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In Minji’s Salon by Eun-hee Choung, Minji imitates her mother at work and gives the family dog a salon treatment!
Good morning, madam.
What would you like today?
Teach the traits of organization and sentence fluency as students write their own “job” story. (Also available in Spanish: El salon de Minji/ Minji’s Salon )
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The Searcher and Old Tree by David McPhail is an allegory about a safe place…
While the Searcher sleeps, the wind starts to blow.
Teach the traits of ideas and sentence fluency as students write about a safe place they know.
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Sally and Dave, a Slug Story by Felice Arena is a tongue twister!
Sally loves to swish, slam dunk, and sink baskets on Saturdays, and she’s super at shooting soccer goals on Sundays.
Teach the traits of voice and sentence fluency as students write their own tongue twisting tale.
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In I Don’t Want to Go! by Addie Meyer Sanders (Author) and Andrew Rowland (Illustrator) Joey doesn’t like to try new things.
Joey, is your bag packed?” Mom asked. “Grandma and Grandpa are here. They’re taking you to their house and you’re going on the train. You’ll have a wonderful time.”
“I don’t want to go,” Joey said.
Teach the traits of sentence fluency and conventions as students write about a time they tried something new.
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Raymond and Nelda by Barbara Bottner (Author) and Nancy Hayashi (Illustrator) are the best of frinds until…
One day, Nelda twirled for Raymond.
She fell.
Raymond collpased, giggling.
Teach the traits of ideas and sentence fluency as students write about a friend.
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A Place for Butterflies by Melissa Stewart (Author) and Higgins Bond (Illustrator) is a book with two layers. There is a simple narrative at the top of the page and a sidebar with butterfly facts on each spread.
Butterflies fill our world with beauty and grace. But sometimes people do things that make it hard for them to live and grow.
Teach the traits of ideas and sentence fluency as students write about the butterflies that live in their neighborhood.
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In The Dangerous Snake & Reptile Club by Daniel San Souci, a family vacation leads to new finds…
I found a king snake on the gravel road. I held it for a while and it didn’t seem afraid of me, so I took it back to the cabin.
Teach the traits of sentence fluency and voice as students write about something they found.
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Bravo, Tavo! by Brian Meunier (Author) and Perky Edgerton (Illustrator) is a basketball story and a drought story that takes place in Mexico…
Dribble-flip,
dribble-boing…
The ball bounced off the hoop. Tavo had missed again.
Teach the traits of sentence fluency and ideas as students write their own sports stories.
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Perfect Timing: How Isaac Murphy Became One of the World’s Greatest Jockeys by Patsi Trollinger (Author) and Jerome Lagarrigue (Illustrator) is the biography of a world-record winning rider…
On that spring day in 1873, Isaac made a delivery to the Owings house at the perfect time. Mr. Owings owned a stable of racehorses, and he needed to hire some jockeys.
Teach the traits of ideas and sentence fluency as students write a “racing” story.
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The Toy Farmer by Andrew Pelletier (Author) and Scott Nash (Illustrator) begins with a discovery…
One day, while he was poking around in the darkest back corner of the attic, Jed discovered an old wooden box. The only thing inside was a bright red toy tractor.
Teach the traits of sentence fluency and ideas as students write their own “lost and found” stories.
