Childrens Literature Used in this Book xii The Importance of Expository Writing 1(7) Additional Recommended Childrens Literature Models 8(5) Description 13(54) Animals A Slugs Life 16(13) John Himmelan Kindergarten Lesson Primary Lesson Intermediate Lesson Places A Swim through the Sea 29(15) Kristin Joy Pratt Kindergarten Lesson Primary Lesson Intermediate Lesson Objects What is the Sun? 44(12) Reeve Lindbergh Kindergarten Lesson Primary Lesson Intermediate Lesson Time In the Hush of the Evening 56(11) Nancy Price Graff Kindergarten Lesson Primary Lesson Intermediate Lesson Explaining How and Why 67(54) The Tortilla Factory 70(11) Gary Paulsen Kindergarten Lesson Primary Lesson Intermediate Lesson What Color is Camouflage? 81(13) Carolyn Otto Kindergarten Lesson Primary Lesson Intermediate Lesson My Grandma is Wonderful 94(13) Nick Butterworth Kindergarten Lesson Primary Lesson Intermediate Lesson I Want to be an Astronaut 107(14) Byron Barton Kindergarten Lesson Primary Lesson Intermediate Lesson Leads and Endings 121(32) Welcome to the Sea of Sand 124(16) Jane Yolen Kindergarten Lesson Primary Lesson Intermediate Lesson Have You Seen Trees? 140(13) Joanne Oppenheim Kindergarten Lesson Primary Lesson Intermediate Lesson Cause and Effect 153(48) A Logs Life 156(16) Wendy Pfeffer Kindergarten Lesson Primary Lesson Intermediate Lesson What Will the Weather Be? 172(15) Lynda DeWitt Kindergarten Lesson Primary Lesson Intermediate Lesson Beavers 187(14) Theresa Desmond Kindergarten Lesson Primary Lesson Intermediate Lesson Comparing/Contrasting 201(74) People The Pain and the Great One 204(18) Judy Blume Kindergarten Lesson Primary Lesson Intermediate Lesson We are all Alike...We are all Different by Cheltenham Elementary School Kindergarten 222(12) Kindergarten Lesson Primary Lesson Intermediate Lesson Places Where Once There was a Wood 234(17) Denise Fleming Kindergarten Lesson Primary Lesson Intermediate Lesson Objects Tomorrows Alphabet 251(10) George Shannon Kindergarten Lesson Primary Lesson Intermediate Lesson Time Somewhere in the World Right Now 261(14) Stacey Schuett Kindergarten Lesson Primary Lesson Intermediate Lesson Fact and Opinion 275(28) See How They Grow Butterfly 278(11) Mary Lang Kindergarten Lesson Primary Lesson Intermediate Lesson What Makes a Bird a Bird? 289(14) May Garelick Kindergarten Lesson Primary Lesson Intermediate Lesson Recommended Professional Literature 303(2) About the Authors 305
