Quality readers that aren't history...again

[violin69]

SL, Winter's Promise... have readers that are history based. Are there any reader packages out there that aren't history based? It just seems to be history overload to me. Anyone else feel this way? Any ideas?

[Country Girl]

Bump:001_smile:

[MIch elle]

SL and others are historical fiction overloaded.

Try Amblesideonline.org

 

We love the readers by CLE. In grades 4 & up we use the CLE reading program.Go to this page:http://www.clp.org/store/by_subject/1 to see samples click on "VIEW DETAILS" then click the # (401 to 410) for the lightunits (workbooks)

Edited April 9, 2009 by MIch elle

[Catwoman]

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[Lori D.]

These are all 2nd-4th grade reader level; some are the older "stepped readers" -- but my boys found those to be very interesting in that reader stage. I know this isn't a curriculum or program -- but maybe you really don't *need* a reading program at this point?? Just enjoy loads of good books aloud together, and solo reading at or a little below their level, and discuss, follow "bunny trails", or just enjoy reading! Hope something here is of help. Warmest regards, Lori D.

 

NON FICTION

 

ART

- Come Look With Me (series) (Blizzard)-- beautiful beginning art appreciation

- Looking at Pictures (Richardson) -- slightly more in-depth art appreciation book

- 1-2-3 Draw series (Levin) -- basic "how to draw" books

- Anna's Art Adventure (Sortland)

- The Story of the Search for the Story (Sortland)

 

 

MATH (these are FUN!)

- books by Anno

- The Dragon's Scales (Albee)

- The Great Tulip Trade (Brust)

- Fly on the Ceiling (Glass)

- Ben Franklin and the Magic Squares (Murphy/Walz)

- Sir Cumference series (Math Adventure series) (Neuschwander/Geehan)

 

 

FUN

- riddle book series by Eisenberg/Hall

 

 

 

 

SCIENCE

- Magic School Bus series

- Usborne science titles

- Let's Read and Find Out About Science series

- science books by Gail Gibbon

- Greg's Microscope (Selsam)

- Hill of Fire (Lewis)

- Volcanoes! (Arnold)

- Quakes (McMorrow)

- Storm Chasers (Herman)

- Twisters! (Hayden)

- Lightning: It's Electrifying (Dussling)

- The Animal Rescue Club (Himmelman)

- Dinosaur Hunter (Alphin) -- 1880s dino hunters

- Dinosaur Hunters (McMullan) -- modern dino hunters

- Dancing with Manatees (McNulty)

- Plants Bite Back (Platt)

 

 

 

FICTION

 

 

REAL LIFE

- Light at Tern Rock (Sauer)

- The Hundred Dresses (Estes)

- The Toothpaste Millionaire (Merrill)

- B is for Betsy (Heywood)

- Betsy and Tacy series (Lovelace)

- Stone Fox (Gardiner)

- Dolphin Adventure; Dolphin Treasure; Dolphins and Me (Grover)

- Follow My Leader (Garfield)

- Henry Huggins (series) (McCleary)

- Understood Betsy (Fisher)

- The Robinson Crusoe Reader (Cowles)

- Grandma's Attic series (Richardson)

- House on Rocky Ridge (Macbride) -- series following Laura Ingalls Wilder's descendants

- Mountain Born (Yates)**

- Plain Girl (Sorensen)**

 

 

MYSTERY / DETECTIVE

- Nate the Great series (Sharmat)

- Jigsaw Jones series (Prellar)

- Third Grade Detectives series (Adler)

- Cam Jensen series (Adler)

- Roman Myseries series (Lawrence)

- Encyclopedia Brown series (Sobol)

 

 

MYTH

- Flying Horse: The Story of Pegasus (Mason)

- Snake Hair: The Story of Medusa (Spinner)

- Monster in the Maze (Spinner)

- The Blind Men and the Elephant (Backstein/Mitra)

- Sim-Chung and the River Dragon (Schecter)

- The Warrior Maiden (Schecter)

- Peach Boy (Hooks)

- Robin Hood: Tale of the Great Outlaw Hero (Bull)

- Aladdin (Mistry)

 

 

FANTASY

- Moongobble and Me series (Coville)

- Toots and the Upside Down House; Toots Underground (Hughes)

- Dragon Slayer Academy series (McMullan)

- Land of Oz; Ozma of Oz (Baum) -- lively sequels; skip Wizard of Oz (dull/long)

- Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series (Betty MacDonald)

- The Father Christmas Letters (Tolkien)

- The Littles series (Peterson)

- The Borrowers (series) (Norton)

- Charlie & the Chocolate Factory; Great Glass Elevator (Dahl)

- Pippi Longstockings; Pippi in the South Seas (Astrid)

 

 

FUN TALL TALE

- A Grain of Rice (Pittman)

- The Bears on Hemlock Mountain (Dalgliesh)

- The Whipping Boy (Fleischman)

- McBroom's Wonderful One-Acre Farm (Fleischman)

- By the Great Horn Spoon (Fleischman)

 

 

ANIMALS (real)

- Five True Dog Stories (Davidson)

- Seven True Horse Stories (Davidson)

- Nine True Dolphin Stories (Davidson)

- A Horse Named Seabiscuit (Duvowski)

- Man O'War (Mckerly)

- Horse Heroes (Petty)

- The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto (Standiford)

- Barry, the Bravest St. Bernard (Hall)

- Buddy, the First Seeing Eye Dog (Moore)

- Dolphin Adventure; Dolphin Treasure; Dolphins and Me (Grover)

- Follow My Leader (Garfield)

- Stone Fox (Gardiner)

- Giant Squid: Mystery of the Deep (Dussling)

 

 

ANIMALS (talking)

- The Cricket in Times Square (Selden)

- Chester Cricket series (Selden)

- Charlotte's Web; Trumpet of the Swan (White)

- The Mouse and the Motorcycle (McCleary)

- Ben and I (Lawson)

[Lori D.]

We used the Ginn Basic Reader series by David Russell (and Doris Gates, et.al.) as a wonderful supplement up through 5th-6th grade, as they give you exposure to retellings of classic stories; classic poetry; plus original short stories, plays, etc.

 

I see these available online for for $5-$15/each (plus shipping) at: Amazon used books; E-bay; online vintage bookshops such as Abe's, Powells, and Albris; and through small online dealers by google searches on the titles. For an idea of what these look like, scroll down on this website: http://www.juliascollectibles.com/ginn.htm

 

Each reader is usually about 350 pages, and contains a wonderful collection of retellings of classics; classic poetry; legends/myths/fairytales; stories about children in other cultures; along with a few "hokey" 1950s stories about "modern" children. Each reader has a wonderful glossary in the back with the page # in parenthesis so you can work with vocabulary in the stories; and some of the stories have reading comprehension questions and other expansion/teaching ideas.

 

Each enrichment book contains more reading at that level. Below fourth grade, the enrichment books are more collections of the hokey stories, BUT... fourth grade and up, enrichment books are very similar to the readers. You can also often find the teaching manuals used to give you more ideas for working with the stories as literature!

 

Below is what I've been able to come up with as to how the titles fit into the grades. We used the 4th grade books in 3rd grade, so I think these are very gentle in how they are listed by reading level. BEST of luck in finding what works for your family! Warmest regards, Lori D.

 

 

GINN BASIC READERS

 

Primer

- My Little Red Story Book (1st primer)

- My Little Green Story Book (2nd primer)

- My Little Blue Story Book (3rd primer)

- Come With Us (enrichment)

 

1st Grade

- The Little White House (1st semester reader)

- On Cherry Street (2nd semester reader)

- Under the Apple Tree (enrichment)

- Open the Gate (enrichment)

 

2nd Grade:

- We Are Neighbors (1st semester reader)

- Around the Corner (2nd semester reader)

- Ranches and Rainbows (enrichment)

 

3rd Grade

- Finding New Neighbors (1st semester reader)

- Friends Far and Near (2nd semester 1reader)

- Fun and Fancy (enrichment)

 

4th Grade

- Roads to Everywhere (reader)

- Down Story Roads (enrichment)

 

5th Grade

- Trails to Treasure (reader)

- Doorways to Discovery (reader)

- Along Story Trails (enrichment)

 

6th Grade

- Wings to Adventure (reader)

- Windows on the World (reader)

- On Story Wings (enrichment)