• 03/08/24
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Expanding Perspectives in K-5 Core Knowledge Language Arts Current instructional materials often lack inclusive representation and div…

Grades K–5

• 04/20/21
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A story in Spanish based on the life of one of the world's most influential painters, Frida Kahlo, and the animals that inspired her ar…

Grade K

• 08/23/20
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These grade-specific student-facing packets and accompanying teacher guidance documents are intended to support teachers and/or student…

Grades K–1

• 04/15/20
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The activities in this weekly reading routine are designed to support growth in all three areas of reading fluency (accuracy, rate, and…

Grades K–12

• 01/25/20
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Saturdays and Sundays are very special days for the young girl in this story. The little girl loves those days because she gets to spen…

Grade K

• 04/04/17
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The text is about a mouse named Chrysanthemum who learns, with the help of her teacher, to love her name and appreciate it for its uniq…

Grade K

• 03/21/17
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Diego Rivera studied art abroad in Spain and France and then returned to his home country, Mexico, where he painted murals representing…

Grade K

• 03/20/17
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This book is a trickster tale about Hare and Bear. Hare is in debt and needs money so he can feed his family. Hare convinces the lazy B…

Grade K

• 03/20/17
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From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons is an informational text on the life cycle of plants and how the plants are used. This informational…

Grade K

• 03/20/17
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In the book, The Art Lesson, Tommy wants to be an artist when he gets older. He practices his art all of the time and listens to the ad…

Grade K

• 03/01/16
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The Boxcar Children is about four orphaned children living on their own. They set out to find a safe place to live and overcome challen…

Grade K

• 02/17/16
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This research pack: Centers on a single topic (i.e., keeping Earth healthy, biodiversity, living in groups) and relies heavily on bo…

Grade K

• 08/13/15
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Each text set:  Centers on a single topic (i.e., insects, desert animals, entrepreneurship) and contains a variety of resources…

Grades K–1

• 09/19/14
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We can’t see air moving, though we can watch it push clouds across the sky, or shake the leaves of a tree. We call moving air the…

Grade K

• 09/19/14
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Through the use of simple language and vibrant illustrations, "Are Trees Alive?" shares details about the structure, functions, product…

Grade K

• 09/19/14
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This informative book by Gail Gibbons offers an intriguing look at some of the many different kinds of bats, their amazing abilities, a…

Grade K

• 09/19/14
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In this rhyming text, a young girl describes her journey of discovery as she experiences ocean treasures through each of her five sense…

Grade K

• 06/27/14
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This informational text by Brenda Z. Guiberson chronicles more than a century in the life of a saguaro cactus and shows how water and s…

Grade K

• 06/27/14
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This literary text by Kelly Cunnane tells the story of a Kenyan child who is easily distracted from his daily work and has forgotten hi…

Grade K

• 06/27/14
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This literary text by Mary and Rich Chamberlin tells a tale of community, friendship and sharing. As a mother and son go to the market …

Grade K

• 06/27/14
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This literary text by Jeanette Winter tells a true life story of Wangari Maathai, who decided to make a big difference in her hometown …

Grade K

• 06/27/14
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This informational text by Gail Marilyn Singer displays the lives of local people and wildlife on the same day in March, from the Arcti…

Grade K

• 06/27/14
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In this literary text by Ezra Jack Keats, a boy wakes up to a snow-covered city and experiences different emotions through the day.…

Grade K

• 06/27/14
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This informational text by Alice and Martin Provensen describes farm animals and what happens during one year on a farm. To facilitate…

Grade K

• 06/27/14
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This literary text by Patricia Polacco tells the story of how she conquered her childhood fear of thunderstorms with the assistance of …

Grade K

• 06/25/14
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In this literary text by Janell Cannon, a baby bat separated from her mother is raised by a mother bird, on the condition that she acts…

Grade K

• 09/15/13
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The Colorin Colorado website provides resources for educators, administrators and families of English Language Learners (ELLs). It incl…

Grades K–12

• 09/11/13
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Ten-day series of sample lessons includes: Text dependent questions Student discussion activities Vocabulary and syntax tasks Wri…

Grades K–2

• 04/10/13
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Three-day series of sample lessons includes:  Text dependent questions Student discussion activities Vocabulary and syntax ta…

Grades K–2