Literature Essentials

Kindergarten

First Grade

Second Grade

• Horton Hears a Who
• Sam Sat
• The Lorax
• Who is Quick?
• Owl at Home
• Frog and Toad
• Little Bear
• Wright Group series

Library Read Alouds:

• Mr. Wiggle's Book
• Going on a Book Hunt
• The Best Book to Read
• But, Excuse Me, That is My Book
• 100th Day Worries
• Tacky the Penguin
• Mr. Putter & Tabby

• A-2 mysteries
• Jigsaw Jones
• Cam Jansen series
• Charlotte's Web (read aloud)
• Runaway Ralph (read aloud)
• Cowgirl Kate
• Emma's Strange Pet
• Amanda Brown series
• Frog & Toad series
• Horrible Harry series
• Junie B. Jones series
• Little Bear series
• Lucy on the Loose
• Make Way for Ducklings
• Mouse Soup
• Rigby books
• Zack Files
• Stink
• Sunshine series
• Wright Group
• Henry & Mudge series
• Oliver Pig series
• Lightfoot the Deer
• Puppy Palace series

Library Read Alouds:

• The Shelf Elf
• When Ralph Turned Rotten
• Up Goes the Skyscraper!
• Construction Zone
• Kevin Henkes books
• St. Patrick's Day in the Morning
• Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly

• Freedom's Wings
• The Big Wave
• The Pilgrims' First Thanksgiving
• The Velveteen Rabbit
• If You Sailed on the Mayflower
• Flying Free
• Molly's Pilgrim
• A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Wright Group Series of Small Readers

Library Read Alouds:

• The Shelf Elf Helps Out
• Wind in the Willows
• The Quiltmaker's Gift
• the Present
• Alpha Betti
• This is the Dream
• Carter G. Woodson
• Sojourner Truth
• Jazz
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Babar and the Wally-Wally
• The Butter Battle Book
• Amazing Animal Architects (Birds)
• The Best Nest

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade

• Sarah, Plain & Tall
• Squanto
• Mr. Popper's Penguins
• The Wish Giver
• Adventures of Greek Heroes
• The Enormous Egg
• the Whipping Boy

• Castle in the Attic
• Jennifer, Hecate, MacBeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth
• There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom
• The Penderwicks
• The Mouse & the Motorcycle
• There's an Owl in the Shower
• Rules
• Best Christmas Pageant Ever
• Henry Huggins
• The BFG

Library read alouds:

• Fribble Mouse Library Mystery
• My Friend Martin (video)
• Tacky the Penguin
• Radio Rescue
• Dictionaries

• Because of Winn Dixie
• Dear Mr. Henshaw
• Ginger Pye
• Hatchling Magic
• The Island of Blue Dolphins
• James & Giant Peach
• Ravenmaster's Secret
• Shades of Gray
• Sign of the Beaver
• Underground Railroad
• Yellow Star
• Tuck Everlasting

Library read alouds:

• What Marion Taught Willis
• L is for Library
• R is for Research
• Replay
• Christmas Menorahs
• Dewey Match? (game)

• A Wrinkle in Time
• Bridge to Terabithia
• Bud, Not Buddy
• Esperanza Rising
• Ghost Cadet
• Indigo
• Love That Dog
• Maniac Magee
• Misty of Chincoteague
• Number the Stars
• Out of the Dust
• Sounder
• Stuart Little
• The Black Pearl
• Project Mulberry
• Trumpet of the Swan
• Holes

Library read alouds:

• International Peace Day
• "Library Train" (game)
• Almanacs
• "World Almania" (game)
• My Friend Martin (video)
• Mockingbird
• Emma Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree

Sixth Grade

Seventh Grade

Eighth Grade

• A Christmas Carol
• The Ransom of Red Chief
• To Build a Fire
• The Gift of the Magi
• The Monkey's Paw
• Midsummer Night's Dream
• Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
• The Giver
• The Red Pony
• The Ransom of Red Chief
• To Build a Fire
• Where the Red Fern Grows
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
• The Watsons go to Birmingham
• Walk Two Moons
• Hoot (summer)

• The House of Scorpion
• The Phantom Tollbooth
• Flowers for Algernon
• Hound of the Baskervilles
• Out of the Dust
• The Diary of Anne Frank (play)
• The Lottery
• Catherine, Called Birdy
• The Tell-Tale Heart
• The Most Dangerous Game
• The Pearl
• Charlie
• A Walk to Remember
• Messenger (summer)

• Animal Farm
• Red Badge of Courage
• Julius Caesar
• The Essential Odyssey
• The Old Man and the Sea
• To Kill a Mockingbird
• A Separate Peace (summer)

Grammar Essentials

Kindergarten

First Grade

Second Grade

• letter
• word
• sentence
• alphabet
• capital/period

• sentence
• capitals
• periods
• question mark
• exclamation point

• noun
• common
• proper
• adjective
• personal pronoun
• contractions with not
• plurals
• paragraph
• synonyms and antonyms

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade

• verb
• helping
• linking
• present
• past
• future
• subject/predicate
• adjective

• subject/verb agreement
• preposition
• verb
• simple sentence
• compound sentence
• interrogative
• imperative
• subject
• predicate
• object of preposition
• quotation marks
• pronouns
• adverbs
• adjectives
• conjunctions

• verbs - principal parts, perfect tenses
• adverb
• prepositional phrase
• contractions
• conjunctions
• sentence diagramming
• complements
• commonly confused verbs

Sixth Grade

Seventh Grade

Eighth Grade

• sentence types
• eight parts of speech study (preposition mastery)
• sentence parsing and diagramming
• prefix/suffix word study
• verbal reasoning/analogies

• phrase
• participle
• gerund
• infinitive
• appositive
• comma rules
• verbals
• noun functions
• complements

• voice
• clause
• independent
• dependent
• complex sentences
• consistent tense
• semicolon

Writing Essentials

Kindergarten

First Grade

Second Grade

• invented spelling
• writing words
• sentence structure
• punctuation
• capitalization

• sentence formation
• journal writing
• writing to a prompt
• paragraph
• narrative
• comparison
• punctuation

• personal narrative
• descriptive writing
• time order words
• explanatory writing
• expository writing
• summary
• fiction
• character
• setting
• plot resolution
• revise
• edit
• publish

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade

• journal writing
• personal narrative
• explanatory writing
• comparison
• persuasive writing
• fiction

• personal narrative
• essay
• compare & contrast
• persuasion
• biography
• poetry
• dialogue
• sequels
• exposition

• narrative
• autobiography
• journal writing
• description
• persuasion
• poetry
• exposition
• cause & effect
• scene creation & dialogue

Sixth Grade

Seventh Grade

Eighth Grade

• narrative essay
• autobiography
• futuristic essay
• descriptive essay
• journal entries
• Young Author's contest
• persuasive essay
• compare/contrast essay
• "how to" essay

• personal narrative
• descriptive essay
• definition essay
• persuasive essay
• compare & contrast
• expository essay
• causal analysis essay
• cause & effect essay

• memoir
• description
• poetry
• critical essay
• editorial
• interview
• research
• short story
• speech