I happen to love Kevin Henkes ... and there's also some great non-fiction out there, such as Gail Gibbons ...
Carol McLoughlin Reading Specialist/ESL --- On Tue, 11/10/09, EDWARD JACKSON <[email protected]> wrote: > From: EDWARD JACKSON <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] thought-provoking reading for 1st graders > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 8:26 AM > > Don't forget Eve Bunting > > > Lori Jackson M.Ed.Reading Specialist > Broken Bow, NE > > > > > > > EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD > Join me > > > From: [email protected] > > Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:11:21 +0000 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] thought-provoking reading for > 1st graders > > > > > > > > Cynthia Rylant is also a great author for picture > books with depth. > > norma > > > > > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > > From: Melissa Kile <[email protected]> > > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email > Group" <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] thought-provoking reading for > 1st graders > > Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 20:23:09 -0500 > > > > Lots of Eve Bunting's books are thought-provoking. > Patricia Polacco's are > > longer, but they might work. > > > > Melissa/VA/2nd > > > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Heather Green <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Hi there, > >> Starting in December we will start breaking up > into reading clubs in my > >> school. We'll meet for 50 minutes, 4 days a > week. The groups are > >> differentiated, and I have the highest group of > first graders--reading > >> anywhere from end of 1st grade level to 4th grade+ > level. > >> > >> I decided that I wanted to stay away from chapter > books this year because > >> in > >> 1st grade the focus doesn't need to be on reading > chapter books. I want my > >> kids to be reading good quality literature that > makes them think. We don't > >> have many books available. I'm willing to buy some > with my own money if I > >> will use them again and again. So I need > your help. I am looking for > >> books > >> that meet this criteria: > >> > >> 1) not a chapter book > >> 2) something written at about the 2nd grade level > or so (I'm thinking using > >> this in small groups for the kids to read > themselves) > >> 3) something thought-provoking that would spark > good conversation > >> 4) not toooo preachy and still of interest to 1st > graders > >> > >> Any ideas?!? > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Mosaic mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> 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 > > [email protected] > > 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. > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > One Up the Competition > > Earn your MBA from Post University. Free textbooks for > new students! > > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2131/c?cp=nF0kkLWq0iQyJDI1aZfAPQAAJz1RZyvLSDbNg1QwuFrBBUaOAAQAAAAFAAAAAKRwnT4AAAMlAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABIhWQAAAAA= > > _______________________________________________ > > Mosaic mailing list > > [email protected] > > 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] 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.
