Level 1
Book Title |
Vocabulary |
Comprehension |
| The Apple Tree | high, apple, tree, smiled, down | Recall Details |
| Bluebird, Bluebird | bluebird, through, my, window, day | |
| Pat-a-Cake | bake, cake, pat, oven, baby | |
| Hey Diddle, Diddle | cow, jumped, moon, laughed, ran | Remember Order |
| One Elephant Went Out to Play | elephant, play, spider’s, web, enormous | |
| The Farmer in the Dell | farmer, dell, heigh ho | |
| Ten little Goldfish | ten, little, goldfish, swim | Remember Order |
| All the Pretty Little Horses | cry, sleepy, wake, pretty, horses | Recall Details |
| Mother, Mother I Am Ill | ill, doctor, nurse, alligator, purse | Recall Details |
| Jack and Jill | hill, pail, water, fell, tumbling | |
| Three Little Kittens | three, kittens, lost, mittens, naughty | Recall Details |
| Mary Had a Little Lamb | lamb, fleece, white, snow, everywhere | |
| Little Miss Muffet | tuffet, curds, whey, beside, frightened | Remember Order |
| I Touch My Nose Like This | touch, nose, eyes, mouth, head | |
| Polly Put the Kettle On | kettle, tea, off, away | |
| This Little Pig | pig, market, home, roast, beef | Predicting, Remember Order |
| Quack, Quack, Quack | big, skinny, duck, feather, back | |
| Little Rabbit | rabbit, ear, turnips, carrots, bite | |
| Eensy, Weensy Spider | spout, washed, sun, dried, rain | Remember Order |
| Tortillas, Tortillas | tortillas, mother, father, brother, me | |
| The Bus | people, bus, up, town | |
| My Valentine | Valentine, red, blue, drop, mailbox | |
| Wee Willie Winkie | upstairs and downstairs, nightgown, rapping, lock, children | Recall Details |
| A-Hunting We Will Go | hunting, we, catch, fox, box | |
| Yankee Doodle | Yankee, riding, pony, stuck, hat | Recall Details |
| Zulu Warrior | come, here, Zulu, warrior, chief | |
| Andy’s Adventures | athlete, acrobat, astronaut, actor, attic | |
| Baby’s Birthday | balloon, bunny, bowl, bottle, birthday | |
| At Camp | camp, canoe, cave, caterpillar, camera | |
| I Go . . . | dock, dairy, deli, dentist, dragon | |
| Eleven Elephants | eleven, elevator, exiting, tickets, envelope | |
| Five | five, fat, freckled, frilly, flying | |
| Go, Grasshopper | guppy, golf, goose, garden, grasshopper | |
| Hair | hippo, hair, hog, hyena, hamster | |
| Who Has an Itch? | iguana, itchy, inspector, infant, insect | |
| Jumbled | jumbled, jam, jet, jeep, jelly beans | |
| Here Kitty, Kitty | kitchen, kickoff, kangaroo, kindergarten, kiss | |
| Long Lewie | legs, leap, lily pad, log, ladder | |
| Magnifying Glass | magnifying, glass, monkey, mouse, mustache | |
| New | new, neighborhood, friend, school, same | |
| Opposites | tall, short, opposites, cold, stop | |
| Pairs | pair, arms, paws, spots, panda | |
| The Quiet Book | book, quack, quiet | |
| Rascal’s Rotten Day | rhinoceros, rainbow, rose, rash, ranch | |
| Six Silly Sailors | silly, sailors, sewing, socks, sea | |
| Together | toothbrush, tennis, tub, towel, together | |
| Under | under, lamp, blanket, shelf, rug | |
| Family Vacation | van, volcano, view, visit, vacation | |
| Watch the Woolly Worm | watch, worm, wiggle, weave, wings | |
| Rex is in a Fix | X ray, ax, sax, tyrannosaurus rex, fix | |
| Yummy | yummy, cheese, lemons, bananas, yesterday | |
| The Zebra | zoo, zebra, zigzag, stripes, zippers |
Level 2
Book Title |
Vocabulary |
ComprehensionGet Ready / Think About It |
| Mine | scar | Build Knowledge / Describe Characters |
| The Gingerbread Man | Connect to Me / Remember Order | |
| Jose Three | swish, confusing, amusing | Step into the Story / Describe Characters |
| The Little Red Hen | Build Knowledge / Connect to Me | |
| My Super Sticky Sandwich | squished | Peek at the Story / Find an Answer |
| Lizard and the Painted Rock | Build Knowledge / Connect to Me | |
| Ooey, Gooey Mud! | scrunchy, bittersweet | Connect to Me / Describe Characters |
| Anansi and the Seven Yam Hills | Build Knowledge / Describe Characters | |
| Fawn Eyes | chirp, damp, | Connect to Me / Describe Characters |
| The Big Mitten | Connect to Me / Connect to Me | |
| Garden Visitors | trampoline, relays, lace | Step into the Story / Five W’s |
| The Three Little Pigs | Peek at the Story / Remember Order | |
| Little Monkey | nibbled | Compare Characters / Remember Order |
| City Mouse and the Country Mouse | Connect to Me / Compare Characters | |
| The Alligator in the Library | checkout desk, alligator | Peek at the Story / Find an Answer |
| Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Ask a Question / Connect to Me | |
| A Story in the Snow | tracks, dodged, darted, thicket, bounded, burrow | Step into the Story / Compare Characters |
| The Magic Porridge Pot | Build Knowledge / Recall Details | |
| Shell Houses | muffled, oyster, gurgled, hermit crab, sea urchin, chimed, sea turtle, slime | Step into the Story / Remember Order |
| The Three Wishes | Connect to Me / Remember Order | |
| Lost Socks | jog, fog | Build Knowledge / Find an Answer |
| Henny Penny | Ask a Question / Distinguish Between Fantasy and Reality | |
| Lumpy Mush | mush, mash, dust balls | Step into the Story / Five W’s |
| Mr. Lucky Straw | Build Knowledge / Remember Order | |
| The Germs | hitched | Build Knowledge / Five W’s |
| La Tortuga | Build Knowledge / Imagine Beyond | |
| The Swing | pleasantest | Step into the Story / Describe Characters |
| The Shoemaker and the Elves | Build Knowledge / Five W’s | |
| The Watermelon Seed | accidentally | Build Knowledge / Find and Answer |
| The Brothers | Build Knowledge / Describe Characters | |
| Moon Song | fades, crescent, invisible, sliver, gleaming | Build Knowledge / Connect to Me |
| The Ugly Duckling | Peek at the Story / Connect to Me | |
| What Is a Cloud? | Build Knowledge / Find an Answer | |
| Context Clues – Don’t Be Scared | cave, stare, brave, save, screamed | |
| Legs | creatures | Connect to Me / Compare Characters |
| Context Clues – Do You Have My Shoes? | cone, stone, phone, note, bone | |
| In the Rain | rain-speckled | Step into the Story / Remember Order |
| Context Clues – Nice Mice | twice, pile, mile, tire, piece | |
| Moving Day | Peek at the Story / Find an Answer | |
| Context Clues – Vito’s Big Night | June, party, tune, stream, embarrassed | |
| Seeing Fingers | blob, prickly, | Step into the Story / Find an Answer |
| Context Clues – Gail’s Adventure | played, rain, tail, spot, ray | |
| Play Ball | champions | Peek at the Story / Find an Answer |
Level 3
Book Title |
Vocabulary |
ComprehensionGet Ready / Think About It |
| Bad News Shoes | thick-soled, stout, support, sleek, velvet, dainty, | Peek at the Story / Check My Guess |
| Up and Down | gravity | |
| I Met a Monster | stereo, greedy, knitting needle | Peek at the Story / Check My Guess |
| The Mighty Sparrow | basking | |
| Bandage Bandit | burglar | Peek at the Story / Check My Guess |
| The Four Seasons | mangos, harvest | |
| Rocks in My Socks | quilt | Peek at the Story / Check My Guess |
| David Next Door | ||
| The Snow Lion | China, rice paper, boasted, humbly, noble, | Peek at the Story / Check My Guess |
| Poetry Book 1 | worrisome, shrill, bogs, Venus’s flytrap, insectivore, leaf hopper, armadillo, halo, explosion | |
| Snake Weaves a Rug | badger, Ya ateeh, loom, frame | Peek at the Story / Check My Guess |
| The Crowded House | kerchief, dawn, advice, relief, roomy | |
| Turtle’s Pond | alder, banks, burrowed | Build Knowledge / Remember Order |
| Sound | vibration, inner ear, eardrum, anvil, stirrup, hammer | |
| Great White Bird | egret, scan, dagger, keen, gleam, salt grass | Build Knowledge / Remember Order |
| Duc Tho Lee’s Birthday Present | Vietnam, bamboo, rice cakes | |
| The Story Cloth | bamboo, Laos, bamboo shoots, Thailand | Build Knowledge / Remember Order |
| Wendel Wandered | ailse, scowled, baggage, chute, whimpered | |
| Lorenzo’s Llama | llamas, Andes Mountains, chuyo, grazed, panpipe, bobbles | Build Knowledge / Remember Order |
| Today I Write a Letter | Konnichiwa, Mata | |
| The Sweater | knit, boa constrictor | Build Knowledge / Remember Order |
| I Hate Peas | ||
| Noise? What Noise? | deaf, signed, hail | Build Knowledge / Remember Order |
| Darren’s Work | salmon, Kuskokwim, mends, voles, wisp, tundra, marsh, loon, bluffs, swallows | |
| The Story of Tong and Mai Nhia | weaver | Step into the Story / Compare Characters |
| Mr. Croaky Toad | peat moss, marigold, petunia, bulging, gnats, hibernating | |
| What If You Were an Octopus? | Step into the Story / Compare Characters | |
| White-Tailed Deer | doe, bleat, nuzzles | |
| The Talking Lizard | gecko, China, | Step into the Story / Compare Characters |
| Water | windowpane, mist, burner, iceberg | |
| The Weather on Blackberry Lane | cream puffs, sprinkler, mackerel sky, mischief, twilight | Step into the Story / Compare Characters |
| Sequoyah’s Talking Leaves | Cherokee, silversmith, bark, chiefs | |
| Winter Snoozers | hibernate, oxygen, kin | Step into the Story / Compare Characters |
| Drawing | swimming trunks, pouch, leopard | |
| Why Wind and Water Fight | overflowed, scrawny, meandering, contentment, skittered, whitecaps, batter | Step into the Story / Compare Characters |
| What Will Sara Be? | astronaut, architect, skyscraper, intermission, sculptor, veterinarian, forest ranger | |
| Little Tree | meadow, fireweed, needles, wood mites, burrowed, drowsed, woodpecker, sap, ferns, spattered, streaked, pinecones, nourished, seedlings | Build Knowledge / Build Vocabulary |
| The Three Billy Goats Gruff | ||
| All on the Same Earth | solar system, Mercury, Venus, poisonous acid, orbiting, planet, reflect, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, tilted planet, Neptune, Pluto, | Build Knowledge / Build Vocabulary |
| Amazing Tails | amazing, paddle, steer, propellers, flyswatter | |
| The Pizza Book | Stone Age, Greece, Italy, basil, pitas, English muffins | Build Knowledge / Build Vocabulary |
| My Reptile Hospital | reptile, swamp, murky, dense herpetologist, , kapok tree, coil, chameleon, gila monster, poisonous, tide, cold-blooded | |
| The Pinata Book | padres, mission, papier-mache, rafter | Build Knowledge / Build Vocabulary |
| Movin’ to the Music Time | fiddle, dance a square, do-si-do, | |
| Discovering Dinosaurs | cliffs, fossil, backbone, ichthyosaur, plesiosaur, pterosaur | Build Knowledge / Build Vocabulary |
| Macaw’s Chorus | canopy, chorus, jamboree, mahogany, dusk, melody, | Build Knowledge / Build Vocabulary |
| Treasures from the Loom | New Mexico, weavers, shuttle, dyes, coasters, table runners, tradition | |
| The Courage to Learn | fever, drifted, blind, deaf, braille, honors, | Peek at the Story / Map the Story |
| Poetry Book 2 | checkers, petunias, pansies, boa constrictor, surf, shore, clan, spray, wheelies, curbs, pavement, asphalt, arch, Apatosaurus, saxophone, trombone kettle, drum, bass, murky, foam | |
| The Bee’s Secret | nectar, pollen, petal, quivers | Peek at the Story / Map the Story |
| How Rivers Began | messenger, face of the earth, crystal clear, wound, valleys, precious | Peek at the Story / Map the Story |
| Pencil Magic | doodles, bases, home plate | Peek at the Story / Map the Story |
| Elephant Upstairs | ceiling, teeter-totter, apartment | Peek at the Story / Map the Story |
| Reaching Above | Oklahoma, boll, flock, book wagon, Wright brothers, France, license, prejudice | Peek at the Story / Map the Story |
