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LibraryThing catalog of books being ordered:  kday_working

 

This is still a work in progress as ordering will be ongoing.  For some authors, I've put a tag "more by author" or "more in series" to prompt me to go back and add more books.

 

Notes on subject tags used in the kday_working catalog -- click on any of the tags below to see the list of books for that subject:

 

• books are either "fiction" or "nonfiction";
• within "fiction", books should be either "picture book", "easy reader", "lp" for lower primary, or "up" for upper primary;
• folk tales and mythology are in "nonfiction" and "398.2" (the standard Dewey assignment);
• some units of inquiry have a particular tag,e.g.,
  • "environment" stands for Grade 4's unit "Think Global, Act Local";
  • "emotions" is for the K1 unit "Watch Me";
  • "me myself i" is for the K1 unit "Me, Myself, I", a unit related to Grade 4's "Identity" (for which I don't have a specific tag yet);
  • "work and play" is for the Grade 1 unit "Work and Leisure";
  • "explorers" is for the Grade 2 unit "Into the Unknown";
  • "economics" is for the Grade 4 unit "Goods and Services";
  • "food" is for the Grade 2 unit "From Field to Table";
  • "celebrations" is for the Grade 1 unit "Let's Celebrate" (which covers religions)
  • "animals" is for K2's unit "Feathers, Fins and Fur" as well as Grade 1's unit "Extinction"
  • "human body" is for Grade 1's unit "My Body" as well as Grade 4's unit "All Systems Go" and Grade 2's unit "Healthy Lifestyles" (although "healthy lifestyles" is also a tag);
  • "senses" is for the K2 unit on "Senses" as well as the human body units;
  • "plants" is for Grade 2's unit "Lungs of the Earth", as well as K1's unit "Caring for Living Things";
  • "water" is for Grade 3's unit "Blue Planet" and K1's unit "Splish Splash Splosh";
  • "electricity" is for Grade 3's unit "It's Shocking";
  • "forces" and "magnetism" are for Grade 2's unit "May the Force Be With You"
  • "countries" and "cultures" are for Grade 4's unit "Location, Location" as well as the K2 unit "Our World";
  • "transport" and "maps" are for Grade 3's unit "On the Move";
  • "aztecs" as well as "ancient civilizations" are for Grade 3's unit "What Have They Done for Us?";
  • "superstory" is for the K2 unit "Super Stories";
  • "media" is for the Grade 3 unit "Media Mania";
  • "safety" is for the Grade 3 unit "Is It Safe?";
  • "communication" (an incomplete list) is for the Grade 1 unit "Communication";
  • "materials" is for the K2 unit "Magic Materials";
  • "landmarks" (a fledgling list) is for the Grade 1 unit "Landmarks";
  • "working together" (an incomplete list) is for the K1 unit "Working Together";
  • "art", "artists", "composers", "music", "arts and crafts", and "drama" all relate to the Grade 2 "Arts Alive" unit, as well as Grade 4's "My Nature" unit;
• other standard tags used include:
  • "poetry"
  • "biographies"
  • "history"
  • "mathematics"
  • "technology"
  • "physics"
  • "science"
  • "language"

 

 

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Units of Inquiry:

 

K1 Me, Myself, I (change) Watch Me (emotions) Caring for Living Things Splish, Splash, Splosh (water)	K2 Working Together Our World (personal histories) Our Senses Feathers, Fins, Fur Super Stories Magic Materials	G1 My Body Let's Celebrate Work and Leisure Communication Extinction is Forever Landmarks (natural, man-made, historical, & personal)
G2 Healthy Lifestyles Lungs of the Earth (plants) May the Force Be With You From Field to Table Arts Alive Into the Unknown (explorers)	G3 Friendship Is It Safe? Blue Planet (water) On the Move (transport) Media Mania What Have They Done for Us? (Aztecs / colonization) It's Shocking (electricity)	G4 Web of Life Location, Location (Singapore history) All Systems Go (human body) Think Global, Act Local Goods and Services My Nature (performing arts

 

 

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WorldCat list of ISBNs that LibraryThing had trouble recognizing:  Hard to Find ISBNs  (NB: lists can be exported to CSV format or printed)

 

Magazine subscriptions

 

east library info / organization of collection

 

Sets of books for whole class novel study, group readers, good read-alouds, etc.

 

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