chicago School Mathematics Project: Everyday Math. (2007). Master

Literature List. Retrieved from http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/educators/grade_specific/master_lit.pdf

4 - 5 READING Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster By Frasier, Debra – word meanings, alliteration Where The Sidewalk Ends By Silverstein, Shel – transition words, poetry MATH Sir Cumference And The Great Knight Of Angleland Series: Sir Cumference By Neuschwander, Cindy – comprehension, geometry & spacial sense Do You Wanna Bet? By Cushman, Jean – comprehension, probability SCIENCE The Heart: Our Circulatory System By Simon, Seymour – distinguishing features of non-fiction Joyful Noise: Poems For Two Voices By Fleischman, Paul – determining purpose, poetry The Great Kapok Tree By Cherry, Lynne – sensory images A Drop Of Water By Wick, Walter – information from illustrations SOCIAL STUDIES The Sign Of The Beaver By Speare, Elizabeth – questioning, foreshadowing The Butterfly By Polacco, Patricia – compare & contrast, symbolism The Other Side By Woodson, Jacqueline – cause & effect, theme How Many Days To America? By Bunting, Eve – foreshadowing Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince And His Orchestra By Pinkney, Andrea – questioning The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses By Goble, Paul – interpretation, illustration, main idea Barefoot By Edwards, Pamela – symbolism Gleam And Glow By Bunting, Eve – drawing conclusions, compare & contrast, symbolism The Librarian Of Basra: A True Story From Iraq By Winter, Jeanette – theme

The information in the reading, science, and social studies book lists above is drawn from the following sources: Hoyt, L. (2009). Interactive Read - Alouds Lesson Matrix for Grades 4–5 . Retrieved from

http://books.heinemann.com/shared/onlineresources/E01056/Hoyt_IR45_LessonMatrix.pdf

Perfection Learning. (n.d.) Linda Hoyt Interactive Read - Alouds. Retrieved from

http://www.perfectionlearning.com/images/products/pdfs/natstands/lindahoyt.readalouds.pdf

The information in the math book list above is drawn from: The University Of Chicago School Mathematics Project: Everyday Math. (2007). Master

Literature List. Retrieved from http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/educators/grade_specific/master_lit.pdf

6 - 8 READING The Giver Series: The Giver Trilogy By Lowry, Lois – inferences, drawing conclusions, main ideas, tone/mood Hatchet By Paulsen, Gary – conflict Julie Of The Wolves Series: The Julie Trilogy By George, Jean – personification Love That Dog By Creech, Sharon – genre The Summer Of The Swans By Byars, Betsy – comprehension MATH What's Your Angle, Pythagoras? By Ellis, Julie – comprehension, geometry, Pythagorean theorem Sir Cumference And The Great Knight Of Angleland Series: Sir Cumference By Neuschwander, Cindy – comprehension, geometry & spacial sense Math Talk: Mathematical Ideas In Poems For Two Voices By Pappas, Theoni – comprehension, number & order G Is For Googol: A Math Alphabet Book By Schwartz, David – comprehension, number & order The Boy Who Reversed Himself By Sleator, William – comprehension, geometry, 4 - D Shapes SCIENCE The Heart: Our Circulatory System By Simon, Seymour – distinguishing features of non-fiction

SOCIAL STUDIES Encounter By Yolen, Jane – connecting with others, plot Out Of The Dust By Hesse, Karen – creating sensory images, simile & metaphor Golem By Wisniewski, David – transition words, irony, analogy Kira - Kira By Kadohata, Cynthia – plot, tone/mood Through My Eyes By Bridges, Ruby – drawing conclusions, generalizing Faithful Elephants By Tsuchiya, Yukio – questioning, inferences, cause & effect The information in the reading, science, and social studies book lists above is drawn from the following sources: Hoyt, L. (2009). Interactive Read - Alouds Lesson Matrix for Grades 6–7 .

http://books.heinemann.com/shared/onlineresources/E02652/IRA67LessonMatrix.pdf Perfection Learning. (n.d.) Linda Hoyt Interactive Read - Alouds. Retrieved from

http://www.perfectionlearning.com/images/products/pdfs/natstands/lindahoyt.readalouds.pdf

The information in the math book list above is drawn from: The University Of Chicago School Mathematics Project: Everyday Math. (2007). Master

Literature List. Retrieved from http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/educators/grade_specific/master_lit.pdf

9 - 12 READING A Day No Pigs Would Die By Peck, Robert – plot, historical fiction A Long Way From Chicago By Peck, Robert – plot, historical fiction Deathwatch By White, Robb - inferences Lola By McLaurin, Tim – conflict, cause & effect The Killer's Cousin By Werlin, Nancy – cause & effect, inferences MATH Fantasia Mathematica By Fadiman, Clifton – puzzles Flatland By Abbott, Edwin – geometry Sphereland By Burger, Dionys – geometry The Man Who Counted By Tahan, Malba – mathematical puzzles The Parrot's Theorem By Guedj, Denis – mathematical proof Uncle Petras and Goldbach's Conjecture By Doxiades, Apostolos – number theory

SCIENCE The Woman With a Worm in Her Head By Nagami, Pamela – Biology Heisenberg Probably Slept Here By Brennan, Richard – Physics Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman By Feynman, Richard – Physics Something Out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium By McClafferty, Carla – Chemistry SOCIAL STUDIES Slave Day By Thomas, Rob – fiction, social justice Gulf By Westall, Robert – fiction Tomorrow, When the War Began By Marsden, John – fiction The books in the above lists were compiled from: Keane, N. (2006). ATN - Book Lists (Suggested Reading). Retrieved from

http://nancykeane.com/rl/index.html.