Read-Aloud Books to Support Community Reading

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Read-Aloud Books to Support Community Reading and Conversations
Kindergarten
Read Alouds [CDP Unit & Trade book(s)]
Title
Kindergarten
Author
Genre
Content/Theme
Values Conveyed
Best Friends for Frances
Big Mama’s
Birthday Swap, The
Hoban
Crews
Lopez
Cont fict/picture
Cont fict/picture
Cont fict/picture
Fairness/loyalty/sharing
Continuity/roots
Altruism/kindness/sharing
Born in the Gravy
Bread and Jam for Frances
Bunny Cakes
Cazet
Hoban
Wells
Cont fict/picture
Cont fict/picture
Cont fict/picture
Jamaica Louise James
Matthew and Tilly
Mother’s Day Mice, The
Ms. Davison, Our Librarian
No Good in Art
Owen
Peter’s Chair
Ruby the Copycat
Sam
Twins!
When Will I Read?
Where Once There Was a
Wood
Zinnia and Dot
Hest
Jones
Bunting
Flanagan
Cohen
Henkes
Keats
Rathmann
Scott
Scott
Cohen
Fleming
Cont fict/picture
Cont fict/picture
Cont fict/picture
Nonfiction
Cont fict/picture
Cont fict/picture
Cont fict/picture
Cont fict/picture
Cont fict/picture
Nonfiction
Cont fict/picture
Nonfict/picture
Friendship
Family community & history
Sibling generosity/family
community
Starting school
Trying New Foods
Achieving goal/learning to
write/kind sibling
Using talent to make gift
Friendship/falling out/making up
Sibling abilities
Librarian’s job
Art class/competence
Security/starting school
New sibling/place in family
Being oneself
Place in family
Being & knowing twins
Learning to read/peer abilities
Loss of Animal habitats
Kindness/self-respect/generosity
Kindness/fairness
Kindness/courage
Community/kindness/pride in work
Self-respect/empathy/diversity
Self-respect/empathy/diversity
Kindness/sharing
Self-respect/diversity
Kindness/empathy
Diversity/family/relations/empathy
Patience/Self-respect
Responsibility/caring for Environment
Ernst
Cont fict/picture
Friendship/rivalry
Cooperation/sharing
Credit: Reading for Real, Developmental Studies Center
Empathy/courage
Honesty/patience
Kindness/perseverance/patience
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Partner and Class Sets (CDP unit and trade book set - 15 or 30)
Title
Author
Fountas/Pinnell
Level
Genre
Content/Theme
Values Conveyed
A Boy, a Dog & a Frog
A Boy, A Dog, A Frog &
Friend
One Frog Too Many
Bunny Cakes
Mayer
Mayer
Wordless
Wordless
Wordless
Wordless
Friendship
Friendship
Kindness/empathy
Kindness/empathy
Mayer
Wells
Wordless
Wordless
Cont fict/pict
Matthew & Tilly
Jones
Cont fict/pict
Friendship/rivalry
Achieving goal/learning to
write/kind sibling
Using talent to make a gift
Bunting
Flanagan
Cont fict/pict
Nonfiction
Sibling abilities
Librarian’s job
Henkes
Cont fict/pict
Security/starting school
New sibling/place in family
Being oneself
Place in family/starting
school
Lost pets/problem solving
Loss of animal habitats
Kindness/fairness
Kindness/perseverance/
Patience
Kindness/self-respect/
Generosity
Kindness/courage
Community/kindness/pride in
work
Selfrespect/kindness/diversity
Kindness/sharing
Self-respect/diversity
Kindness/empathy
Kindergarten
Mother’s Day Mice, The
Ms. Davison, Our Librarian
Owen
Peter’s Chair
Ruby the Copycat
School
Where’s Al
Where Once There Was a
Wood
Keats
Rathmann
McCully
Level J
Level K
Wordless
Cont fict/pict
Cont fict/pict
Wordless
Barton
Fleming
Level D
Cont fict/pict
Nonfict/pict
Credit: Reading for Real, Developmental Studies Center
Perseverance/loyalty
Responsibility/caring for
environment
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Read-Aloud Books to Support Community Reading and Conversations
First Grade
Read Alouds [CDP Unit & Trade book(s)]
Title
First Grade
Author
Genre
Content/Theme
Values Conveyed
Butterfly Boy
Kroll
Cont fict/pict
Bring joy to ill grandfather
Crow
Heide/
Gilliland
Keller
Cont fict/pict
Cont fict/pict
Jamaica’s Find
Havill
Cont fict/pict
Appreciating elders/Christmas
Learning to write/contribute to
family
Restoring environment
/preserving tradition
“Finder’s keepers”
Kindness/empathy
/respect/perseverance
Cooperation/kindness/respect
Self-respect/perseverance
Letter to Amy, A
Keats
Cont fict/pict
Gubak
Tusa
Burton
Wine
McMillan
Rathmann
Duvoisin
Arnold
Aliki
Landstrom
Miller
Cont fict/pict
Fanciful/pict
Cont fict/pict
Cont fict/pict
Nonfiction/pict
Cont fict/pict
Cont fict/pict
Fanciful/pict
Biography
Cont fict/pict
Hist fict/pict
Crying Christmas Tree, The
Day of Ahmed’s Secret, The
Grandfather’s Dream
Luka’s Quilt
Maebelle’s Suitcase
Mike Mulligan & His Steam Shovel
Mrs.Tibbles & the Special Someone
Nights of the Pufflings
Officer Buckle and Gloria
Petunia
Signmaker’s Assistant, The
Weed is a Flower, A
Will Gets A Haircut
Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry
Tree
Cont fict/pict
Learning that friends forgive
mistakes
Being oneself/conflict with elder
Friendship
Friendship
Helping others/friendship
Helping animals/natural history
Friendship/teamwork
Learning to read/becoming wise
Consequences of tricking people
George Washington Carver’s life
Being oneself/being different
Mother encourages learning and
independence
Credit: Reading for Real, Developmental Studies Center
Partner and Class Sets (CDP unit and trade book set – 15 or 30)
Respect for elders, environment,
diversity, traditional
Fairness/empathy/
responsibility
Kindness/empathy/loyalty
Self-respect/compromise
Kindness/altruism/cooperation
Perseverance/loyalty
Kindness/empathy/altruism
Responsibility/altruism/cooperation
Loyalty/kindness/empathy
Humility/honesty
Honesty/responsibility/respect
Perseverance/altruism/self-respect
Self-respect/diversity
Self-respect/perseverance/diversity
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Title
First Grade
Digby
Frog & Toad are Friends
I Know A Lady
If You Give a Mouse
Ira Sleeps Over
Jamaica’s Find
Letter to Amy, A
Little Bear
Nights of the Pufflings
Officer Buckle and Gloria
Outside Dog
Author
Fountas/Pinnell
Level
Genre
Content/Theme
Values Conveyed
Hazen
Level I
Cont fict/pict
Kindness/loyalty/empathy
Lobel
Zolotow
Numeroff
Waber
Level K
Level L
Level K
Level M
Cont fict/pict
Cont fict/pict
Fanciful/pict
Cont fict/pict
Havill
Keats
Level K
Level K
Cont fict/pict
Cont fict/pict
Minarik
Level J
Cont fict/pict
Love for aging pet/helpful
sibling
Friendship
Appreciating elders
Friendship
st
1 sleep over/peer & sib
judgment
“Finder’s Keepers”
Learning that friends
forgive mistakes
Loving parents,
independence
Helping animals/natural
history
Friendship/teamwork
Wanting a pet/loving a
grandparent
Relationships/making
amends
McMillan
Rathmann
Pomerantz
Nonfiction/pict
Level K
Cont fict/pict
Cont fict/pict
Quarreling Book
Zolotow
Cont
fict/pict
Signmaker’s Assistant, The
Arnold
Fanciful/pict
Story of Ferdinand, The
Leaf
Weed is a Flower, A
Aliki
Biography
Will Gets a Haircut
Landstrom
Cont fict/pict
Credit: Reading for Real, Developmental Studies Center
Level M
Cont fict/pict
Consequences of tricking
people
Being different/being
oneself
George Washington
Carver’s life
Being oneself/being
different
Kindness/loyalty/empathy
Kindness/empathy
Kindness/patience
Self-respect/honesty/courage
Fairness/empathy/responsibility
Kindness/empathy/loyalty
Kindness/patience
Responsibility/altruism/cooperation
Loyalty/Kindness/empathy
Patience/perseverance/kindness
Kindness/empathy/respect
Honesty/responsibility/respect
Diversity/self-respect
Perseverance/altruism/selfrespect
Self-respect/diversity
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Read-Aloud Books to Support Community Reading and Conversations
2nd Grade
Read Alouds [CDP Unit & Trade book(s)]
Title
Second Grade
Author
Genre
Content/Theme
Values Conveyed
Steig
Steig
Ackerman
Fanciful/pict
Fanciful/pict
Cont fict/pict
Kindness/loyalty
Perseverance/courage/responsibility
Empathy/cooperation/perseverance
Polacco
Cont fict/pict
Hill
Blood/Link
Cont fict/pict
Nonfict/pict
Ada
Cont fict/pict
Friedman
Cont fict/pict
Steptoe
Flournoy
Grindley
Folktale/pict
Cont fict/pict
Cont fict/pict
Brown
Hist/nonfict
Friendship
Problem solving/helping adults
Working mother/family
relationships
Appreciating elders/achieving
goals
Family issues/autonomy
Achieving goals/traditional
weaving
Honesty/value of work &
community
Meeting new cultures/bicult
family
Helping others/sibling relations
Family history/achieving goal
Effects of oil spill/caring for
nature
Woman pilot breaks records
Salmon Summer
McMillan
Nonfiction
Family’s Fish Camp
The Very Last First Time
Andrews
Cont fict/pict
Mason
Nonfict/pict
Trying something alone for 1st
time
Helping animals/love of nature
Amos & Boris
Brave Irene
By the Dawn’s Early Light
Chicken Sunday
Evan’s Corner
Goat in the Rug, The
Gold Coin, The
How My Parents Learned to
Eat
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters
Patchwork Quilt
Peter’s Place
Ruth Law Thrills a Nation
Wild Fox: A True Story
Credit: Reading for Real, Developmental Studies Center
Kindness/perseverance/cooperation
Perseverance/kindness
Patience/kindness
Justice/self-respect/
trust/honesty/altruism
Respect for
diversity/courage/kindness
Kindness/fairness/humility/justice
Perseverance/kindness/cooperation
Responsibility for environment/
love of nature
Courage/perseverance/respect for
diversity
Family Coop/respect for
environment/identify
Courage/responsibility
Kindness/respect for natural world
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Partner and Class Sets (CDP unit and trade book set – 15 or 30)
Title
Author
Fountas/Pinnell
Level
Genre
Content/Theme
Values Conveyed
Hoban
Level K
Cont fict/pict
Fairness/perseverance/sharing
Hoban
Chardiet/
Maccarone
Williams
Level K
Level K
Cont fict/pict
Cont fict/pict
Level N
Cont fict/pict
Achieving goal/mastering
numbers
Friendship/tricking someone
To embarrassed to ask for
help
Coping with family misfortune
Coerr
Level L
Hist fict/pict
Yashima
Bulla
Level O
Level K
Cont fict/pict
Hist fict/pict
Second Grade
Arthur’s Funny Money
A Bargain for Frances
The Best Teacher in the
World
A Chair for my Mother
Chang’s Paper Pony
The Josefina Story Quilt
Keep the Lights
Burning,Abbie
The Meanest Thing to Say
Thy Friend Obadiah
Salmon Summer
Coerr
Roop/Roop
Level L
Level K
Hist fict/pict
Hist fict/pict
Overcoming loneliness/cultural
isolation
Being different/rejection
Trying something
new/competence
Achieving goal/traditional
weaving
Family effort to achieve goal
Taking on adult responsibilities
Cosby
Turkle
McMillan
Level K
Cont fict/pict
Hist fict/pict
Nonfiction
Dealing with bully
Friendship/helping animals
Family’s fish camp
Treasure Hunt
Cosby
Level K
Cont fict/pict
Wagon Wheels
The Wednesday Surprise
Brenner
Bunting
Level K
Level M
Cont fict/pict
Cont fict/pict
Recognizing something special
about self
African American pioneers
Helping adult learn to read
Crow boy
Daniel’s Duck
Goat in the Rug, The
Blood/Link
Credit: Reading for Real, Developmental Studies Center
Nonfict/pict
Fairness/honesty/sharing
Honesty/courage/empathy/
kindness
Perseverance/sharing/
cooperation
Perseverance/honesty/kindness
Kindness/respect for diversity
Perseverance/kindness/selfrespect
Patience/kindness
Loyalty/courage/perseverance
Perseverance/courage/
responsibility
Self-respect/empathy/fairness
Kindness/trust/responsibility
Family coop/respect for
environment/identity
Perseverance/selfrespect/respect for others
Courage/perseverance/trust
Kindness/courage/perseverance
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Read-Aloud Books to Support Community Reading and Conversations
3rd Grade
Read Alouds [CDP Unit & Trade book(s)]
Title
Third Grade
Author
Genre
Content/Theme
Values Conveyed
Carp in the Bathtub, The
Charlotte’s Web
Going Home
Cohen
White
Bunting
Cont fict/pict
Fanciful/pict
Cont fict/pict
Loyalty/empathy/fairness
Kindness/courage/trust/loyalty
Continuity/roots/perseverance/empathy
Santiago
Hist/nonfict
Khalsa
Greenfield
Okimoto
Ness
Ackerman
Cont fict/pict
Poetry/pict
Cont fict/pict
Cont fict/pict
Cont fict/pict
Stolz
Cont fict/pict
Mitchell
Rael
Cont fict/pict
Hist fict/pict
Namioka
Cont fict
Family issues/wanting a pet
Friendship
Migrant worker family visits
home
Getting home from residential
school
Wanting a pet/achieving goal
Family/friendship/growing up
“hearing ear” dogs/competence
Consequences of lying
Appreciating elders/family
history
Facing fears/appreciating
elders
Achieving goal/community
Nature of generosity &
community
New Culture/competence
Home to Medicine Mountain
I Want a Dog
Nathaniel Talking
Place for Grace, A
Sam, Bangs & Moonshine
Song and Dance Man
Storm in the Night
Uncle Jed’s Barbershop
What Zeesie saw on Delancey
Street
Yang the Youngest & His
Terrible Ear
Credit: Reading for Real, Developmental Studies Center
Perseverance/courage/family love
Perseverance/responsibility
Self-respect
Perseverance/diversity/loyalty
Honesty/kindness/responsibility
Kindness/loyalty/diversity/empathy
Trust/honesty/courage/empathy
Altruism/perseverance
Altruism/empathy/respect/roots
Perseverance/empathy/self-respect
8
Partner and Class Sets (CDP unit and trade book set – 15 or 30)
Title
Author
Fountas/Pinnell
Level
Genre
Content/Theme
Values Conveyed
Autobio/pict
Family History /family
community
Escaping slavery in US
Learning from elders
/family community
Getting home from
residential school
Family relationships
Family issues/growing up
School/friendship/growing
up
Achieving goal/family
relationships
Neighborhood pet
/community values
Trying something
new/shyness
Family issues/friendship
The nature of trust
Continuity/Roots
Third Grade
Family Pictures
Garza
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Go Fish
Winter
Stolz
Home to Medicine
Mountain
The Lost Lake
Ramona Forever
Ramona the Pest
Level P
Hist fict/pict
Cont fict/pict
Santiago
Hist/nonfict
Say
Cleary
Cleary
Level O
Level O
Cont fict/pict
Cont fict
Cont fict
Shoeshine Girl
Bulla
Level N
Cont fict
Six-Dinner Sid
Moore
Cont fict/pict
Sophie and Lou
Mathers
Fanciful/pict
The Stories Julian Tells
Summer Wheels
Cameron
Bunting
Credit: Reading for Real, Developmental Studies Center
Level N
Cont fict
Cont fict/pict
Courage/altruism
Kindness/continuity/roots
Perseverance/courage/family love
Patience/perseverance
Fairness/kindness/cooperation
Fairness/respect for diversity
Trust/empathy/responsibility
Kindness/cooperation
Courage/perseverance/trust
Responsibility/fairness/kindness
Altruism/trust/loyalty/honesty/empathy
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Read-Aloud Books to Support Community Reading and Conversations
4th Grade
Read Alouds [CDP Unit & Trade book(s)]
Title
Fourth Grade
The Barn
The Bridge Dancers
Child of the Silent Night
The First Strawberries
Flunking of Joshua T. Bates
Freedom Train: Harriet
Tubman
The Great Brain
The Green Book
The Hundred Dresses
The Lion, The Witch & The
Wardrobe
Neeny Coming, Neeny Going
Sadako & the 1,000 Paper
Cranes
When the Monkeys Came
Back
The Wild Boy
Author
Genre
Content/Theme
Values Conveyed
Avi
Hist fict
Sailer
Hunter
Bruchac
Shreve
Sterling
Cont fict
Biography
Folklore
Cont fict
Biography
Determination/responsibility/
cooperation/empathy
Resourcefulness/courage
Courage/perseverance
Respect/fairness
Fairness/perseverance
Courage/determination/altruism
Competence/perseverance/death/family
love
Identity/competence/siblings
Sight and hearing impairment
Personality/forming relationships
Repeating grade/achievement/peers
Prejudice/economic oppression
Fitzgerald
Walsh
Estes
Lewis
Hist fict
Sci fict
Cont fict
Fantasy
Fairness
Courage/perseverance/fairness
Kindness/respect for diversity
Courage/responsibility
Sibling abilities/peer relations
Social Organization/competence
Prejudice/class/peer pressure
Achievement/competence
English
Coerr
Cont fict/pict
Hist nonfict
Loyalty/respect/empathy
Courage/perseverance
Changes peer/loss/progress/community
War/peace/death
Franklin
Cont fict/pict
Identity/what it means to be human
Gerstein
His nonfict
Respect for diversity/kindness/
perseverance
Respect for environment/perseverance
Credit: Reading for Real, Developmental Studies Center
Environment/achieving goal
10
Partner and Class Sets (CDP unit and trade book set – 15 or 30)
Title
Author
Fountas/Pinnell
Level
Genre
Content/Theme
Values Conveyed
Nonfict/sci
Responsibility for
environment/perseverance/cooperation
Courage/perseverance/empathy
Self-respect/courage
Self-respect/courage
Respect/fairness
Perseverance/responsibility
Kindness/respect for diversity
Self-respect/honesty/kindness
Self-respect/fairness/perseverance
Fourth Grade
Come Back Salmon
Cone
Dear Mr. Henshaw
18th Emergency
Felita
The First Strawberries
A Gift for Mama
The Hundred Dresses
JT
Justin & the Best
Biscuits in the World
The Red Comb
Cleary
Byars
Mohr
Bruchac
Hautzig
Estes
Wagner
Walter
Sadako & the 1,000
Paper Cranes
She’s Wearing a Dead
Bird!
Taking Care of Yoki
Zeely
Coerr
Level N
Level O
Level Q
Level P
Cont fict
Cont fict
Cont fict
Folklore
Cont fict
Cont fict
Cont fict
Cont fict
Courage/empathy/diversity
Level R
Hist
fict/pict
Hist nonfict
Environment/achieving goal/
cooperation
Divorce/identity/competence
Prejudice/friendship
Prejudice/friendship
Personality/forming relationships
Independence/competence
Prejudice/class/peer pressure
Poverty/loss/family/relationships
Siblings/competence/gender
roles
Prejudice/slavery/justice
Courage/perseverance
War/peace/death
Level R
Hist
fict/pict
Hist fict
Cont fict
Respect for natural
world/perseverance
Honesty/responsibility
Self-respect
Environment/gender
roles/achieving goals
Competence/conflicting loyalties
Being different/identity
Level Q
Level R
Pico
Lasky
Campbell
Hamilton
Credit: Reading for Real, Developmental Studies Center
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Read-Aloud Books to Support Community Reading and Conversations
5th Grade
Read Alouds [CDP Unit & Trade book(s)]
Title
Fifth Grade
The Book of Three
Bridge to Terabithia
Cat Running
Children of the Dust Bowl
In Year of the Boar & J. Robinson
The Real Thief
Richard Wright and the Library
Card
Sami and the Time of the Troubles
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Talk About a Family
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
The Whipping Boy
Winter Camp
Author
Genre
Content/Theme
Values Conveyed
Alexander
Paterson
Snyder
Stanley
Lord
Steig
Miller
Fantasy
Cont fict
Hist fict
Hist nonfict
Hist fict
Fantasy
Hist nonfict
Courage/respect for diversity
Courage/kindness
Kindness/perseverance
Perseverance/fairness/cooperation
Kindness/respect for diversity
Fairness/loyalty
Self-respect/courage/perseverance
Identity/developing competence
Friendship/death/self-confidence
Being different/prejudice/friendship
Class/prejudice/incorporating future
Prejudice/identity
Rejection/justice/friendship
Power of books/prejudice/achieving
goal
War
Loss/separation/forming relationships
Divorce/separation
Siblings/bullies/being different/
friendship/prejudice/grief
Bullying/forming relationships
Perseverance/learning from elders
Heide/Gilliland
MacLachlan
Greenfield
Curtis
Fleischman
Hill
Cont
Hist
Cont
Hist
fict
fict
fict
fict
Fantasy
Cont fict
Courage/family community
Kindness
Perseverance/loyalty/fairness
Self-respect/empathy/family
community
Kindness/responsibility
Identity/autonomy/belonging
Credit: Reading for Real, Developmental Studies Center
Partner and Class Sets (CDP unit and trade book set – 15 or 30)
12
Title
Author
Fountas/Pinnell
Level
Genre
Content/Theme
Values Conveyed
Uchida
Stolz
Level P
Level R
Hist fict
Cont fict
Kindness/respect for diversity
Responsibility/honesty
Prejudice/forming relationships
Peer pressure/siblings/rejection
Hist nonfict
Class/prejudice/incorporating
future
Friendship/loss/self-confidence
Foster care/family community
Fantasy
Perseverance/fairness/
cooperation
Kindness/fairness
Respect for diversity
/kindness/trust
Cooperation/courage
Hist fict
Loyalty/courage
Cont fict
Biography
Self-respect
Perseverance/courage/respect
for environment
Self-respect
/courage/perseverance
Courage/family community
War/separation/conflicting
loyalties
Family structures/separation
Love of nature/protection of
environment
Power of books/prejudice/
achieving goal
War
Courage/respect for diversity
Courage/diversity/altruism
Self-respect/empathy/family
community
Self-respect/honesty
/perseverance/loyalty
Prejudice/forming relationships
Prejudice/competence/justice
Siblings/bullies/being different/
friendship/prejudice/grief
Friendship/being different/
less-abled sibling/achieving goal
Fifth Grade
The Best Bad Thing
The Bully of Barkham
Street
Children of the Dust Bowl
Stanley
The Gift-Giver
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Hansen
Paterson
Mrs. Frisby & Rats of
NIMH
My Brother Sam is Dead
O’Brien
Queenie Peavy
Rachel Carson: Pioneer of
Ecology
Richard Wright and the
Library Card
Sami and the Time of the
Troubles
Sign of Beaver
Twenty and Ten
The Watsons Go to
Birmingham
Yolanda’s Genius
Collier/Coll
ier
Burch
Kudlinski
Level C
Level S
Level Y
Cont fict
Cont fict
Miller
Hist nonfict
Heide/
Gilliland
Speare
Bishop
Curtis
Cont fict
Fenner
Credit: Reading for Real, Developmental Studies Center
Level U
Level T
Hist fict
Hist fict
Hist fict
Cont fict
Political oppression