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Unit 1 LDOE exemplars

Henkes, Kevin. Kitten’s First Full Moon. New York: Greenwillow, 2004. (2004) ( I couldn't retain the formatting so check Appendix B)

It was Kitten’s first full moon. When she saw it, she thought. There’s a little bowl of milk in the sky. And she wanted it.

So she closed her eyes and stretched her neck and opened her mouth and licked.

But Kitten only ended up with a bug on her tongue. Poor Kitten!

Still, there was the little bowl of milk, just waiting.

So she pulled herself together and wiggled her bottom and sprang from the top step of the porch.

But Kitten only tumbled— bumping her nose and banging her ear and pinching her tail. Poor Kitten!

Still, there was the little bowl of milk, just waiting.

So she chased it— down the sidewalk, through the garden, past the field, and by the pond. But Kitten never seemed to get closer. Poor Kitten!

Still, there was the little bowl of milk, just waiting

So she ran to the tallest tree she could find, and she climbed and climbed and climbed to the very top.

But Kitten still couldn’t reach the bowl of milk, and now she was scared. Poor Kitten! What could she do?

Then, in the pond, Kitten saw another bowl of milk. And it was bigger. What a night!

So she raced down the tree and raced through the grass

and raced to the edge of the pond. She leaped with all her might—

Poor Kitten! She was wet and sad and tired and hungry.

So she went back home—

and there was a great big bowl of milk on the porch, just waiting for her.

Lucky Kitten!

COPYRIGHT © 2004 BY KEVIN HENKES. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.

Unit 2 LDOE links

“Frog Facts: Frogs vs. Toads,” KidZone

Unit 3 LDOE Links // The Emperor’s New Clothes ////, // Hans Christian Andersen The Frog-Prince, Grimm Brothers

Unit 4 LDOE exemplars St. George, Judith. So You Want to Be President? Illustrated by David Small. New York: Philomel, 2000. (2000)

Every single President has taken this oath: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

Only thirty-five words! But it’s a big order if you’re President of this country. Abraham Lincoln was tops at filling that order. “I know very well that many others might in this matter or as in others, do better than I can,” he said. “But…I am here. I must do the best I can, and bear the responsibility of taking the course which I feel I ought to take.”

That’s the bottom line. Tall, short, fat, thin, talkative, quiet, vain, humble, lawyer, teacher, or soldier—this is what most of our Presidents have tried to do, each in his own way. Some succeeded. Some failed. If you want to be President— a good President—pattern your self after the best. Our best have asked more of themselves than they thought they could give. They have had the courage, spirit, and will to do what they knew was right. Most of all, their first priority has always been the people and the country they served.

From SO YOU WANT TO BE PRESIDENT? By Judith St. George, illustrated by David Small. Text © 2000 by Judith St. George. Illustrations © 2000 by David Small. Used by permission of Philomel Books, A Division of Penguin Young Readers Group, A Member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc, all rights reserved.

Appendix B