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Genres

Letter Writing, Diaries, & Journals

Grade: All

Understanding different genres is an important skill for a student and this one specifically can be tied to your Writers Workshop routine throughout the year. Since students are writing in their own personal diaries and journal during the literacy block, this genre is incredibly relevant and is a perfect example of real life application.

Writers Workshop Book List For Letter Writing, Diaries, & Journals

A Letter to Amy

By Ezra Keats

Guided Reading Level: K

Across the Wide…

By Kristina Gregory

Guided Reading Level: T

Bound for Oregon

By Jean Leeuwen

Guided Reading Level: P

Click Clack Moo…

By Doreen Cronin

Guided Reading Level: K

Dear Dumb Diary…

By Jim Benton

Guided Reading Level: X

Dear Little Wolf

By Ian Whybrow

Guided Reading Level: N

Dear Mr. Blueberry

By Simon James

Guided Reading Level: K

Dear Mrs LaRue…

By Mark Teague

Guided Reading Level: L

Dear Peter Rabbit

By Alma Ada

Guided Reading Level: O

Detective LaRue

By Mark Teague

Guided Reading Level: L

Diary of a Fly

By Doreen Cronin

Guided Reading Level: K

Diary of a Spider

By Doreen Cronin

Guided Reading Level: K

Diary of a Wimpy…

By Jeff Kinney

Guided Reading Level: P

Diary of a Wombat

By Jackie French

Guided Reading Level: J

First Year Letters

By Julie Danneberg

Guided Reading Level: L

Harriet the Spy

By Louise Fitzhugh

Guided Reading Level: T

I Wanna Iguana

By Karen Orloff

Guided Reading Level: J

Love Ruby Lavender

By Deborah Wiles

Guided Reading Level: R

Pink and Say

By P. Polacco

Guided Reading Level: S

PS Longer Let…

By Ann Martin

Guided Reading Level: U

Raising Sweetness

By Diane Stanley

Guided Reading Level: O

Standing in the…

By Mary Osborne

Guided Reading Level: T

The Armadillo From…

By Lynne Cherry

Guided Reading Level: N

The Empty Envelope

By Ron Roy

Guided Reading Level: N

The Gardener

By Sarah Stewart

Guided Reading Level: L

The Jolly Postman

By Allan Ahlberg

Guided Reading Level: I

Tooth and Claw…

By Ted Lewin

Guided Reading Level: U

Watching Desert…

By Jim Arnosky

Guided Reading Level: S


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