Oral Language Resources

Kindergarten, Book 1

Families

1. Whose Baby Am I? - My Family and Me
2. The Picnic at Apple Park - Families Get Together
3. Peter's Chair - Families Change

Friends

1. What Do You Like? - Learn About Friends
2. Friends All Around - What Is a Friend?
3. Simon and Molly plus Hester - Getting Along

Transportation

1. The Bus for Us - Getting Around Town
2. On the Go - Traveling Far and Near
3. Duck on a Bike - Wheels All Around

Food

1. Apple Farmer Annie - Where Food Comes From
2. Our Special Sweet Potato Pie - What's for Dinner?
3. Yoko - Food Traditions

Animals

1. Mama Cat has Three Kittens - Animals We Know
2. Animal Babies A B C - How Animals Change and Grow
3. Mole and the Baby Bird - Animal Homes

Neighborhood

1. Russ and the Firehouse - Our Neighborhood
2. Bus Stops - People and Places
3. Alicia's Happy Day - Neighborhood Workers

Weather

1. A Rainy Day - Kinds of Weather
2. In the Yard - Seasons
3. Bear Snores On - How Weather Affects Us

Plants

1. Oak Trees - How Trees Grow
2. Seed Secrets - Seeds and Plants
3. Sunflower House - What's In My Garden

Amazing Creatures

1. Beetles - Interesting Insects
2. Fish Faces - The Amazing Ocean
3. If the Dinosaurs Came Back - Animals Now and Then

I Know a Lot!

1. What Do You Know? - Show What You Know
2. Warthogs Paint: A Messy Color Book - Art All Around
3. Turtle Splash! - Let's Count Down!

1st Grade

Book 1, All About Us

1. Pam and Sam - We Are Special
2. I Can! Can You? - Ready, Set, Move!
3. Time For Kids: How You Grew - Growing Up
4. Pet Tricks - Pets
5. Soccer - Teamwork

Book 2, Outside My Door

1. Animal Moms and Dads - Animal Families
2. Little Red Hen - Helping Out
3. Time For Kids: A Prairie Dog Home - Where Animals Live
4. The Fun Kids' Band - Sing and Dance
5. On My Way to School - Let's Laugh

Book 3, Let's Connect!

1. Kate's Game - Being Friends
2. Kids Can Help - Kids Around The World
3. Time For Kids: Short Shadows, Long Shadows - Me and My Shadow
4. Smile, Mike! - Our Families
5. Gram and Me - Family Time

Book 4, Nature Watch

1. Pelican was Hungry - Birds
2. June Robot Cleans Up - Recycling
3. Time For Kids: Stormy Weather - What's the Weather?
4. Meet Ben Franklin - What Scientists Do
5. Little Rabbit - Favorite Stories

Book 5, Adventures All Around

1. Olivia - Express Yourself
2. The Kite (from Days with Frog and Toad) - Watch It Go
3. Time For Kids: Kids' Inventions - Kids Inventions
4. Whistle for Willie - Things We Make
5. Fruit is a Suitcase for Seeds - How Does It Grow?

Book 5, Let's Discover!

1. Dot Jabber and the Big Bug Mystery - Bugs, Bugs, Bugs!
2. Blue Jay Finds a Way - Exploring Space
3. Time For Kids: Cool Jobs - At Work
4. A Tiger Cub Grows Up - Watching Animals Grow
5. Sand Castle - Let's Build

2nd Grade

Book 1, Relationships

1. David's New Friends - School Days
2. Mr. Putter and Tabby Pour the Tea - Making Friends
3. Meet Rosina - Being Yourself
4. My Name is Yoon - Coming to America

Book 1, Growth and Change

1. The Tiny Seed - Plants Alive!
2. A Harbor Seal Pup Grows Up - Animal Rescue
3. Time For Kids: A Trip to the Emergency Room - A Hospital Visit
4. Farfallina and Marcel - How Animals Grow
5. There's Nothing Like Baseball - Staying Fit

Book 1, Better Together

1. Head, Body, Legs: A Story from Liberia - Telling Stories
2. Officer Buckle and Gloria - Safety First
3. Time For Kids: Meet the Super Croc - Creatures Old and Older
4. The Alvin Ailey Kids: Dancing As a Team - Curtain Up!
5. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type - On the Farm

Book 2, Land, Sea, Sky

1. Splish! Splash! Animal Baths - Animal Needs
2. Goose's Story - Animal Survival
3. Time For Kids: A Way to Help Planet Earth - Helping Planet Earth
4. Super Storms - Wild Weather
5. Nutik, the Wolf Pup - Habitats and Homes

Book 2, Discoveries

1. Dig Wait Listen: A Desert Toad's Tale - Life in the Desert
2. Pushing Up the Sky - Play Time!
3. Time For Kids: Columbus Explores New Lands - Exploration
4. The Ugly Vegetables - In the Garden
5. The Moon - Our Moon

Book 2, Expressions

1. Mice and Beans - Count on a Celebration!
2. Stirring Up Memories - Creating Stories
3. Time For Kids: Music of the Stone Age - Worlds of Art
4. African-American Inventors - Inventions Then and Now
5. Babu's Song - Other People, Other Places

3rd Grade

Book 1, Our World

1. First Day Jitters - New Beginnings
2. Dear Juno - Keeping In Touch
3. Time For Kids: Whose Habitat Is It? - Building Communities
4. Penguin Chick - Antarctic Life
5. The Perfect Pet - Pets

Book 1, Investigations

1. The Strongest One - Putting On a Performance
2. Wolf! - Wolves
3. Time For Kids: What's in Store for the Future? - Past, Present and Future
4. The Planets in Our Solar System - Out in Space
5. Author: A True Story - Being a Writer

Book 1, Discoveries

1. Stone Soup - Food Around the World
2. One Riddle, One Answer - Riddles
3. Time For Kids: Saving the Sand Dunes - Ecosystems in Balance
4. The Jones Family Express - Making Journeys
5. What Do Illustrators Do? - The Art of Illustrating

Book 2, Determination

1. Cook-A-Doodle-Doo! - What’s Cooking?
2. Seven Spools of Thread - Getting Along
3. Time For Kids: Washington Weed Whackers - Protecting Our Natural Resources
4. Here's My Dollar - Getting Involved
5. My Very Own Room - A Place of My Own

Book 2, Challenges

1. Boom Town - Making Money
2. Beatrice's Goat - Making a Difference
3. Time For Kids: A Carousel of Dreams - Motion
4. The Printer - Heroes
5. Animal Homes - Animal Architects

Book 2, Achievements

1. A Castle on Viola Street - Helping Our Neighbors
2. Wilbur's Boast - Unusual Animals
3. Time For Kids: An American Hero Flies Again - Good Citizens
4. Mother to Tigers - Working Together
5. Home Grown Butterflies - Raising Butterflies

4th Grade, Book 1

Let's Explore

1. The Mystery of the Missing Lunch - Mysteries
2. A Walk in the Desert - Adapting to Survive
3. Time For Kids: Animals Come Home to Our National Parks - Our National Parks
4. The Astronaut and the Onion - Astronauts
5. The Raft - Wildlife Watchers

Take a Stand

1. Mighty Jackie - Baseball
2. My Diary from Here to There - New Places, New Faces
3. Time For Kids: Stealing Beauty - Focus on China
4. How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightening - Bright Ideas
5. Dear Mr. Winston - Snakes

Making a Difference

1. Roadrunner's Dance - Friend or Foe?
2. My Brother Martin - People Who Made a Difference
3. Time For Kids: Kid Reporters at Work - Kids as Entrepreneurs
4. Mystic Horse - Great Plains Indians
5. Snowflake Bentley - Precipitation

Viewpoints

1. Dear Mrs. LaRue - Man's Best Friend
2. The Blind Hunter - Creative Solutions
3. Time For Kids: The Power of Oil - Energy Sources
4. Adelina's Whales - Whales
5. At Home in the Coral Reef - The Sea

Relationships

1. Because of Winn-Dixie - Going to the Library
2. Ranita, the Frog Princess - Putting on a Play
3. Time For Kids: Exploring the Undersea Territory - New Territory
4. Me and Uncle Romie - Artists at Work
5. Wild Horses - Wild Horses

Discovery

1. The Gold Rush Game - The Gold Rush
2. The Cricket in Times Square - Wild Visitors
3. Time For Kids: Meet a Bone-ified Explorer - Nature's Secrets
4. My Brothers' Flying Machine - Airplanes
5. The Life and Times of the Ant - Ants

5th Grade, Book 1

Challenges

1. Miss Alaineus - School Contests
2. Davy Crockett Saves the World - American Legends
3. Time For Kids: Forests of the World - Forests and Great Trees
4. Ultimate Field Trip 5: Blasting Off to Space Academy - Exploring Space
5. Pipilo and the Roof Dogs - Rescue Dogs

Discoveries

1. Shiloh - People Helping Animals
2. Rattlers! - Slithery Snakes!
3. Time For Kids: Maya Lin, Architect of Memory - Remembering the Past
4. The Night of San Juan - The Caribbean Islands
5. Black Cowboy, Wild Horses - Cowboys & Cowgirls

Turning Points

1. Sleds on Boston Common - The American Revolution
2. When Esther Morris Headed West - The Right To Vote
3. Time For Kids: Beyond the Horizon - Protecting the Environment
4. My Great-Grandmother's Gourd - Desert Habitats
5. Zathura - Into the Future

Experiences

1. Goin' Someplace Special - Civil Rights
2. Carlos and the Skunk - Animal Defenses
3. Time For Kids: Getting Out the Vote - Democracy
4. Hurricanes - Extreme Weather
5. The Catch of the Day, A Trickster Play - Trickster Tales

Acheivements

1. Spirit of Endurance - North and South Pole
2. Weslandia - Fantastic Foods
3. Time For Kids: A Historic Journey - Learning from Nature
4. The Unbreakable Code - Talking in Codes
5. The Gri Gri Tree - Whales

Great Ideas

1. The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring - Fairy Tales
2. Skunk Scout - Camping Out
3. Time For Kids: A Dream Comes True - Improving Lives
4. Up in the Air: The Story of Balloon Flight - Balloon Flight
5. Hidden Worlds - Scientists at Work

6th Grade, Book 1

Take Action

1. The Summer of the Swans - Rescue Teams
2. Lost City: The Discovery of Machu Picchu - A Lost City
3. Time For Kids: Gecko Glue, Cockroach Scouts, and Spider Silk Bridges - Science for All
4. The Magic Gourd - Sharing Traditions
5. Interrupted Journey - Protecting Wildlife

Saving the Day

1. How Tía Lola Came to Stay - Team Spirit
2. The Night of the Pomegranate - The Solar System
3. Time For Kids: Zoo Story - Helping Hands
4. Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter - Tales of Old
5. The Great Serum Race - Sled Dogs as Heroes

Great Ideas

1. Juan Verdades - The Old Southwest
2. Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street - Putting it in Writing
3. Time For Kids: Building Green - Energy
4. The Emperor's Silent Army - Archaeology
5. The Case of the Phantom Poet - Show Time

Achievements

1. Seeing Things His Own Way - Uncommon Champions
2. Exploring the Titanic - Oceanography
3. Time For Kids: Saving Grace - Helping Others
4. Major Taylor: Champion Cyclist - Cycling
5. A Single Shard - Pieces From the Past

Turning Points

1. Breaking Through - Mentors
2. Ta-Na-E-Ka - Smart Thinking
3. Time For Kids: Many Countries, One Currency - Money Matters
4. Honus and Me - Collections
5. Let it Shine: Rosa Parks - Taking a Stand

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

1. Leonardo's Horse - Great Designs Last Forever
2. LAFFF - Time Travel
3. Time For Kids: These Walls Can Talk - Keeping in Touch
4. Breaking into Print - Print, Past and Present
5. The Dog of Pompeii - Volcanoes, Past and Present