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Ashley Lynn ,Samara Garrison, & Heather Taylor Mentor Text Mrs. Nason September 29, 2011 5th grade Science

Bayrock, F. (2006). States of matter: a question and answer book. Mankato: Capstone Press. Interest Level: 3-5 Readability Level: Lexile Measure: Guided Reading: This book is a wonderful non-fiction book. It is set up in question and answer setting which leads many  students in to asking their own questions. (GPS Standard S5P2b--- Recognize that the changes in state ofwater…. Are due to temperature differences and are examples of physical change.) I will use this book to challenge their thinking. I will first ask a question such as “How do puddles disappear after a rainy day?” We will write and discuss. This is also going to bring up great questions for a I wonder wall with the students.

Biskup, A., Martin, C., & Schulz, B. (2009). The solid truth about states of matter with Max Axiom, super scientist. Mankato: Capstone Press. Interest Level: 3-5 Readability Level: Lexile Measure: GN770L Guided Reading: This text is a fiction text but based on true facts about matter. This text is in a comic book set up which I think will really activate the students interest level. I would use this book with 5th graders in all contexts. (GPS Standard S5P1b--- Investigate how common items have parts that are too small to be seen without magnification.) I will use this book in class for my students to write their own comic strip about matter. We will discuss matter, atoms, molicules, solids, liquids, gases, melting, boiling, freezing, evaporation, and condensation.

Boothroyd, J. (2011). Many kinds of matter a look at solids, liquids, and gases. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications. Interest Level:3-5 Readability Level: Lexile Measure: 500 L Guided Reading: This text is a great informational text about solids, liquids, and gases. I would use this book with 5thgraders but in the lower reading group. (GPS Standard S5P2b- Recognize that the changes in state of <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">water…. Are due to temperature differences and are examples of physical change.) I would use this book <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">as exampled for the students and have the students make a chart of all the liquids, solids, and gases. In <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">the back of the book there is a wonderful activity of changing matter and its proving that butter is a solid <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">that comes from a liquid. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Boothroyd, J. (2011). How big? how heavy? how dense?: look at matter. (2011). Minneapolis: Lerner Publications. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Interest Level: 3-5 Readability Level: Lexile Measure: 380 L Guided Reading: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This text is a great non- fiction book about matter. I will use this book with 5th graders <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">But this book will be part of my lower group readings. (GPS Standard S5P1a—Demonstrate that the mass of an object is equal to the sum of its parts by manipulating and measuring different objects made of various parts.) I will use this text as examples for the students to discuss and write about. I also plan to use the activity in this book called invisible matter.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Silverstein, A., Silverstein, V., & Nunn, L. S. (2009). Matter. Minneapolis : Twenty- First Century Books. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Interest Level: 5-8 Readability Level: Lexile Measure: Guided Reading: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This is a wonderful factual book that would be wonderful for the students that want to go beyond the basis of just the standards. This book has a wealth of information. I will use this book with 5th graders. (GPS Standards S5P2c--- Investigate the properties of a substance before, during, and after a chemical reaction to find evidence of change.) I will mainly use the “Did You Know” section out of this book. I will have the students pick a topic and then write about the subject and why they choose it.

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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">SS5H3 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> The student will describe how life changed in America at the turn of the century. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">b. Describe the impact on American life of the Wright brothers (flight), George Washington Carver (science), Alexander Graham Bell (communication), and Thomas Edison (electricity).

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Book 1: Carson, Mary Kay. (2003). <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Wright Brothers for Kids: How They Invented the Airplane, 21 Activities Exploring the Science and History of Flight <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. Chicago Review Press.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Interest Level: 4-8 Reading Level:4-8 Lexile Measure: Guided Reading: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Editorial Reviews From School Library Journal - “A treasure trove of activities awaits readers of this wonderfully executed survey of the Wright brothers and their invention. The narrative flows easily and is complemented by numerous photographs that give a sense of history and this event. Boxed descriptions of other early flight pioneers enhance Carson's presentation and situate the brothers within their contextual company. The author then introduces 21 activities-hands-on opportunities with gliders; pitch, roll, and yaw; propellers; and, tangentially, Morse code (send a telegram like the Wrights); anemometer (make one to measure the wind); and scones (bake some up like Orville at Kitty Hawk). This is a valuable resource for student reports and projects, and for classroom units. The book opens with an extensive time line; a well-developed glossary, Web sites, and real sites to visit round it out.” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Harriett Fargnoli, Great Neck Library, NY Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Moore, Eva. (1990). <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Story Of George Washington Carver (Scholastic Biography) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. Scholastic Paperbacks.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Interest Level: 4-8 Reading Level: 4-8 Lexile Measure: 700L Guided Reading: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Product Description: Born into slavery, George Washington Carver became one of the most prestigious scientists of his time. This biography follows Dr. Carver's life from childhood to his days as a teacher and discoverer.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Carlson, Laurie. (2006). <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Thomas Edison for Kids: His Life and Ideas, 21 Activities <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. Chicago Review Press.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Interest Level: 5-9. Reading Level:3-5 Lexile Measure: 680L Guided Reading: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">From School Library Journal – “Presented chronologically and always in a positive light, the inventor's life is described in considerable detail. Being the workaholic that he was, it's understandable that there's little mention of his personal life once he moves out of his teens. Enough detail is given about his childhood that one senses the single-mindedness that drove his genius. Photographs, frequent diagrams, and sidebars add interesting insights. Short biographies of his peers, both friends and foes, are included. Sources for science experiments, lists of related museums, and Web sites are appended.” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Carol S. Surges, McKinley Elementary School, Wauwatosa, WI Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Editors Of Time For Kids. (2006). <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Time For Kids: Alexander Graham Bell <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. HarperCollins. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Interest Level:4-8 Reading Level:4-8 Lexile Measure: Guided Reading: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Product Description: Take a close-up look at Alexander Graham Bell, an inventor and teacher of the deaf. Interviews with experts and lively writing deliver the accurate reporting you expect from TIME For Kids®. Historical and contemporary photographs capture the life of this compassionate man and show how his innovative inventions still help us today.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Jenner, Caryn. (2003). <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">First Flight: The Wright Brothers <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. DK CHILDREN.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Interest Level: 4-8 Reading Level: 4-8 Lexile Measure: Guided Reading: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Product Description: Growing up in rural Ohio, Orville and Wilbur Wright were fascinated by all kinds of vehicles -- a toy helicopter, bicycles, and the first motorized cars -- but what they dreamed of was flight. They were convinced they could build a machine that a man could pilot-and they did. Read about their amazing story of trial, error, and success.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Heathe Taylor

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">SS5H3 The student will describe how life changed in America at the turn of the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">century. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">a. Describe the role of the cattle trails in the late 19th century; include the Black <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cowboys of Texas, the Great Western Cattle Trail, and the Chisholm Trail

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Miller, R. (2004). Refelctions of A Black Cowboy: Buffalo Soldiers. (pp. 1-72). East Orange, NJ: Just Us Books, Inc.

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This is a great text informational text about the Black Cowboys and the Buffalo Soldiers. This book provides true as well as a narration from the perspective of a person from that time period. This book would be great for 5th grade to help them learn and get an insight on what happened at the beginning of Westward Expansion ( <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">SS5H3 The student will describe how life changed in America at the turn of the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">century. a. Describe the role of the cattle trails in the late 19th century; include the Black <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cowboys of Texas, the Great Western Cattle Trail, and the Chisholm Trail). This book can be used as a Mini Lesson for the students to identify what voice is being used. I would model by color coding the different voices and the students could identify the voices by writing examples from the book in the correct color code.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Miller, R. (2004). Refelctions of A Black Cowboy: Cowboys. (pp. 1-66). East Orange, NJ: Just Us Books, Inc.

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This is a great text about the Black Cowboys, the famous Cowboys. This book also provide information as well as a true narration. This book would be great for 5th grade to help them learn about the important role of cowboys and compare and contrast the way cowboys did things back then versus how cowboys do things today. ( <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">SS5H3 The student will describe how life changed in America at the turn of the century.a. Describe the role of the cattle trails in the late 19th century; include the Black <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cowboys of Texas, the Great Western Cattle Trail, and the Chisholm Trail), This would be an excellent text for students to identify interesting words and finding out their origin. I would model this activity for the students and then have the students work in groups (each group would be given a chapter to look up words in) to come up with at least 10 interesting words and then discovering the new origin.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lassieur, A. (2008). Westerward Expansion. (pp. 7-105). Mankato, Minnesota: Capstone Press.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Interest Level: 3-7 Reading Level: 3.4 Lexile Measure: 650L Guided Reading:

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This is a great text that would be used to help the students organize which events happened and to describe what happened in these important events pertaining to Westward Expansion. I would use this book with 5th graders who are below level. This book gives a brief explanation of what happened and the events leading up to Westward Expansion. The students can organize the information and provide a short summary of what happened about the important dates. I would demonstrate on how to create the timeline and write a short summary of the why the date is important. Then I would have the students write about how times have changed.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mers, W. (1999). The Journal of Joshua Loper; A Dear America Book. (1st ed., pp. 3-140). New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Interest Level:9-13 Reading Level: 5.0 Lexile Measure: 1000L Guided Reading: T <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This is great fictional text that provides the students with a real life experience through a diary entry. I would use this book for 5th grade. I would read this book to the class and then have the students write back to dairy of how things have changed from the “days/years” that we would read about ( <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">SS5H3 The student will describe how life changed in America at the turn of the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">century. a. Describe the role of the cattle trails in the late 19th century; include the Black <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cowboys of Texas, the Great Western Cattle Trail, and the Chisholm Trail). I would read a couple days worth of entries depending on the length and time and then I would demonstrate what I would write about relating to what was read.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Pinknew, A. (1999). Bill Pickett Rodeo-Riden' Cowboy. (pp. 1-32). Orlando, Fl: Voyager Books:HarcourtBrace & Company.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Interest Level: K-2 Reading Level: 5.9 Lexile Measure: 1000L Guided Reading:

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This a fiction book that gives an example of how if you set your mind to something that you can achieve it. This a great book talking about the famous Cowboy, Bill Pickett and how he became such a great cowboy. I would read this to 5th grade. I would read this book and then demonstrate how they can write a story similar to this cowboy story knowing what they know in the present day of cowboys ( <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">SS5H3 The student will describe how life changed in America at the turn of the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">century.a. Describe the role of the cattle trails in the late 19th century; include the Black <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cowboys of Texas, the Great Western Cattle Trail, and the Chisholm Trail). The students will use the ideas and examples from the book to get ideas for their story.