Second-ELA

= Unit 1 =

Lesson 1
Collection of songs, poems, fiction and expository texts. Some should have repetitive text.

Lesson 2
//Tom// by Tomie dePaola //The Mitten// by Jan Brett //Amazing Grace// by Mary Hoffman At least three narrative stories with simple plots a few characters You may use three stories from your basal reading series, or three fairy tales such as //The Three Little Pigs//, //Little Red Riding Hood//, and //Goldilocks and the Three Bears//, or story variants such as //The Three Little Pigs//, //The True Story of the Three Little Pigs// by Jon Scieszka, and //The Three Little Javelinas// by Susan Lowell.

Lesson 3
//The War Between the Vowels and the Consonants// by Priscilla Turner and Whitney Turner Various read-aloud books with rhymes and playful word patterns- Some suggested titles: various books by Dr. Suess; nursery rhymes; //Jamberry// by Bruce Degen; //Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See?// by Bill Martin; //Some Smug Slug// by Pamela D. Edwards.

Lesson 4
Collection of informational texts on different topics and various reading levels Fiction and non-fiction books on the same topic Non-fiction big book(s) = Unit 2 =

Lesson 1
//Tiger Lilies, Toadstools, and Thunderbolts: Engaging K-8 Students With Poetry// by Iris McClellan Tiedt //The Random House book of poetry for children: A treasury of 572 poems for today’s child// by Jack Prelutsky //Where the Sidewalk Ends// by Shel Silverstein //Falling Up// by Shel Silverstein //A Light in the Attic// by Shel Silverstein //Poems for Children// by Pat Mora //Mother Goose: The Old Nursery Rhymes// by Arthur Rackham //Mother Goose in Spanish/Poesías de la Madre Oca// by Alastair Reid and Anthony Kerrigan //Animalia// by Graeme Base Article from //The Reading Teacher//, Vol. 60, No.6, March, 2007, page 518, titled //“I” poems: Invitations for students to deepen literary understanding//, by Linda Kucan //Puddles// by Jonathan London //Galoshes// by Rhoda Bacmeister

Lesson 2
Examples of paired text titles: //Dear Mr. Blueberry// by Simon James(narrative) and //Big Blue Whale// by Nicola Davies (expository) //Rodeo// by Bellville (expository) and //Armadillo Rodeo// by Jan Brett (narrative) Informational stories from trade books or basal texts

Lesson 3
A variety of narrative texts with strong, simple story plots

Lesson 4
A variety of expository text = Unit 3 =

Lesson 1
Stone Soup by Heather Forest (or similar version)

Lesson 2
The Real Story of Stone Soup by Ying Chang Compestine

Lesson 4
Expository text about rocks Expository text with topics related to community, sharing and working together, cooking, rocks–at least one per student. = Unit 4 =

Lesson 1
//Too Many Tamales// by Gary Soto

Lesson 4
//The First Strawberries: A Cherokee Story// retold by Joseph Bruchac = Unit 5 =

Lesson 1
//Charlotte’s Web// by: E.B. White

Lesson 3
Any non-fiction book about spiders = Unit 6 =

Lesson 1
//Falling Up// by Shel Silverstein