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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS “Give Me Normal” from PUT YOUR EYES UP HERE AND OTHER SCHOOL POEMS by Kalli Dakos. Copyright © 2003 by Kalli Dakos. Used by permission of Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division. “Gratitude Is a Cool Attitude” by Jane Lanigan from Hopscotch, Dec./Jan. 2003, Vol. 14, Issue 4. Copyright © 2003 by Bluffton News Publishing. Used by permission of Bluffton News Publishing.

“The Sure-Footed Shoe Finder” from HERE’S WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU CAN’T FIND YOUR SHOE by Andrea Perry. Copyright © 2003 by Andrea Perry. Used by permission of Atheneum. “Galileo and the Moons of Jupiter” by Tony Helies from Highlights for Children, February 2002, Vol. 57, Issue 2. Copyright © 2002 by Highlights for Children. Used by permission of Highlights for Children.

“If I Built a Village . . .” from IF I BUILT A VILLAGE… by Kazue Mizumura. Copyright © 1971 by Kazue Mizumura. Used by permission of Thomas Y. Crowell Co.

“Writers” by Jean Little from INNER CHIMES: POEMS ON POETRY selected by Bobbye S. Goldstein. Copyright © 1992 by Bobbye S. Goldstein. Used by permission of Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press, Inc.

“Antarctica: Frozen Desert” by Elise Forier from Appleseeds, February 2003, Vol. 5, Issue 6. Copyright © 2003 by Cobblestone Publishing Inc. Used by permission of Cobblestone Publishing Inc.

“Eating International” by Dee Murphy from Current Health 1, November 2003, Vol. 27, Issue 3. Copyright © 2003 by The Weekly Reader Corporation. Used by permission of The Weekly Reader Corporation.

“A Bear in the Family” by Ben Mikaelsen from Boys’ Life, February 1997, Vol. 87, Issue 2. Copyright © 1997 by Boy Scouts of America. Used by permission of Boy Scouts of America.

“A Birthday Riddle” by Lana Renetzky from Highlights for Children, October 2004, Vol. 59. Copyright © 2004 by Highlights for Children. Used by permission of Highlights for Children.

“Move to the Beat” by Colin Hickey from Highlights for Children, September 2004, Vol. 59, Issue 9. Copyright © 2004 by Highlights for Children. Used by permission of Highlights for Children.

“Walk Lightly” from A WORLD OF WONDERS by J. Patrick Lewis. Copyright © 2002 by J. Patrick Lewis. Used by permission of Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Putnam Inc.

“The Wolves of Winter” by Rachel Buchholz from Boys’ Life, February 1995, Vol. 85, Issue 2. Copyright © 1995 by Boy Scouts of America. Used by permission of Boy Scouts of America.

“From the Bellybutton of the Moon” from FROM THE BELLYBUTTON OF THE MOON by Francisco X. Alarcón. Copyright © 1998 by Francisco X. Alarcón. Used by permission of Children’s Book Press.

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CONTENTS Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Literature Selections Give Me Normal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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A poem by Kalli Dakos

Gratitude Is a Cool Attitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Nonfiction/Expository by Jane Lanigan If I Built a Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 A poem by Kazue Mizumura

Antarctica: Frozen Desert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Nonfiction/Expository by Elise Forier A Bear in the Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Narrative nonfiction by Ben Mikaelsen

Move to the Beat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Nonfiction/Expository by Colin Hickey

The Wolves of Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Nonfiction/Expository by Rachel Buchholz

The Sure-Footed Shoe Finder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 A poem by Andrea Perry

Galileo and the Moons of Jupiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Nonfiction/Expository by Tony Helies

Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 A poem by Jean Little

Eating International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Fiction by Dee Murphy

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A Birthday Riddle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Fiction by Lana Renetzky

Walk Lightly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 A poem by J. Patrick Lewis From the Bellybutton of the Moon/ Del ombligo de la luna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 A poem by Francisco X. Alarcón

Before You Came This Way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 A poem by Byrd Baylor

When the Rain Came up from China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 A folktale retold by Dell J. McCormick

Arachne the Spinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 A myth retold by Geraldine McCaughrean

The People Who Hugged the Trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 A folktale adapted by Deborah Lee Rose

The Song of the World’s Last Whale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 A folk song by Pete Seeger

Under the Back Porch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 A poem by Virginia Hamilton

Music, Music for Everyone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Fiction by Vera B. Williams

Frog and Locust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 A folktale retold by Joe Hayes

The Runner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 A poem by Faustin Charles

The Name of the Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 A folktale retold by Celia Barker Lottridge

Nests and How They Are Built . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Nonfiction/Expository by Phyllis Goldman

The Town That Moved

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Dolphin Play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Nonfiction/Expository by Elizabeth Dombeck Election Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Nonfiction/Expository by Mary Kay Phelan The Giant Jam Sandwich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 A poem by John Vernon Lord and Janet Burroway Chasing Butterflies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Nonfiction/Expository by Yuliya Chernova

Plays Take Me to Your Litter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Name That Character! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Weather . . . whether you like it or not . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 The Baker’s Neighbor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 The Memory Quilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 The Lion and the Ostrich Chicks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

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INTERACTIVE

ANTHOLOGY with PLAYS Developing Listening Comprehension Read Alouds help to build students’ listening comprehension. This anthology offers selections from a variety of genres, including biography, fiction, folktales, expository nonfiction, primary sources, songs, and poetry, to share with students. Instruction is provided with each selection to develop specific comprehension strategies. Students are asked to set a purpose for listening as well as to determine the author’s purpose for writing. Using the instruction provided, each Read Aloud becomes an enjoyable, purposeful learning experience.

What Makes a Read Aloud Interactive? With each selection, Teacher Think Alouds are provided to help you model the use of comprehension strategies during reading. Using Think Alouds allows students to listen and to observe how a good reader uses strategies to get meaning from text. After reading, students are given the opportunity to apply the comprehension strategy. Students are asked to “think aloud” as they apply the strategy. By listening to a Student Think Aloud, you can determine if the student is applying the comprehension strategy appropriately and with understanding. Think-Aloud Copying Masters included in the Read-Aloud Anthology provide sentence starters to help students “think aloud” about a strategy.  PQZJOH
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