In-Class+Text

__Text Set__
 * A theme or strand for the text set that relates to the theme.
 * Type of texts would be most appropriate to the purpose of the lesson.

__Diverse Text__ (6-20-11) (Social groups, heritage, culture, family)

"A Father Like That" by Charlotte Zolotow "Don't Say Ain't" by Irene Smalls "Hip Hop Speaks to Children" by Nikki Giovanni "Princess Grace" by Mary Hoffman "In Our Mothers' House" by Patricia Polacco "Fancy Nancy" by Jane O'Connor "When Marian Sang" by Pam Munoz Ryan "Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa" by Veronica Chambers "My Brother Charlie" by Holly Robinson Peete and Ryan Elizabeth Peete "Apple Picking Time" by Michele Benoit Slawson "In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall:African Americans Celebrating Fathers" Steptoe "Estela's Swap" by Alexis O'Neill "Stitchin' and Pullin': a Gee's Bend Quilt" by Patricia C. McKissack "Rosa" by Nikki Giovanni "Happy to be Nappy" by Bell Hooks "Be Good to Eddie Lee" by Virginia Fleming "So Far from the Sea" by Eve Bunting "Abuela" by Arthur Dorros "We Had A Picnic This Sunday Past" by Jacqueline Woodson

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