WW Demo Texts
These are books I read aloud to my students and used in minilesson demonstrations.
Narrative Writing
A Sweet Smell of Roses by Angela Johnson
DEAL WITH IT! Powerful Words from Smart, Young Women by The Extended Day Girls, Stacey Shubitz, and Christina L. Rodriguez
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems
Personal Essay
DEAL WITH IT! Powerful Words from Smart, Young Women by The Extended Day Girls, Stacey Shubitz, and Christina L. Rodriguez
Persuasive Writing
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
I Wanna Iguana by Karen Kaufman Orloff
Earrings by Judith Viorst
Literary Essay
These are texts students chose to examine in their literary essays.
The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson
“Slower Than The Rest” by Cynthia Rylant
“My Side of the Story” by Adam Bagdasarian
Four Feet, Two Sandals by Karen Lynn Williams and Khadra Mohammed
The Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting
A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Willaims
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
The Meanest Thing to Say (Little Bill Series) by Bill Cosby
Uncle Peter’s Amazing Chinese Wedding by Lenore Look
Picture Book/Short Fiction Unit of Study
Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel
Grandmama’s Pride by Becky Birtha
Jamaica’s Find by Juanita Havill
Mia’s Story by Michael Foreman
Mutt Dog by Stephen Michael King
Not Norman: A Goldfish Story by Kelly Bennett
Edwina: The Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct by Mo Willems
Hop Jump by Ellen Stohl Walsh
A Frog Thing by Eric Drachman
Poetry
42 Miles by Tracey Vaughn Zimmer
Heartbeat by Sharon Creech
Summer by Steven Schnur
Note: We read many individual poems from poetry anthologies as well.
Memoir
What You Know First by Patricia MacLachlan
When the Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
Stacey Shubitz ~ Fourth Grade Teacher