Evan-Moor Literature Pockets
Create Student Portfolios with Pockets Full of Projects
Students make fun, exciting literature
projects , store them in labeled construction paper pockets, and add a charming
cover. And they have literature pockets. 96 pages each.
Instructions are given for making the pockets and covers.
All student materials are reproducible for classroom use.
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Primary Grades
 Literature Pockets
Folk Tales and Fairy Tales, Grades K-1. Covers 7 favorite tales,
including The Three Billy Goats Gruff, The Little Red Hen, The Three Little
Pigs, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Gingerbread Man, Little Red Riding
Hood, and Too Much Noise!. BTH-805. $13.49-D
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Pockets Nursery Rhymes, Grades K-1. Contains activities for 12 nursery
rhymes: A Little Bird; Little Miss Muffet; My Black Hen; Jack and Jill; Little
Bo Peep; I Caught a Fish Alive!; Pease Porridge; Rub-Dub-Dub; Sing a Song of
Sixpence; To Market, To Market; One, Two, Buckle My Shoe; and Diddle, Diddle
Dumpling. Each pocket contains a illustrated copy of a nursery rhyme, a folded
booklet, and one or more activities. BTH-806. $13.49-D
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Pockets Caldecott Winners, Grades 1-3.
Explains the history of the
Caldecott Medal and introduces medal-winning books and their illustrators.
Projects for pockets include both art and writing projects. There are pockets
for each of the following:
The Caldecott Medal
Barbara Cooney: The Ox-Cart Man
Ezra Jack Keats: The Snowy Day
Maurice Sendak: Where the Wild Things Are
David Wiesner: Tuesday
Simms Taback: Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
Nonny Hogrogian: Always Room for One More
Peggy Rathmann: Officer Buckle and Gloria
Stephen Gammell: Song and Dance Man
John Schoenherr; Owl Moon
Leo and Diane Dillon: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's
Ears
Gerald McDermott: Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian
Tale
BTH-807. $13.49-D
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Pockets Folktales and Fairy Tales, Grades 2-3: Contains reproducible
retellings of eight well-known tales: Henny Penny; The Brave Little Tailor; The
Fisherman and His Wife; jack and the Beanstalk; The Elves and he Shoemaker; The
Frog Prince; The Emperor's New Clothes; and the Bremen Town Musicians.
Children respond to the stories with comprehension, writing, and art activities.
Evaluation forms are included.BTH-1384. $13.49-D
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Pockets Aesop's Fables for Grades 2-3. Contains reproducible retellings
of eight familiar fables: The Tortoise and the Hare; The Lion and the Mouse; The
Boy Who Cried Wolf; The Miller, His Son, and Their Donkey; The Milkmaid and Her
Pail; The Fox and the Goat; The Fox and the Stork; and The Cat, the Rooster, and
the Mouse. Children respond to the stories with comprehension,
writing, and art activities. Evaluation forms are included. BTH-808. $13.49-D
Grades 4-6
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Pockets Caldecott Winners Grades 4-6. Explains the history of the
Caldecott Medal and introduces medal-winning books and their illustrators.
Projects for pockets include both art and writing projects. There are pockets
for each of the following: Jumanji; Grandfather's Journey; Fables; Lon Po Po: A
Red Riding Hood Story from China; Mirette on the High Wire; The Girl Who Loved
Wild Horses; Saint George and the Dragon; Black and White; Snowflake Bentley;
Smoky Night; and A Story, A Story. BTH-2440. $13.49-D
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Pockets Fiction for Grades 4-6. Students will learn about twelve
different fiction genres: realistic fiction; folklore; adventure; sports
stories; science fiction; animal stories; mystery stories; jokes and riddles;
historical fiction; poetry; humorous stories; and fantasy. Students make
bookmarks for each genre, which contains a book list for that genre.
(Reproducible patterns provided) They go to the library to find those books and
others of that genre (which they can write on the blank lines on the bookmark.)
Student are encouraged to read at least two books from each genre and then
complete the writing activities and art experiences for each genre pocket.
BTH-809. $13.49-D
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Pockets Greek and Roman Myths for Grades 4-6: This contains reproducible
retellings of eight class myths: Phaėton and the Sun Chariot; Pandora's Jar;
Perseus and the Gorgons; Arachne and the Weaving Contest; The Race for Atlanta;
Persephone and the Seasons; Bellerophon and Pegasus; and Echo and Narcissus.
These myths do not have to be studied in any particular order. Children respond
to the stories with comprehension, writing, and art activities. Evaluation forms
are included. BTH-810. $13.49-D
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Pockets Nonfiction for Grades 4-6. Students learn how to use the Dewey
decimal system for finding things in the library. They then explore twelve
different categories of nonfiction and the activities that go in the pockets
they will make. They will explore books on the topics of people; religion
and myths; folklore; language; nature and animals; mathematics; science and
technology; art, sports, and recreation; poetry and plays; history and travel;
and biography. The project for mathematics, for example, is to make a dictionary
of mathematical terms. BTH-811. $13.49-D
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Pockets Tall Tales for Grades 4-6. This contains reproducible retellings
of nine tall tales: Pecos Bill; Slue-Foot Sue; Paul Bunyan; Babe the Blue Ox;
John Henry; Davy Crockett; Alfred Bullfrog Stormalong ; and Mose the
Firefighter. Students will also write an original folk tale. Children
respond to the tales with comprehension, writing, and art activities. Evaluation
forms are included. BTH-812. $13.49-D
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