Pioneer Valley Books

Downloadable Books & Teaching Tools

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Downloadable Books

• Daisy's Pink Cape (Level 10/F)
• Busy Children (Level 2/B)
• Heads, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes (Level 2/B)
• We Go to School (Level 3/C)
• Zoo Animals (Level 1/A)

Pioneer Valley Books with free downloadable lesson plans

Many of our books have free guided reading lesson plans available on our website. Here is a current list of the sets that have lesson plans available. Look for the "Additional Resources" tab that indicates lesson plans are available.

• Gilbert the Pig Set 1
• Gilbert the Pig Set 2
• Fawn Chapter Set
• Spaceboy Set 1
• Galaxy Girl Set 1
• Georgie Giraffe Set 1
• Little Dinosaur Set 1

Other Downloadable Resources

• "Think About It" Graphic Organizer for Nonfiction
• Literacy Wings Content Focus Chart
• Learning Letters
• Reading Log
• Bella and Rosie Valentines
• Summer Reading Log
• Sample Pioneer Valley Prompting Guide Card
• Using Elkonin Boxes: Teach phonemic awareness by having students listen for individual sounds and mark where they hear them in the boxes. Michele Dufresne produced two videos to demonstrate this method: Video 1 | Video 2