Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors
by Joyce Sidman and Pamela Zagarenski
“In FALL…Brown, / fat and glossy, rises in honking flocks. / Brown rustles... read more
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- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Picture Book
Year Published 2009
Word Count 693
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 570L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 129255, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- Art
- English Language Arts
- Science
- Subject Headings
- Poetry
- Seasons
- Juvenile Fiction | Concepts | Senses & Sensation
- Seasons--Poetry
- Colors
- Color
- Juvenile Fiction | Concepts | Seasons
- Seasons--Juvenile poetry
- Children's poetry, American
- Colors--Juvenile poetry
- Color--Poetry
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- American poetry
- Children's poetry
- Juvenile Fiction | Concepts | Colors
Our Original Resources 5
Audio Name Pronunciation with Joyce Sidman
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Pamela Zagarenski
Created by TeachingBooks
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
Created by TeachingBooks
About the Authors 6
Audio Name Pronunciation with Joyce Sidman
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Pamela Zagarenski
Created by TeachingBooks
Author Interviews 3
Interview with Pamela Zagarenski
Created by Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
Interview with Joyce Sidman
Created by Bigfoot Reads
Interview with Joyce Sidman
Created by Mackin Community
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 6
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Activity Guide from Junior Library Guild
Created by Junior Library Guild
Lesson Plan from Joyce Sidman
Created by Joyce Sidman
Lesson Plan from ABCs of Reading
Created by ABCs of Reading
Lesson Plan from Harcourt
Created by Harcourt
Book Readings 2
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Barbara Caruso
Created by Recorded Books
Audiobook Excerpt
Created by Reading In Action
Awards & Distinctions 6
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2021
Honor, 2010
Notable Children's Books, 1995-2021
Commended, 2010
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2021
Selection, 2010
Fanfare, 2001 - 2020
Selection, 2009
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