RW Demo Texts
These are books I read aloud to my students and used in minilesson demonstrations.
Character Study
· Baby by Patricia MacLachlan
· Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
Inference
Journey by Patricia MacLachlan
Last Summer with Maizon by Jacqueline Woodson
"The Bike" by Gary Soto
Non-Narrative
· Coming to America: The Story of Immigration by Betsy Maestro
· Earth by Christine Taylor-Butler
· Extreme Planets Q&A by Smithsonian
· John, Paul, George and Ben by Lane Smith
· The Journey: Stories of Migration by Cynthia Rylant
· The Moon by Ralph Winrich
· What’s Out There: A Book About Space by Lynn Wilson
Novels in Verse
· Heartbeat by Sharon Creech
· 42 Miles by Tracey Vaughn Zimmer
Patricia Polacco Author Study
· The Lemonade Club
· Pink and Say
· Chicken Sunday
· Meteor!
· Mr. Lincoln's Way
· Mrs. Katz & Tush
· My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother
· Thank You Mr. Falker
· The Keeping Quilt
· The Butterfly
· Betty Doll
Social Issue Books
The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles
If A Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks by Faith Ringgold
Rosa by Nikki Giovanni
“Ezekiel Johnson” from Thanks and Giving
This School Is Not White by Doreen Rappaport
Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson
Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting
One Green Apple by Eve Bunting
Test Prep
My Teacher Likes to Say by Denise Brennan-Nelson
Stacey Shubitz ~ Fourth Grade Teacher