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Books

Books used in the Let’s Know! curriculum supplement:

Preschool

Loud and Quiet by Lisa Bullard
Homes of Living Things by Bobbie Kalman
Animal Habitats by Michelle Kramer
Using Rocks by Sharon Katz Cooper
Rocks: Hard, Soft, Shiny and Smooth by Natalie Myra Rosinsky
Rocks! Rocks! Rocks! by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
Harry, The Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
Swimmy by Leo Lionni
Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming
 Borreguita and the Coyote by Verna Aardema
The Little Red Hen by Carol Ottolenghi

Kindergarten

Desert Animal by Francine Galko
Life in a Coral Reef by Wendy Pfeffer
Hidden in the Trees by Barbara Taylor
Fossils by Sally M. Walker
Fossils Tell of Long Ago by Aliki
Plant and Animal Fossils by Libby Romero
How Rocket Learned to Read by Tad Hills
Big Al by Andrew Clements
My Lucky Day by Keiko Kasza
Little Rooster’s Diamond Button by Margaret Read MacDonald
The Monkey and the Crocodile by Paul Galdone

First Grade

Caves and Crevices by Sharon Katz Cooper
Tropical Rain Forests by Libby Romero
Habitats of Australia by Sandy Riggs
Volcanoes: Nature’s Incredible Fireworks by David L. Harrison
Volcanoes by Patricia Rice
Earth’s Layers by Jason D. Nemeth
Three Hens and a Peacock by Lester L. Laminack
The Empty Pot by Demi
Take Care, Good Knight by Shelley Moore Thomas
Love and Roast Chicken by Barbara Knutson
Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock by Eric A. Kimmel

Second Grade

From Egg to Snake by Suzzane Slade
Tadpoles to Frogs by Bobbie Kalman
The Life Cycle of a Whale by Bobbie Kalman
Soil by Sally Walker
Rocks and Soil by Charlotte Guillain
Dirt by Steve Tomecek
The Bremen Town Musicians by Louise Simonson
Officer Buckle & Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
The Raft by Jim LaMarche
Joha Makes a Wish by Eric A. Kimmel
Luba and the Wren by Patricia Polacco

Third Grade

Animals: Classification by Kate Boehm Jerome
Animals: Adaptations by Kate Boehm Jerome
Warm-Blooded or Cold-Blooded by Bobbie Kalman
Clean Planet: Stop Litter and Pollution by Tristan Boyer Binns
Recycling Rules! By Barbara Keeler
What Can We Do About Oil Spills and Ocean Pollution? By David J. Jakubiak
Togo by Robert Blake
Henry & The Kite Dragon by Bruce Edward Hall
Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polocco
The Talking Eggs by Robert D. San Souci
Three Samurai Cats by Eric A. Kimmel

 

Books used in the Vamos a Aprender! curriculum supplement:

Swimmy / Nadarín by Leo Lionni
Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! / ¡Ñam! ¡Ñam! ¡Ñam! by Candace Fleming
Harry the Dirty Dog / Harry, el perrito sucio by Gene Zion
Homes of Living Things / Hogares de los seres vivos by Bobbie Kalman
Animal Habitats / Hábitats de los animales by Michelle Kramer
Loud and Quiet: An Animal Opposites Book / Ruidosos y callados:Un libro de animals opuestos by Lisa Bullard
Using Rocks / Usar las rocas by Sharon Katz Cooper
Rocks: Hard, Soft, Smooth, and Rough / Las Rocas: duras, blandas, lisas y asperas by Natalie Rosinsky
Rocks! Rocks! Rocks! / ¡Piedras! ¡Piedras! ¡Piedras! by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
The Little Red Hen / La Gallinita Roja by Carol Ottolenghi
Borreguita and the Coyote / Borreguita y el coyote by Verna Aardema

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