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=__**GRADE ONE**__= =__**GRADE TWO**__=
 * The following information comes form Kate DiCesare and Choice Literacy**
 * [|http://www.choiceliteracy.com]**
 * A WORD ABOUT "SERIES"**
 * One goal at the beginning of school for many of us is to help children find and choose books to fill their book boxes. With very young children, this can be supported by reading aloud many books that we love. With a series, (multiple books about one or more characters) we know that a series will lend themselves to more reading after sharing one book. It is also a great way to start introducing features of a text, for example the main character of the text. When students are familiar with features of text that support them as readers, they have an easier time finding just-right books without being nagged all the time about whether it is a "just right" book.**
 * READ, READ, READ to children. The more you read to them the more books they can place in their book boxes and retell them to themselves and to others. In grade one try a basket called, "__Books We Can All Read__." This basket creates a place where all readers have equality regardless of reading ability. These books will be picture books with no words or just a few words.**
 * In grade two, series of books can be sorted also as in grade 1 but call the basket, "__Easy Reads__." Strong to struggling readers love these books, and they are accessible for all to grab and read. The category and its popularity take away the competition that occurs when "chapters books" begin to make their way into the classroom. Some examples are: __Dog and Bear__, and __Elephant and Piggie__.**
 * Another category to create is, "Early Readers". Students will notice that some series such as: __Mr and Mrs Green__, Henry and Mudge, __Fly Guy__, __Baby Brains__ and __Scaredy Squirrel__ have less words than chapter books, short chapters or short stories, as well as lots of pictures to help them read the wrods. This category does require more thinking than "Easy Reads."**

__**A Sample Unit For Introducing a Series**__ To begin the unit, start gathering series of books (including many picture books) for students to investigate. Ask the kids to look through a series with a partner and to share what they noticed. The teacher can model this first, how to make observations about how the books in the series are the same and different. Try not to worry about kids finishing the books, or even starting to rad for that matter. The goal is to have the kids handle the books and start noticing things in the books. For kids that read further and dicovered more, their thinking was shared and helped teach the larger group how to go deeper in their own partnerships. When students are ready to share thier ideas about what makes a series a series, help them by scafflding the discussion with questions like: 1. What do you notice about the books in the series? 2. How are they the same? 3..How are they different? 4. Why would an author want to write series? 5. How do series help us as readers? 6. What do you like about series? Here are some intial thoughts chidren will have: 1. There is more than one book in a series. 2..Characters stay the same in a series. 3.. Sometimes there are new characters in later books of a series. 4. Some books have the similar words in the title (Henry and Mudge, Mr. and Mrs. Green) 5. Some series books have chapters. 6. Some series books have sections. Next, students are asked to partner up and explore a series together. They can choose from the Easy Reads, or Early Readers categories. This allows them time to preview a series they may not have explored yet, read with a partner, and shar what they found. A form can be created to track what students noticed about the series. 1. Ask the title of series. 2. Are the chapters one story or short stories? 3. Who are the characters in the story? 4. What do you notice about where the story takes place? 5. What did you notice about how much time goes by in the series? Is it a day? A week? A longer period of time? 6. Do you notice any repeating phrases? What are they? //**A COLLECTION OF SERIES BOOKS FOR POSSIBLE STUDY (including picture books and early chapter books)**// //**Elephant and Piggie** Books by Mo Willems// //**What Will Fat Cat Sit On?, A Birthday for Cow!, The Doghouse** by Jan Thomas// //**Fancy Nancy, Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy**, by Jane O'Connor// //**Baby Brains** by Simon James// //**Upstairs Mouse, Downstairs Mole** by Wong Herbert Yee// //**Meet Mr. and Mrs. Green** by Keith Baker// //**Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa** by Erica Silerman and Betsy Lewin// //**Henry and Mudge** by Cynthia Rylant// //**Annie and Snowball** by Cynthia Rylany// //**Mr. Putter and Tabby** by Cynthia Rylant// //**Fox Books** by James Marshall// //**Frog and Toad** by Arnold Lobel// //**Iris and Walter** by Elissa Haden Guest//
 * We can begin with these observations but we want children to notice things like repeating phases, or langauge, setting nd changes in setting, and amount of time that goes by for the chracters in the story. Of course this is all modelled by the teacher to start wth.**
 * //Good Luck Bear, Thank you Bear, Don't Worry Bear//** //by Greg Foley//
 * //Dog and Bear: Two Friends Three Stories, Dog and Bear: Two's Company//** //by Laura Vacarro Seeger//

=﻿**Grade 3 series**= Beginning Grade 3/ End of Grade 2 Series Amelia Bedelia –Parish Aliens for.........- Spinner Bridget series – Leverich Deputy Dan – Rosenbloom EEK stories - Sperengen First Start Biographies- (Troll publishers) Flower Girl – Leverich Goliath – Terrance Horrible Harry – Kline Judy Moody- mcDonald More Tales of Amanda Pig – VanLeeuwen More Tales of Oliver pig – VanLeeuwen Oliver and Amanda – VanLeeuwen PeeWee Scouts – Delton Pinky & Rex – Howes Space Dog – Standiford Triplet Trouble – Dadey & Jones Slightly More Difficult Series Bailey Street Kids – Dadey & Jones Buster series – Marc Brown Biographies by Adler Jenny Archer – Conford Junie B Jones – Barbara Park Little House (younger book series) Laura Ingalls Wilder Littles – Petersen Magic Tree House - Osborne Marvin Redpost – Sachar Picture Book of ......... - Adler Russell & Elisa series – Hurwitz Sophie series – King Smith, Dick Wonder Kid Meets....... - Duncan Matt Christopher sports stories (range from beginning grade to grade 4.) Middle Grade 3 Series

Amber Brown – Danziger Adam Joshua's Capers – Smith Captain Underpants -- Pilkey Danger........(sport series) – Abbott Herbie Jones – Kline Julian Stories – Cameron Leftovers – Tristan Mary Maroney – Kline Max Malone – Herman Something Queer.... - Levy Step Into Reading 3 Secrets of Droon - Abbott Zack Files - Greenburg End of Grade 3 Series

Angel Park Series – Hughes Baby Sitters Club – Martin Boxcar Mysteries – Warner Captain Underpants – Pilkey Henry & Risby – Cleary Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle – MacDonald My America series Meg Mackintosh - Landon Pony Pal series – Bentacourt Ramona Quimby – Cleary Story of......(biographies) – Davidson Mysteries by Seymour Simon (science bent) Spider Kane – Osborne Matt Christopher sports stories (range from beginning grade 3 to grade 4.)

Challenge : Grade 3 Series

Animal Ark series – Baglio Anastasia series – Lowry American Girls series Dragon..... - Killer Dunc and Amos – Paulsen Encyclopedia Brown – Sobol Heather series – Sinykin Help! I'm ....... - Strasser If you (sailed/ lived) ........(non fiction) – McGovern Joshua T Bates – Shreve Little House on the Prairie series - Wilder Magic School House books – Cole Mysteries by Betty Ren Wright Goosebumps - Stine Sideways Stories from Wayside School – Sachar Sports Mysteries – T J Edwards Time Warp trio – Scieszka =**Grade 4**=