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This book was so impactful it might make you cry. Jacqueline Woodson is such an amazing author, and Rafael Lopez is a phenomenal illustrator, so the combination is out of this world! I think that this book would be a great read in the very beginning of the school year to read to your class because it might make many students feel more comfortable and safe in this new environment, and it can help you build a connection with your students

Emma_Barcena The genre is RF. This book is a New York Times Best Seller. This book would be a great first RA book of the school year. This is such a cute resource to use with younger students!

https://www.thecurriculumcorner.com/thecurriculumcorner123/book-study-day-begin/ (edited) 4y

Emma_Barcena The UDL Principles 9.2 & 3.4 can be used to facilitate personal coping skills and strategies and to maximize transfer and generalization. The EL Principles 19 & 20 can be used to establish predictable classroom routines and listing the more important words and phrases that are planned to be used. #UCFLAE3414su20 (edited) 4y

Nkaufmann Emma, what a fantastic idea to read this book aloud to your students in the beginning of the year. I agree that your statement about using this book as a way to help your students feel more comfortable in a new environment. Good job! :) 4y

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DrSpalding Late 4y

DrSpalding Beautiful book for the beginning of the school year you noted a helpful resource. 4y

DrSpalding Your English learner and universal design principles work beautifully with this title. 4y

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Locomotive: with audio recording | Brian Floca

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I came across this book, and I thought that it would be a book about trains, which it is, but it‘s more than that! It‘s actually a really great book that utilizes poetry through a free verse, and it is such a great example of the use of onomatopoeia! I would love to show students this book because I really think they would love to see this as a read aloud in a VERY dramatic way! I will definitely want to use this in a Language Arts lesson!

Emma_Barcena This genre is P. This book has received the Caldecott and the Sibert Award. This book would be a fantastic book for a RA. This is a great resource because this book has its own website!

https://brianfloca.com/locomotive-classroom-resources.html (edited) 4y

Emma_Barcena The UDL Principles 7.3 & 3.2 can be used to minimize threats and distractions and to highlight patterns, critical features, big ideas, and relationships.. The EL Principles 15 & 18 can be used to reinforce the key ideas presented and using commands and directions that involve overt student actions as in TPR. #UCFLAE3414su20 (edited) 4y

DrSpalding Late 4y

DrSpalding This Book is nonfiction. It tells the history of locomotives. You have selected several award winners that would be excellent additions to your classroom library. 4y

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Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History | Vashti Harrison

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I first saw this book at Barnes and Nobles and it immediately grabbed my attention! This book could be a bit content heavy for the younger grade levels, but it speaks about very important and influential women of our history and would be a great addition to any classroom library! I know students will be drawn towards the fun illustrations, as well as, the stories of these women! A great book to utilize in a history or social studies lesson.

Emma_Barcena The genre is B. This book is a New York Times Bestseller. This book can be used as a GR. This is a great resource to use for more biographical relevant information.

https://readingagency.org.uk/resources/2622/ (edited) 4y

Emma_Barcena The UDL Principles 9.1 & 8.3 can be used to promote expectations and beliefs for motivation and to foster collaboration and community. The EL Principles 16 & 28 can be used to integrate speaking, listening, and writing activities. Also, provide students with biographies of significant men and women. #UCFLAE3414su20 (edited) 4y

DrSpalding Late 4y

DrSpalding English learner strategy 28 is perfect for biographies. The illustrations are certainly attention grabbing. I like the idea of dipping in and dipping out of this text; using historical figures that align to content you were teaching in social studies. Guided reading is probably not the best strategy for this particular text. They now have a male sequel to this book as well. 4y

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I, Fly: The Buzz About Flies and How Awesome They Are | Bridget Heos

This book made me laugh and it also kept me informed. This will be a fun read for students as they learn about flies and their purpose, and that they aren‘t actually that bad! As a student teacher it would be a fun activity to show the students this book during a science lesson.

Emma_Barcena The genre is NF. This book has not received any awards. This book would be good to use in a SR. This is a good resource to use to provide information to students about flies and to play some fun games.

https://www.rif.org/literacy-central/book/i-fly-buzz-about-flies-and-how-awesome... (edited) 4y

Emma_Barcena The UDL Principles 7.2 & 3.4 can be used to optimize relevance, value and authenticity and to maximize transfer and generalization. The EL Principles 32 & 37 can be used by using student pairs for team learning and by using language experience techniques in discussing concepts and ideas. #UCFLAE3414su20 (edited) 4y

DrSpalding Late 4y

DrSpalding Reading is fundamental is a quality resource. This of course would make a good shared reading option when teaching science concepts. 4y

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Brown Girl Dreaming | Jacqueline Woodson

This is an excellent piece of children‘s literature that gives an account from the author and her life as a young girl in the 1960s in the United States. This books is clearly very acclaimed as you can see from the many awards it has received! This is something that many students can read and learn a lot from, but also they can resonate with the author and her message.

Emma_Barcena The genre is B & a bit of P. This book has received the Newberry, the National Book, and the Coretta Scott King Award. This book would be a great RA in the classroom. This is a good resource to use when discussing history and providing background infromation.

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/exploring-perspec... (edited) 4y

Emma_Barcena The UDL Principles 4.1 & 3.1 can be used to vary the methods for response and navigation and activate or supply background knowledge for students. The EL Principles 1 & 4 can be used to teach student‘s questioning for clarification and to link the lesson to students‘ prior knowledge of the text. #UCFLAE3414su20 4y

DrSpalding Late 4y

DrSpalding You are correct this is a biography and specifically a memoir. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and it was a literature circle option for several semesters. Your resource is of the highest quality. Keep using this in the future. 4y

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The New Kid on the Block | Jack Prelutsky

This is such a fun book that will get students into reading poetry because it is genuinely funny! This book is collection of different poems that have been put into one book.

Emma_Barcena The genre is P. This book has not received any awards. This book would be great in a PR. I found this video that is an animation of this book, which I thought would be really fun to show students, so that they could get excited to read the book and also they could potentially reenact the poems themselves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKwl5JBb_i0 4y

Emma_Barcena The UDL Principles 2.5 & 5.1 can be used to illustrate through multimedia and use multimedia for communication. The EL Strategies 6 & 13 can be used to monitor's student's comprehension and to use preview/review activities. #UCFLAE3414su20 4y

Nkaufmann I LOVE your resource. And I know students will love it too as it is very engaging and will make them laugh. This will in turn aid their comprehension of the poems. 4y

DrSpalding Late 4y

DrSpalding It is an excellent anthology that would be a good addition to your classroom library. What a fun resource! Partner reading, choral reading, echo reading and independent poetry readings all work well for books like this. 4y

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Other Words for Home | Jasmine Warga

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“Bad news doesn‘t happen in real life the way that it does in movies. In movies you are warned. The music gets scary, the sky goes dark, and you can see the shadows coming in... no scary music, no thunderstorm, this is my warning: what is coming next is going to hurt.”

Emma_Barcena The genre is RF. This text has not received any awards, though it should. This text can be used as an IR. This resource can be used to show students the cultural reference and to enhance their prior knowledge before reading.

https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=63012 4y

Emma_Barcena The UDL Principles 3.4 & 4.1 can be used to maximize transfer and generalization and to vary the methods for response and navigation. The EL Principles 18 & 19 can be used so that the teacher can use commands and directions that involve overt student actions as a TPR. Also, the teacher can establish predictable classroom routines through the use of an outline on the board. #UCFLAE3414su20 4y

DrSpalding I agree this should be an award winner. If you are on social media, consider following this author. She is certainly one you will want to keep up with. Teaching books tends to be a helpful resource. I like the idea of total physical response as well. 4y

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Wonder | R. J. Palacio

“She bent down and whispered in my ear. ‘You really are a wonder, Auggie. You are a wonder.‘”

Emma_Barcena The genre is RF. This text is a New York Times Bestseller. This text could be used in a LC. This is a great resource to use alongside this book.

https://wonderthebook.com/for-teachers 4y

Emma_Barcena The UDL Principles 2.5 & 5.1 can be used to illustrate through multimedia and to communicate. The EL Principles 7 & 30 can be used to show students how to use graphic organizers and to encourage the use of diagrams and drawings as aids to identify concepts and see relationships. #UCFLAE3414su20 4y

DrSpalding You need a bit more of a summary here. Who is the main character? What is the story about? 4y

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Number the Stars | Lois Lowry

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Lois Lowry has outdone herself once again with this fascinating story about a young girl that recounts the historic moment of the Danish Resistance saving nearly seven thousand Jews from the German Troops. A MUST read, if you are a fan of Lois Lowry and her work!

Emma_Barcena The text's genre is HF. This is a Newbery Honor Award winning book. This book would be a LC book. This is a great resource to use when discussing the historical aspect of the story with students.

https://www.rif.org/literacy-central/book/number-stars 4y

Emma_Barcena The UDL Principles 8.1 & 8.2 to heighten goals and objectives while varying demands and resources to optimize challenge. The EL Principles 31 & 36 can be used by writing instructions using shorter and less complex sentences, while asking numerous questions which requires higher level thinking responses. #UCFLAE3414su20 4y

DrSpalding This is absolutely a must read. This corresponds with social studies standards in fifth grade and would make an excellent literature circle option. Excellent resource. 4y

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The Winter Room | Gary Paulsen

Gary Paulsen has a constant theme throughout a majority of his books which is the outdoors and wilderness lifestyle. The Winter Room is another example of amazing writing by an excellent author and it‘s a story of a family and two brothers who begin to learn about their own family and the realize that not everything is what it seems...

Emma_Barcena The text's genre is RF. This is a Newbery Honor Award winning book. This book would be good for an IR. This resource can be used if student's wish to listen to an excerpt of the book prior to reading it independently to see if they would enjoy it.

https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=7467 4y

Emma_Barcena The UDL Principles 1.2 & 4.2 can be used to offer students alternatives for auditory information and to optimize access to tools and assistive technologies. The EL Principles 21 & 46 can be used with the UDL Principles by recording recording lectures, presentations and stories for new students who have limited English exposure, and use discovery learning activities. #UCFLAE3414su20 4y

ashleyshugars Emma, you are so great at grabbing people‘s attention! I want to read this book too, lol! Also like your strategies which talk about recording lectures. I have always thought this is a great strategy to use for ELL‘s in the classroom as they can rewatch lessons and go back on things they may have struggled to understand. Great job!! 4y

DrSpalding Independent reading is a fine option. We need books we can offer students to read and enjoy on their own. Newbery award winners are excellent choices. (edited) 4y

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Holes | Louis Sachar

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If only, if only, the moon speaks no reply;
Reflecting the sun and all that‘s gone by.
Be strong my weary wolf, turn around boldly.
Fly high, my baby bird,
My angel, my only.

My dog actually nibbled on my book (very sad), but a little bit of poetry in the book Holes to brighten the mood.

Emma_Barcena The genre is RF. This book has received the Newbery Medal Honor and the National Book Award. I would use this book in a LC. This resource breaks down each chapter which can help stimulate conversations among students during the LC class time.

https://www.resourceroom.net/Comprehension/literature/holes/holescomp.html 4y

Emma_Barcena The UDL Principles 2.1 & 2.2 can be used to clarify vocabulary, syntax, and structure. The EL Principles 5 & 9 can be used to teach technical vocabulary to support key concepts and to teach note-taking strategies. #UCFLAE3414su20 (edited) 4y

DrSpalding You have aligned appropriate English learner and universal design principles. Your dog knows a good book when he sees one. This is a classic story that could be used in a variety of ways in your intermediate classroom. 4y

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Hatchet | Gary Paulsen

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10/10 HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!
Gary Paulsen is a Three Time Newberry Honor Award Winning Author for a reason! Your students will love this book and having an acclaimed book and author in your classroom library is a MUST!

Emma_Barcena The text's genre is RF. This is a Newbery Medal Award winning book. This book can be used as an AS. I used this resource in my author study presentation about Gary Paulsen, and it can be used in the classroom when students are doing an AS using this text.

https://www.rif.org/literacy-central/book/hatchet 4y

Emma_Barcena The UDL Principles 6.2 & 6.3 can be used to support student's planning of their AS and to help them manage information and resources they used. The EL Principles 22 & 29 to give EL students enough wait time to respond to questions and provide EL students with a variety of reference materials at each student's instructional level. #UCFLAE3414su20 4y

DrSpalding I was going to recommend an author study as well. This is an excellent author that specifically appeals to young males. 4y

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Esperanza Rising | Pam Munoz Ryan

“It is no wonder that in Spanish, Esperanza means ‘hope.‘“

I read this book in Middle School, and I read it again when I purchased it as an adult, and this is such an important book to have that I'm so grateful I bought it! This story will leave a lasting impact in many of your student's lives, which is why I HIGHLY recommend having this in your classroom library!

Emma_Barcena The text's genre is HF. This book has received the Pure Belpre Award. This book would be best for a IR, I think grades 4-8 would enjoy this story. The resource I'm sharing comes from scholastic and is geared toward a teacher, but they can use the ides on this webpage to engage students in this text and genre (HF).

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/unit-plans/teaching-content/esperanza-rising... 4y

Emma_Barcena The UDL Principles 3.1 & 9.2 can be used to provide background knowledge to students and to help facilitate personal coping skills and strategies through the IR. The EL Principles 1 & 4 can be used alongside the UDL principles to teach EL students to ask questions for clarification and to link the text to the student's prior knowledge. #UCFLAE3414su20 4y

DrSpalding I like how you have added some quotes from the book. This is a nice beginning. This is an excellent example of historical fiction and exposing students to diverse literature. This is your first Pura Bel Pre award winner. Seek out more of these for your classroom library. 4y

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The Giver | Lois Lowry

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“Behind him, across vast distances of space and time, from the place he had left, he thought he heard music too. But perhaps it was only an echo.”

Emma_Barcena The text's genre is SF. This book has received the Newbery Medal Award. This book would best be used in a LC. This resource is useful for a teacher to utilize with this text when the students are engaging in a LC to provide more information on the book and the author.

https://www.rif.org/literacy-central/book/giver (edited) 4y

Emma_Barcena The UDL Principles 1.3 & 3.3 can be used to provide alternatives for visual information and to guide the information for processing and visualization. The EL Principles 13 & 17 can be used alongside the UDL principles to provide EL students with the opportunity to engage in preview/review activties, and to provide contextual support through audio visuals, demonstrations, models, etc. #UCFLAE3414su20 (edited) 4y

DrSpalding Reading is fundamental is an excellent resource. You are seeing best practice reading methods modeled in these resources. Use them to benefit your students in the future. 4y

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Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Candice Ransom

This is a classic story that has been retold, and a staple in your classroom library. The illustrations in the book will have students engaged, while giving students who can read in Spanish the opportunity to read a book in their native tongue.

Emma_Barcena This text's genre is TL. This specific retelling has not received any awards. This book would best be used in a RT. This video resource shows a storytelling example, but it would be a good example to show for students to see how to preform for a RT.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqd3YCPN1Ig (edited) 4y

Emma_Barcena The UDL Principles 1.1 & 8.4 will be used by customizing the information that is displayed from the text and by providing oriented feedback to students. The EL Principles 24 & 25 will be used with the UDL principles by using the language of second language learners in the curriculum and by using second language acquisition strategies in the curriculum. #UCFLAE3414su20 4y

ashleyshugars Emma, I LOVE your resource! I clicked on it and expected it to be your storytelling but was shocked when I saw that lady getting into character! Children would LOVE THIS!! 4y

DrSpalding I like the bilingual version you have selected. Exposing students to another language is a smart choice. I like that you included a storytelling example and the opportunity for students to participate in a readers theater. 4y

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Out of My Mind | Sharon M. Draper

“When I sleep, I dream. And in my dreams I can do anything... When I wake up in the morning, it‘s always sort of a letdown as reality hits me.”

Emma_Barcena The genre of this book is RF. This book is a New York Times bestseller and a Sunshine State Young Reader. This text should be used as a LC and this resource can be used to learn more about the text itself, and for the students to learn more about the author and her purpose in writing the story.

http://sharondraper.com/bookdetail.asp?id=35 5y

Emma_Barcena The UDL Principles 8.3 & 7.1 will be used with this text and teaching strategy as there will collaboration and community and choice and autonomy will be included. EL 2 & 10 will be used with these UDL Principles as they promote cooperation and they use pair and share strategies in small groups. #UCFLAE3414su20 (edited) 5y

ashleyshugars Emma, just by reading that short quote, you YANKED my attention! Such a powerful quote to represent this book, I already want to read it! I love your UDL strategy 8.3! Although I‘ve never read this, I can tell just by the small piece of information that these go hand in hand. 4y

DrSpalding I agree that the quotes are attention-getting. This should be a book you use as a literature circle option. Going straight to the author is a wise choice 4y

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Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type | Doreen Cronin

This story is such a fun read and it is quite funny, students in the classroom would really enjoy reading this on their own time during independent reading time when rotating between centers. The author makes a comical story and uses it to show that animals have feelings as well to address the issues with animal treatment in the mass food production industry, and you can explain to your students how agriculture and farming affect the environment.

Emma_Barcena The genre of this text is MF. This book has received a Caldecott Honor Award. This text would be best used as a SR with this resource to teach students word identification strategies, so they can identify key terms while also decoding new words.

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/learning-about-wo... (edited) 5y

Emma_Barcena The UDL Principles 2.3 & 7.3 to support decoding of text and minimize distractions in conjunction with EL 34 & 15 to ensure ELL students are being accurate with their work and the ideas I am presenting to them are being reinforced when reading this book. #UCFLAE3414su20 (edited) 5y

amandar I love this pick! This book seems like it would so much fun to be to students and it would be enjoyable, overall. I also like your resource about teaching word identification strategies. A fun way to do it! 5y

DrSpalding This is an excellent option for shared reading. There is an opportunity for the students to consistently interact with the book. The word families lesson could also work with this book. You have aligned your principles and English learner strategies well. 4y

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Thank You, Omu! | Oge Mora

When I read this story for the first time at the Read for the Record event back in November of 2019, I really enjoyed knowing that this story showed students the importance of giving. Omu gave so much away in her story, but by the end she was rewarded ten-fold by the many individuals she came across that tasted her stew. Her generosity was returned and as the story says, “That dinner was the best she had ever had.“

Emma_Barcena This text's genre is RF. This book has received a Caldecott Honor Award. This text would best be used as a RA with this resource to promote fluency and comprehension when reading.

https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/teachers_guide.pdf (edited) 5y

Emma_Barcena The UDL Principles 5.3 & 2.4 regarding fluency and promoting understand used with EL 12 & 8 to teach language and context with direct instruction can be done with this text, and the resource above. #UCFLAE3414su20 (edited) 5y

MaddyJ This is on my TBR list! I think this is a great book for EL students too. I would love to use this fr a RA! 5y

DrSpalding Reading rockets is an excellent resource to use now and in your future classroom. You are doing a good job of categorizing your genres appropriately. 4y

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Muktar and the Camels | Janet Graber, Scott Mack

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This book was such a great read, and I highly recommend having this book in your classroom as it will surely enrich your students‘ awareness of different cultures. In addition, Janet Graber did an excellent job of using the setting and location of this story as a focal point in detailing Muktar‘s life and the struggles of living in Kenya and Somalia during this time.

Emma_Barcena This text's genre is HF. This book has not received any awards. This text would best be used as a S in the classroom alongside this resource where students can create a story map after the S is over to support their comprehension of the story and recognizing the author's purpose in writing it.

https://www.teachingbooks.net/clp.cgi?master_id=17010&lf_id=9
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Emma_Barcena The UDL Principles 3.2 & 9.1 in regard to highlighting big ideas and promoting expectation to optimize motivation can be used alongside EL 6 & 14 to ensure comprehension is occurring when storytelling by simplifying speech and reading slowly with this text being used. #UCFLAE3414su20 (edited) 5y

DrSpalding You initially did these back before the pandemic when you could go to the CMC. Once we have the option to use that resource again, be sure to check out amazing books for your students. The story map is an excellent post reading or storytelling activity. 4y

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Last Stop on Market Street | Matt de la Pe�a

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This book is about a young boy named CJ and his grandmother as they travel along on a city bus while they meet groups of diverse individuals and wait to reach their final destination, “The Last Stop on Market Street.“ The author's message behind this is to be grateful for the little things in life and for the blessings you do have because there are many people in this world who do not have all the benefits that CJ has in this story.

Emma_Barcena This text's genre is RF. The awards that this book has received are the Newbery Medal, the Caldecott Honor, and the Coretta Scott King Award. This text would best be used as a RA in the classroom alongside this resource where students can utilize these discussion questions to engage in conversation following the RA.

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/author-mat...
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Emma_Barcena The UDL Principles 9.3 & 7.2 regarding relevance and self-reflection along with EL 3 & 11 which encourages self-talk and placing language in meaningful context can be met using this book. #UCFLAE3414su20 (edited) 5y

DrSpalding This is an excellent post Emma. High-quality resource for an award-winning, powerful book. Nice alignment to universal design and English learner strategies that include the verbiage. Very well done. 5y

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