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Presenter Recommended Book List for the 2008 Core Knowledge National Conference
Below you will find a list of books that have been suggested by several conference presenters. In some cases it would be helpful to have these books during the indicated session. Please refer to the "Required" category to decide if you should purchase or bring the book with you to attend the session. The majority of these suggested works will be available in our Core Knowledge Speaker Bookstore located in the Exhibit Hall.
| Presenter | Session Title | Book Title | Book Author | Book ISBN | Required for Session? |
| Aimee Young Hopkins | Down by the Riverside: Exploring Vocal Music for the Classroom Teacher | A Joyful Noise: The Core Knowledge American Songbook | 978-1-933486-07-9 | Recommended | |
| Music and your child: A guide for parents and caregivers (Music together) | Lili M Levinowitz | B000735Y10 | Recommended | ||
| On the Pulse of Morning | Maya Angelou | 978-0679748380 | Recommended | ||
| Aimee Young Hopkins | The Joy in A Joyful Noise: Exploring Vocal Music for the Classroom Teacher Using the Core Knowledge American Songbook, A Joyful Noise | A Joyful Noise: The Core Knowledge American Songbook | 978-1-933486-07-9 | Recommended | |
| Music and your child: A guide for parents and caregivers (Music together) | Lili M Levinowitz | B000735Y10 | Recommended | ||
| Music Together - Fiddle | Lili M Levinowitz | B000K96LGS | Recommended | ||
| Alex Filippenko | A "Cosmic Voyage" Classroom | The Cosmos: Astronomy in the New Millenium (3rd ed.) | Jay M. Pasachoff and Alex Filippenko | 049501303X | Optional |
| Understanding the Universe (3rd ed.) | Alex Filippenko | 9781598032758 | Optional | ||
| Alice Wiggins | Dramatic Play in the Preschool Classroom: Building Language and Literacy | Preschoolers At Play! | Alice K. Wiggins | 1932054391 | Optional |
| Scaffolding with Storybooks | Justice, Pence, Beckman, Skibbe, Wiggins | 0872075788 | Optional | ||
| Andrew Pudewa | Reaching the Reluctant Writer | Teaching Writing: Structure & Style | Andrew Pudewa | Optional | |
| Anne Isaacs | Teaching with Tall Tales: A Reading and Writing Workshop | Swamp Angel | Anne Isaacs | 0-525-45271-0 | Recommended |
| Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Gold | The Ghosts of Luckless Gulch | Anne Isaacs | 978-1-4169-0202-7 | Recommended | |
| Torn Thread | Anne Isaacs | 0-590-60363-9 | Recommended | ||
| Pancakes for Supper | Anne Isaacs | 0-439-64483-6 | Recommended | ||
| Bob Falls | Poetry Alive! and Connecting with African-American Poetry | Something Is Going to Happen | Allan Wolf | 1-883731-00-2 | Recommended |
| It's Showtime | Allan Wolf | 1-883731-00-3 | Recommended | ||
| Charles Gritzner | Putting it All in Place: Teaching Regional Geography | Latin America | Charles F. Gritzner | 0-7910-8142-7 | Optional |
| The Tropics | Charles F. Gritzner | 0-7910-9233-x | Optional | ||
| The United States of America | Charles F. Gritzner | 978-0-7910-9511-9 | Optional | ||
| Debra Mentzer | Differentiating Instruction in a Core Knowledge Classroom: A Preview | How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed Ability Classrooms | Carol Ann Tomlinson | 0-87120-512-2 | Optional |
| Integrating Differentiated Instruction & Understanding by Design (Connecting Content and Kids) | Tomlinson & McTighe | 978-1-4166-0284-2 | Optional | ||
| Differentiating Instruction in the Regular Classroom: How to Reach and Teach All Learners, Grades 3-12 | Diane Heacox | 1-57542-105-4 | Optional | ||
| Dennis Denenberg | A Perfect Fit: Character Education and Real Heroes | 50 American Heroes Every Kid Should Meet | Dennis Denenberg & Lorraine Roscoe | 978-0761395485 | Required |
| Heroes Every Child Should Know | |||||
| Hampton Sides | True West | Blood and Thunder | Hampton Sides | 978-1-4000-3110-8 | Recommended |
| Westward Expansion from Different Perspectives: PANEL DISCUSSION | Ghost Soldiers | Hampton Sides | 0-385-49565-X | Optional | |
| Americana: Dispatches from the New Frontier | Hampton Sides | 1-4000-3355-1 | Optional | ||
| Howard Knoff | Discipline, Behavior Management, and School Safety: Creating a Responsible Student Body | Stop & Think Social Skills Classroom Package | Knoff | Optional | |
| Stop & Think Support Materials | Knoff | Optional | |||
| Stop & Think Parent Book: A Guide to Children's Good Behavior | Knoff | Optional | |||
| Jason Finch | Let's Move It! | Dynamic Physical Education for Elementary School Children | Robert P. Pangrazi | 0-205-26905-2 | Optional |
| CD: Care for One Another | www.classroomclassics.com | Optional | |||
| Jennifer Denetdale | Teaching American and Navajo Histories: Historical Narratives, Navajo Memory, and Oral Tradition | Reclaiming Diné History: The Legacies of Navajo Chief Manuelito and Juanita | Jennifer Nez Detendale | 978-0816526604 | Required |
| The Long Walk: The Forced Navajo Exile (Landmark Events in Native American History) | Jennifer Denetdale and Paul C. Rosier | 978-0791093443 | Recommended | ||
| Bighorse the Warrior | Tiana Bighorse and Noel Bennett | 978-0816514441 | Recommended | ||
| Joyce Oldham Appleby | Coming to Terms with Thomas Jefferson | Thomas Jefferson | Joyce Appleby | 978-0805069242 | Optional |
| American History: Elementary School Edition | Susan F. Saidenberg | 193-282-151-1 | Optional | ||
| Julie Blair | Building Bridges With the Press: Making the Most of the Media for Your School | Building Bridges With the Press | Julie Blair | 978-0967479514 | Recommended |
| Julie Krch | Getting Started with Core Knowledge: The Adventure Begins | Core Knowledge K-8 Sequence | Core Knowledge Foundation | 978-1-890517-20-5 | Optional |
| What Your _ Grader Needs to Know | Core Knowledge Foundation | Varies by Grade Level | Optional | ||
| Julie Krch | Finding the Time to Successfully Implement Core Knowledge | Core Knowledge Day by Day Planner Workbook | Core Knowledge Foundation | Varies by Grade Level | Optional |
| Karina Gaige | Using Multimedia in the History Classroom | The Founding Era (History in a Box) | Series Editor: Susan F. Saidenberg | 978-1-932821-35-2 | Optional |
| Abraham Lincoln (History in a Box) | Series Editor: Susan F. Saidenberg | 978-1-932821-34-5 | Optional | ||
| American History: Elementary School Edition | Series Editor: Susan F. Saidenberg | 193-282-151-1 | Optional | ||
| Krystal Kroeker | Character Education in the Classroom | Core Virtues | Mary Beth Klee | 0-9679626-0-9 | Recommended |
| Smart and Good High Schools | Thomas Lickona and Matthew Davidson | ASIN:B000JRF28O | Optional | ||
| Character Building Activities for Kids | Darlene Mannix | 0-13-042585-0 | Optional | ||
| Laurie Moran | Time In: What to Do When Time Out Fails | Teaching Young Children with ADHD | Richard Lougy, David Rosenthal | 978-1-4129415 | Recommended |
| Peacemaking Skills for Little Kids | Fran Schmidt, Alice Friedman | 1-878227-16-5 | Recommended | ||
| The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun | Carol Stock Kranowitz | 0-399-52843-1 | Optional | ||
| Marilane Dusterhoff | Math Strategies for Every Elementary Classroom | A Framework for Understanding | Ruby K. Payne | 978-1929229482 | Optional |
| Journey of Al & Gebra in the Land of Algeb | Bethanie Tucker | Optional | |||
| Mr. Base Ten Invents Mathematics | Bethanie Tucker | 1929229240 | Optional | ||
| Mary Ann Kohl | Discover the Great Masters with Kids | Great American Artists for Kids | MaryAnn F. Kohl | 978-0935607000 | Optional |
| Discovering Great Artists | MaryAnn F. Kohl | 978-0935607093 | Optional | ||
| Storybook Art | MaryAnn F. Kohl | 978-0935607031 | Optional | ||
| Primary Art | MaryAnn F. Kohl | 978-0876592830 | Optional | ||
| Big Messy Art | MaryAnn F. Kohl | 978-0876592069 | Optional | ||
| Maureen Festi | Teaching American History in the Elementary School Classroom | American History: Elementary School Edition | Series Editor: Susan F. Saidenberg | 193-282-151-1 | Optional |
| Nathan Levy | Powerful Strategies to Enhance Learning of Gifted & Highly Able Students | Not Just Schoolwork | Amy Burke, Nathan Levy | 1-878347-55-1 | Optional |
| Powerful Strategies to Teach Hard-to-Reach Learners | Thinking & Writing Activities for the Brain | Amy Burke, Nathan Levy | 1-878347-56-X | Optional | |
| Creativity Day by Day | Amy Burke, Nathan Levy | 1-878347-58-6 | Optional | ||
| Patricia Ancona | Pre-Columbian & Meso-American History | An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya | Mary Miller & Karl Taube | 0-500-27928-4 | Optional |
| Lords of Creation: The Origins of Sacred Maya Kingship | Virginia M. Fields | 1857593863 | Optional | ||
| Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya | Simon Martin & Nicolai Grube | 0500051038 | Optional | ||
| Patricia Ancona | World History from a New Perspective: The Art & Trade in the Middle Ages & Renaissance | The Renaissance Bazaar: From the Silk Road to Michelangelo | Jerry Brotton | 0192802658 | Optional |
| Looking at European Ceramics: A Guide to Technical Terms | David Harris Cohen & Catherine Hess | 071411734X | Optional | ||
| Bazaar to Piazza: Islamic Trade and Italian Art, 1300-1600 | Rosamond Mack | 0520221311 | Optional | ||
| Dr. Kathleen Dunlevy Morin | Heroes to the Core: Building Character, Caring, Civility & More through Curriculum Content | A Study of Heroes (A 2-binder Instructional Rresource Collection) | Dr. Kathleen Dunlevy Morin | 1-57035-072-8 | Optional |
| Understanding Heroism One Student and One Day at a Time: PANEL DISCUSSION | |||||
| Sarah Hayden | Developing Assessments in Core Knowledge Units for Grades 4-8 | Understanding by Design | Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe | 1-4166-0035-3 | Optional |
| Sonja Burnett | Life's Lessons Learned from The Three Little Pigs | The Three Pigs | David Weisner | 0-618-00701-6 | Optional |
| The Three Little Javelinas | Susan Lowell | 0-590-44357-7 | Optional | ||
| The True Story of the Three Little Pigs | Jon Scieszka | 0-87358-542-9 | Optional | ||
| Timothy Bellavia | We Are All the Same Inside: Sage Doll Making Workshop | We Are All the Same Inside | Timothy Bellavia | 0-615-11395-8 | Recommended |
| Sage Goes to Kindergarten | Timothy Bellavia | 0-9718232-2-7 | Optional | ||
| Come and Abide | Timothy Bellavia | 0-9718232-0-0 | Optional | ||
| Tommy Reddicks | Making Horizontal Connections with the Core Knowledge Sequence | Core Knowledge K-8 Sequence | Core Knowledge Foundation | 978-1-890517-20-5 | Optional |
| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy | E. D. Hirsch, Jr. | 0-395-65597-8 | Optional | ||
| Wendy Hyndman | Day by Day Planner and Teacher Handbooks: How They Work Together | Core Knowledge K-8 Sequence | Core Knowledge Foundation | 978-1-890517-20-5 | Recommended |
| Core Knowledge Teacher Handbook | Core Knowledge Foundation | Varies by Grade Level | Recommended | ||
| What Your _ Grader Needs to Know | Core Knowledge Foundation | Varies by Grade Level | Recommended |
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Last updated: Mon, October 27 2008
