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Unplugging & getting my kaiju fanatic out of the house is no small achievement. But back in May, when I read Unplugged to my students, they were engaged. I have a couple of kiddos who like to go through picture books and visit details in the illustrations. This book did not disappoint!

This RF, RA, Caldecott Award winning picture book is written and illustrated by John Rocco. This children's book focuses on a family that is always too busy to stop and spend time with each other. Until, one night when the power on the block goes out: blackout. The family is forced to stop what they're doing and just be with each other. This book really teaches us the importance of family and communication.
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This colorful picture book shows a hot summer night in the city mixed with a power outage. The family and community come together and spend time with each other teaching people to enjoy things and be in the moment. This RF book would be good for a RA and is a Caldecott honor book. #ucflae3414sp21

This Caldecott award winning book shares a story about a family who experiences a blackout in New York City. When all electronics and lights are turned off due to this blackout, the family learns what it‘s like to enjoy each other‘s company & spend quality time together without any distractions. This RF story would be best shared as a RA. I would implement the UDL principle 3.1(activate or supply background knowledge)

What better time to start a #netgalley book than when your phone is about to die, there‘s a #poweroutage, and you just don‘t feel like reading the other book you were reading on your #nook. Oh, and can‘t sleep again.

#poweroutage due to suspected tornado. Good thing these #Nooks have such a long battery life.

#staycation #poweroutage #Day6
This book has been fun to read/listen to during power outage. Can‘t take anything heavy. Reading some from my #bookspin book, but sporadically.

Today we hiked just 2.5 miles in a green wooded forest above and parallel to the Farmington River in Windsor, CT. Invigorating! A day of experiencing natural beauty. So needed during these 6 days ( so far) of surreal time without power.

#shelerfromthestorm #poweroutage#wildwind
During a lull in the wind, we checked into a close by hotel. No idea how long we will be without power. Power lines down across our street and transformer blew.Tornadoes west of us. Over 500,000 residents without power in CT. But, Nothing, nothing, compared to devastation & tornadoes down south. Hope all Littens are safe.💕💕

“Blackout“ by John Rocco is a colorful picture book about the day that all the lights went out in the city and how families from all around decided to make the best of a bad situation & instead turned it into a positive by coming together to spend quality time with their loved ones & each other. This Caldecott award winner is best under RF with a UDL 9.3 regarding develop self assessment/reflection along with EL 4 students' prior knowledge.

This book is a cute, Caldecott award winning realistic fiction book by John Rocco that emphasizes the importance of families coming together to spend time with each other. When a blackout occurs in the city, a family of four band together and realize that even though there is no light the whole family can still have fun. I would teach this book with RA. https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ilfonline.org/resource/resmgr/blackout_-_copy.pdf #ucflae3414f19