Books Used with the Six Units of the OWL Curriculum
| Books Used with the Six Units of the OWL Curriculum | |||||||
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| Unit 1 Family |
Unit 2 Friends |
Unit 3 Wind and Water |
Unit 4 The World of Color |
Unit 5 Shadows and Reflections |
Unit 6 Things That Grow |
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| Core storybooks | Oonga Boonga
Peter’s Chair Noisy Nora Whistle for Willie Corduroy |
The Little Red Hen Makes Pizza
A Letter to Amy Matthew and Tilly Dandelion Hooray a Piata |
Gilberto and the Wind
One Dark Night Rabbits and Raindrops The Snowy Day A Hat for Minerva Louise |
The Lion and the Little Red Bird
Max’s Dragon Shirt Dog’s Colorful Day Dear Juno |
Play With Me
The Puddle Pail Raccoon on His Own Dreams Kitten for a Day |
I Heard Said the Bird
Bigger The Ugly Vegetable |
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| Predictable books | Over in the Meadow
Time for Bed |
Hush!
Golden Bear |
The Very Noisy Night | Cat’s Colors | Clap Your Hands
Night Shift Daddy |
Just Enough | |
| Expository text | Let’s Make Music | Road Builders | Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
See How They Grow: Kitten |
The Tortilla Factory
Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones See How They Grow: Chick |
Fun With Shadows | See How They Grow: Duck
Play and Learn: Growing Things Animals Born Alive and Well |
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The curriculum provides activity plans for center time, small groups, informal conversation, story time, songs, and word play. Manipulative materials can be purchased to implement the units. OWL is intended to promote learning in the major domains of:
- Language and literacy
- Social studies
- Science
- Mathematics
- Arts
- Physical development
- Social and emotional development
Books Used with the Six Units of the OWL Curriculum