Pete the Cat goes to school in his really awesome school shoes. He sings about all the different activities he does during the school day in his shoes. 

I would use this book with younger grades and have them draw or color a page with 'school shoes' on it and allow them to design their dream school shoes. For younger grades, especially with children who haven't been to school, I would take them around the school on a tour, especially highlighting the places in our school that Pete the Cat went to in his school. I would make sure to add any other important locations in our school that were not in the book, however.

Lexile Level - AD600

(AD: Adult Directed, a book typically read to students)

Click Clack Moo: Cows that Type is a story about cows owned by Farmer Brown. These cows type and post memos or letters to Farmer Brown about their demands/requests for different things. The cows type on behalf of other animals in the barn as well.

This book lends itself well to talk about writing a letter to someone and the specific parts of a letter (heading, greeting, body, closing, and signature). I would allow my students to write a letter to a relative or friend for this activity. There is a song about the parts of a letter (set to the tune of "The Addams Family") that I would use as a memory aid for students, adding movements or snaps with the song. Before having them write their own letters, I would do an example with class input then, or we would have been preparing by writing letters as a class.

Lexile Level - AD160

(AD: Adult Directed, a book typically read to students)