Classroom Books and Unit Plans

Unit Plans for Classroom Book Sets

Here you will find videos describing the books and instructional units, and you will be able to view and download the unit plans that accompany the books.

Scroll to a grade level group:
Kindergarten–Third : Fourth–Sixth : Seventh–Twelfth

Grades K–3

Book sets contain 28 books each.

How to Use the Grades K-3 Unit Plans and Lessons

Instructional Units: Click here for a complete list of titles for Grades K-3.

To access the Unit Plan PDF for a particular book, click on the link for your state
(Arizona – AZ, Colorado/New Mexico – CO/NM, or Texas – TX).

Grade	Unit 1	Unit 2
Kindergarten	Unit 1 Theme:  I Can Make a Difference 10 Things I Can Do to Help My World AZ CO/NM TX City Green AZ CO/NM TX	Unit 2 Theme:  Body Parts Today I Will Fly AZ CO/NM TX What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? AZ CO/NM TX
First	Unit 1 Theme:  Stories Arthur Writes a Story AZ CO/NM TX Author – A True Story AZ CO/NM TX How a Book is Made AZ CO/NM TX	Unit 2 Theme: Crayons, Pencils, and Creativity Day the Crayons Quit AZ CO/NM TX From Wax to Crayon AZ CO/NM TX  The Pencil AZ CO/NM TX
Second	Unit 1 Theme:  Communities Tub People AZ CO/NM TX Queen Victoria’s Bathing Machine AZ CO/NM TX Who Does That? AZ CO/NM TX	Unit 2 Theme:  Teeth You Think It’s Easy Being the Tooth Fairy? AZ CO/NM TX Melvin, the Magnificent Molar! AZ CO/NM TX Throw Your Tooth on the Roof AZ CO/NM TX
Third	Unit 1 Theme:  Snow, Snowflakes, Gifts We Bring Snowflake Bentley AZ CO/NM TX The Snow Walker AZ CO/NM TX A Drop of Water:  A Book of Science and Wonder AZ CO/NM TX	Unit 2 Theme:  Gooney Bird Greene Gooney Bird Greene AZ CO/NM TX Gooney Bird and the Room Mother AZ CO/NM TX Gooney Bird is So Absurd AZ CO/NM TX

Grades 4–6

Book sets contain 28 books: 8 lower level, 12 medium level, 8 advanced.

How to Use the Grades 4-6 Unit Plans and Lessons

Instructional Units: Click here for a complete list of titles for Grades 4-6.

To access the Unit Plan PDF for a particular book, click on the link for your state
(Arizona – AZ, Colorado/New Mexico – CO/NM, or Texas – TX).

Grade	Fiction	Informational
Fourth	Book Set 4-a: Blast into the Past Oh Say, I Can’t See AZ CO/NM TX The Whipping Boy AZ CO/NM TX The Traitors’ Gate AZ CO/NM TX	Book Set 4-b: Blast into the Past George Washington’s Teeth AZ CO/NM TX Sir Cumference and the Isle of Immeter AZ CO/NM TX Bullies are a Pain in the Brain AZ CO/NM TX
	Book Set 4-c: Exciting Excursions 97 Ways to Train a Dragon AZ CO/NM TX Because of Winn Dixie AZ CO/NM TX From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler AZ CO/NM TX	Book Set 4-d: Exciting Excursions Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland AZ CO/NM TX What’s for Dinner AZ CO/NM TX Turn of the Century AZ CO/NM TX
Fifth	Book Set 5-a: Blast into the Past Number the Stars AZ CO/NM TX Bull Run AZ CO/NM TX Julie of the Wolves AZ CO/NM TX	Book Set 5-b: Blast into the Past Candy Bomber AZ CO/NM TX You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Nurse in the American Civil War AZ CO/NM TX Alaska AZ CO/NM TX
	Book Set 5-c: Exciting Excursions The 13th Floor AZ CO/NM TX Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher AZ CO/NM TX The Cay AZ CO/NM TX	Book Set 5-d: Exciting Excursions Sea Queens AZ CO/NM TX Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi AZ CO/NM TX Ouch AZ CO/NM TX
Sixth	Book Set 6-a: Blast into the Past Al Capone Does My Shirts AZ CO/NM TX Snow Treasure AZ CO/NM TX The Door in the Wall AZ CO/NM TX	Book Set 6-b: Blast into the Past You Wouldn’t Want to be a Chicago Gangster AZ CO/NM TX Castle AZ CO/NM TX
	Book Set 6-c: Exciting Excursions Mr. Tucket AZ CO/NM TX The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle AZ CO/NM TX The Twenty-One Balloons AZ CO/NM TX	Book Set 6-d: Exciting Excursions Get the Scoop on Animal Poop! AZ CO/NM TX Amelia to Zora: 26 Women Who Changed the World AZ CO/NM TX Sir Cumference and the Viking’s Map AZ CO/NM TX

Grades 7–12

Book sets contain 30 books each.

Explanation about selection of books and format of instructional units.

Instructional Units: Click here for a complete list of titles for Grades 7-12.

To access the Unit Plan PDF for a particular book, click on the link for your state
(Arizona – AZ, Colorado/New Mexico – CO/NM, or Texas – TX).

Grade	Titles / Instructional Units
Seventh-Eighth	The Code Talker AZ CO/NM TX The Secret Life of Bees AZ CO/NM TX The Book Thief AZ CO/NM TX Eleanor’s Story:  An American Girl in Hitler’s Germany AZ CO/NM TX
Ninth-Tenth	The Giver AZ CO/NM TX Dicey’s Song AZ CO/NM TX The Invention of Wings AZ CO/NM TX Sorta Like a Rock Star AZ CO/NM TX
Eleventh-Twelfth	The Beginning of Everything AZ CO/NM TX Flowers for Algernon AZ CO/NM TX