pickThis F picture book would be great for DR and RT. http://www.penguin.com/static/images/yr/pdf/CrayonsGuide.pdf This website has many different activities that accompany the book. One is the activity that I would do is have the students write a persuasive argument from the perspective of Duncan.
pickThis RF novel is written by Beverly Cleary( my favorite children's author). This book is one of many if the Ramona Quimby series. It is great for RA, IR, and AS. This novel holds a National Book award. I was first introduced to this book as a RA with my third grade teacher, and it certainly did foster my love for reading.
pickThis HF novel is great for a LC, and IR I love this book. I recall first reading it in the 6th grade and it has always been a book that I constantly think about. It is about a girl, Hannah, who hates attending her family's Passover Seder. She does not appreciate or care about her culture and the past. During the Seder, she is transported back in time to WWII to experience the Holocaust in a concentration camp.
pick*This is not my original book however the author included this same information as a part of my book Unsung Heroes; Stories of America‘s Bravest Fighters by Brynn Baker.
This NF picture book tells the stories of America's bravest fighters that haven't always been discussed . It tells the stories of a variety of different people such as the Navajo Code Talkers and
It is a great book for IR.
pickPay it Forward is a HF novel written by Catherine Ryan Hyde. This book is great for IR and LC. The novel is about a 12 year old boy named Trevor whose class was given the challenge by his teacher to "create an idea to change the world and do it". Trevor decides that he is going to do three big favors for three different people.
pickThis 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
pickThis F Caldecott Honor and New York Times Best Seller picture book is written and illustrated by Mo Willems. This book is fantastic for RA, GR, CR, S, and DR. Mo Willem's website http://pigeonpresents.com/content/uploads/2017/08/pigeon_teachguide.pdf offers a teacher's guide for this book.
pickA Whole New Ballgame is a RF Sunshine State Younger Readers award nominated novel. This novel is about two best friends, Rip and Red, who are now fifth graders. They struggle with the adjustment because their new teacher, who also happens to be their new basketball coach, isn't like ones they have had before;
pickThis 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).
pickThis RF New York Times Best Seller picture book is written by Kelly Dippuchio and illustrated by LeUyen Pham. It is about a girl named Grace who discovers that there has never been a female president. This does not sit well with her, so she decides to change that and states that she will be the first female president of the United States. All her peers laugh at her, but her teacher believes that it‘s a great idea.
pickThe True Story of the Three Little Pigs is a fun TL picture book that is a great resource for storytelling. This is a great book for teaching perspective and point of view. There are many other books that are a twist on the traditional Three Little Pigs story, which can aid to the lesson. A specific activity that I would do is have a mock trail to determine if the Wolf is guilty.
pickThis NF novel is written by Robert Hoge and is for LC, RA, and IR. This book has a similar theme to wonder by R.J. Palacio. In the classroom I would have the students compare and contrast the two books. The website https://www.hachette.com.au/content/resources/Ugly_TeachersNotes.pdfalso provides many different instructional activities.
pickThis Biographical picture book is great for class read alouds. It has won many awards such as the Jane Addams, Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, and the New York Times Best Seller award. The author, Doreen Rappaport, has a teacher's guide with activities for all of her Big Words books on her website www.doreenrappaport.com/study-guides/.
pickA Wind in the Door is a SF novel written by Madeleine L'Engle that is great for Independent Reading and Literature Circles. It is the 2nd book of her Time Quintet series which includes the notable and acclaimed A Wrinkle in Time. http://www.gradesaver.com/a-wind-in-the-door provides information as teacher resources about the novel. As the teacher, I would review the literary elements of the book to create a book report summary about the novel.
pickLast Kids on Earth is a Modern Fantasy graphic novel about a kids trying to survive when a zombie apocalypse this their town. This novel is great for IR. https://texasbluebonnetaward2018.wordpress.com/the-last-kids-on-earth/ provides a variety of instructional activities for the classroom.
pickFold Me a Poem is a poetry picture book written by Kristine O'Connell George and illustrated by Lauren Stringer. This narrative follows a young boy as he creates origami animals to bring a story to life through the use of haikus. Fold Me a Poem is great from choral reading and partner reading.
pickBlue Willow is a HF Newbery award winner. This novel is about the young daughter of a migrant family in San Joaquin Valley after the Great Depression. This is a very special book to me because the author,Doris Gates, actually worked with migrant children from Fresno, California (where I am from) to write the book and I was first introduced to this book when I was in the 3rd grade. This novel is great for RA, LC, and IR.
pickThis HF Newbery novel is great for Independent reading in the classroom. The website https://www.scholastic.com/content/dam/teachers/activities/migrated-files-in-bod... provides teacher's reading guide for the book. It contains information such as background knowledge, comprehension questions, literary elements, and activities for students.
pickWonder is a RF New York Times Best Seller novel written by R.J. Palacio. The story follows Auggie Pullman and his experience in school for the first time. The book centers around the theme of choosing kind. This book would be great for LC, IR, or a RA over an extended period of time. The website http://www.storyboardthat.com/teacher-guide/wonder-by-r-j-palacio provides different classroom activities.
pickThis biographical Sibert Honor Award and New York Times Best Seller picture book is about the painter Jackson Pollock, known as "Action Jackson". The story follows Action Jackson as he is creating one his paintings" Lavender Mist". In the classroom, this book will work for GR and RA teaching strategies. I would assign this book as apart of a lesson of biographies. Students would use the Bio Cube planning sheet from
ESOL: Use student pairs for team learning, especially for reports, experiments and projects, Teach think, pair and share strategies in cooperative groups, Promote cooperation (small groups)
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