Rationale

This literary text set is over the theme of spring. The central age range and grade for this text set would work best for 1st grade for ages 6-7. This theme is pretty important because it is important for our students to understand the weather changes and the seasons. These books and other resources give them a good overview of what spring is, when it occurs and a few different thing or events that take place during spring time.

• Written by Cynthia Rylant
• Illustrate by Mark Teague
• Published by Cartwheel Books
• ISBN: 0545078679, 48 pages

Summary: In this book it is now springtime and so Poppleton the main character decides to try out some new adventures with his friends. This consists of three stories where Poppleton tries a variety of new things like spring cleaning and riding bikes.

• Standard: RL.1.3 – Describe character, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
• Objective: Writing: Students will be able to write down the main points in the text like character, setting major events that occurred in "Poppleton in Spring".

Overall: The 5 reading firsts that would be in this is comprehension. This book fits into the theme so well because it address the topic of spring but in a fun easy to read book. This book would work well for this standard because it has a variety of characters and they do many different things throughout the story so the kids could easily write down the main points. To find some more information on this book you could go to this website: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1638761.Poppleton_In_Spring

• Written by Marion Dane Bauer
• Illustrated by John Shelley
• Published by Holiday House
• ISBN 9780823429523, 32 pages

Summary: In the middle of the night a boy hears a noise so he goes to see what it is, he finds there is a bear in his yard. The bear leads him into a forest where the boy soon finds that the snow is melting and has many encounters that show him spring is coming.

• Standard: RI.1.2 – Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
• Objective: Speaking: Students will be able too tell a partner key details from the book after it has been read aloud to the class.

Overall: The 5 reading firsts that this would contain is phonics. This book and lesson fits in well with our theme because it shows the transition from winter into the spring season in a unique way with great illustrations. With this lesson this book would be great for retelling the story because it does have so many aspects to it. To find more information not this book you could got to: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18264184-crinkle-crackle-crack

• Written by Patricia Hubbell
• Illustrated by Taia Morley
• Published by Cooper Square Publishing Llc
• ISBN 9781559719131, 32 pages

Summary: This books takes you a bright and colorful journey through a kids favorite season, spring. The pages are full of wonderful illustration that are come off the pages.

• Standard: RF.1.4a – Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.
• Objective: Reading, Speaking: Students will be able to read the book "Hurray for Spring" aloud with expression and emotion.

Overall: The 5 reading first component that is in this lesson is fluency. This is perfect for the theme because it is a book about a boys love for spring so he talks about and shows us his favorite spring activities. This book would be great for fluency to ensure that the students can read it fluently with character and expression. To get more information on this book there is a summary on: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/440580.Hurray_for_Spring

• Written and Illustrated by Mia Posada
• Published by Carolrhoda Books
• ISBN 9781575057866, 32 pages

Summary: This book is full of information about robins. It is presented in a rhyming format and shows you the life cycles and activities that a robin does in its life.

• Standard: RL.1.7 – Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.
• Objective: Writing: Students will be able to use the illustrations in the book to write a summary of who the characters were, what happened and where it took place.

Overall: The 5 first reading component to this text would be vocabulary. This book works well with our theme as well as provides our students with information they may not usually gain about spring. Seeing as this book would likely have a lot of information and words our students wouldn't know you would need to take another approach. This lesson would be useful for helping students use the pictures they're given as a tool to gain deeper understanding. To look into this book deeper look go to: hitp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1312761.Robins

• Written by Tanya Thayer
• Published by First Avenue Editions
• ISBN 9780822519904, 23 pages

Summary: This books contains tons of full-color photographs that describe and show natural scenes of the season. It also has a variety of short sentences that help describe the aspects and activities of spring both indoor and outdoor.

• Standard: RL.1.4 – Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
• Objective: Writing: Students will be able to write a list of words from the book that appeal to our sense or shows feeling.

Overall:The 5 reading first component that would be address is vocabulary. This is perfect for our theme being a nonfiction book over spring it is full of new spring terms that students may not know as well as give them a great overview of the aspects of spring. Being so full of information the students would need to take some time to look at the words that stood out to their senses. For a some more information on this book go the this website: https://www.amazon.com/Spring-First-Nonfiction-Tanya-Thayer/dp/0822519909

• Written by Lois Ehlert
• Published by HMH Books for Young Readers
• ISBN 9780152026080, 40 pages

Summary: This is a simple book that uses unique illustrations to illustrate that stages of a butterfly and where they come from. The book also uses rhyming text to answer questions about where butterflies come from and to describe the various stages of a butterfly.

• Standard: RI.1.7 – Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas.
• Objective: Viewing, Writing: Students will be able to look at the illustrations in the books and write a summary of what the text was about.

Overall: The 5 first reading component that would be address is phonics. This reading fits the theme nicely by again giving them another aspect of spring besides just the weather. This book would be good for that since it is a more simple read but may still contain some words that the kids may not know but they could take the time to sound out. The students will also be able to use the images in this one to gain understanding. For more information on this book go to: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/177397.Waiting_for_Wings