High School Curriculum

Trimester 1, 08/26-11/26

Suggested Literature & Resources

• Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews
• Brown Bear Brown Bear, by Eric Carle (colors)
• Mouse Paint by Ellen Walsh (colors)

Trimester 2, 11/26-03/26

Suggested Literature & Resources

• The Mitten by Jan Brett (sizes, subitizing)
• The Twelve Days of Winter: A School Counting Book by Deborah Lee Rose
• Counting Winter by Nancy White Carlstrom

Trimester 3, 03/26 – 06/26

Suggested Literature & Resources

• Ten Little Caterpillars by Bill Martin
• Ten Magic Butterflies by Danica McKellar

Trimester 1, 08/26-11/26

Suggested Literature & Resources

Unit 1

• Nuestra Piel by Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli
• What I Like About Me by Allia Zobel Nolan & Miki Yamamoto
• Asi me siento y by Janan Cain
• The Family Book/El Libro de familias by Todd Parr
• Find Out About Families by Pat-a-Cake
• Let’s Be Friends/Seamos amigos by René Colato Laínez
• The Not-So Friendly Friend How to Set Boundaries for Healthy Friendships by Christina Furnival
• My Friends/Mis Amigos by Taro Gomi

Unit 2

• Mi Casa es my Home by Laurenne Sala

Mi Comunidad! My Community! by 123 Andres

• Lola va a la escuela by Anna McQuinn
• Adela’s Mariachi Band by Denise Vega
• Vamos a celebrar! by Kate DePalma
• Biblioburro: Una historia real de Columbia by Jeanette Winter
• La escuela de lluvia by James Rumford

Trimester 2, 11/26-03/26

Suggested Literature & Resources

Unit 3

• Seres vivos no vivos Kevin Kurtz
• Oso Pardo by Bill Martin Jr/ Eric Carle
• Semillas by Elizabeth Austen
• De semilla a planta/ Seed to Plant by Melvin & Gilda Berger
• No tengas miedo cangrejita by Chris Haughton
• La Vida en el Ártico by Coonor Stratton
• La oruga muy hambriente by Eric Carle
• Salvar el océano by Bethany Stahl
• La botella olvidada by Vivian L Varasdi
• The Earth Book by Todd Parr

Trimester 3, 03/26 – 06/26

Suggested Literature & Resources

Unit 4

• I Can’t Draw by Stephen W. Martin
• La jirafas no pueden bailar by Giles Andreae
• Pintura de ratón by Ellen Stoll Walsh
• Lines that Wiggle by Candace Whitman
• De qué color es un beso? by Rocio Bonilla
• The Piñata That the Farm Maiden Hung by Samantha R. Vamos
• Artist by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

Trimester 1, 08/26-11/26

Suggested Literature & Resources

• The Next Time You See a Spiderweb by Emily Morgan
• The Next Time You See the Moon by Emily Morgan
• Pumpkin Jack by Will Hubbell

Trimester 2, 11/26-03/26

Suggested Literature & Resources

• The Next Time you See a Cloud by Emily Morgan
• What Makes a Rainbow? By Betty Schwartz
• They Snowy Day by Erza Jack Keats
• It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G Shaw

Trimester 3, 03/26 – 06/26

Suggested Literature & Resources

• The Next Time You See a Sea Shell by Emily Morgan
• The Next Time You See a Bee by Emily Morgan
• The Next Time you See a Pill Bug by Emily Morgan
• Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
• From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons
• The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
• From Caterpillar to Butterfly by Deborah Heiligman
• Over in the Ocean by Marianne Berkes
• In the Tall Tall Grass by Denise Fleming
• Dinosaurs Dinosaurs by Byron Barton

Trimester 1, 08/26-11/26

Suggested Literature & Resources

Unit 1

• Grandma’s Purse by Vanessa Brantlet-Newton
• My Heart Fills with Happiness by Monique Gray Smith
• Pablo’s Tree by Pat Mora
• Saturday by Oge Mora
• There is a Bird on Your Head by Mo Willems
• Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña
• Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate
• Big Red Lollipop by Rukhsana Khan
• Count on Me by Miguel Tanco
• The Girl with the Parrot on Her Head by Daisy Hirst

Unit 2

• Full, Full, Full of Love by Trish Cooke
• Bee-Bim Bop! by Linda Sue Park
• Yoko by Rosemary Wells
• Rice & Rocks by Sandra L. Richards
• The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza) by Philomen Sturges
• “Stitchin’ and Pullin’: A Gee’s Bend Quilt” by Patricia McKissack

Trimester 2, 11/26-03/26

Suggested Literature & Resources

Unit 3

• Grandma’s Purse by Vanessa Brantlet-Newton
• My Heart Fills with Happiness by Monique Gray Smith
• Pablo’s Tree by Pat Mora
• Saturday by Oge Mora
• There is a Bird on Your Head by Mo Willems
• Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña
• Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate
• Big Red Lollipop by Rukhsana Khan
• Count on Me by Miguel Tanco
• The Girl with the Parrot on Her Head by Daisy Hirst
• “Stitchin’ and Pullin’: A Gee’s Bend Quilt” by Patricia McKissack

Trimester 3, 03/26 – 06/26

Suggested Literature & Resources

Unit 7

• Mighty Maddie by Stuart J. Murphy
• Just A Little Bit by Ann Tompert
• The Seesaw by Judith Koppens
• Balancing Act by Ellen Stoll Walsh

Unit 8

• One Is a Snail, Ten Is a Crab: A Counting by Feet Book by April Pulley Sayra and Jeff Sayre
• Fish Eyes by Lois Ehlert
• One Duck Stuck by Phyllis Root

Trimester 1, 08/26-11/26

Suggested Literature & Resources

Unit 1

• ¡Vamos a jugar y hablar! by K Teachers
• Yo me siento by K Teachers
• Cómo me siento en un día by K Teachers
• Me gusta by K Teachers
• The Recess Queen by Alexis O’Neill
• Juguemos en el parque by René Colato Laínez
• ¿Puedo jugar yo también? by Mo Willems
• El libro de los sentimientos by Todd Parr
• Asi me siento by Janain Cane
• ¿Cómo me siento hoy? by Phoebe McGuffee
• Soy un artista by Marta Altés
• No es una caja by Antoinette Portis
• El artista que pintó un caballo azul by Eric Carle
• The Kickball Queen byElla McKeen
• How Do Dinosaurs Play with Their Friends? by Jane Yolen
• A Little Spot of Feelings by Diane Alber
• Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg
• Anywhere Artist by Nikki Slade Robinson

Unit 2

• Por que yo soy yo by Paige Britt
• Yo soy así by K Teachers
• Los colores de las celebraciones New by Clark Sawyer
• Quienquiera que seas by Mem Fox
• Janucá by Adeline J. Zimmerman
• Diversity to me by Marisa Taylor
• ¿Cómo sería si todos fuéramos iguales? by C.M. Harris
• Está bien ser diferentes by Sharon Purtill
• Iguales pero Diferentes by J.S. Kostecki-Shaw
• El Sabor del Hogar by Anahita Tamaddon
• ¡Alegría en el mundo! by Kate DePalma
• Vamos a celebrar! by Kate DePalma
• Dias de cosecha by Kate DePalma
• The Best Part of Me by Wendy Ewald
• One Whole Me by Dia Mixon
• Where are you from? by Yamile Méndez
• A Ticket Around the World by Natalia Diaz

Trimester 2, 11/26-03/26

Suggested Literature & Resources

Unit 3

• David va a la escuela by David Shannon
• Trabajadores en la escuela by K Teachers
• Mi Maestra by K Teachers
• El bombero ayuda by K Teachers
• La semilla mala by Jory John
• ¡La señorita Nelson ha desaparecido! by Harry G Allard
• Nuestra escuela es una familia by Shannon Olsen
• Who Works at Hannah’s School by Lisa Bullard
• Esta es una escuela by John Schu
• Trabajadores by Dona Herweck Rice
• Mi comunidad by 123 Andrés
• Mi ciudad canta by Cynthia Harmony
• What if Everybody Did That? by Ellen Javernick
• Know and Follow Rules by Cheri J. Meiners
• Night Job by Karen Hesse
• Runaway Signs by Joan Holub
• Whose Hands Are These by Miranda Paul

Trimester 3, 03/26 – 06/26

Suggested Literature & Resources

Unit 4

• Los recursos que compartimos by K Teachers
• Mi planta necesita… by K Teachers
• Reducir, reutilizar, y reciclar by K Teachers
• ¿Qué pasa con la basura? by Charlie W. Sterling
• Del árbol al papel by Avery Toolen
• Del algodón a la camiseta by Avery Toolen
• ¿Quién necesita lluvia? by Anthony Curran
• Agua segura para todos by Nellie Wilder
• Rana de tres ojos by Olga de Dios
• Un árbol by Rodrigo Mattioli
• Reducir, reciclar y reutilizar by Elizabeth Weitzman
• Capitán Verdemán by Ellie Bethel and Alexandra Colombo

Trimester 1, 08/26-11/26

Suggested Literature & Resources

Sunny Skies Unit

• Hot Foot, A Read-Along Mystery by Pat Murphy

Plant Secrets Unit

• That Old Log, A Read-Along Mystery by Pat Murphy

Trimester 2, 11/26-03/26

Suggested Literature & Resources

Animal Secrets Unit

• Who Lives There? A Read-Along Mystery By Pat Murphy
• Who Lives in that Hole? A Read-Along Mystery

Wild Weather Unit

• The Big Storm, A Read-Along Mystery by Ruth Tepper Brown

Trimester 3, 03/26 – 06/26

Suggested Literature & Resources

Circle of Seasons Unit

• The Weather Detective, A Read-Along Mystery by Ruth Tepper Brown

Force Olympics Unit

• Big Machines at Work, A Read-Along Mystery by Ruth Tepper Brown
• How to Win at Bumper Bowling by Ruth Tepper Brown

Trimester 1, 08/26-11/26

Suggested Literature & Resources

Unit 1

• Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in Brooklyn (Bilingual Edition) by Jonah Winter
• Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez’s & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh
• A Hero Like You by Nikki Rigers
• ¡Solo pregunta! by Sonia Sotomayor
• Pequeña y Grande: Frida Kahlo by Isabel Sánchez Vegara
• Ruby Bridges (Spanish) by Kira Freed
• It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way by Julie Morstad
• Wangari Maathai by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo
• Jackie Robinson: A Life of Determination by Colleen Sexton
• La dama del árbol by H. Joseph Hopkins
• Wangari y los árboles de paz: Una historia verdadera by Jeanette Winter
• Greta Thunberg: Climate Activist by Blast Off Readers (Publisher, No author listed)
• Martin Luther King, Jr. by Kitson Jazynka
• Rosa Parks: Activista por la igualdad by Grace Hansen
• Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Dee Romito
• Native American Leaders: Sitting Bull by Jennifer Strand
• Neil Armstrong: Astronaut & First Human to Walk on the Moon by Grace Hansen
• Helen Keller bio (Epic!) by Kitson Jazynka

Unit 2

• Soñadares by Yuyi Morales
• El niño que alcanzó las estrellas (Bilingual Edition) by José M. Hernández
• Earth- My First 4.54 Billion Years by Stacy McAnulty
• Abraham Lincoln by Emma E. Haldy
• Michelle Obama by Jennifer Strand
• Mi Familia: A Mexican American Family (Bilingual Edition) by Ana Cristina Gluck
• Moon! Earth’s Best Friend by Stacy McAnulty
• Alma y cómo obtuvo su nombre by Juana Martínez-Neal
• Sun! One in a Billion by Stacy McAnulty
• Esta es mi familia by Bobbie Kalman
• Lola by Junot Diaz
• La maleta de tesoros by Natalia Sylvester
• ¿De dónde eres? by Jaime Kim

Trimester 2, 11/26-03/26

Suggested Literature & Resources

Unit 3

• La amabilidad es mi superpoder by Alicia Ortego
• Pastel para enemigos (Enemy Pie) by Derek Munson
• Lilly y su bolso de plástico morado by Kevin Henkes
• La familia Uf by Kevin Henkes
• Última parada en la calle Market by Matt de la Peña
• Salvar el océano by Bethany Stahl
• El Cascanueces by Rick Bunsen
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
• Salvando a Tally by Sorena Lane Ferrari
• The Mitten Tree by Candace Christiansen
• Algo, algún día by Amanda Gorman
• Old Enough to Save the Planet by Loll Kirby

Unit 4

• Flores by Grace Hansen
• Semillas, abejas y polen (Mi biblioteca de ciencias) by Author not listed
• From Bird Poop to Wind by Ellen Lawrence
• De semilla a planta by Kristen Baiird Rattini
• Las Abejas by Laura Marsh
• The Reasons for a Flower by Ruth Heller
• Biodiversidad (Acercándonos a la ciencia) by Author not listed
• Ugly Animals by Laura Marsh
• Give Bees a Chance by Bethany Barton
• Bosque de coníferos (Colección ecosistemas) by Author not listed
• ¿Sabés algo sobre mamíferos? by Buffy Silverman
• As An Oak Tree Grows by G. Brian Karas
• Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner
• Polinización by Dona Herweck Rice
• El árbol generoso by Shel Silverstein
• If Elephants Disappeared by Lilly Williams
• Spring After Spring by Stephanie Roth Sisson
• Here We Are by Oliver Jeffers

Trimester 3, 03/26 – 06/26

Suggested Literature & Resources

Unit 5

• Conserving Resources by Marne Ventura
• La fuerza del agua by Lacy Finn Borgo
• Vivi Loves Science by Kimberly Derting & Shelli Johannes
• Recycling Earth’s Resources by Barbara L Webb
• One Plastic Bag by Miranda Paul
• La princesa del agua by Susan Verde
• Buried Sunlight by Molly Bang
• Sin agua y sin pan by Luis Amavisca Guridi
• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwanda & Bryan Mealer

Black Beach: A Community, an Oil Spill, and the Origin of Earth Day by Shaunna & John Stith

• Petroleo: Un recurso problemático by Ned Jensen
• Hybrid and Electric Cars by Rebecca Pettiford
• Our Natural Resources by Jennifer Prior

Unit 6

• Paletero Man by Lucky Diaz
• Consumidores y productores by Ellen K. Mitten
• Vamos! Let’s Go to the Market by Raul the Third
• ¿Productos o servicios? By Ellen K Mitten by Ellen K. Mitten
• Vamos! Let’s Go Eat! By Raul the Third
• Lily Learns About Wants and Needs by Lisa Bullard
• Supply and Demand by Linda Crotta Brennan
• ¿Lo necesitas o lo quieres? by Colleen Hord
• Un sillón para mi mamá by Vera Williams
• El sombrero maravilloso de María by Satoshi Kitamura
• El diario del capitán Arsenio Pablo Bernasconi
• How to Write an Ad by Cecilia Minden and Kate Roth
• La gallinita roja by Carol Ottolenghi
• Boxitects by Kim Smith
• Esos zapatos by Maribeth Boelts
• Have a Lemonade Stand by Bridget Heos
• Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst

Trimester 1, 08/26-11/26

Suggested Literature & Resources

Unit 1

• Toys and Games: Then and Now by Bobbie Kalman and Bobbie Kalman
• The Junkyard Wonders by Patricia Polacco
• How the Sea Came to Be by Jennifer Berne
• El Clima by Scholastic Article
• Esperanza Renace by Pam Muñoz Ryan

Unit 2

• Pedro Perfecto Arquitecto by Andrea Beaty
• Nace un estado by Elizabeth Anderson López
• Old Enough to Save the Planet by Loll Kirby
• La Carta de Derechos by Seth Lynch
• Holes by Louis Sachar

Trimester 2, 11/26-03/26

Suggested Literature & Resources

Unit 3

• Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
• The Story of Lin-Manuel Miranda by Frank Berrios
• La Frontera: El Viaje con Papa by Alfredo Alva and Deborah Mills
• Areli es una Dreamer by Areli Morales
• Cuando brillan las estrellas by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed

Unit 4

• The Mystery of the Monarch by Barb Rosenstock
• The Great Migration: The Journey to the North by Eloise Greenfield
• ¿Qué fue la fiebre del oro? by Joan Holub
• Front Desk by Kelly Yang

Trimester 3, 03/26 – 06/26

Suggested Literature & Resources

Unit 5

• A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
• Medicina (Britannica) by Britannica Escolar
• Métodos de cultivo by Britannica Escolar
• Inteligencia Artificial by Britannica Escolar
• Prince William by Gloria Rand

Unit 6

• Con la cabeza en alto by Patricia Gualinga and Laura Resau
• Cruzar un continente by Lisa Perlman Greathouse and Ted Fauce
• What is Importing and Exporting? by Gare Thompson
• Hedy Lamarr’s Double Life: Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor by Laurie Wallmark
• Arlene, The Rebel Queen by Carol Liu and Marybeth Sidoti Caldarone