The book takes the kids through a trip to the zoo,

by looking at various coloured animals in groups.

The students can count along with the teacher and
look at the amazing collage pictures that Carle
makes. It will help students recognize the value
that goes with numbers and it shows them the
symbol used to represent each animal.

Carle, Eric. (1968). 1,2,3 To the zoo. New York: Philomel Books.

Make a Carle-esque animal collage: The children

will each choose an animal that they like and a
colour. The children will use paint to paint
different textures onto paper, then once it has
dried they get to draw the animals that they want
and then cut out the animals.

The children will invent more stories involving the

letters as characters. They will illustrate and
explain their stories as the teacher records their
words. Then will then share their stories with each
other.

Martin, B., Jr, & Archambault, J. (1989). Chicka Chicka

Boom Boom. New York:

Children will each be assigned a letter. They will

have to come up with an action for that letter. In a
circle, the teacher will go around in the correct
alphabetical order and ask students to act out their
letter. Everyone will have to mimic the student.
For example, I am a running A. Everyone will
have to then run on the spot in the form of an A.

This book is about a little boy who spends the day

with his grandfather travelling through nature.
They start on the lake in the morning, then climb
the cliff and end up in the forest at night. The
grandfather teaches the child to respect nature.

Write a story about our grandparents (Cycle 1) or

research an environmental topic (Cycle 2) and
share with the class.
Waboose, Jan Bourdeau. (1998). Morning on the lake.
Buffalo, NY: Kids Can Press.

Can be read to Kindergarten and do drawing

activities or skits/games.

For Cycle 1, students can practice memory and

create a book following the plot of the story. What
does the old lady eat first, next and last? Students
decorate their book and share it with a partner.

2Colandro, Lucille. (2002). There was an old lady who

swallowed a bat. New York, NY:

If you are subbing for around a week or more.

This book is about the youngest of the Lang family,
Yingtao. They have recently immigrated to the USA and
his parents are teaching music. The only problem is that
Yingtao is not musically talented like the rest of his
family and he prefers baseball over music practice.
Write a journal entry about something that you are good
at. Then create a picture/collage of you being good at
this thing.

Namioka, Lensey. (1992). Yang the youngest and his

terrible ear. Boston: Joy Street

If the reading level is too high, the book can be read

each day by the teacher or a volunteer student can help
read it.

This anthology brings together different stories

about First Nation princesses. It serves to compare
them to Old World princesses but also to tell
stories from a New World perspective.
Can share one story at a time and plan an activity
for that specific story
Write and share our own fairy tales/folk tales.
For grade 4 (or 5), ask students to play with the
stories and change the gender roles
Harris, Christie. (1980). The trouble with princesses.
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart.

Use when subbing for longer than a week

Sadako was a real girl who lived through the
bombing of Hiroshima. She developed cancer from
the radiation and became ill. She wanted to make
1,000 paper cranes, because a legend said that if
she completed this task, she would be granted one
wish.
Have our students create paper cranes to raise
awareness for people struggling with illness or in
memory of loved ones that have passed on.
Coerr, Eleanor. (2004). Sadako and the thousand paper
cranes. New York: Puffin.

This is an anthology of Canadian poems. These

poems range from simply funny tales to more
serious, thought-provoking poems. They each tell a
small story about what it is to be Canadian or what
it is like to live in Canada.
Can be read to Cycle 1 (and do a drawing activity)
Some can be read by Cycle 2- and write our own
short verse poem
In Cycle 3 we can study the different types of
poems and try our hand at writing
Jen Hamilton (Ed.). (2005). Canadian poems for Canadian
kids. Vancouver, BC: Subway

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do

You See? (By Bill Martin)
Guess How Much I Love you?
(By Sam Mcbratney)
Mix it up (By Heve Jullet) *

The Hungry Caterpillar (By Eric Carle)

Wheres My Monkey (By Dieter
Schubert)

The Book with No Pictures

(By B.J. Novak)
Green Eggs and Ham (By Dr. Seuss) *
Dont Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
(By Mo Willems)
Chester (By Melanie)

The Monster at the End of this Book

(by Jon Stone)

Shapes (By Melanie Watt) *

Alphabet (By Melanie Watt) *
Opposite (By Melanie Watt) *
Colours (By Melanie Watt) *
Numbers (By Melanie Watt) *
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
(By Bill Martin, Jr. & John
Archambault)

Love You Forever (By Robert Munch) *

Smelly Sock (By Robert Munch)
The Gruffalos Child (By Julia
Donaldson)
The Snail of the Whale (By Julia
Donaldson)

Stick Man (By Julia Donaldson)

- Books can be used for over multiples lessons

Aesops Fables for Children

(By Winter, M.) *
All the Small Poems and Fourteen
More (By Worth, V.)

Arrow Over the Door (By Bruchac, J.)

Christmas at Wapos Bay (By J.Wheeler)
Animorphs Series (By K.A. Applegate)

The Day the Crayons Quit *

(By Drew Daywalt)

Exclamation Mark *
(By Amy K. Rosenthal)

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (By Betty

MacDonald)

Have I got Book for You! *

(By Melanie Watt)

Red Sails to Capri. (By Wiel, A.)

The Other Side (By Jacqueline
Woodson)
The Land I Lost (By Nhuong, H.Q.) *
The Incredible Journey (Burnford, S.)
Detectives in Togas (By Winterfield, H.)
Jeremiah Learns to Read (By Jo Ellen
Bogart)

Amos Daragon: The Mask Wearer

(By Perro, B.)
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
(By Coerr, E.)
*
Carry On, Mr Bowditch (By J.L.Latham)
Dear Canada: The Death of My
Country (By Trottier, M.)

Spiderwick Chronicles (By Holly Black &

Tony DiTerlizzi)

- Books can be used for over multiples lessons