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Last stop on Market Street by Christian Robinson

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Last stop on Market Street by Christian Robinson

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This book uses a variety of sentences, such as simple, compound and dialogue. The teacher can use this to talk about sentence variety, and how using different sentences enhances writing.

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This author uses figurative language and dialogue throughout her story. There are also onomatopoeia and alliteration in her book. These can be observed when learning about sentence variety.

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This is a story told through a series of poems. It is about a week-long reunion. The teacher can talk about how writing in this format helps (or hinders) sentence fluency. The teacher can have students share their opinions.

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All the Places to Love by Patricia MacLachlan 

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All the Places to Love by Patricia MacLachlan 

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This is another story that uses varying sentence types. The teacher can talk about the different sentences, such as those with semi colons. The teacher can discuss how this helps with the flow of the writing.

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This book can be used to discuss simple and complex sentences. The author uses varying sentence types throughout her story. Students can pick the different sentences throughout the story and talk about how both types enhance her writing.

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This story is about a girl who takes care of her sick mom during a storm. The author uses many types of sentences, such as compound and complex. She also incorporates dialogue into her story.

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This book can be used to talk about sentence variation. The teacher can have student examine the sentence beginnings to see how they’re the different. The teacher can have a discussion about how this helps the reading flow better.

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This book is about a circus man who is holding a small box. The author builds suspense throughout the story by using run on sentences. The circus man finally opens the box to reveal a small dog. The teacher could talk about where the author could add periods for their sentences to grammatically make sense.

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This book can be used to talk about sentence structure. It has short, simple sentences. Although they are not choppy, they flow well throughout the story and are suiting. The teacher can discuss why these sentences work well.

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This book can be used to talk about sentence structure and rhythm. The author uses a lot of repetition throughout her book, but it still has a nice flow to it. The book has a good rhythm to it as well.  This can be discussed and dissected through discussion.

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This book is a great tool to use to talk about word choice. The book’s main character, a girl who wants to be a writer, begins thinking like a writer. Everything she comes into contact with, she begins thinking and listing descriptive words. Teachers can use this to talk about how those words really help you visualize what the author is describing.

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This is a book of poems that talk about the evolution of haikus. This book can be used to talk about how a haiku is structured (although it doesn’t follow the traditional 5-7-5 structure) , and how the word choice enhances the poem. The author uses many sensory details that can be used to discuss word choice.

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This book uses very descriptive detail. The choice of words makes you feel like you’re really on a dog sled. This can be used to talk about word usage and descriptive detail.

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This book is about a young boy who collects words he sees, hears and reads overtime. Throughout the text he lists some of the words he keeps. This could be a good opening into word choice. It could also be used to talk about word meaning, usage, and quality.

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This book is about two sisters playing in the snow, but in their own preferred ways. Although this picture book has a minimal amount of text, the choice of words are very brief and necessary. They give the details needed to explain the story. This can open a discussion about word quality and usage.

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Teachers can use this book when talking about word choice, specifically word meaning. The color monster wants to separate his colors, so he goes through each color- red, yellow, blue, etc. He talks about what each color makes him feel. This can relate back to word meaning. The teacher can use examples like “I’m having a blue day.”

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Journey is a wordless picture book about a girl going on an adventure. This is an interesting selection for word choice because there are no words. The teacher could have students create their own words to use for this story.

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This book is full of poems and a good option to teach about word choice. Tiana, the speaker, uses poems to tell about her life. Each page is a different poem that uses descriptive words. Each poem is about her life, all coming together to tell a story about her.

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Maya and the Lost Cat by Caroline Magerl

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Maya and the Lost Cat by Caroline Magerl

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This is another great tool to use when teaching about word choice. The book uses figurative language and descriptive imagery throughout. It also has beautiful illustrations.

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This is a great book to teach about word choice. This book uses a lyrical text with rich words that help create mental images in your head. The book uses such rich vocabulary. Teachers can go through and pull words from the text to discuss why that was a good choice and how it helps visualize what the reader is trying to convey.

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This book can be used to discuss individual expression. There are many secondary characters in this story, each giving the main character advice on how to make her writing better. In the end. She realizes the best stories come from the heart. This can relate back to individual expression.

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This book follows the boy throughout the story, beginning from when he was a new baby all the way to when he grows up. The teacher could discuss the different tones he would have when he was a young boy, a teenager, an adult and, a father.

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This book can be used to discuss the different tones of the characters. There are two ladybugs, a friendly one and a grouchy one. The teacher can compare how their tones would sound. The teacher can also talk about the tones of all the secondary characters.

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This book is a great tool to use when talking about engagement with the reader and audience awareness. The book immediately grabs the reader’s attention by telling them not to touch the button. The audience is instantly drawn in which means the author kept his audience in mind while writing it.

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This book is about a young student who is way too loud. Her teacher takes the time to teach her the different levels of voices, such as whispering, or table talk. Her teacher explains when it is appropriate to use each and why. This book could be a good discussion topic on the types of tones you’d use when writing, especially dialogue.

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This book has no pictures, only words. It is an interesting pick when focusing on voice because of the tone portrayed in the text. The book also reveals the author as being pretty humorous, so the teacher could use this book to focus on individual expression as well.

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This book is a great tool to use when talking about engagement with the reader and audience awareness. The book immediately grabs the reader’s attention by telling them to tap the tree. The audience is instantly drawn in which means the author kept his audience in mind while writing it.

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This book is written through different perspectives of desert animals, such as a coyote, a rattlesnake and a jackrabbit. The teacher could discuss what type of tone each of these animals would have. How would a jackrabbit trying to hide from predators probably sound? What type of tone would they have?

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The Perfectly Messed Up Story by Patrick McDonnell

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The Perfectly Messed Up Story by Patrick McDonnell

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This book can be used to discuss individual expression. The main character is trying to tell a story but keeps getting interrupted. He experiences a range of emotions throughout the story, such as frustration, sadness, and joy. The teacher can discuss the tone of the young boy during different times in the story.

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 Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes 

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 Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes 

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This book can be used to discuss tone with students. The main character, Lilly, goes through a rollercoaster of emotions. Throughout the story, she is excited, angry, sad, and happy. The teacher can review what her tone would be like as she was feeling each emotion. There is a lot of dialogue in this story, so by reading this book the teacher could demonstrate the different tones.

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This is a great book to use to teach about voice, specifically when introducing tone or individual expression. There are multiple characters throughout the story, like Spoon’s fancy aunt Silver. The teacher could talk about how they think someone fancy would sound like? What types of words would they use when they spoke?

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This book transitions well, by starting with once upon a time. It is about a father attempting to put his child to sleep by telling fairytale stories. The teacher can go through this story and discuss the transitional phrases used.

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Written Anything Good Lately? By Jane Lindaman 

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Written Anything Good Lately? By Jane Lindaman 

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This book looks at many different forms of writing alphabetically. These include detailed directions, an autobiography, and a play. It also includes examples in the pictures. This could be good to look at when talking about the organization of these forms of writing.

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This book can be used to teach transitional patterns. There are steps to take in the book, such as pressing the yellow dot five times. It is an interactive text that is engaging and interesting for readers.

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This nonfiction book can be used to teach about different text structures, specifically cause and effect. The teacher can review the different types of text structures, such as compare and contrast or problem and solution, and talk about when it would be appropriate to use each.

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This book can be used to teach about different text structures, specifically problem and solution. The teacher can review the different types of text structures, such as compare and contrast, cause and effect, etc. and talk about when it would be appropriate to use each.

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This nonfiction book can be used to teach about different text structures, specifically compare and contrast. The teacher can review the different types of text structures, such as problem and solution, cause and effect, etc. and talk about when it would be appropriate to use each.

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The Secret Life of Squirrels by Nancy Rose

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The Secret Life of Squirrels by Nancy Rose

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This would be a book to use when talking about sequencing. The book talks about different activities that Mr. Peanut likes to take part in. It transitions from one activity to another.

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Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Bo Willems 

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Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Bo Willems 

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This picture book would be a good tool to use when teaching about sequencing and transitions, which relates to organization. The teacher can discuss what happens in the beginning, middle, and end and how the author transitioned from one event to the next. It’s also a funny twist on Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

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This nonfiction book is a great tool to review sequencing with students. The book goes through the simple steps on how to build a house, such as the architect drawing the plans, the general contractor hiring people to build, and the equipment coming to level the land. Sequencing is an important part of organization.

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Same, Same but Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw

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Same, Same but Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw

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This is a diversity book. I would use this book to teach about organization. This book provides a logical sequence of events (Elliot writes Kailash, they learn about each other, they become best friends). It can also be used to demonstrate pacing throughout a story. The text purpose is also evident, which relates to organization.

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This book teaches about compassion and generosity. This can be a good tool to use when teaching about main idea and details. The teacher can review the details that support how the main character is being compassionate and generous.

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The main idea of this book is self-awareness and self-control. The bad seed lacks manners throughout the story, until he decides he wants to be happy. This can be used to talk about the main idea of a story and supporting details, such as how he was a bad seed? What did he do that made him bad?

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Flashy, Fantastic Rainforest Frogs by Dorothy Patent 

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Flashy, Fantastic Rainforest Frogs by Dorothy Patent 

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This nonfiction book can be used to talk about a central idea. The book can also be used to introduce supportive details. The book contains a lot of details regarding the rainforest frogs.

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Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell

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Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell

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This book talks about being yourself. This text can be used to talk about the main idea and supporting details. How did Molly be herself? Who taught her this? What did being herself get her? Pulling these details from the story can help students understand how details support the main idea.

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This diversity book is told from the Earth’s point of view. It can be used to discuss main idea and details. The main idea is that we all share this Earth. The teacher can use this book to talk about the specific details from the story that support this theme.

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The main idea of The Lorax is to respect our environment. There are many details throughout the story that support this idea. The teacher can use this book to teach about how the details support the main idea.

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This is a good resource to use when teaching about theme/main idea. The main idea of this book is compassion. The main character catches fireflies in a jar and takes them to his room. He loves them but realizes they won’t live if they stay in his jar. Although he wants to keep them, he decides to release them.

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This diversity book could be used to talk about main idea. The main idea would be weird foods that have been eaten all over the world. The supporting details would be the different foods. The teacher can use this information to show how these details help support and clarify the main idea.

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This is a great book to teach about main idea. The main idea of this book is to be comfortable being yourself. Teachers can go through the book and pull details that support this main idea, both of which are important part of the ideas trait.

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This is a good graphic novel to use when teaching about main idea. This book is about a young girl who works at her parents laundromat. She meets a ghost and learns about forgiveness and second chances.

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This is a very short book that does not contain many words. It is a good book to use to talk about the punctuation used throughout. When one boy is yelling at the other, the author used an exclamation point. When the other boy was answering, he used a question mark.

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This book is all about exclamation marks and when to use them. It also briefly discusses periods and question marks. Understanding punctuation is an important part of conventions.

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Under, Over, by the Clover – What is a Preposition? By Brian Cleary 

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Under, Over, by the Clover – What is a Preposition? By Brian Cleary 

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This book goes over prepositions by telling us what they are and providing many examples. These are important for readers to know in order to use proper grammar. Grammar usage relates to conventions.

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This book demonstrates the importance of each punctuation mark as well as their placement. The book can be used to talk about how the placement of punctuation can completely change the meaning of a sentence.

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This book reviews irregular plural nouns. These can be confusing for almost anyone, but they need to be understood for students to use them correctly. It is important for these to be reviewed in order to have grammatically correct writing.

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If you were an Adjective by Michael Dahl

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If you were an Adjective by Michael Dahl

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This book goes over adjectives by telling a story through animals. It states, “If you were an adjective…” and continues to give examples. These are important for readers to know in order to use proper grammar. Grammar usage relates to conventions.

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Punctuation celebration is also an important book to use to teach about the different types of punctuation. This book goes over when you would use each form of punctuation. It gives examples throughout the book as well. Punctuation is an important part of conventions.

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Punctuation Takes a Vacation by Robin Pulver

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Punctuation Takes a Vacation by Robin Pulver

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This is a great book to use when teaching about different types of punctuation. The book reviews periods, question marks, exclamation points, colons, and more. The book discusses why things don’t make sense without punctuation and how important it is. The book has examples of how sentences don’t make sense without punctuation.

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Children of the Earth… Remember by Schim Schimmel

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Children of the Earth… Remember by Schim Schimmel

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This is a good book to use because it demonstrates some challenging words that can be figured out by using context clues. This relates to conventions. It also demonstrates adequate uses of capitalization (such as capitalizing the words Mother Earth), and punctuation. This can also be used as an example to show children how sometimes the grammar rules can be broken, like starting a sentence with the word and.

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Behind the Mask: A Book About Prepositions by Ruth Heller 

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Behind the Mask: A Book About Prepositions by Ruth Heller 

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This book is a good tool to review prepositions for students. It may be a little challenging for a younger audience to grasp onto, but it provides good review for upper elementary. Understanding prepositions is important for proper grammar, which directly relates to conventions.