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Reading Rocks!
Our reading program is Savvas Pearson.Popcorn Sight WordsPopcorn words are words that "pop" up frequently in reading and writing. It is critical that readers and writers develop automatic recognition of popcorn words, a skill that leads to fluency.
I included a complete sight word list and additional activities to help your child learn new words.Savvas Sight Word List (easy to print)
Recommended Books for K-2 graders
List of 100 Books to Read in Kindergarten
K-2 Recommended Booklist
A Boy, A Dog, and A Frog or other titles by Mercer Mayer
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
Angelina Ballerina by Katharine Holabird
Arthur and D.W. titles by Marc Brown
Bright Eyes, Brown Skin by Cheryl Hudson
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin
Cam Jansen series by David Adler
Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkin
Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 by Bill Martin Jr.
Color Zoo and other titles by Lois Ehlert
Corduroy by Don Freeman
Curious George series by H. E. Rey
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! And titles by Mo Willems
Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
Eating Fractions by Bruce McMillan
Five Little Monkeys with Nothing To Do by Eileen Christelow
Foot Book and other titles by Dr. Seuss
Freight Train and other titles by Donald Crews
Frog and Toad series by Arnold Lobel
Go, Dog, Go by P. D. Eastman
Good Boy, Fergus! and No David! by David Shannon
Goodnight, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
Henry and Mudge series by Cynthia Rylant
If You Give A Mouse a Cookie and other titles by Laura Numeroff
Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear by Nancy White Carlstrom
Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park
Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse and other titles by Kevin Henkes
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag
Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten and other titles by Joseph Slate
Miss Nelson books by James Allard
Miss Spider series by David Kirk
Mitten and other titles by Jan Brett
Moon Bear series by Frank Asch
Mouse Count and Mouse Paint by Ellen Walsh
Napping House by Audrey Wood
Nate the Great series by Marjorie W. Sharmat
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
Olivia series by Ian Falconer
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Swimmy by Leo Lionni
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrice Potter
Ten Apples Up On Top by Theo LeSieg
Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang
Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins
Three Billy Goats Gruff and Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens
Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto
Very Hungry Caterpillar and other titles by Eric Carle
We’re Going On A Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak