This LibGuide contains recommended Children's Literature by genre and other criteria. This is a selection of books in the King Curriculum Lab on Kinlaw Library's first floor; please search Asbury Scholar, the Library Catalog, or visit the King Curriculum Lab to see our other children's literature books.
Below is a list of language arts curriculum books located in the King Curriculum Lab.
Curriculum Books for Language Arts
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Grade Level |
Author |
Title |
Call # |
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Elementary |
Bear, Donald |
Words Their Way: Letter and Picture Sorts for Emergent Spellers |
372.46 W67wl
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Elementary |
Bear, Donald |
Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Derivational Relations Spellers |
372.46 W67d
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Elementary |
Bear, Donald, et al. |
Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Letter Name-Alphabetic Spellers |
372.46 W67a
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Elementary |
Bear, Donald |
Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Syllables and Affixes Spellers |
372.46 W67s
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Elementary |
Bear, Donald, et al. |
Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Within Word Pattern Spellers |
372.46 W67ww
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Elementary |
Bear, Donald, et al. |
Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction |
372.46 W67ws
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Elementary |
Allen, Patrick |
Conferring: The Keystone of Reader’s Workshop |
372.6 A44c
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Elementary |
Van Sluys, Katie |
Becoming Writers in the Elementary Classroom: Visions and Decisions
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372.6 S58b
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Elementary |
Trelease, Jim |
The Read-Aloud Handbook |
372.45 T73r
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Elementary |
Miller, Debbie |
Reading with Meaning: Teaching Comprehension in the Primary Grades |
372.4 M54r
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PreK -2 |
Neuman, Susan B. |
All About Words: Increasing Vocabulary in the Common Core Classroom, PreK-2 |
372.6 N48a ( |
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Elementary (Grades PreK-1) |
Einhorn, Kama |
Teaching with Favorite Alphabet Books (PreK-1) |
371.34 K44nw
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Elementary (Grades K-3) |
Rog, Lori Jamison |
Marvelous Mini-lessons for Teaching Beginning Writing, K-3 |
372.62 R63m
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Elementary (Grades K-5) |
Miller, Lisa |
Make Me a Story: Teaching Writing through Digital Storytelling |
372.6 M54mm
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Elementary (Grades 1-6) |
Frey, Nancy |
Learning Words Inside and Out |
372.6 F73lw
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Elementary (Grades 1-6) |
Opitz, Michael; Jennifer Davis-Duerr |
Literacy Lessons to Help Kids Get Fit and Healthy |
372.6 O64ll
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Elementary (Grades 2-4) |
Rhodes, Immacula |
Teaching Literary Elements with Favorite Chapter Books |
372.6 R46tl
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Elementary (Grades 2-4) |
Rhodes, Immacula A. |
Teaching Literary Elements with Favorite Chapter Books |
372.6 R46tl
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Elementary (Grades 3-6) |
Kellaher, Karen |
Narrative Writing Smart Board Lessons |
371.34 K44nw
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Elementary (Grades 3 – 8) |
Pinnell, Gay Su; Irene Fountas |
The Continuum of Literacy Learning |
372.6 P56CLL
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Elementary (Grades 4-5) |
Walpole, Sharon, et al. |
Differentiated Reading Instruction in Grades 4 and 5: Strategies
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372.4 W34d
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Elementary (Grades 4-6) |
Martin, Justin McCory |
Funny Read-Aloud Plays with Leveled Parts |
372.67 M37fr
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Elementary (Grades 2-4) |
Rhodes, Immacula |
Teaching Literary Elements with Favorite Chapter Books |
372.6 R46tl
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Elementary & Middle School (Grades K-8) |
Buly, Marsha Riddle |
English Language Learners in Literacy Workshops |
428.2 B84e
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Elementary & Middle School (Grades PreK-8) |
Columba, Lynn |
The Power of Picture Books |
372.6 C64pp
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Elementary & Middle School (Grades 3, 5, 6, 7, & 8) |
Peoples Education |
People’s Common Core English Language Arts
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372.6 P46p
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Elementary & Middle School |
Barnhouse, Dorothy |
What Readers Really Do: Teaching the Process of Meaning Making |
372.4 B37w
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Elementary, Middle School & High School |
Beck, Isabel L., et al. |
Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction |
372.44 B42b
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Elementary, Middle School & High School |
International Reading Association |
Standards for Reading Professionals |
379.1 I57rp
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Elementary, Middle School, & High School (Grades 4 and up) |
Lewis, Patrick |
Poems for Teaching in the Content Area |
372.64 L48p
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Elementary, Middle School, & High School (Grades 4 and up) |
Allen, Janet |
Inside Words: Tools for Teaching Academic Vocabulary, Grades 4-12 |
418.0071 A44i
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Elementary, Middle School, & High School (Grades 5 and up) |
Wolsey, Thomas DeVere |
Transforming Writing Instruction in the Digital Age: Techniques for Grades 5-12 |
428.00712 W65t
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Elementary, Middle School, & High School
|
Rasinski, Timothy |
Fluency Instruction: Research-Based Best Practices |
372.41 R37f
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Middle School (Grades 6-8) |
Culham, Ruth |
Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide for Middle School |
428.1 C84tw
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Middle School |
Robb, Laura |
Teaching Reading in Middle School |
428.4 R62tr
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Middle School & High School (Grades 7-12) |
Carter, James Buckey |
Building Literacy Connections with Graphic Novels |
428.4 C37b
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Middle School & High School |
Burke, Jim |
What’s the Big Idea? |
428 B87wb
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Middle School & High School |
Prust, Samantha |
A Sentence a Day |
372.62 P78sd
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Middle School & High School |
Applebee, Arthur N. |
Writing Instruction that Works: Proven Methods for Middle and High School Classrooms |
808.0420712 A66w
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High School |
Beers, Kylene |
Elements of Literature |
808.81 B43e
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Kirkland, David E. |
A Search Past Silence: The Literacy of Young Black Men |
371.82996 K57s
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Below are some picture books for language arts from our collections.
The Case of the Incapacitated Capitals by 
Exclamation Mark by 
Learn Compound Sentences with Unicorns by 
Below is a list of language arts websites with resources for all grade levels. The descriptions are from the sites.
These sites allow students to create their own books.
These sites provide articles in multiple content areas for K-12 students. These websites come from Eric Curts' article "Awesome Articles for Students: Websites and Other Resources."
To locate children's books in the King Curriculum Lab, use the following guide for call numbers:
When searching for children's books in the library's online catalog, do an Advanced Search. Select "Audience" and "Juvenile." Type your term in the search box.
