Children's+Books+and+Vocabulary+Targets

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=Children's Books and Vocabulary Targets= The following books are some that I have used in speech/language therapy sessions. The chart below each title lists words from the book or related to it. The grade levels indicated were determined using the "Essential words by grade level" list by Marzano et al. in the Paynter et al. text listed on the "Vocabulary Resources" page. In some cases, the grade level for the word is based on the root word. For example, "conference" is not listed, but the word "confer" is listed as a 6th grade level word.

__Amos and Boris__ by William Steig
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 3.7 Flesch-Kincaid Index: 5.8 Grade || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || passenger necessities || ambitions privilege overwhelmed || leisurely conference immense ||
 * 1st
 * ||  ||   || flung

__Arnie the Doughnut__ by Laurie Keller
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 4.5 Flesch-Kincaid Index: 4.7 Grade || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || grateful prefer || reflect stunned frantically collapse ||
 * 1st
 * proud || mutter ||  || suppose

Flash Cards [[file:ArnieFlash.pdf]]
Scrambled Words Puzzle Word Search

__A Bad Case of the Stripes__ by David Shannon
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 3.5 Flesch-Kincaid Index: 4.7 Grade || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || disappear (appear) examine heaping relieve specialist || huddle contagious disaster extraordinary (ordinary) fret mumble plump recognize sprout || impress vanish weird || distract || Scholastic Resources: []&
 * 1st
 * ||  || announce

__Bear Feels Sick__ by Karma Wilson
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 1.8 Flesch-Kincaid Index: Listed || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || Emotions || Character Traits || moan sip shiver celebrate || huddled fetch soothes || wheezes coax ||  || weak || miserable lively ||
 * Not
 * || cover || achy

Author Website []

__Bear Snores On__ by Karma Wilson
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 2.1 Flesch-Kincaid Index: 2.6 Listed || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || Emotions || Character Traits ||
 * Not

Author Website []

__Bear Stays Up for Christmas__ by Karma Wilson
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 2.2 Flesch-Kincaid Index: 2.9 Grade || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || mutters || doze fade || bustles hoist plods stomp stoop tidy toils trudge ||  || Author Website []
 * 1st
 * || soundly (sound) || frown

__Chester's Way__ by Kevin Henkes
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 3.1 Flesch-Kincaid Index: 5.2 Grade || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || rarely || reminded || disguise remarks || diagonally miniature personal || duplicate || Scholastic Resources [] Kevin Henkes' website []
 * 1st
 * || pleasant (please)

__Chrysanthemum__ by Kevin Henkes
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: Flesch-Kincaid Index: 6.0 Scholastic Resources []& Listed || 1st Grade || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || informed scarcely || trifle wilted || Kevin Henkes' website []
 * Not
 * fascinating || longingly (long) || pleasant (please) || dreadful || appreciate || envious

__Cinderella Penguin or the Little Glass Flipper__ by Janet Perlman
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 4.6 Flesch-Kincaid Index: 5.2 Grade || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || attention || admiring magnificent glanced || tatters vain || transformed posing marvelled || National Film Board of Canada Video of __Cinderella Penguin__ This unnarrated video can be used as students retell the story they have read with you. []
 * 1st
 * ||  || squarely

__CLICK, CLACK, MOO Cows That Type__ by Doreen Cronin
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 1.3 Flesch-Kincaid Index: 2.9 Listed || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || ultimatum || decide gather || impossible problem strike || emergency exchange snoop || demand furious neutral sincerely ||  || Scholastic Resources: []&
 * Not
 * boring

__Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School__ by Mark Teague
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 6.0 Flesch-Kincaid Index: 6.0 Listed || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || moderate prevented || constantly || barren endured neglected retrieve ||
 * Not
 * queasy ||  || disturb || melodramatic (drama)

__Diary of a Wombat__ by Jackie French
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 1.2 Flesch-Kincaid Index: 5.3 Listed || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || offer || receive || available demand occasionally resistant || evident invade || Scholastic Resources []&
 * Not
 * || decide || discover

__How Santa Got His Job__ by Stephen Krensky
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 2.6 Flesch-Kincaid Index: 5.7 Listed || 1st Grade || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || surefooted || fire || pleasure (please) || argue autograph complain hire || amaze discouraged embarassed frustrating organize postmaster solve steep || jealous || suspense fright ||
 * Not
 * ringmaster

__Jennifer and Josephine__ by Bill Peet
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 5.3 Flesch-Kincaid Index: 5.8 Grade || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || deserted || startled desperate skid || rickety catastrophe furious (fury) flimsy frantic plunge || frenzy || Bill Peet's website []
 * 1st
 * || alarmed || rude

__Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse__ by Kevin Henkes
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 3.5 Flesch-Kincaid Index: 5.0 Listed || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || disturb || cooperate express privacy stroll || demonstrate fabulous furious (fury) ||  || Kevin Henkes' website []
 * Not
 * volunteer || semi-circle (circle) || amuse

__Listen Buddy__ by Helen Lester
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 2.8 Flesch-Kincaid Index: 3.7 Listed || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || Emotions || Character Traits || sprinkle || bundle sniff warned || permission stalk || snarl || ponder scruffy || frustrated || inattentive obedient ||
 * Not
 * || gather

__Mary McLean and the St Patrick's Day Parade__ by Steven Kroll
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: Flesch-Kincaid Index: Grade || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || repair || capture consider crouch drape exhausted glance huddle imagine laborer steep tramp || collapse fringe linger marvelous mischeivous scoff ||  ||
 * 1st
 * ||  || puzzled

__Me First__ by Helen Lester
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 3.6 Flesch-Kincaid Index: 3.6 Grade || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || march finish wise || bend crowed delicious distance notice serious wise || plump imagination whimpered || pricked cackled privilege concerning ||  ||
 * 1st
 * pushy || decide

__Meanwhile...__ by Jules Feiffer
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 3.5 Flesch-Kincaid Index: 4.7 Listed || 1st Grade || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || maneuvered || ducking ||  || dash || scene situation || clenched scrawl || ferocious request ||
 * Not
 * infested

__The Memory Coat__ by Elvira Woodruff
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 3.7 Flesch-Kincaid Index: 4.7 Listed || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || chaos din plead ||  || voyage || ashamed commotion epidemic grieve immigrant impression interpreter tattered ||  ||   ||
 * Not
 * enchanted

__Pamela Camel__ by Bill Peet
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 3.5 Flesch-Kincaid Index: 6.2 Listed || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || terrified ||  ||   || awkward glare snickering teeter || frantic gratitude insult procession swarming triumph ||  ||
 * Not
 * aloof

__The Penguin and the Pea__ by Janet Perlman
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 5.6 Flesch-Kincaid Index: Listed || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || imposter ||  || complain discomfort (comfort) shelter weary || accepted suspicious || delicate genuine gushed || intrigued ||
 * Not
 * grubby

__The Rain Came Down__ by David Shannon
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 1.8 Flesch-Kincaid Index: 3.9 Listed || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || windshield || deliver grocer || argue shimmer taxi traffic || squirmed || barber grumbled gutter ruckus shimmered yowled ||  || Scholastic Resources []&
 * Not
 * bickering

__Score One for the Sloths__ by Helen Lester
2.8 Grade Reading Level Grade || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || recite slumber || exhausted mumble munch nudged || amble custodian drawl dusk fidget impressive || occasionally pacing || Helen Lester's website []
 * 1st
 * ||  || content

__Sherman Crunchley__ by Laura Numeroff and Nate Evans
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 3.3 Flesch-Kincaid Index: 5.0 Grade || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || reminding several replied relief gasped fainted || admired foreign mumbled creating || confession || decorating miserable retired distract ||
 * 1st
 * ||  || complain

__Sitting Ducks__ by Michael Bedard
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: Flesch-Kincaid Index: 6.8 Listed || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || colossal diner || wandered || delighted || awkward rescue steady || decoy emerge vigorously || pondered ||
 * Not
 * bewildered

__Stickeen__ by John Muir, as retold by Donnell Rubay
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 3.5 Flesch-Kincaid Index: 5.1 Listed || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || crevasse ||  ||   || astride (stride) forbidding || drenched independent plunge || caress despair persuaded ||
 * Not
 * aloof

__Terrific__ by Jon Agee
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 2.1 Flesch-Kincaid Index: 3.5 Grade || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || secure nasty rescue damage expect hauled immediately || devoured permanently connect || stranded ||
 * 1st
 * ||  || drift || diagram

__The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig__ by Eugene Trivizas
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 5.1 Flesch-Kincaid Index: 5.5 Listed || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || prowling scent swayed trembling || determined scorched || fragile reinforced (enforce) slurry (slur) ||
 * Not
 * ||  ||   || crumbled

__There wasn an Old Lady Who Swallowed a__ Frog by Lucille Colandro
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 2 Flesch-Kincaid Index: Lexile Level: AD340L __Vocabulary Targets__ Grade || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || Emotions || Character Traits || moisture (moist)* || conceal* || embarrassed || confused/preplexed (in a fog) foolish apologetic || __Additional Communication Targets:__ Identify and generate rhyming words (e.g., frog/fog) Express regular past tense "-ed" verb morphemes (e.g., swallowed) Identify and express object case feminine pronoun "she" Identify and express infinitive phrases (e.g., to hide the frog) Identify and express relative clauses beginning with "who" and "why" (e.g., who swallowed a _, why she swallowed ) Articulation targets: /fr/ initial || 6 12 || /l/ medial /l/ final /ld/ final || 10 34 5 10 ||
 * 1st
 * gain || hide || mistake || pardon
 * Phoneme || # occurrences ||
 * /f/ initial
 * /l/ initial
 * /sw/ initial || 34 ||
 * Initial voiced "th" || 48 ||

Thunder __Cake__ by Patricia Polacco
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 3.5 Flesch-Kincaid Index: 4.8 Listed || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || Emotions || Character Traits || horizon strode || overcome surveyed creased slit rumbled || sultry || fearful confident || calm || Scholastic Resources: []&
 * Not
 * || brave ||  || instant

__Toad__ by Ruth Brown
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 3.1 Flesch-Kincaid Index: Listed || 1st Grade || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || clammy monstrous || clumsy foul oozing sluggish stumble trundle waddle || filthy selfconfident (confident) trudge || gooey mucky odorous septic venomous ||
 * Not
 * || careless (care) ||  || bitter

__Where's the Big Bad Wolf?__ by Eileen Christelow
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 2.7 Flesch-Kincaid Index: 3.8 Listed || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || mutter tender || recue || flimsy mischief rascal || elderly scoundrel ||
 * Not
 * delectable ||  || framed

__Wolf!__ by Becky Bloom
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 3.5 Flesch-Kincaid Index: 4.7 Grade || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || satisfied bothering || peered budge concentrate educated tucked admire || ignore impressed splendid ||  ||
 * 1st
 * ||  || ached

__The Wump World__ by Bill Peet
Scholastic Grade Level Equivalent: 3.2 Flesch-Kincaid Index: 5.6 Grade || 2nd Grade || 3rd Grade || 4th Grade || 5th Grade || 6th Grade || loom pollute timid || gape stagger || population turmoil wary ||
 * 1st
 * || winding ||  || broad