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JordanHull
Charlotte's Web | E. B. White
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#UCFLae3413F17 Charlotte‘s Web is a classic story about friendship and loyalty. This MF text was written by E.B. White. This beloved story is about a girl named Fern who helps save Wilbur, the runt of the latest piglet liter, and a clever spider named Charlotte. Fern saves Wilbur from her father and eventually helps Wilbur become famous and beloved by all.

This book would make a terrific LC, IR, and some parts would make great DR‘s. I would

JordanHull implement UDL strategy 2.1 and ESOL strategy 5. There are some great vocabulary words in the story and reviewing them before reading the text would help not only ESOL students, but all students.

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/whats-word/

This is a lesson plan found on the scholastic website that helps teachers expand upon the vocabulary in the text.
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DominiqueL
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This F Caldecott picture book is great for RT, GR, and SR. http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/learning-about-wo... As the teacher I would teach the students a lesson based on learning word families for this book.
UDL: 3.2. Highlight patterns, critical features, big ideas, and relationships, 2.4 Promote understanding across languages, 6.1 Guide appropriate goal-setting

DominiqueL ESOL: Promote cooperation (small groups), Continually monitor students‘ comprehension, Simplify your speech by making it slower and redundant
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JuliaMurra I read this book too, it would be great for a RT. 7y
Teresaj I liked that you had an ESOL standard that promoted cooperation, that can be incorporated perfectly in this book! 7y
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DominiqueL
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This poetry picture book contains a variety of short fables that are great for partner reading. The author, Mary Ann Hoberman uses alliteration, rhyme, and repetition to allow readers to read along with peers or adults. This book is apart of a series that tells many different types of stories using the same technique (e.g. You Read to Me and I'll Read to You; Very Short Fairy Tales to Read Together).

DominiqueL The website https://media.btsb.com/TitleLessonPlans/1098.pdf discusses all the different ways each of the books in the series are beneficial for and can be used in the classroom. UDL: 3.2. Highlight patterns, critical features, big ideas, and relationships, 2.4 Promote understanding across languages, 6.1 Guide appropriate goal-setting 7y
DominiqueL ESOL: Promote cooperation (small groups), Continually monitor students‘ comprehension, Simplify your speech by making it slower and redundant
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Floribelg I saw this book in the library and as I skimmed through it I thought it would be great for CR. Just because they have distinguished lines for more than one person to read. Choosing this as a SR is just as great teaching strategy. 7y
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CaseyL This book sounds absolutely perfect for partner reading! I also love how many UDL principles you identified for this book. 7y
DominiqueL @floribelg you are right. There are so many different teaching strategies that are beneficial due to the structure of text. Mary Ann Hoberman was really thinking when she wrote these books 7y
DrSpalding I need this one! 7y
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MeghanW
The One and Only Ivan | Katherine Applegate
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The One and Only Ivan is a MF book written by Katherine Applegate. It is a Newbery Award winner and is a great book for SR in the classroom. I absolutely love the way the book is written. It is based on a true story and written from the view of the gorilla. Ivan doesn‘t really think much about his living situation until Ruby comes along. #ucflae3413f17

MeghanW EL Strategy 3: encourage self-talk (positive thinking). UDL Strategy 8.3: faster collaboration and community. http://www.flreads.org/Book_Award/extensions/Ivan.htm this website is great for teachers to use. It has real footage of Ivan and standards they go along with the book. It gets children aware of what has happened and changed. 7y
DrSpalding I agree with the idea of utilizing this for shared reading and really love that you used the Florida Reads website. Nice work. Of course 8.3 works so well with the idea of shared reading and positive thinking is something that comes along with the theme of the book. 7y
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juliek1
Seven Blind Mice | Ed Young
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This is a really beautiful TL picture book. Ed Young has a very unique and colorful way of illustrating his work, and it‘s very captivating. This book tells the story of seven blind mice who find an unfamiliar thing at the pond that they frequent. The mice try to figure out what it is by climbing over bits and pieces of it one by one, but it‘s not until their sibling climbs the entire thing that they figure out what it is.

juliek1 This book is a Caldecott Honor winner, as well as winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Picture Book.

This is a really great story for RA, CR, GR, ST, and AS.

The attached lesson plan is great specifically for ESOL students, although it can be applied to all: http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/tesolc/downloads/lesson%20plans/03_2013_TC%2...

This lesson applies UDL 1.1 Offer ways of customizing the display of information in that in involves not only the book itself, but cutouts of the characteristics of the thing the mice are trying to figure out, as well as 5.3 Build fluencies with graduated levels of support for practice and performance, as you are helping build confidence in the as they move along through the lesson from mouse #1 to mouse #7, guessing what the thing might be. ESOL strat 30. Encourage the use of diagrams and drawings as aids to identify concepts and seeing relationships is used as well, with the pillar, snake, fan, etc., until the entire “thing” is assembled. #ucflae3413f17
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CaseyL Your storytelling of this book was so fun and interactive! I would love to use this book to tell the story to my future students some day. It‘s also really cool that this book was recognized for its illustrations because you could share it as you do the storytelling! 7y
DrSpalding This is an excellent post Julie! You are right that this traditional literature piece could be used in a variety of ways. Your storytelling was an excellent example! 7y
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juliek1
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This was a favorite RF novel from when I was in 5th grade. It follows a young girl, Claudia, and her little brother, who have run away from home to go live (in secret) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Once settled in, they get caught up in a mystery surrounding a new statue the Museum has purchased. This is an excellent book for RA, LC, SR, and AS.

juliek1 One of my favorite things about the book is that it deals a lot with the money Claudia and her brother have to live off of, and what they have to do once it starts dwindling. It‘s a fun way to get kids to start thinking about how money works, and understand that it is not limitless.

A good lesson plan that I found is here: http://www.warsaw.k12.in.us/guided-reading/level-s-1/3302-from-the-mixed-up-file... It involves a lot of HOT questions, and vocab, which would utelize UDL 2.1 Clarify vocabulary and symbols. You can apply ESOL strat 20. List the most important words and phrases you use or plan to use in a presentation on a transparency or on the chalkboard by being prepared with the vocab listed in the lesson plan. #ucflae3413f17
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juliek1
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In this really cool NF picture book, Steve Jenkins uses his fantastic art to teach kids about skeletons - both human and animal. This would be a great book for RA, CR, SR, and even AS.

The following lesson plan has a really fun activity for the kids involving clay!: http://picturebooksbeyondbasics.blogspot.com/2011/07/bones-skeletons-and-how-the...

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A good UDL would be 3.2. Highlight patterns, critical features, big ideas, and relationships, as students will begin to learn that a lot of skeletons share types of bones, regardless of whether or not they are human. This is a great change to use ESOL strat 18. Use commands and directions that involve overt student actions as in Total Physical Response (TPR), as you can quite literally point out, and have students model after you, which bones you‘re learning about. Point to your femur, your spine, your hip, etc. #ucflae3413f17
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juliek1
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This is a really cute NF picture book which talks about what birds are saying, and why. It would be a great book for RA, GR, SR, PR, and possibly even CR.

juliek1 UDL‘s this book applies to could be 3.4 Maximize transfer and generalization, as students can also apply the ideas behind this book to other animals (“Maybe when my cat does this with its tail, it‘s telling me the same thing that the bird is when it does the same.”) and 4.2 Optimize access to tools and assistive technologies and ESOL strat 29. Offer a variety of reference materials at the students‘ instructional level for independent use, as there is a great tool for students to lsiten to bird calls https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Robin/sounds as well as many other great online and library resources on birds.

This lesson plan offers lessons for K-8, and specifically for 3-8: http://www.theclassroombookshelf.com/2012/05/bird-talk-what-birds-are-saying-and... #ucflae3413f17
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MeghanW
Wonder | R J Palacio
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Wonder is RF book written by R.J. Palacio. I think this would be a great IR book for anyone. I really enjoyed reading this book and going to watch the movie!! This book is about a little boy, Auggie, who is born with a facial difference and so many people judge him. He is going to be mainstreamed and is worried about what might happen. It was so touching and I think everyone should agree that people need to choose kind. #ucflae3413f17

MeghanW EL Strategy 42: have students use timelines to arrange and sequence important facts and information. UDL Strategy 9.2: Facilitate personal coping skills and strategies. http://www.storyboardthat.com/teacher-guide/wonder-by-r-j-palacio this website has amazing resources for teachers to use. It has themes of the book, teaches students about the different points of view, and symbolism. 7y
AJones I agree, what an amazing lesson plan. This book is definitely a must read for any age. I am almost done. . .Auggie is a #WONDER. #ucflae3414f17 7y
DrSpalding What a resource! Nice job aligning your principles and strategies. 7y
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juliek1
The Moorchild | Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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This Newberry award winning F novel was a favorite as a child. The story follows a girl named Saaski, who is half human and half moorfolk. She is banished from the Folk and sent to live with humans, for whom she grows to care for deeply. Upon realizing who she truly is, she is determined to get back to the Folk and rescue her adoptive parents real daughter. This is a great story for LC, SR, RA, and PR.

juliek1 Lesson Plan includes discussion questions and several activities: https://multcolib.org/moorchild 7y
juliek1 UDL‘s: 2.4 Promote understanding across all languages; the story is of English and Irish descent. Because of this, it contains some words, names, and objects many students would not be familiar with. This could be helpful in encouraging students to understand the difficulties their ELL peers might face with an entirely new language, and help ELL‘s feel less alone in that their native peers would also have some trouble understanding the terms. 7y
juliek1 EL strategy: 9. Teach note-taking strategies: T-lists, time lines etc.; have students create notes to hold onto throughout the reading. Make a T-list comparing humans to Moorpeople; create a timeline to track the progress of the main character; create bubble charts to connect characters to the things that are creating their story. #ucflae3413f17 7y
ashley.v This sounds like a cool book. What is the name of it? 7y
juliek1 @ashley.v The Moorchild. 7y
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