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| Walk to read is where students move from their classrooms to other locations
(4 days a week)to receive additional reading instruction based on their
level of reading. In the library we service 2 grade levels for Walk to Read
(WTR), first and
fifth.
First graders complete many novel studies, reader's theater, games, projects
and Seattle Times newspaper article projects while learning reading
strategies, decoding, comprehension and many other lifetime reading skills.
Fifth graders work on novel studies, King County Library's Global Challenge
books, and Seattle Times newspaper articles while learning reading
strategies, decoding, comprehension and many other lifetime reading skills. | |
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| Novel Book Titles | |
| | First Grade 10/15-10/25
Barn Dance by Bill Martin Jr.
A fun book with rhythm, rhyme and a dialect worth repeating about animals
dancing.
Read Write Think activities for Bill Martin Jr. Books
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| | First Grade 10/15-10/25
Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
The day in the life of animals on the farm is the theme for this wonderfully
illustrated book.
Family activities for the Big Red Barn
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| | First Grade 10/29-11/9
Berenstain Bears Prize Pumpkin by the Berenstain
Papa Bear loses sight of what's important around Thanksgiving when he tries
to beat out Farmer Ben in the Pumpkin Contest. Mama helps the family see
that there are better things than winning.
Berenstain Bear Activities
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| | First Grade 11/26-12/7
Little Penguin'w Tale by Audrey Wood
Grand Nanny Penguin loves to tell stories to her grandchildren, but one
little penguin is too curious to sit still. Instead he wanders off on his
own and meets a group of zany birds and almost gets eaten by a whale! At the
end of the day, he returns back to Grand Nanny's knee — miraculously — after
losing some of his feathers!
This site has hundreds of activities and facts about penguins that every
first grader would love.
Blackwell's Best - Penguins
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| | First Grade 11/26-12/7
The Nutcracker
Relates the story of the popular ballet, in which a little girl travels with
the Nutcracker Prince to the Land of Sweets
The Nutcracker story and music
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| | First Grade 1/30-2/29
Ruby Lu, Brave and True is a delightful story of the daily life of an almost
eight-year-old Chinese-American girl. This beginning chapter book has a
large font, plenty of white space and lively illustrations that will make
the book attractive to reluctant readers. Ruby Lu is a vivacious heroine,
who embraces her life with enthusiasm. Each chapter is a separate episode
about Ruby’s adventures at home and school. She tries to teach her baby
brother to talk, stars in her own backyard magic show, drives a car with her
little brother along for the ride, goes to Chinese School and adjusts to
living with a cousin who arrives from China. Special features of the book
include a glossary of Chinese terms
"Ruby Lu Brave and True" Activities
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| | First Grade 1/30-2/29
This is a subscription site with many free activities as well. Great
vocabulary and comprehension to go along with the story.
EdHelper Unit and worksheets for Ruby Lu Brave and True
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| | Fifth Grade 10/15- 12/1
George Washington Socks by Elvira Woodruff
About the book George Washinton's Socks
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| | Fifth Grade
Global Reading Challenge List and descriptions
Global Reading Books
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| | Seattle Times for students
Newspapers in Education
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