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LibraryThing catalog of books being ordered:  kday_working

This is still a work in progress as ordering will be ongoing.  For some authors, I've put a tag "more by author" or "more in series" to prompt me to go back and add more books.

Notes on subject tags used in the kday_working catalog -- click on any of the tags below to see the list of books for that subject:

• books are either "fiction" or "nonfiction";
• within "fiction", books should be either "picture book", "easy reader", "lp" for lower primary, or "up" for upper primary;
• folk tales and mythology are in "nonfiction" and "398.2" (the standard Dewey assignment);
• some units of inquiry have a particular tag,e.g.,
  • "environment" stands for Grade 4's unit "Think Global, Act Local";
  • "emotions" is for the K1 unit "Watch Me";
  • "me myself i" is for the K1 unit "Me, Myself, I", a unit related to Grade 4's "Identity" (for which I don't have a specific tag yet);
  • "work and play" is for the Grade 1 unit "Work and Leisure";
  • "explorers" is for the Grade 2 unit "Into the Unknown";
  • "economics" is for the Grade 4 unit "Goods and Services";
  • "food" is for the Grade 2 unit "From Field to Table";
  • "celebrations" is for the Grade 1 unit "Let's Celebrate" (which covers religions)
  • "animals" is for K2's unit "Feathers, Fins and Fur" as well as Grade 1's unit "Extinction"
  • "human body" is for Grade 1's unit "My Body" as well as Grade 4's unit "All Systems Go" and Grade 2's unit "Healthy Lifestyles" (although "healthy lifestyles" is also a tag);
  • "senses" is for the K2 unit on "Senses" as well as the human body units;
  • "plants" is for Grade 2's unit "Lungs of the Earth", as well as K1's unit "Caring for Living Things";
  • "water" is for Grade 3's unit "Blue Planet" and K1's unit "Splish Splash Splosh";
  • "electricity" is for Grade 3's unit "It's Shocking";
  • "forces" and "magnetism" are for Grade 2's unit "May the Force Be With You"
  • "countries" and "cultures" are for Grade 4's unit "Location, Location" as well as the K2 unit "Our World";
  • "transport" and "maps" are for Grade 3's unit "On the Move";
  • "aztecs" as well as "ancient civilizations" are for Grade 3's unit "What Have They Done for Us?";
  • "superstory" is for the K2 unit "Super Stories";
  • "media" is for the Grade 3 unit "Media Mania";
  • "safety" is for the Grade 3 unit "Is It Safe?";
  • "communication" (an incomplete list) is for the Grade 1 unit "Communication";
  • "materials" is for the K2 unit "Magic Materials";
  • "landmarks" (a fledgling list) is for the Grade 1 unit "Landmarks";
  • "working together" (an incomplete list) is for the K1 unit "Working Together";
  • "art", "artists", "composers", "music", "arts and crafts", and "drama" all relate to the Grade 2 "Arts Alive" unit, as well as Grade 4's "My Nature" unit;
• other standard tags used include:
  • "poetry"
  • "biographies"
  • "history"
  • "mathematics"
  • "technology"
  • "physics"
  • "science"
  • "language"

WorldCat list of ISBNs that LibraryThing had trouble recognizing:  Hard to Find ISBNs  (NB: lists can be exported to CSV format or printed)

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Sets of books for whole class novel study, group readers, good read-alouds, etc.