Nancy Boyles also has a great book, "Great Answers". She goes through each of the strands on our CT CMT and offers books based on those strands. Jen
--- On Thu, 9/4/08, Beverlee Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Beverlee Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] HELP! I need help with leveling picture books for the strategies To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Date: Thursday, September 4, 2008, 9:23 AM Check out A Field Guide to the Classroom Library C (for grades 1 and 2) by Lucy Calkins, published by Heinemann. I think it's just what you're looking for. > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 06:54:35 -0500> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] HELP! I need help with leveling picture books for the strategies> > You may want to look into Interactive Read Alouds by Linda Hoyt. She has selected wonderful literature to help you teach comprehension, story elements, vocabulary and literary language, literary elements and devices, and genre. Each lesson is based on a picture book, and there is a shared reading piece and a readers theater script for each lesson.> > We're using it for the first time this year, so I can't speak to much of anything else, but last year I participated in a very successful team teaching experience with a lesson on distinguishing real from make-believe (bats and Stellaluna). It's what help convinced us to buy it this year.> > Hope that helps.> > ________________________________________> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shannon Lauer [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 8:54 PM> To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Subject: [MOSAIC] HELP! I need help with leveling picture books for the strategies> > Hi. I'm writing a grant for picture books for the different> strategies. I'd like to have a decent amount of these books in my> classroom library so that the students may read them too. Do you> know what picture books would be appropriate for second graders to> read independently? I'm getting my list from the documents on the> tools page, and the recommendations from RWM.> > Thanks for your help!> > Shannon> > > > _______________________________________________> Mosaic mailing list> Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.> > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.> > _______________________________________________> Mosaic mailing list> Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> To unsubscribe ! or modif y your membership please go to> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.> > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _________________________________________________________________ Get more out of the Web. Learn 10 hidden secrets of Windows Live. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008 _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.