Increase your vocabulary! Listen to the read aloud and fill out the graphic organizer you can just use a piece of paper and create the headings yourself. Try to use the word when speaking or writing at least three times today.

10 AUTHORS THAT USE EXTRAORDINARY VOCABULARY WORDS

Here is a list of authors that use some fantastic vocabulary words. Included beside each author’s name are a couple of their books that are full of vocabulary words

• William Steig – Sylvester and the Magic Pebble & Dr. DeSoto
• Kevin Henkes– Chrysanthemum & Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse
• Virginia Lee Burton– The Little House & Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
• Leon Lionni– Swimmy & An Extraordinary Egg
• E.B. White– Charlotte’s Web & The Trumpet of the Swan
• Tim Egan– Metropolitan Cow & Friday Night at Hodges’ Cafe
• Steven Kellogg– Paul Bunyan & Johnny Appleseed
• James Marshall– The 3 Little Pigs & Goldilocks and the Three Bears
• Patricia Polacco– Thank You, Mr. Falker & The Keeping Quilt
• Cynthia Rylant– When I was Young in the Mountains & The Relatives Came