References
Moss, B. (2013). The common core text
exemplars: A worthy new canon or not? Voices from the Middle, 21(1), 48-52.
National Governors Association Center for
Best Practices & Council of Chief State School Officers. (2010). Common core state standards. Washington, DC: Authors.
Children's Books Cited
Green, J. (2012). The fault in our stars.
NY: Dutton.
Hatke, B. (2012). Legends of Zita the space
girl. NY: First Second.
House, S., & Vaswani, N. (2013). Same sun
here. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.
Kamkwamba, W., & Mealer, B. (2012). The
boy who harnessed the wind. NY: Penguin.
Laybourne, E. (2013). Monument 14. NY:
Feiwel & Friends.
Litwin, E. (2012). Pete the cat and his four
groovy buttons. NY: Harper Collins.
Magoon, K. (2013). Fire in the streets. NY:
Aladdin.
Newman, L. (2012). October mourning: A
song for Matthew Shepard. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.
Palacio, R. J. (2012). Wonder. NY: Random
House.
Reynolds, A. (2012). Creepy carrots. NY:
Simon & Schuster.
Salas, L. P. (2012). A leaf can be...
Minneapolis, MN: Lerner.
Siobhan, V. (2012). The list. NY: Push.
Vere, E. (2012). Bedtime for monsters. NY:
Henry Holt Books for Young Readers.
Common Core State Standards Addressed
- RL.5.2: Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
- RL.5.3: Compare and contrast two or more characters, settins, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).
- RL.5.7: Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).
- RL.6.3: Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
- RL.K.1: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in the text.
- RL.K.3: With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
- RL.K.4: Ask an answer questions about unknown words in a text.
- RL.K.10: Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
- RF.K.4: Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
- RL.K.1: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in the text.
- RL.K.2: With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
- RL.K.3: With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
- RL.K.4: Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
- RL.K.6: With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.
- RL.K.10: Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
- RL.4.3: Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions).
- RL.5.3: Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).
- RL.5.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
- RL.5.5: Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem
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