The rhythm and flow of the language, how it plays to the ear…

·  Sentence sense

·  An ear for language patterns

·  Use of more complex sentences

·  A variety of sentence lengths

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Books illustrating sentence fluency:

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E VIO
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E VAN
E MAR
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FIC LEG
FIC WHI
E MAR
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811 MYE
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E BUR
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E SEU
E HOB
E LON
811 VIO
E BRO
E POL
E DOR
ENF 398.2 LES
811 FLE
E WOO
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811 FLO
FIC LEW
E STE
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811 MOO
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E AYE
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FIC MIL
E VAN
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ENF 398.2 HOD
FIC MAC
E HOB
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E MOU
E ACK
E HOW
811 FRO
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E STE
E WIS
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FIC RYL
811 WIL
FIC LOC
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E PEE / All the Places to Love – Patricia MacLachlin
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day – Judy Viorst
Amber on the Mountain – Tony Johnston
Amigo – Byrd Baylor
Bad Day at Riverbend – Chris Van Allsburg
Barn Dance – Bill Martin Jr.
Bat Loves the Night – Nicola Davies
Black Cat – Christopher Myers
Black Cowboy, Wild Horse – Julius Lester
Boy: Tales of Childhood – Roald Dahl
Brave Irene – William Steig
Catwings – Ursula LeGuin
Charlotte’s Web – E. B. White
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom – Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
Come On Rain! – Karen Hesse
Dogteam – Gary Paulsen
Dream Weaver – Jonathan London
Drop of Water, A – Walter Wick
Dumpy LaRue – Elizabeth Winthrop
Earthdance – Joanne Ryder
Flicker Flash – Joan Bransfield
Ghost Dance, The – Alice McLerran
Great Migration: an American Story, The – Jacob Lawrence
Harlem – Walter Dean Myers
Hip Cat – Jonathan London
Home Run: the Story of Babe Ruth – Robert Burleigh
Hoops – Robert Burleigh
Hooray for Diffendoofer Day – Dr. Seuss
House is a House for Me, A – Mary Ann Hoberman
How I Became a Pirate – Melinda Long
If I Was In Charge of the World and Other Worries – Judith Viorst (poems)
Important Book, The – Margaret Wise Brown
In Enzo’s Splendid Gardens – Patricia Polacco
Isla – Arthur Dorros
John Henry – Julius Lester
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices – Paul Fleishman
King Bidgood’s In the Bathtub – Audrey and Don Wood
Kiss Good Night – Amy Hest
Laugh-eteria: poems and drawings – Douglas Florian
Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The – C. S. Lewis
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters – John Steptoe
My Backpack – Eve Bunting
My Little Sister Ate One Hare – Bill Grossman
My Mama Had a Dancing Heart – Libba Moore Gray
Night Before Christmas, The – Clement C. Moore
Night of the Gargoyles – Eve Bunting
Night Noises – Mem Fox
Old Black Fly – Jim Ayelsworth
Pandora – Robert Burleigh
Piggins – Jane Yolen
Pooh Story Book, The – A. A. Milne
Possum Come A-Knockin’ – Nancy Van Laan
Raising Dragons – Jerline Nolen
River Dream, A – Allen Say
Saint George and the Dragon – Margaret Hodges
Sarah Plain and Tall – Patricia MacLachlan
Seven Silly Eaters, The – Mary Ann Hoberman
Sign of the Seahorse, The – Graeme Base
Snowman Named Just Bob, A – Mark Kimball Moulton
Song and Dance Man – Karen Ackerman
Spider and the Fly, The – Mary Botham Howitt
Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening – Robert Frost
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt – Deborah Hopkinson
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble – William Steig
Tough Cookie – David Wisniewski
Twilight Comes Twice – Ralph Fletcher
Van Gogh Café, The – Cynthia Rylant
Visit to William Blake’s Inn, A – Nancy Willard
Water Dance – Thomas Locker
Work Song – Gary Paulsen
Wump World, The – Bill Peet