The following texts are all available in the Greenville Elementary library--check the catalog to see a title's current availability status.
Organization
Voice
Word Choice
Sentence Fluency
Conventions of Writing
Wordless
Where Writers Get Ideas
Sound Words
Text Features
- Daisy Comes Home by Jan Brett (sequence of events)
- How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long (opening paragraphs—good beginnings)
- If You Give... by Laura Numeroff (cause and effect)
- The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! by Jon Scieszka (sequence of events, cause and effect)
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (sequence of events)
Voice
- Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School by Mark Teague
- Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin
- The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson
- The Spider and the Fly by Tony DiTerlizzi and Mary Botham Howitt
- The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! by Jon Scieszka
Word Choice
- Baloney, Henry P. by Jon Scieszka (nonsense words)
- The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce (descriptive language)
- Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! by Jack Prelutsky and Dr. Seuss (crazy words)
- Under the Quilt of Night by Deborah Hopkinson (descriptive language)
Sentence Fluency
Conventions of Writing
Wordless
- Flotsam by David WiesnerFree Fall by David Wiesner
- Tuesday by David Wiesner
- The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
- A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka
- Daisy Gets Lost by Chris Raschka
- Wave by Suzy Lee
- The Red Book by Barbara Lehman
- The Snowman by Raymond Briggs
- Bluebird by Bob Staake
Where Writers Get Ideas
Sound Words
- I Stink! by Kate McMullan
- Otis by Loren Long
- Barnyard Banter by Denise Fleming
- Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
- Giggle, Giggle, Quack by Doreen Cronin
- Oh, Look! by Patricia Polacco
- Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
Text Features
- I Stink! by Kate McMullan
- Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
- Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.
- Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin Jr.
- What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? By Steve Jenkins
- If You Give a… series by Laura Numeroff (circular)
- The Napping House by Audrey Wood (circular)