Style Sentence Fluency Introduction
Organization
Organization means that writing is well planned and has a sense of completeness. The reader is given logical and sequenced information in order to follow the author’s line of thinking from the beginning through the middle to the ending. Appropriate transitions are used to connect the information together.
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Author |
Title * Indicates Out of Print |
Summary |
Curriculum |
Character |
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Anderson, Hans C. |
The Emperor’s New Clothes |
An Emperor is made to look foolish. |
Social Studies |
Integrity |
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Blaine, Marge |
The Terrible Thing That Happened at Our House* |
Life as the family knows it changes suddenly. |
Health |
Fairness |
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Bunting, Eve |
How Many Days to America? |
Refugees from a Caribbean island embark on a dangerous boat trip to America. |
Social
Studies |
Courage |
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Burningham, John |
Cannonball Simp |
An abandoned dog, captured by the dogcatcher, finds a new life in the circus. |
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Carlson, Nancy |
Arnie and the Skateboard Gang |
Arnie has to decide how far he will go will go to be cool. |
Health |
Courage |
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Cole, Joanna |
Magic School Bus Series |
Mixture of fact and fiction in the classroom. |
All |
Responsibility |
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English, Karen |
Big Wind Coming! |
People prepare for and wait out a fierce storm. |
Science |
Responsibility |
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Havill, Juanita |
Jamaica's Find |
Finders keepers, losers weepers? Jamaica discovers a better way. |
Multicultural |
Honesty |
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Hoffman, Mary |
Boundless Grace |
A young black girl faces dealing with her father's new family with her grandmother's help. |
Social
Studies |
Courage |
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Hoffman, Mary |
Henry's Baby |
Henry wants to belong to the "in" crowd and thinks he has to act tough and cool. Thinks his baby brother doesn't help his image, but a surprise is in store. |
Social
Studies |
Responsibility |
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Holabird, Katharine |
Alexander and the Magic Boat* |
Imaginative Alexander pushes two armchairs together and persuades his mother to join his fantastic voyage. |
Social Studies |
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Johnson, Elizabeth |
The Three-In-One Prince |
Prince John, a middle son, uses his wits to win a Princess's hand. |
Health |
Perseverance |
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Johnson, Ryerson |
Kenji and the Magic Geese |
A Japanese family whose love of beauty and belief in miracles defies hunger. |
Social Studies Cultural Group: Asian/Japanese |
Courage |
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Kaldhol, Marit & Oyen, Wenche |
Goodbye Rune |
When her best friend accidentally drowns, a little girl, with the help of her family, tries to come to terms with death and her sadness. |
Health |
Compassion |
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Kraus, Robert |
Fables Aesop Never Wrote |
Off the wall fables, each is very short and good for illustrating beginning, middle, and ending. |
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Lobel, Arnold |
Fables |
One page fables |
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All |
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Sendak, Maurice |
Where the Wild Things Are |
Max misbehaves and is sent to his room. |
Health |
Self-discipline |
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