Houghton Mifflin Literature-based series
-- theme based
-- covers various genres (poetry, fantasy, realistic fiction, nonfiction, etc.)
-- rich selection of stories that provide endless teaching opportunities
-- reading comprehension (making predictions, summarizing, making evaluations)
-- discussion of author's purpose (to entertain, inform, or persuade)
Supplemental Books:
My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
Chocolate Fever by Robert Kimmel Smith
-- theme based
-- covers various genres (poetry, fantasy, realistic fiction, nonfiction, etc.)
-- rich selection of stories that provide endless teaching opportunities
-- reading comprehension (making predictions, summarizing, making evaluations)
-- discussion of author's purpose (to entertain, inform, or persuade)
Supplemental Books:
My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
Chocolate Fever by Robert Kimmel Smith