The Multiple Intelligences of Reading and Writing by Thomas Armstrong
	Straight Talk About Reading by Susan Hall, et. al
	Brian Compatible Strategies by Eric Jensen
	Barrons Essentials of English

Sentence Frame

	Baby Sleeps by Janet and Allan Ahlberg - add capitals and periods
	Look Look by Peter Linenthal – add periods

Predicate Words

	Wag Wag Wag by Peter Hansard – pre-cross referencing skills Buy Wag Wag Wag
	Jiggle Wiggle Prance by Sally Noll – great for subject/predicate agreement

Bare Bones Books

	One Stormy Night by Ruth Brown – find the bare bones within the sentences for older children Buy One Stormy Night
	Who Hops? by Katie Davis – especially good to introduce series
	Who Hoots? by Katie Davis – especially good for use after “Who Hops” to write bare bones
	Mice Squeak, We Speak by Tomie dePaola
	In a Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming – great for writing simple, compound, series predicates
	In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming – great for writing simple, compound, series predicates
	Mouse Creeps by Peter Harris – narrative told in bare bones sentences
	You Push, I Ride by Abby Levine – substitute namers Buy You Push, I Ride
	At the Laundromat by Christine Loomis – which are real sentences
	At the Library by Christine Loomis – which are real sentences Buy At The Library
	At the Mall by Christine Loomis – which are real sentences
	In The Diner by Christine Loomis – great for older students Buy In The Diner
	Crabs Grab by Kees Moerbeek – pop-up: wonderful for teaching action Buy Crabs Grab
	Owls Fly by Kees Moerbeek – pop-up: wonderful for teaching action Buy Owls Fly
	Worms Wiggle by David Pelham – pop-up: wonderful for teaching action
	Mouse Chase by Vivian Sather – narrative told in bare bones sentences

Where Predicate Expansion

	Outside, Inside by Carolyn Crimi – where, particularly good for diagramming
	Barnyard Banter by Denise Fleming – rearrange words to make sentences with where
	Along the Road by Jill Hassall and Emily Bolam – good for recognition of where predicate expanders
	Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill
	Watch You Where You Go by Sally Noll – excellent for teaching predicate expanders
	Jigsaw by Miriam Moss – great for where, inferencing skills, introduce Story Form
	Goodnight by Jan Pienkowsi – pop-up book; good for recognition of where predicate expanders

How Predicate Expansion

	A Snake is Totally Tail by Judi Barrett – -ly vocabulary development for older students Buy A Snake is Totally Tail
	I'm As Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood – with similes for older students

Direct Object Predicate Expansion

Bullfrog Pops by Rick Walton

Reinforcement Practice for All Predicate Expansion

Morning, Noon, and Night by Jean Craighead George – practice all predicate expanders

Looks Like Subject Describers

Rainbows of the Sea by Meredith Thomas – outstanding for diagramming

Behavior/Personality Subject Describers

	Toad by Ruth Brown – excellent to illustrate how vocabulary can depict mood Buy Toad
	Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day – for building vocabulary about feelings
	Naming the Cat by Laurence Pringle – naming animals appropriately using physical characteristic and behavior/personality characteristics

Number Subject Describers

While You Were Sleeping by John Butler – great for diagramming

Ownership Subject Describers

Whose Feet? By Jeannette Rowe – introduces the idea of ownership

Reinforcement Practice of All Subject Describers

In the Ocean by Calire Henley – many good sentences to diagram Buy In The Ocean

Caption Writing

100 Years in Photographs by George Sullivan

Descriptive Writing

	Thundercake by Patricia Polacco – descriptive paragraphs
	Thunderstorm by Nathaniel Tripp – narrative and nonfiction combined with descriptive imagery Buy Thunderstorm

Procedural Writing

	Thundercake by Patricia Polacco – descriptive paragraphs
	Cook-a-Doodle-Doo! by Janet Stevens, et. al.

Transitioning to Formal Grammar

	A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What is a Noun? by Brian P. Cleary
	Hairy, Scairy, Ordinary: What is an Adjective? by Brian P. Cleary
	To Root, to Toot, to Parachute: What is a Verb? by Brian P. Cleary
	Under, Over, by the Clover: What is a Preposition? by Brian P. Cleary
	A Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns by Ruth Heller
	Behind the Mask, A Book About Prepositions by Ruth Heller
	Fantastic! Wow! And Unreal! A Book about Interjections and Conjunctions by Ruth Heller
	Kites Sail High, A Book About Verbs by Ruth Heller
	Many Luscious Lollipops, A Book About Adjectives by Ruth Heller
	Merry-Go-Round, A Book About Nouns by Ruth Heller
	Mine All Mine, A Book About Pronouns by Ruth Heller
	Up, Up and Away, A Book About Adverbs by Ruth Heller