Unit Materials for Kindergarten English Language Arts

Book: Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books, 2010)   —  AD480L

Book: The King of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes and illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton (Nancy Paulsen Books, 2019)   —  AD720L

Book: I Like Myself! by Karen Beaumont (HMH Books for Young Readers, 2004)

Book: I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes and illustrated by Gordon C. James (Nancy Paulsen Books, 2020)

Book: The Crayon Box That Talked by Shane Derolf (Random House Books for Young Readers, 1997)   —  460L

Book: Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny Tiny Lie by Laura Rankin (Bloomsbury USA Childrens, 2007)   —  AD490L

Book: Words Are Not for Hurting by Elizabeth Verdick (Free Spirit Publishing, 2004)   —  AD450L

Book: Today I Feel Silly And Other Moods that Make My Day by Jamie Lee Curtis (HarperCollins, 1998)   —  AD490L

Book: You Hold Me Up by Monique Gray Smith and illustrated by Danielle Daniel (Ocra Book Publishers, 2017)   —  140L

Book: Benny Doesn’t Like to be Hugged by Zetta Elliott and illustrated by Purple Wong (CreateSpace)

Book: The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle (Philomel Books, 1985)   —  330L

Book: Jump, Frog, Jump! by Robert Kalan (Greenwillow Books, 1989)   —  NPL

Book: We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Helen Oxenbury and Michael Rosen (Alladin Paperbacks, 2003)   —  BR280L

Book: We're Going on a Lion Hunt by David Axtell (Square Fish, 2007)   —  BR260L

Book: Sitting Down to Eat by Bill Harley (August House, 2005)

Book: The Napping House by Audrey Wood (HMH Books for Young Readers, 2009)

Book: Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles – Think of That! by Leo Dillon (Blue Sky Press, 2002)   —  AD360L

Book: Hush! A Thai Lullaby by Minfong Ho (Scholastic Inc, 2000)   —  AD600L

Book: Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys, and Their Monkey Business, by Esphyr Slobodkina (Harper Collins, 1987)   —  AD480L

Book: Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2018)   —  AD630LL

Assessment Text: “Hot Pot Night!” by Vincent Chen and illustrated by Vincent Chen (Charlesbridge)   —  AD190LL

Article: “The Changing Year” by TFK Editors (TIME for Kids)

Article: “Time for Change” by TFK Editors (TIME for Kids)

Book: Fall Weather: Cooler Temperatures by Martha E. H. Rustad (Millbrook Press, 2011)   —  530L

Book: Why Do Leaves Change Color? by Betsy Maestro (HarperCollins, 2015)   —  580L

Book: Fall Harvest Fun by Martha E. H. Rustad (Lerner Publishing Group)

Book: Autumn Leaves by Ken Robbins (Scholastic Press, 1998)   —  IG570L

Book: Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert (Harcourt, 2005)   —  AD310L

Book: We're Going on a Leaf Hunt by Steve Metzger (Cartwheel Books, 2008)   —  AD410L

Book: Leaves by David Ezra Stein (G.P. Putman's Sons Books for Young Readers, 2010)   —  AD180L

Book: Fall Harvest Fun by Martha E. H. Rustad (Lerner Publishing Group)

Book: The Pumpkin Book by Gail Gibbons (Holiday House, 1999)   —  AD570L

Book: Apples by Gail Gibbons (Holiday House, 2001)   —  650L

Assessment Text: “Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin Pie” by Jill Esbaum (National Geographic Kids)   —  AD507LL

Book: The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin (Charlesbridge, 2001)   —  390L

Book: Kite Flying by Grace Lin (Dragonfly Books, 2004)   —  280L

Book: Dim Sum for Everyone! by Grace Lin (Dragonfly Books, 2003)   —  AD250L

Book: Fortune Cookie Fortunes by Grace Lin (Dragonfly Books, 2006)   —  490L

Book: Niño Wrestles the World by Yuyi Morales (Square Fish, 2015)   —  420L

Book: Tito Puente, Mambo King by Monica Brown (Rayo, 2013)   —  AD620L

Video: “Tito Puente - Oye Como Va (Video Oficial)” (Platinum Music Group (YouTube))

Book: My Name is Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz by Monica Brown (Cooper Square Publishing LLC, 2004)   —  AD0L

Book: My Name is Gabriela: The Life of Gabriela Mistral by Monica Brown (National Geographic School Pub, 2010)   —  AD440L

Book: The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2009)

Book: Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book by Yuyi Morales (Roaring Book Press, 2008)   —  AD530L

Book: The Tortoise & the Hare by Jerry Pinkney (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition, 2013)

Book: The Grasshopper & the Ants by Jerry Pinkney (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition, 2015)

Book: Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book by Yuyi Morales (Chronicle Books, 2016)   —  540L

Book: Dreamers by Yuyi Morales (Neal Porter Books; Illustrated Edition, 2018)   —  AD480L

Assessment Text: “Thanking the Moon” by Grace Lin (Knopf Books for Young Readers)   —  AD1060LL

Article: “The Changing Year” by TFK Editors (TIME for Kids)

Book: The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter’s Wonder by Mark Cassino and Jon Nelson (Chronicle Books, 2009)   —  630L

Article: “Winter Wonders” (TIME for Kids)

Book: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (Viking, 1962)   —  AD500L

Book: Ten Ways to Hear Snow by Cathy Camper and illustrated by Kenard Pak (Kokila, 2020)   —  AD520L

Book: Hiders Seekers Finders Keepers: How Animals Adapt in Winter by Jessica Kulekjian and illustrated by Salini Perera   —  AD910L

Book: Animals in Winter by Henrietta Bancroft and Richard G. Van Gelder and illustrated by Helen K. Davie (HarperCollins, 1996)   —  AD480L

Book: Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner and illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal (Chronicle Books, 2014)   —  AD600L

Book: Tracks in the Snow by Wong Herbert Yee (Square Fish; First edition, 2007)   —  AD440L

Book: The Mitten by Jan Brett (G.P. Putman’s Sons Books for Young Readers, 1996)   —  600L

Book: The Hat by Jan Brett (G.P. Putman’s Sons Books for Young Readers, 1997)   —  540L

Book: Annie and the Wild Animals by Jan Brett (G.P. Putman’s Sons Books for Young Readers, 2012)   —  490L

Assessment Text: “Curious About Snow” by Gina Shaw (Grosset & Dunlap)   —  NC830LL

Book: All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold and illustrated by Suzanne Kaufman (Knopf Books for Young Readers; Illustrated edition, 2018)   —  AD370L

Book: Let’s Talk About Race by Julius Lester and illustrated by Karen Barbour (HarperCollins; Illustrated edition, 2008)

Video: “PBS KIDS Talk About Race, Racism & Identity” (PBS KIDS)

Book: Mixed Me! by Taye Diggs and illustrated by Shane W. Evans (Feiwel & Friends, 2015)   —  AD540L

Book: Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman and illustrated by Caroline Binch (Dial Books, 1991)   —  AD680L

Book: The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson and illustrated by E. B. Lewis (Nancy Paulsen Books, 2001)   —  AD490L

Book: How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Frank Morrison (Candlewick, 2023)   —  840L

Book: This Is the Dream by Diane Z. Shore and Jessica Alexander and illustrated by James Ransome (mistad Books for Young Readers, 2009)

Book: Rosa by Nikki Giovanni and illustrated by Bryan Collier (Square Fish; Reprint edition, 2007)   —  800L

Book: Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Doreen Rappaport and illustrated by Bryan Collier (Jump at the Sun, 2007)   —  410L

Book: A Sweet Smell of Roses by Angela Johnson and illustrated by Eric Velasquez (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition, 2007)   —  AD480L

Book: I Have a Dream by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and illustrated by Kadir Nelson (Dragonfly Books, 2024)   —  1030L

Book: Be A King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream and You by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by James E. Ransome (Bloomsbury USA Childrens; Illustrated edition, 2018)   —  360L

Assessment Text: “We March” by Shane W. Evans (Square Fish; Reprint edition, 2016)   —  BR290L

Book: It's Spring! by Linda Glaser and illustrated by Susan Swan (Millbrook Press, 2003)   —  AD590L

Book: What's Alive? by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld and illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott (HarperCollins, 1995)   —  430L

Book: How a Seed Grows by Helene J. Jordan and illustrated by Loretta Krupinski (HarperCollins; Revised edition, 2015)   —  AD470L

Book: From Seed to Sunflower by Mari Schuh (Lerner Classroom, 2016)   —  510L

Book: The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle (Little Simon; Reprint edition, 2009)   —  500L

Book: Who Will Plant a Tree? by Jerry Pallotta and illustrated by Tom Leonard (Sleeping Bear Press, 2010)

Book: Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood by Tony Hillery and illustrated by Jessie Hartland (Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books; Illustrated edition, 2020)   —  AD540L

Book: Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert (Clarion Books, 2001)   —  AD459L

Book: From Caterpillar to Butterfly by Deborah Heiligman and illustrated by Bari Weissman (HarperCollins; Revised edition, 2015)   —  490L

Book: Have You Heard the Nesting Bird? by Rita Gray and illustrated by Kenard Pak (Clarion Books, 2017)   —  AD430L

Book: A Nest Full of Eggs by Priscilla Belz Jenkins and illustrated by Lizzy Rockwell (HarperCollins, 2015)   —  AD630L

Book: The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen and Jerry Pinkney (HarperCollins, 1999)   —  AD820L

Book: Frogs by Gail Gibbons (Holiday House; Reprint edition, 1993)   —  AD600L

Book: From Tadpole to Frog by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld (Scholastic Paperbacks, 2011)   —  520L

Book: Egg to Chicken by Rachel Tonkin and illustrated by Stephanie Fizer Coleman (Crabtree Classics, 2019)   —  510L

Assessment Text: “And the Bullfrogs Sing: A Life Cycle Begins” by David Harrison and illustrated by Kate Cosgrove (Holiday House, 2020)

Book: What a Waste: Trash, Recycling, and Protecting Our Planet by Jess French (DK Children, 2019)   —  IG920L

Book: The Last Straw: Kids vs. Plastics by Susan Hood (HarperCollins; Illustrated edition, 2021)

Book: Recycle! A Handbook for Kids by Gail Gibbons (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition, 1996)   —  AD840L

Book: The Three R’s: Reuse, Reduce, Recycle by Nuria Roca (Barron's Educational Series, 2007)   —  AD1030L

Book: One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia by Miranda Paul (Millbrook Press, 2015)   —  570L

Book: Rainbow Weaver/Tejedora del Arcoiris by Linda Elovitz Marshall (Children’s Book Press; Bilingual edition, 2016)   —  AD580L

Book: Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood by Tony Hillery and illustrated by Jessie Hartland (Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books; Illustrated edition, 2020)   —  AD540L

Book: Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth by Mary McKenna Siddals (Tricycle Press; Illustrated edition, 2010)   —  AD650L