Read Alouds That Support the Writing Curriculum, IRA Books, & Touchstone Texts

I’ve been working on updating the list of books I’ve read to my kids this year since I think it’s good to keep a list, of sorts. I have the book covers photocopied and hanging from the clotheslines in my classroom, but there’s no substitute for a good list. Here’s a preview of what “the list” looks like on my wiki:

Persuasive Writing

• Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin

• I Wanna Iguana by Karen Kaufman Orloff

• Earrings by Judith Viorst

Literary Essay

• The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson

• “Slower Than The Rest” by Cynthia Rylant

• “My Side of the Story” by Adam Bagdasarian

• Four Feet, Two Sandals by Karen Lynn Williams and Khadra Mohammed

• The Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting

• A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Willaims

• Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes

• The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch

• The Meanest Thing to Say (Little Bill Series) by Bill Cosby

• Uncle Peter’s Amazing Chinese Wedding by Lenore Look

Picture Book/Short Fiction Unit of Study

· Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel

· Grandmama’s Pride by Becky Birtha

· Jamaica’s Find by Juanita Havill

· Mia’s Story by Michael Foreman

· Mutt Dog by Stephen Michael King

· Not Norman: A Goldfish Story by Kelly Bennett

· Edwina: The Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct by Mo Willems

· Hop Jump by Ellen Stohl Walsh

· A Frog Thing by Eric Drachman

For the semi-complete list, click here. Please note: My Memoir Touchstone Texts and Poetry Study Tests are completely missing from this list as it stands now. Once I add them, I will post this link again.