An overview of the lessons
What are text structures?
Introducing your students to kernel essays
Introducing your students to truisms
Introducing your students to reading response
Lessons. 1. The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat
2. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst and illustrated by Ray Cruz
3. The Bad Seed by Jory John and illustrated by Pete Oswald
4. The Blunders: A Counting Catastrophe! by Christina Soontornvat and illustrated by Colin Jack
5. The Color Collector by Nicholas Solis and illustrated by Renia Metallinou
6. Dandy by Ame Dyckman and illustrated by Charles Santoso
7. The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers
8. Digging for Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built by Angela Burke Kunkel and illustrated by Paola Escobar
9. The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
10. Each Kindness by Jacquiline Woodson and illustrated by E. B. Lewis
11. Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Jon Klassen
12. Eyes That Speak to the Stars by Joanna Ho and illustrated by Dung Ho
13. Fly by Brittany J. Thurman and illustrated by Anna Cunha
14. I Hate Borsch! by Yevgenia Nayberg
15. The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig and illustrated by Patrice Barton
16. Just Like Grandma by Kim Rogers and illustrated by Julie Flett
17. Kafka and the Doll by Larissa Theule and illustrated by Rebecca Green
18. Kitchen Dance by Maurie J. Manning
19. Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de La Peña and illustrated by Christian Robinson
20. The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper and illustrated by Dan Santat
21. Little Wolf's First Howling by Laura McGee Kvasnosky and illustrated by Kate Harvey McGee
22. The Longest storm by Dan Yaccarino
23. Lubna and Pebble by Wendy Meddour and illustrated by Daniel Egnéus
24. Mel Fell by Corey R. Tabor
25. Mixed: A Colorful Story by Arree Chung
26. The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires
27. My Brother Is Away by Sara Greenwood and illustrated by Luisa Uribe
28. My Hands Tell a Story by Kelly Starling Lyons and illustrated by Tonya Engel
29. My Monster and Me by Nadiya Hussain and illustrated by Ella Bailey
30. Nigel and the Moon by Antwan Eady and illustrated by Gracey Zhang
31. The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness From the Border by Stephen Briseño and illustrated by Magdalena Mora
32. The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read by Rita Lorraine Hubbard and illustrated by Oge Mora
33. The Princess and the Pony by Kate Beaton
34. The Rough Patch by Brian Lies
35. The Sandwich Swap by Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah with Kelly DiPucchio and illustrated by Tricia Tusa
36. Seven Golden Rings: A Tale of Music and Math by Rajani LaRocca and illustrated by Archana Sreenivasan
37. Spork by Kyo Maclear and illustrated by Isabella Arsenault
38. Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola
39. Swashby and the Sea by Beth Ferry and illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal
40. Sweety by Andrea Zuill
41. Ten Ways to Hear Snow by Cathy Camper and illustrated by Kenard Pak
42. Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora
43. This Way, Charlie by Caron Levis and illustrated by Charles Santoso
44. The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Jon Klassen
45. Toasty by Sarah Hwang
46. Tomatoes in My Lunchbox by Costantia Manoli and illustrated by Magdalena Mora
47. Watercress by Andrea Wang and illustrated by Jason Chin
48. The Water Princess by Susan Verde and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
49. We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins
50. Zombie in Love by Kelly DiPucchio and illustrated by Scott Compbell
Appendix. Glossary of terms
Basic reading response text structures
Questions and text structures for constructed reading responses
Common extended constructed response prompts
A collection of all the text structures
Blank Kernel Essay Planning Page (graphic organizer).
