First-ELA

= Unit 1 ​=

Lesson 1
//The Family Book// by Todd Parr //Who’s in a Family?// by A. Robert Skutch //All Families are Different// by Sol Gordon //Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs// by Tomie de Paola //Big Panda, Little Panda// by Joan Stimpson //Chicken Sunday// by Patricia Polacco //A Chair for My Mother// by Vera Williams //Abuela// by A Dorros //There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe// (nursery rhyme) //With My Brother/Con Mi Hermano// by Eileen Roe //Grandma’s House/La Casa de Mama Grande// //The Relatives Came// by Cynthia Rylant //The Nitty-Gritty of Family Life// by Joy Wilt Berry //A Kid’s Guide to Understanding Parents// by Joy Wilt Berry //Are You My Mother?// by P. D. Eastman

Lesson 2, 3, & 4
Books about families and relatives. = Unit 2​ =

Lesson 2
//Chrysanthemum// by Kevin Henkes

Lesson 3
//Chrysanthemum// by Kevin Henkes //Thank you Mr. Falker// by Patricia Polacco

Lesson 4
//Chrysanthemum// by Kevin Hanks //Arthur's April Fool// by Marc Brown //The Berenstain Bears and the Bully// by S. and J. Berenstain //Blue Cheese Breath and Stinky Feet// by Catherine DePino and Bonnie Matthews //Bullies Are a Pain in the Brain// by Trevor Romain //Don't Feed the Monster on Tuesday// by Adolph Moser //Don't Sit on My Lunch!// by Abby Klein and John McKinley //Finding the Greenstone// by A. Walker //How to Lose All Your Friends// by Nancy Carlson //Talking About Bullying// by Jullian Powel = Unit 3​ =

Lesson 1
//The Grouchy Ladybug//by Eric Carle

Lesson 2
//The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle Informational texts about ladybugs could include: Ladybugs Thematic Unit by Dona Herweck Rice Ladybugs by Jean C. Echols Early Themes Creepy Crawless-Bees, Ladybugs, Butterflies, and More (Early Themes) by Jacqueline Clarke Mariquitas/ladybugs (Pebble Plus Bilingual) by Margaret Hall//

Lesson 3
Gather a collection of story books. Gather a collection of informational books. Gather a collection of poems.

Lesson 4
//Manners// by Aliki //The Grouchy Ladybug// by Eric Carle Related books: //The Berenstain Bears Forget their Manners// by Stan and Jan Berenstain //It's a Spoon, Not a Shovel// by Carolyn Buehner //Say Please// by Virginia Austin //Perfect Pigs: An Introduction to Manners// by Marc Brown and Stephen Krensky //What Do You Say, Dear? and What Do You Do, Dear?// by Sesyle Joslin //Monster Manners// by Bethany Roberts //Goldilocks and the Three Bears D.W.’s Guide to Perfect Manners// by Marc Brown

Unit 4​

Lesson 1
//The Mitten// by Jan Brett

Lesson 2
//The Napping House// by Audrey Wood Related books: //Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plane// by Verna Aardemi //Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Peoples’ Ears// by Verna Aardemi //The Doorbell Rang// by Pat Hutchins //A House is a House for Me// by Mary Ann Hoberman //The Three Bears and The Three Little Pigs// //The Mitten// by Jan Brett

Lesson 3
//The Mitten// by Jan Brett //The Napping House by Audrey// and Don Wood

Lesson 4
//The Napping House// by Audrey Wood //The Mitten// by Jan Brett Informational texts about animals = Unit 5 =

Lesson 1
//The Lorax// by Dr. Seuss

Lesson 2
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein Books about tree products

Lesson 4
//The Lorax by Dr. Seuss// = Unit 6 =

Lesson 1
//The Teacher from the Black Lagoon// by Mike Thaler