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Kindergarten Reading Materials
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 6 Teacher Editions
 Unit 1:  Stories About Us
 Unit 2:  See it, Solve It
 Unit 3:  All Together Now!
 Unit 4:  Express Yourself
 Unit 5:  I Spy!
 Unit 6:  Join In!

Big Books
Unit 1:  All I Am; Coco Can’t Wait; I Like Books
SourceCards: What do you see when you look in the mirror?; “Reflection” by Myra Cohn Livingston; What is happening in the photograph?; “Reach for a Book” by Eve Meriam; Tell a story about what is happening in each picture; Greeting From Barnyard USA 

Unit 2:  Caps, Hats, Socks, and Mittens; Is Your Mama a Llama?; What Am I
SourceCards: What do the signs say?; “The Wheels on the Bus; How many ways are there to get from school to the library?; Whe would you wear these shoes?; What do you see?; Riddles

Unit 3:  Pizza Party!; In the Diner; Jamberry
SourceCards:  How can these children tell where everything belongs?; “The Partner Dance”; What are these people doing? What are they using; Jam Sandwich; What fruits and vegetables do you see? What do the signs say?; “Jamboree” by David McCord

 Unit 4:  Mama Zooms; Good Night, Owl!; Listen to the Desert Oye al desierto SourceCards:  Pat Mora is telling a story; “Eensy, Weensy, Spider”; Do you like to dance?; “If you’re Happy”; Cats in Art; Making Art 

Unit 5:  Nature Spy; Sense Suspense; Flower Garden
SourceCards:  What do you see? How do these things feel:; Sound Stick; How are these places like each other? How are they different from each other?; Diagram of a Rabbit; What is growing in the garden?; What do you like to plant? 

Unit 6:  Hattie and the Fox; Rosies Walk, My River
SourceCards:  Where can you take a sick pet? Where can you find tools?; River Animals and Plants; What are these people doing together?; “This Land is your land”; What are these people building together?; Map of Children’s Playground, Alphabet Book-Annie, Bea, and Chi Chi Dolores 

-Big Book of Rhymes and Rhythms
-Big Book Sentence Strips Set 

Teaching Unit 1: Stories About Us
A handbook for teachers
My Read and Write Book
Alphabet book:  Annie, Bea and Chi Chi Dolores

Books:  Miss Mary Mack; Kites; The Little Red Hen; I like Me!; Darlene; Pablo’s Tree; Darcy and Gran don’t like babies; Quick as a cricket; 

Cassette:  Annie, Bea and Chi Chi Dlores; Coco can’t wait; All I am; I like Books

Teaching Unit 2: See It, Solve It
My Read and Write Book
Teaching Plan
Alphabet book:  A Sign Language Alphabet-Handsigns

Books:  Boots; Birds on Stage; The Quilt; Caps for Sale; Anansi the Spider; Who said Red?; Where’s My Teddy?; The Three bears

Cassette:  Caps, Hats, Socks, and Mittens; Is your Mama a Llama?; What am I

Teaching Unit 3: All Together Now!
My Read and Write Book
Alphabet Book:  Eating the Alphabet

Books:  Tortillas; Pizza; How Teddy Bears are made; Blueberries for Sal; Jamaica Tag-Along; Peter’s Chair; Knock! Knock!; The story of Chicken Licken

 Cassette:  Jamberry; In the Diner; Pizza Party

Teaching Unit 4: Express Yourself
 My Read and Write Book
 Alphabet Book:  Animals A to Z

Books:  City Sounds; Lets Get the Rhythm; The Little Bear book; Louise builds a house; Duckat; The three little pigs; Five live Bongos; Crocodile Beat

Cassette:  Good-Night, Owl; Listen to the Desert; Mama Zooms

Teaching Unit 5: I Spy!
My Read and Write Book
Alphabet Book:  A was once an apple pie

Books:  A Tree Can Be…; My Garden; A Tale of Peter Rabbit; Ten Cats have Hats; What Joe saw; The empty pot; In the small , small pond; The very hungry caterpillar

Cassette:  Sense suspense; Flower Garden; Nature Spy

Teaching Unit 6:  Join In
My Read and Write Book
Alphabet Book:  Away from Home
Technology Teaching Plans

Books:  Music Is in the Air; Clifford the Big Red Dog; Footprints in the Snow;’ Madelines Rescue; The Mitten; One Afternoon; The Little Band; The Earth and I

Cassette:  My River; Rosie’s Walk; Hattie and the Fox
 

Mentor Videos:  Stories About Us; See It, Solve It, All Together Now!; Express Yourself; I Spy!; Join In!

Tools-of-the-Trade Manipulative Sets: Wiggle Works Puppet; (3) Echo Mic; Paint Set:  plate, (1) Red paint, (1) blue paint; (1) yellow paint; Measuring Cups: 1/4 cup, 1/3 cup, 1/2 cup, 1 cup; Cookie cutters:  Bear, Seal, Lion, Donkey, Camel, Elephant; (2) different shovels, rake, scoop

Assessment Handbook
My Books to Take Home
My Alphabet Book
High Frequency Word Guides
Language Development Sets (2 copies)
 
 

 

 The Jellybean Tree, Read and Catch Me!, The Reading Robot, Starshine, The Farry, The Giant and the Bay, The Nest, Reaching the Sky, Spider, Who is the Tallest?, Who Will Win the Race?, The Word Machine, 24 Alphabet Books (1 copy of each letter - Lap Size) (2 copies of each letter - Pupil Size)
Guided Reading

 

 Set B: (1 copy each)
The Astronaut, Helping Dad, I Can Do anything!, I Can Read Anything, The Pajama Party, Super Hero, To Work, Where is My bone?
Story Box Books (6 copies Each)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 Set A:
Swing, Escalator, New Pant, Brenda's Birthday

Set B:
Fishing, Green Grass, Rat's Funny Story, Mrs Wish- Washy

Set C:
The Nest, Jump Jump, Halloween, Lookout Dan

Set D:
Ice Cream Stick, Microscope, How to Make Hot dog, Boogie-Woogie Man