What You Should Know About My Level s2

Name: ______

Level: J

What you should know about my level:  Stories have similar characteristics to level I but generally longer (over 50 pages)  First chapter books  Characters in series books will expand interest in reading, increasing the amount of time reading  Large amount of dialogue  Full range of punctuation within longer, more complex sentences with many adjectives and adverbs  Texts have one main plot with several episodes over a period of time – chapter books may only cover a period of one day  Requires more interpretation on the part of the reader  Requires quick solving of new words, including three or four syllables.

All-Star Examples: Mr. Putter and Tabby (series), Henry and Mudge (series), Shortcut

Books titles at my level include:

TITLE AUTHOR Bringing The Rain To Kapiti Plain Aardema, Verna Danny And The Dinosaur Hoff, Syd Harry The Dirty Dog Zion, Gene Aunt Eater Loves A Mystery Cushman, Doug Big Max Platt, Kin Detective Dinosaur Skofield, James Poppleton Rylant, Cynthia And I Mean It, Stanley Bonsall, Crosby N. Farmer Brown and Dapple Gray Brown, Craig Fox And His Friends Marshall, Edward Ghosts!: Ghostly Tales from Folklore Schwartz, Alvin The Author on My Street Cook, Lisa Broadie Minnie and Moo Cazet, Denys Goggles! Keats, Ezra Jack Oliver Button Is A Sissy dePaola, Tomie Little Bear Menarik, Else H. Zelda and Ivy Kvasnosky, Laura McGee Young Cam Jansen Adler, David Author: A True Story Lester, Helen Mr. Putter and Tabby (Mr. Putter and Rylant, Cynthia Tabby Pour the Tea) Henry and Mudge (Henry and Mudge: Rylant, Cynthia The First Book) Froggy (Froggy Gets Dressed) London, Jonathan Buster and the Giant Pumpkin Brown, Marc Buster Hunts for Dinosaurs Brown, Marc Where the Wild Things Are Sendak, Maurice Zelda and Ivy Series Kvasnosky, Laura McGee Space Race Cowley, Joy The Dumb Bunnies Pilkey, Dav A Little Prairie House Wilder, Laura Ingalls Going West Wilder, Laura Ingalls Small Wolf Benchley, Nathaniel The Persian Cinderella Climo, Shirley Ming Lo Loves the Mountain Lobel, Arnold Celebrating Chinese New Year: Nick’s New Year Drew, Rosa The Tortilla Factory Paulsen, Gary Shortcut Crews, Donald Apple Pie Fourth of July Wong, Janet S. Friends at School Bunnett, Rochelle Fire Fighter Royston, Angela Inclined Planes Dahl, Michael The Little Red Hen Galdone, Paul Somebody and the Three Blairs Tolhurst, Marilyn Beautiful Blackbird Bryan, Ashley The Gingerbread Man Aylesworth, Jim Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest McDermott, Gerald Fantastic Frogs! Robinson, Fay Great White Shark Nuzzolo, Deborah Hammerhead Shark Nuzzolo, Deborah How a Seed Grows Helene, Jordan How To Make Salsa Lucerno, Jamie I Am a Rock Marzollo, Jean Megamouth Shark Nuzzolo, Deborah Nurse Shark Nuzzolo, Deborah Octopuses Lindeen, Carol On the Open Plains Marilyn Woolley Puppies! Puppies! Puppies! Susan Meyers Sea Horses Lindeen, Carol Sea Turtles Lindeen, Carol Shadows Otto, Carolyn B. Where Do Puddles Go? Fowler, Allan Zebra Shark Nuzzolo, Deborah Alexander Graham Bell Mara, Wil Amelia Earhart Mara, Wil Autumn Berger, Melvin & Gilda Butterflies Shapiro, Karen Clouds Bauer, Marion Fall Leaf Project McNamara, Margaret Hooray for Teeth! Shaw, Gina Living in the Arctic Fowler, Allan Living on the Plains Fowler, Allan Neil Armstrong Rau, Dana Meachen Over in the Meadow Wadsworth, Olive A. Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf Ehlert, Lois Scaly Animals Nelson, May Sharks Guiberson, Brenda Z. Snow Bauer, Marion Snow Bauer, Marion The Grouchy Ladybug Carle, Eric What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? Page, Robin What is Round? Dotlich, Rebecca Kai

*Bold titles are Series books.

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