With these funds I will...

help provide books for my students to use during their writing process and to learn how to write. These books will be used as a mentor text so we can learn how to write in different ways (how to books, narratives, descriptive writing, etc).  These books will also help us learn about new topics we aren't able to learn hands on!  These books will be used in multiple ways throughout our school day. Mainly showing students what good writers do! We will read these books (several times throughout the units) to examine different strategies that writers used to convey their message. 

Some of the books we would use the funds for will include: 

Books for Telling a Story versus just naming the parts: "Pancakes for Breakfast" by Tomie DePaola, "Good Dog", "Carl" by Alexandria Day, "No, David!" by David Shannon

Books for ideas: "The Best Story Ever" by Eileen Spinelli, "Author Writes a Story" by Mark Brown, "Mr. Putter & Tabby Write a Book" by Cynthia Rylant, "Crayon Box That Talked" by Shane Derolf, "Ish" by Peter Reynolds, "Harold and the Purple Crayon" by Crocket Johnston

Narrative Book Examples: "Bigmamas" by Donald Crews, "Shortcut" by Donald Crews, "Joshua's Night Whispers" by Angelia Johnson, "Snowy Day" by Ezra Jack Keats

Books for Noticing Illustrations: "Shortcut" by Donald Crews, "Red Rubber Boot Day" by Mary Lyn Ray

Books for Speech Bubbles: "Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!" by Mo Willems

Books for hot to draw: "How to Draw Animals" by Barbara Soloff Levy, "How to Draw" by Barbara Soloff Levy, "How to Draw Cars and Other Vehicles" by Barbara Soloff Levy

Books to show "writing for a reason": "Click, Clack Moo Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin, Earrings" by Judith Viorst, "I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!" by Karen Beaumont, "The Perfect Pet by Margie Palatini, Scarecrow" by Cynthia Rylant, Snow by Cynthia Rylant

Informational Texts: "Ice Bear: In the Steps of the Polar Bear" by Nicola Davies, "Just Ducks" by Nicola Davies, "Guess What is Growing Inside This Egg" by Mia Posada, "A Seed is Sleepy" by Dianna Hutts Aston

Books on Personal Narratives: "Shortcut" by Donald Crews, "The Snowy Day" by Jack Ezra Keats, "Peter's Chair" by Jack Ezra Keats, "Joshua's Night Whispers" by Angela Johnson, "The Paperboy" by Dav Pilkey

Fiction Writing: "Froggy Learns to Swim by Jonathan London, Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs" by Mo Willems

"When I was Five" by Arthur Howard

Each of these books range from $8 to $12. There are a total of 35 different book titles.

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