28 of Kagan's Best Cooperative Learning Structures
Literature
Literature 1
Parts and More Parts Tedd Arnold (Grades PreK–3) Kids will laugh their heads off with this illustrated, rhyming story of a little boy who thinks he's falling apart. First his hair started falling out. Skin started peeling from his toes. Is he really coming unglued? In the sequel, the little boy takes everything literally: Give me your hand…hold your tongue…scream your lungs out. The boy has hilarious plans for keeping himself from falling apart. 32 pages each.
Parts DAP • $7
More Parts DAPM • $7
You Are Special Max Lucado (PreK–3) Every day the small wooden Wemmicks do the same thing: The pretty and the talented ones get stars. The others, like Punchinello, get ugly gray dots. In this heartwarming tale, Eli the woodcarver helps Punchinello realize how special he is. And in the process, students realize how they are each special too. 32 pages. DWYS • $16
Story Songs CD Mark Krantz (Early Grades) Your students will sing along with their favorite classic stories. The lyrics (words straight from the classic stories) are sung in a folksy style accompanied by acoustic guitar. Story songs: Where the Wild Things Are, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, The Polar Express, The Adventures of Taxi Dog, The Lorax, Green Eggs and Ham, The Napping House, The Unicorn, There's a Monster Under My Bed, and Goodnight Moon. DKSSC • $15
Edward the Emu & Edwina the Emu Sheena Knowles (Grades PreK–3) Edward the emu was sick of the zoo. There was nowhere to go, there was nothing to do. So Edward sets off searching for the best life. He returns to find quite a surprise. In the sequel, Edwina lays ten new eggs and looks for a job for an emu. 32 pages each.
Edward the Emu DWKEE • $7
Edwina the Emu DWKED • $7
The Crayon Box that Talked Shane DeRolf (Grades PreK–3) There was once a box of crayons that just couldn't get along. Yellow didn't like Red, and neither, for that matter, did Green. Blue pointed out that something was very wrong. But something very right begins to happen when a little girl takes these crayons home and begins to color with them. A simple story with an important message. 32 pages. DDCB • $13