Language Arts Reading and Writing Connectors | Grades K-1
Reading and Writing Connectors
Kindergarten
ALL SELECTIONS ARE DURABLE HARDCOVERS
Grade K Writing Prompt Guide
Book Titles Busy Builders, Busy Week! First Day at Zoo School I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More! Kay Kay’s Alphabet Safari Never Follow a Dinosaur
BUSY BUILDERS, BUSY WEEK! Review days of the week in this rhyming tale of friends constructing a new playground. Writing Connection (Creative): Challenge students to draw/write about their fantasy playground. FIRST DAY AT ZOO SCHOOL Analyze the anxiety associated with the first day of school and how friends can ease the worry with Alfred and Amanda. Writing Connection (Opinion): Prompt learners to draw and write their opinions about feelings on the first day of school.
OVER THE OCEAN Imagination takes over in this tale that investigates the idea of what’s over the ocean. Writing Connection (Persuasive): Prompt children to persuade a friend that any season except summer is the best time to visit the ocean. PLANET KINDERGARTEN Reflect on the year thus far with this sci-fi tale that encapsulates the excitement of Kindergarten. Writing Connection (Persuasive): Children should persuade a friend that their favorite subject in school is the best .
Over the Ocean
Planet Kindergarten
Connect Reading & Writing in a new and thoughtful way!
Scout
Side by Side
Walter’s Wonderful Web
Selection criteria for Reading and Writing Connectors: • Engaging and exciting story lines to inspire student writing • Varying viewpoints from beloved classics and newly published favorites • Clean, easy-to-follow text with high-quality illustrations • L arge formats for whole-class participation and hard-covers for durability • D evelopmentally appropriate stories that feature characters worth a closer look • Engaging formats encourage students to dig for deeper meaning • Balanced offering of high-quality fiction and nonfiction titles • E thnically diverse characters and context to better represent today’s classroom populations
I AIN’T GONNA PAINT NO MORE! Dig into rhythm and rhyme with a child that can’t contain his creativity or stop painting! Writing Connection (Creative): Inspire students to write an original song that rhymes.
SCOUT Friends helping each other leads to a fun discovery. Writing Connection (Narrative): Children should write/draw a narrative story about an adventure with a friend.
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SIDE BY SIDE Delve into friendship and companionship with two lonely animals that come together. Writing Connection (Narrative): Guide students into drawing and writing about a new friend that they’ve made.
Writing Prompt Included
KAY KAY’S ALPHABET SAFARI Review the alphabet and discover African animals in this inspiring true story. Writing Connection (Opinion): Students select their favorite animal and share their opinion about what makes it so special.
NEVER FOLLOW A DINOSAUR Jump into mystery and follow the footprints of an unknown animal. Writing Connection (Creative):
WALTER’S WONDERFUL WEB Review shapes and model perseverance through this story of a spider that builds his web in different ways. Writing Connection (Narrative): Encourage learners to draw/write about the shapes they can find in their home.
Encourage the class to pretend they found mysterious footprints and to write/draw about an imaginary animal that made them.
Writing Connection ( Informative ) : Encourage learners to draw/write about the shapes they can find in their home. Summary: Review shapes and model perseverance through this story of a spider that builds his web in different ways. Walter’s Wonderful Web
Whoosh! Whoosh! went the wind, and it blew that web away, too!
Perhaps my webs should be more round, thought Walter.
ALL SELECTIONS ARE DURABLE HARDCOVERS First Grade
Grade 1 Writing Prompt Guide
A VISITOR FOR BEAR Feelings often change as they do in this story of persistence and friendship. Writing Connection (Persuasive): Prompt the class to pretend they have visited someone’s home unexpectedly and now they must convince the person to let them stay. ISLANDBORN Watch a neighborhood come to life as a little girl learns of her island roots. Writing Connection (Narrative): Inspire students to narrate a day in the life of their neighborhood.
HE’S BEEN A MONSTER ALL DAY A self-fulfilling prophecy leads to feeling lonely in this story about acting out. Writing Connection (Opinion): Students decide whether they believe the boy is a monster or a “good kid?”
Book Titles A Visitor for Bear
Includes complimentary Writing Prompt Guide with thought provoking writing connections for each title.
Home
HOME Take a tour of homes around the world and lead students into reflecting on their own homes. Writing Connection (Persuasive): Children write/draw ways to persuade their parents to move to their dream home.
Coyote Moon Duck! Rabbit!
Islandborn
The Most Magnificent Thing
The Great Big Book of Families He’s Been A Monster All Day
Someday
COYOTE MOON Follow a mother coyote on her nightly hunt as she tries to prevent her pups from going hungry. Writing Connection (Informative): Students compare and contrast the habits and habitats of carnivores and herbivores.
THE MOST MAGNIFICENT THING Invention and determination are key qualities of a young girl that knows she is destined to make something great. Writing Connection (Creative): Learners draw and write about an original invention.
The Watermelon Seed
THE GREAT BIG BOOK OF FAMILIES Family diversity is embraced and celebrated in this informational text. Writing Connection (Informative): Encourage children to develop a written list of what makes their family special. DUCK! RABBIT! Explore the idea of perception through this great story that will have students debating over whether the pictured animal is a duck or a rabbit. Writing Connection (Opinion): Let children choose sides and write their opinion with support on whether the animal is a duck or a rabbit.
SOMEDAY Have a look into the future with a young girl who fantasizes about everything she hopes to do. Writing Connection (Creative): Challenge children to create their fantasy job.
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Writing Prompt Included
THE WATERMELON SEED What happens when you face your fears? Writing Connection (Narrative): Children write/draw about a time they were brave.
Summary: Explore the idea of perception through this great story that will have students debating over whether the pictured animal is a duck or a rabbit. Writing Connection ( Opinion ) : Let children choose sides and write their opinion with support on whether the animal is a duck or a rabbit. Duck! Rabbit!
What are you talking about? Those are ears, silly.
See, there's his bill.
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