2nd Grade Common Core Recommended Read Alouds--Unit 2

Here are a few read alouds that were recommended in the Common Core Curriculum Map book that I have been writing about all summer!  Unit 2 in this book for second grade is 'The Old West'...so if you are like me, you are sitting here wondering why Little Red Riding Hood and the Princess and the Pea are recommended.  Well, that is because this unit centers on the thoughts that the gist of a  story can remain the same, however, the setting, or even an item focused on in the problem, can change.  I have mentioned before that I LOVE teaching my Cinderella unit and hate to see it go down to first grade.  But, I am excited to take a look at these other fairy tales and the tall tales that are an important part of Unit 2.  I can't wait to find another version of Little Red Riding Hood and the Princess and the Pea to teach with the originals!  Now....as far as the toughest cowboy down there....it remains to be seen as to what he will bring me in the way of teaching.

Little Riding Hood by Trina Schart Hyman

The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Andersen

The Toughest Cowboy:  or How the Wild West Was Tamed by John Frank

If you have any ideas for other versions of Little Red and the Pea Princess up there, let me know their titles!  Also, if you know anything about our cowboy up there <boy, he sure does look tough!!!--hope he isn't tough to teach!!>  please leave me a comment.

I am sad to say that summer is winding down for me.  I just got back from my mini-vacation just an hour ago and already I am hard at work again for you!  I go back to work in just 18 days and I am pretty sure that I have 4 days of professional development between now and then.  So...in the coming days you will see a mad dash of titles, covers, and links for the rest of the recommended books for 2nd grade.  I kept thinking I would get to them....but time has caught up with me...and I am only on Unit 2!  I need to finish this one and get straight into the others!!  Until then!