# data[].attributes.body
Unit: Historical Fiction

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
pedro's journal: a voyage with christopher columbus

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
historical - united states - colonial & revolutionary periods

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
america - discovery and exploration - spanish

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
juvenile fiction / action & adventure / general

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
juvenile fiction / historical / united states / colonial & revolutionary periods

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
juvenile fiction/historical - exploration & discovery

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Pedro's Journal: A Voyage with Christopher Columbus, August 3, 1492-February 14, 1493

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Pedro's Journal: A Voyage with Christopher Columbus, August 3, 1492-February 14, 1493 [Pam Conrad, Peter Koeppen] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Young Pedro, a boy who accompanied Christopher Columbus on his voyages, recounts in his journal the sights he sees and the adventures and dangers he encounters on the trip.

# data[].attributes.body
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KMM387HNQk

# data[].attributes.body
The Name Jar

By Yangsook Choi

# data[].attributes.headline
The Ravenmaster's Secret by Elvira Woodruff

# data[].attributes.subject
The Ravenmaster's Secret by Elvira Woodruff

# data[].attributes.body
Unit: Historical Fiction

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
The Ravenmaster's Secret: Escape From The Tower Of London

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Best-selling author Elvira Woodruff's thrilling novel set in 1700s London. Now in paperback!It's 1735. Forrest Harper's life inside the Tower of London consists of three ways to pass the time: chores, chores, and more chores. His only friends are the spirited ravens he tends with his father. So w...

# data[].attributes.body
by Janet S. Wong

Intro to writer's workshop; persistence, gathering ideas, drafting

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
educational: english language: reading & writing skills

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
juvenile nonfiction / language arts / composition & creative writing

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
juvenile nonfiction / school & education

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
language arts - composition & creative writing

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
You have to write! It's a class assignment. But you have nothing to write about. All the other kids seem to have something to tell because they start in right away. What can you do? Stop and think. No one else can tell your stories -- about your family, your dog or cat.

# data[].attributes.body
uses: test prep unit

# data[].attributes.body
by David McPhail

social issues

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
juvenile fiction / social themes / friendship

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
juvenile fiction/social themes - homelessness & poverty

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
The little boy and his teddy bear were always together. Every night, when the little boy went to sleep, his teddy bear was right there next to him. When the little boy went on a trip, his teddy bear went too―until one terrible day when the teddy bear was left behind .

# data[].attributes.body
by Kate DiCamillo

-Unit: Following Character into Meaning

# data[].attributes.headline
"When I Was Young in the Mountains" by James Howe (included in this anthology)

# data[].attributes.subject
"When I Was Young in the Mountains" by James Howe (included in this anthology)

# data[].attributes.body
-Unit: Memoir

-Craft Move: flashback

# data[].attributes.body
by Doreen Cronin

Intro to mysteries - mystery vocabulary and strategies, red herrings

# data[].attributes.body
Uses: nonfiction mentor text, structure

# data[].attributes.body
First day of school read aloud

# data[].attributes.body
Uses: start off Reader's Workshop

# data[].attributes.body
by: Ezra Jack Keats

Uses: character study

# data[].attributes.body
by Jacqueline Woodson

Historical Fiction, social issues, inference and interpretation

# data[].attributes.body
by Peter H. Reynolds

Beginning of writer's workshop, keep trying, drafting, builds writing confidence

# data[].attributes.body
by: Cynthia Rylant

Literary Essays

Character change over time

# data[].attributes.body
By: Alexis O'Neill

Uses: community, being a good friend

# data[].attributes.headline
The Iridescence of Birds: A Book About Henri Matisse

# data[].attributes.subject
The Iridescence of Birds: A Book About Henri Matisse

# data[].attributes.body
by Patricia MacLachlan

Uses: Growth mindset

# data[].attributes.body
Unit: Memoir

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
when i was young in the mountains (reading rainbow books)

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
sports & recreation - camping & outdoor activities

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
united states;social life and customs;20th century;fiction.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
early learning / early learning concepts

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
juvenile fiction / family / multigenerational

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
juvenile fiction / lifestyles / country life

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
juvenile fiction / sports & recreation / camping & outdoor activities

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
sports & recreation - camping & outdoor activities

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
united states;social life and customs;20th century;fiction.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
juvenile fiction / family / multigenerational

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
juvenile fiction / lifestyles / country life

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
juvenile fiction / sports & recreation / camping & outdoor activities

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
early learning / early learning concepts

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
When I Was Young in the Mountains (Reading Rainbow Books)

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
When I Was Young in the Mountains (Reading Rainbow Books) [Cynthia Rylant, Diane Goode] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. When I Was Young in the Mountains (Reading Rainbow Books)

# data[].attributes.body
by: Alexis O'Neill

Uses: community, friendship

# data[].attributes.body
by Margery Cuyler

Classroom community, sharing, taking turns, doing your best

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
When Mrs. Ruler asks five of her kindergarteners to miss recess, she's got a special plan up her sleeve. She's about to teach a new golden rule: KINDNESS IS COOL! Soon the entire class is doing so many good deeds that their kindness bulletin board barely fits their classroom!

# data[].attributes.body
by Kate DiCamillo

Character traits, setting, inference, author's voice

# data[].attributes.body
Brave Irene

By William Steig

Use for specific language

plot/theme/structure

social issues

personification, similes,metaphors

# data[].attributes.body
by: Jacqueline Woodson

Social Issues

Literary Essays - Opinion Writing

# data[].attributes.body
by Maria Dismondy

Classroom culture - bullying, taking turns

dialogue, perspective

# data[].attributes.body
narrative, realistic fiction, circular story, figurative language

# data[].attributes.body
Personal Narrative - Descriptive language, circular story, family ties author's voice

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
review copies (publishing);new york (n.y.);20th century.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
early learning / early learning concepts

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
juvenile fiction / family / general (see also headings under social themes)

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
In a rainbow-colored station wagon that smelled like a real car, the relatives came. When they arrived, they hugged and hugged from the kitchen to the front room. All summer they tended the garden and ate up all the strawberries and melons. They plucked banjos and strummed guitars. When they fina...

# data[].attributes.headline
The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen

# data[].attributes.subject
The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen

# data[].attributes.body
-Folk Tale/Fairy Tale

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
The Little Mermaid (With Original Illustrations)

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
After saving a prince from drowning, a mermaid princess embraces a life of extreme self-sacrifice to win his love and gain an immortal soul. Over a century after its first publication, Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid persists as one of the world's most enduring works of fantasy for c...

# data[].attributes.body
by: Leo Lionni

Compromise and putting differences aside.

# data[].attributes.body
by Patricia Polacco

Memior

Social issues

Realistic fiction

Character Ed.

# data[].attributes.body
Immigration

# data[].attributes.body
memoir, historical fiction WW II

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Two-time Newbery medalist Lois Lowry has crafted a beautiful picture book about the power of longing and the importance of reconnection between a girl and her father in post-WWII America.This is the story of young Liz, her father, and their strained relationship. Dad has been away at WWII for lon...

# data[].attributes.body
by: Eve Bunting

Uses: social issues, family

# data[].attributes.body
by Pat Brisson

social issues, personal narrative

# data[].attributes.body
by Peter Brown

Classroom culture - fitting in and acceptance of others.

# data[].attributes.body
social issues, realistic fiction, memoir

# data[].attributes.headline
Secrets, Lies and Algebra by Wendy Lichtman

# data[].attributes.subject
Secrets, Lies and Algebra by Wendy Lichtman

# data[].attributes.body
-Unit: Social Issues

-Cross Curricular Tie-In's with math conepts

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
personal & social issues: body & health (children's / teenage)

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
young adult fiction / family / general (see also headings under social themes)

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
young adult fiction / mysteries & detective stories

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
young adult fiction / school & education / general

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
young adult fiction / social themes / emotions & feelings

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
young adult fiction / social themes / general (see also headings under family)

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
young adult fiction/family - general (see also headings under social themes)

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
young adult fiction/mysteries & detective stories

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
young adult fiction / social themes / emotions & feelings

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
young adult fiction / social themes / general (see also headings under family)

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
young adult fiction/family - general (see also headings under social themes)

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
young adult fiction/mysteries & detective stories

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
personal & social issues: body & health (children's / teenage)

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
Tess loves math because it's the one subject she can trust-there's always just one right answer, and it never changes. But then she starts algebra and is introduced to those pesky and mysterious variables, which seem to be everywhere in eighth grade. When even your friends and parents can b...

# data[].attributes.body
by Byrd Baylor

Finding ideas and looking

at what it is like to live as a writer by noticing the small things that happen around you.

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
i'm in charge of celebrations (aladdin picture books)

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
juvenile fiction / holidays & celebrations / general (see also religious / christian / holidays & celebrations)

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
juvenile fiction / nature & the natural world / general (see also headings under animals)

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.keywords[]
juvenile fiction/holidays & celebrations - general (see also religious - christian - holiday

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
I'm in Charge of Celebrations (Aladdin Picture Books)

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.description
I'm in Charge of Celebrations (Aladdin Picture Books) [Byrd Baylor, Peter Parnall] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. I'm in Charge of Celebrations (Aladdin Picture Books)

# data[].attributes.body
by Eve Bunting Uses: to create classroom culture, ELL, communicates using body language