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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
- 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
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.
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
