K+1+Unit+4+Book+Recommendations

Here are some book recommendations for Bringing Language to Life, activating prior knowledge and/or developing topic vocabulary: Back to where you were!
 * Grades K/1 Book Recommendations for the FELD Curriculum Guide Unit 4**

** Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown ** This book is great for developing vocabulary around animal names and farm life. Great for adjective devlopment, and placement: "old, black cat"



** ABCDrive by Naomi Howland ** This book has busy city illustrations for students to talk about. The specific modes of transportation illustrtated include: bus, car(s), van, ambulance, cement mixer, dump truck, fire truck, garbage truck, ice cream truck, jeep, limousine, motorcycles, sailboats, tug boat, police car Other words illustrated include: skyscrapers, bus stop, flower stand, parking meter, bridge/suspension bridge, overpass, underpass, freeway, traffic light/stop light, headlights, stop sign, Xing sign, Yield sign, No Parking Sign, apartments, house, gas station, museum, park, pond, ocean, forrest, China Town, and others. **Books with comparatives and superlatives:** Close, Closer, Closest by Shelley Rotner Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest by Steve Jenkins**
 * Is It Larger? Is It Smaller Tana Haban