Incorporating Games into Text Sets to Support Engaged Literacy Learning
Text Set to Support Grammar Development in Elementary Classrooms Books: ● Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What is an Adverb? by Brian Cleary ● A Lime, a Mime, a Pool of Slime: More about Nouns by Brian Cleary ● Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What Is an Adjective? by Brian Cleary ● If You Were an Adjective by Michael Dahl ● If You Were an Apostrophe by Shelly Lyons ● It’s Hard to be a Verb! by Julia Cook ● Kites Sail High: A Book about Verbs by Ruth Heller ● Nouns and Verbs Have a Field Day by Robin Pulver ● Punctuation Takes a Vacation by Robin Pulver
Text Set to Support the Study of Science Habitats in Elementary Classrooms Books: ● Desert Giant: The World of the Saguaro Cactus by Barbara Bush ● Ecology: The Study of Ecosystems by Susan Gray ● In the Desert by Alex Ives ● Life in the Ocean by Claire Nivola ● Little Fox in the Forest by Stephanie Graegin ● My Home in the Rainforest by J. Patrick Lewis ● Who Lives in the Arctic? by Susan Canizares and Pamela Chanko ● Why Oh Why Are Deserts Dry? by Dr. Seuss