Read Aloud ListPicture books for upper grades

(This is not a complete list, but enough to get started!)

Comprehension Strategies:

The Important Book by Margaret Wise BrownUnfortunately by Remy CharlipMr. Peabody’s Apples by MadonnaFly Away Home by Eve BuntingAll the Places to Love by Patricia MacLachlanThe Relatives Came by Cynthia RylantWhen I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia RylantThe Rough-Face Girl by Rafe MartinCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi BarrettThe Secret Knowledge of Grown-ups by David WisniewskiAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst

Language Arts:Merry-Go-Round /A Book About Nouns by Ruth HellerMany Luscious Lollipops/ A Book About Adjectives by Ruth HellerMine, All Mine/ A Book About Pronouns by Ruth HellerUp, Up And Away/ A Book About Adverbs by Ruth HellerKites Sail High/A Book About Verbs by Ruth HellerPunctuation Takes A Vacation by Robin PulverAnamalia by Graeme Base (Alliteration)Even More Parts by Tedd Arnold (Idioms)Eats, Shoots, and Leaves by Lynne Truss (punctuation)Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin (journal/diary entries)Miss Alaineus A Vocabulary Disaster by Debra Fraiser

Science:What’s the Matter in Mr. Whisker’s Room? by Michael Elsohn Ross (matter)Photosynthesis: Changing Sunlight into Food A Bobbie Kalman BookMetamorphosis: Changing Bodies A Bobbie Kalman BookPass the Energy, Please! by Barbara Shaw McKinney (food chain)The Best Book of Weather by Simon Adams (other best books of various topics)Extreme Weather (other titles in science and S.S. series) National GeographicEarth and Space The Usborne Internet-Linked Library of ScienceANY OTHER PICTURE/NON-FICTION BOOK RELATED TO YOUR STANDARDS

Math:How Much is a Million? by David M. SchwartzIf You Made A Million by David M. SchwartzIf You Hopped Like A Frog by David M. SchwartzThe Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns

The Best of Times by Greg TangThe Grapes of Math by Greg TangMath Appeal by Greg TangMath Potatoes by Greg TangSir Cumference and the Sword in the Cone by Cindy NeuschwanderSir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland by Cindy NeuschwanderSir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi by Cindy NeuschwanderSir Cumference and the First Round Table by Cindy NeuschwanderA Remainder of One by Elinor J. Pinczes

Social Studies:Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin by Gene BarrettaI Am The Mummy Heb-Nefert by Eve Bunting (Ancient Egypt)The Flag With Fifty-Six Stars: A Gift from the Survivors of Mauthausen by Susan Goldman Rubin (Holocaust)You Wouldn’t Want to Be at the Boston Tea Party by Peter CookIf Your Name Was Changed At Ellis Island by Ellen LevineWhen Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy HestI Am Sacajawea, I Am York: Our Journey West with Lewis and Clark by Claire Rudolf MurphyHenry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine

Recommended Resource for Read Alouds and Strategy Instruction: Strategies That Work by Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis (Stenhouse Publishers 2000) ISBN 1-57110-310-4

Jody Sulser LC Coordinator CELL/ExLL/SC/2007