Thematic Guides

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Bugs Thematic Unit is based on the following three pieces of literature: The Icky Bug Counting Book, Miss Spider's Tea Party, and The Very Quiet Cricket.

Community Workers Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: Building a House, The Best Teacher in the World, Police, Rita Goes to the Hospital.

Families Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature:All Kinds of Families, Poinsettia and Her Family.

Farm Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: Family Farm, My Farm.

The Food and Nutrition Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: Growing Vegetable Soup; Bread Bread Bread; and Gregory the Terrible Eater.

Plants Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: How a Seed Grows, Flowers Fruits Seeds, Planting a Rainbow, and A Tree Is Nice.

Safety Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: Dinosaurs, Beware! and A Safety Guide.

Seasons Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree, Something Is Going To Happen, My Spring Robin, When Summer Ends.

Apples provide lesson plans and cross-curricular activities based on the following pieces of literature: Johnny Appleseed and The Giving Tree.

Butterflies provide lesson plans and cross-curricular activities based on the following pieces of literature: The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Where Butterflies Grow.

Christmas Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: Night Tree, The Wild Christmas Reindeer, The Polar Express.

Fairy Tales Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: The Jolly Postman or Other People's Letters, The Talking Eggs.

Five Senses provides lesson plans and cross-curricular activities based on the following pieces of literature: The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, The Little Red Hen.

Food provides provides lesson plans and cross-curricular activities based on the following pieces of literature: Vegetable Soup, The Milk Makers.

Frogs and Toads Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: Frog and Toad are Friends and Red Eyed Tree Frog.

Ladybugs provide lesson plans and cross-curricular activities based on the following pieces of literature: The Grouchy Ladybug and The Ladybug and Other Insects: A first Discovery Book.

Magnets provide lesson plans and cross-curricular activities based on the following pieces of literature: Marta's Magnets and What Makes a Magnet?

The Mice Thematic Unit provides lesson plans and cross-curricular activities based on the following pieces of literature: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and Town Mouse Country Mouse.

Months and Seasons Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: Chicken Soup with Rice and The Apple Pie Tree.

My Country provides lesson plans and cross-curricular activities based on the following pieces of literature: Oh, What a Thanksgiving!, George Washington: A Picture Book Biography, The Star-Spangled Banner.

Native Americans provide lesson plans and cross-curricular activities based on the following pieces of literature: Arrow to the Sun, Rainbow Crow, The Legend of the Bluebonnet.

Penguins provide lesson plans and cross-curricular activities based on the following pieces of literature: The Penguin, Mr. Popper's Penguins.

Planets Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: Louis in the Night Sky and Postcards from Pluto: A Tour of the Solar System.

Rocks & Soil provides lesson plans and cross-curricular activities based on the following pieces of literature: How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World, The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth.

Thanksgiving Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: A Turkey for Thanksgiving, Silly Tilly's Thanksgiving Dinner, Thanksgiving at the Tappletons'.

Weather provides lesson plans and cross-curricular activities based on the following pieces of literature: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, The Cloud Book.

Baseball Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: Bobby Baseball, Stealing Home (The Story of Jackie Robinson), and Great Moments in Baseball History.

The Earthquakes and Volcanoes Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: Earthquakes and Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens.

Geology Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth, Wonderworks of Nature--Volcanoes, Fire From Below, Eyewitness Books: Rocks & Minerals, Brighty of the Grand Canyon.

The Human Body Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body, Through Grandpa's Eyes.

Immigration Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: Do People Grow on Family Trees? Genealogy for Kids and Other Beginners, Molly's Pilgrim, How Many Days to America?, A Thanksgiving Story, Hello-My Name Is Scrambled Eggs.

The Knights and Castles Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: Catherine, Called Birdy and Proud Taste for Scarlet and Minever

Native Americans Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: Annie and the Old Ones, The Desert Is Theirs, The Gift of the Sacred Dog.

Space Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: Exploring Space, The Day We Walked on the Moon, The Little Prince.

Ancient China Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: The Ancient Chinese and Between the Dragon and the Eagle.

Ancient Egypt Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: Pyramid, The Egypt Game.

Ancient Greece Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: Greek Mythology; Ancient Greece.

Civil War Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: Charley Skedaddle, Behind Rebel Lines.

Holocaust Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: Daniel's Story; Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary, Elie Wiesel: Voice from the Holocaust