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Ancillary Materials              
  More Professional Books      
            

• More complex concepts and storylines

• Pictures enhance and extend the text

• Sophisticated language and structure

• Multicultural themes

• Diverse settings
   

See the Book Note (PDF) for each book to assist teachers with unique instructional use for each book.

• Understands setting- time and place

• Understands punctuation affects expression and meaning

• Pays closer attention to descriptive detail

• Identifies facts and supplementary detail

• Draws conclusions from stories- some indication of underlying theme

   

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Digging to China

A literal interpretation of the expression " digging to china. 

(fiction)
Reading Level: Fluent 1
Grade Level:    1-2    
RR Level:         14    
Page Count:     12     
Word Count:    108   

How Fox Became Red

When outdistanced by
yummy geese, Fox fills with rage.

(fiction)
Reading Level: Fluent 1
Grade Level:    1-2    
RR Level:        21    
Page Count:    12     
Word Count:   163   
 

Mrs. Murphy's Crows
Los cuervos de la señora Murphy

Some Students come to the aid of their bird-loving teacher. 

(fiction)
Reading Level: Fluent 1
Grade Level:   1-2     1-2
RR Level:        15      n/a
Page Count:    12     12
Word Count:   122    144

Wolf Song

A young wolf helps her mate learn the responsibilities and joys of fatherhood and family life.

(fiction)
Reading Level: Fluent 1
Grade Level:    1-2    
RR Level:        17      
Page Count:    16     
Word Count:    130     

Evening Song

Children with silver harmonicas fill the summer evening with music.

(fiction)
Reading Level: Fluent 1
Grade Level:   1-2     
RR Level:        18      
Page Count:    12     
Word Count:    115     
 

Goha and His Donkey

Goha learns that you cannot please everyone.

(fiction)
Reading Level: Fluent 1
Grade Level:   1-2     
RR Level:        13      
Page Count:    16     
Word Count:    114      

 Mama's Llamas
 Las llamas de mamá

A little girl's mama really loves llama's.

(fiction)
Reading Level: Fluent 1
Grade Level:   1-2    1-2 
RR Level:        18     n/a
Page Count:    16     16
Word Count:    159   136

Children share the joy of childhood and their love for their country.

(nonfiction)
Reading Level: Fluent 1
Grade Level:   1-2    
RR Level:        18     
Page Count:    16     
Word Count:    142     

 For more instructional use see Book Note (PDF)
 How this title addresses the five key components for effective reading.

A hungry sea star searches the 
ocean floor for food.

(nonfiction)
Reading Level: Fluent 1
Grade Level:   1-2    1-2
RR Level:        14     n/a
Page Count:    12     12
Word Count:    69     62

Pretty pearls and beads help neighbors overcome the language barrier.

(fiction)
Reading Level: Fluent 1
Grade Level:   1-2   1-2
RR Level:        18    n/a
Page Count:    12    12
Word Count:    98    101

Star Pictures

On clear nights the starry sky glitters and glows with mythical figures and their adventures and deeds. 

(nonfiction)
Reading Level: Fluent 1
Grade Level:    1-2     
RR Level:         22     
Page Count:     12     
Word Count:     96     

Walking by the Rio
Caminando a orillas
del rio

A boy and his dog discover the wonders of nature as they walk by the river.
 
(fiction)
Reading Level: Fluent 1
Grade Level:   1-2    1-2
RR Level:        15     n/a
Page Count:    12     12
Word Count:    122   144

Cakewalk
El juego de pastel

A little girl shares the fun of an old African-American custom with her classmates.

(fiction)
Reading Level: Fluent 1
Grade Level:   1-2    1-2
RR Level:       18      n/a
Page Count:   16      16
Word Count:   118    141

A brief story about concrete, how it is made, and its may uses.

(nonfiction)
Reading Level: Fluent 1
Grade Level:    1-2    
RR Level:        17     
Page Count:    12     
Word Count:    123    

Freedom Quilt

A family of women work together to help friends find a path to freedom.

(fiction)
Reading Level: Fluent 1
Grade Level:    1-2     
RR Level:         22     
Page Count:     16    
Word Count:     300     

A child and her mother
enjoy helping each other.

(fiction)
Reading Level: Fluent 1
Grade Level:   1-2     
RR Level:       19      
Page Count:   12    
Word Count:   216 

(fiction)
Reading Level: Fluent 1
Grade Level:    1-2    
RR Level:        n/a   
Page Count:    12     
Word Count:    289     

A coyote participates in the life cycle of a peach tree.

(nonfiction)
Reading Level: Fluent 1
Grade Level:   1-2     1-2
RR Level:        17      16
Page Count:    16      16
Word Count:    233    247

Dad Still Smiles
Papa todavia sonrie

Through things may change on the outside, the love that a child and her father have for each other will never change.

(fiction)
Reading Level: Fluent 1
Grade Level:   1-2   1-2
RR Level:        17     n/a
Page Count:    12     12
Word Count:    212   268
 

Two children celebrate the Chinese New Year.

(fiction)
Reading Level: Fluent 1
Grade Level:   1-2    1-2
RR Level:       15      n/a
Page Count:   12      12
Word Count:   153    170

Pat and Pea Soup
Pat y la sopa de arvejas

A little girls lends a helping hand to her dad at a soup kitchen for the homeless.

(fiction)
Reading Level: Fluent 1
Grade Level:   1-2    1-2
RR Level:        16     n/a
Page Count:    12     12
Word Count:   187    187