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Gr. 2 Unit 2 Text Suggestions:
[|Amazon Books to Buy- new and used] 1) //__Thank you, Mr. Falker__// by Patricia Polacco. This book is great to help students pull out big ideas or important ideas within the text. It is also a great text to relate the theme with their own life experiences. **//See the lesson plan around __Thank You, Mr. Falker__// in teacher created lesson plans.

2) //__Sheila Rae the Brave__// and //__A Weekend with Wendell__// by Kevin Henkes (publisher Scholastic). These are good books to illustrate, compare and contrast character traits (or types), behavior, feelings.

3) Other good books to illustrate the above include //__Enemy Pie,__// //__Mean Jean the Recess Queen,__// //__Rosie and Michael,__// __//Stefanie's Ponytail// (by Robert Munsch),__ //__Elmer,__// and //__Rainbow Fish.__//

4) //__Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon__// and //__I Like Myself__// (authors and publisher not known). These are great books to compare with one another when teaching comparing Big Ideas.

Other teacher suggestions for Unit 2**** (supporting various important ideas from the unit): -//Officer Buckle and Gloria// -//The Paper Boy// (supports small moment) -//Jamaca's Find -Read to Me Momma -No David -Little Polar Bear// -//Molly Lou Melon -Sister Anns Hands -Amazing Grace -Ish// by P. Renolds -//The Summer My Father Was Ten// -Kevin Henkes books i.e. Wembly Worried -//Mrs. Katz and Tosh// (Supports predicting) -//Ira Sleeps Over -The Giving Tree -The Isle of the Skog -The Wednesday Surprise -Seven Blind Mice -Cordouroy -The Three Questions// by Jon J. Muth -//The Paperbag Princess -The Name Jar//

5) //__Stellaluna__// by Janelle Cannon. This book is supportive for Unit 2 in that you could compare it with other books with the important idea of "Family" and compare / contrast themes within the text such as //fitting in, acceptance, being different in some ways but alike in many others.//

6) __//Charlie Anderson//__ by Barbara Abercrombie. This text is good with addressing differences and families as big ideas.

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