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Essential Literature Resources
Caps for Sale
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
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Hubbard's Cupboard Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
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Guide to Chicka Chicka Boom Boom from UNC Charlotte
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Little Giraffe's Guide to CCBB
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KinderTheme's Guide to CCBB
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Teacher's Net Posts on CCBB
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UVA's School of Education Guide to Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
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DLTK's Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Coloring Pages
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Scholastic Guide to CCBB
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Virtual Vine's Guide to Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Corduroy
Is Your Mama a Llama?
Mr. Popper's Penguins
The Hundred Dresses
The Snowy Day
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
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AtoZ Teacher Stuff Lesson
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UNC Charlotte's Guide to The Very Hungry Caterpillar
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Another AtoZ Lesson
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Caterpillar Cafe Idea
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DLTK Hungry Caterpillar Puppets
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More Hungry Caterpillar Puppets/Food Items
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CyberGuide to The Very Hungry Caterpillar
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Cyber Lesson
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar Introductory Activity
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DLTK Sequencing Cards
Where the Wild Things Are
Favorite Authors and Illustrators
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Kate DiCamillo
Author Website
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Eric Carle
Author Website
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Shel Silverstein's Official Site for Kids
Author Website
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Pam Munoz Ryan
Author Website
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Laura Ingalls Wilder & Little House Books
Author Website
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Sharon Creech
Author Website
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Barbara Park (Junie B. Jones)
Author Website
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Margaret Wise Brown
Author Website
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Beverly Clearly
Author Website
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Andrew Clements
Author Website
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Ezra Jack Keats
Author Website
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Kevin Henkes
Author Website
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Jan Brett
Author Website
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Judy Blume
Author Website
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Antoinette Portis (Not a Box)
Author Website
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Jack Prelutsky
Author Website
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Chris Van Allsburg
Author Website
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Esphyr Slobodkina
Author Website
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Don Freeman
Author Website
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Marcus Pfister
Author Website
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Marc Brown (Arthur)
Author Website
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Beatrix Potter (Peter Rabbit)
Author Website
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Dr. Seuss
Author Website
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Don and Audrey Wood (The Napping House)
Author Website
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Laura Numeroff (If You Give a Mouse a Cookie)
Author Website
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Ludwig Bemelmans (Madeline)
Author Website
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Beverly Cleary
Author Website
General
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BrainPOP
Excellent site - some free resources are available, including a theme unit that changes monthly.
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Sheppard Software
TONS of free learning games that children LOVE!
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Enchanted Learning
Great site with resources for numerous subject areas.
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Brain Pop, Jr.
Another excellent site from BrainPOP targeted to younger kids.
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Brain Pop ESL
Another excellent site from BrainPOP targeted to ELLs.
Great Books
A Bad Case of Stripes (D. Shannon)
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A Bad Case of Bullying: Using A Bad Case of Stripes to Teach about Bullying
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Discussion Questions and Ideas for A Bad Case of Stripes
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Sean Astin (RUDY!) Reads A Bad Case of Stripes Aloud (Accompanying Activities Included)
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Free Scholastic Lesson Plan for A Bad Case of Stripes
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A Bad Case of Stripes Reader's Theater
A Letter to Amy (E.J. Keats)
A Wrinkle in Time (M. L'Engle)
Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School
Esperanza Rising (P. Munoz Ryan)
Snowflake Bentley (J. Martin)
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Carol Hurst's Guide to Snowflake Bentley
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Nancy Polette's Guide to Snowflake Bentley
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Vicki Blackwell's Guide to Snowflake Bentley
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Eduscapes Snowflake Bentley Page
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Author Jacqueline Briggs Martin's Site
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Caldecott Medalist Illustrator Mary Azarian's Site
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THE Snowflake Bentley Site
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Buffalo Science Museum's Exhibit of the Bentley Snow Crystals
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A Unit on Making Snowflakes
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A Collection of "Winter" Links
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Teacher-Collected Resources on Snowflake Bentley
Where the Red Fern Grows (W. Rawls)
Kindergarten
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A Rainbow of Colors
This site has tons and tons of fun ideas to help children learn colors.
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Kiz Club
This site has great resources for younger kids, including nursery rhymes and crafts.
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Kindergarten Resources
This site has indexed tons of online resources specific to Kindergarten.
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Hubbard's Cupboard
Tons of great resources!
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Dr. Jean
Activities to go with my favorite songs.
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Interactive Skill Builders
Online learning games for Kindergarten in both reading and math.
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Literacy Center
Wonderful slide shows with letters, numbers, etc.
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Interactive Kindergarten
Site with indexed resources of activities and links.
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Poisson Rouge (Red Fish)
Great interactive site for early skill-building.
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Fry's Phrases
Document featuring all of the Fry's Phrases Lists
Math
Fourth Grade
Kindergarten
Reading
Fourth Grade
Kindergarten
Social Studies
Teacher Resources
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Sight Words and Fry's Phrases
Great site with tons of different ways of looking at High Frequency Words and Fry's Phrases.
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Mrs. Perkins' Dolch Words Site
Dolch word lists, phrases, worksheets and activities.
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Back-to-School Printables
Free Back-to School Printables from Scholastic
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100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know
A good list of some quality picture books.
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Essential Literature Titles and Information
MNPS's Essential Literature Document
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Reading Rockets for Teachers
GREAT site with lots of interesting tips, articles, and strategies for teaching reading.
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Scholastic's ELL Teaching Blog
Click on some of the older posts to get good teaching strategies for ELLs.
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Inside Naomi and Alexandra's Kindergarten Classroom
This blog provides tons of fun ideas for younger learners.
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10 Ways to Decorate Your Classroom
Really creative ways to brighten up your classroom.
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Teaching Heart
Ideas and printables
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27 Great Ways to Celebrate Books!
Scholastic Article
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100 Best Books for Kids
Great list organized by age/grade level.
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Literature Extensions
Wonderful site linking to all kinds of extension activities for a number of classic books.
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Cheryl Sigmon
Good site featuring teaching ideas using Four Blocks and Balanced Literacy.
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Super Teacher Worksheets
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Worksheet Site
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Have Fun Teaching