I am Amelia Earhart by Brad Meltzer is a Biography perfect for IR. It is all about Amelia and her life. The pictures are awesome too! ESOL strategy 9 is about using t-lists and time lines to organize information. This would be easily practiced with a factual text, like I am Amelia Earhart. UDL strategy 6.4 allows students to track their progress. Using this text and timelines they would easily be able to track their progress through the book.

Winters Gift is a RF picture book that won the Writers Notes Book Award in 2006. This book would be great to use as a SR. This book lends itself to making predictions, discussing theme, and looking at other essential parts of a story. ESOL Strategy 12 is about using preview and review activities. You could easily use the cover and blurbs about the book as a preview, and then use the actual events of the story as review for the objective you teach

Malala‘s Magic Pencil is a New York Times Best Seller, and a picture book autobiography. Malala tells her story in a narrative designed for children, while encouraging them to find their magic. I think that it would be interesting to look at Malala Yousafzai for an author study. She has only written this one book for children so it would be quite a contrast to other authors. #ucflae3414sp18

The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? By Mo Willems won the Bank Street College of Education Irma Black Award. This is a MF book that would be so fun as a readers theater! I can see a classroom doing an author study on Mo Willems, performing many RT scripts and talking about the lesson, in this case, Pigeon teaches. #ucflae3414sp18

Memoir of a Goldfish by Devin Scillian is a MF book that won a Wonda Gág Read Aloud Book Award in 2011. This book is so cute and has a heartwarming message. I would definitely use this as a RA in my class, maybe even the first week of school. The book is all about sharing a space with lots of other people. I would Incorporate UDL Strategy 3.4 to help students understand that we are like Goldfish because we are sharing a classroom with each other.

The Beloved Dearly is RF novel that won a Sunshine State Young Reader Award in 2006. I think it would be a great LC book because it‘s all about a kid who is a true entrepreneur, and the work students would do as part of the LC Roles would be great! UDL strategy 9.2 could apply while reading this book. It deals with the death of pets and students would have to work on coping with subject matter, while following the book. #ucflae3414sp18

Holes by Louis Sachar won the Newbery Award. The genre of this book is MF but it feels like RF. The only reason I said MF is because there is talk about spells/curses/prophecy, which, let‘s be honest who knows, right? Anyway, this book is super fun and would be a great option for IR or LC. UDL 7.1 fits well when kids are choosing what they want to read in LC and for IR. ESOL strategy 10 would also help student with sharing their thinking.

The Adventures of Beekle is a MF book that won a Caldecott Award and would be a great read aloud or guided reading. ESOL Strategy 36 is all about asking lots of HOT questions, which would be very interesting to do with this book. UDL Strategy 2.1 would also be easily incorporated because this book used some elevated vocabulary and symbolism in the illustrations. The image I included is my favorite of the many Beekle faces! #ucflae3414sp18

Hare and Tortoise is traditional literature adapted by Allison Murray. I like this particular adaptation because there are cool text features, like a map of the course! I would love to turn this into a RT script. UDL Strategy 5.3 would apply to this lesson because students could practice their parts, building fluency, and then perform! ESOL Strategy 38 would also fit nicely, because students could practice their short parts at home #ufclar3414sp18

One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia has won the Newbery, Coretta Scott King Award, and the Scott O‘Dell award for Historical Fiction. This book is perfect to read about to students or offer as a Literature Circle option. The link I have included is to Teachers Pay Teachers. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Browse/Search:one%20crazy%20summer

This poem is from Shel Silverstein‘s A Light in the Attic, an anthology of poems. It would be fun to choral read Silverstein poems because most of them are funny and have pictures to go along with them. I can imagine using A Light in the Attic for poem of the week activities. I chose this image because this is my favorite poem of Silverstein‘s. I used to recite this to my parents and siblings (I have 4) sarcastically when they would take my stuff

Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons is a MF book that won the Geisel award! This book has a catch song and it would be fun to do as a Storytelling. UDL strategy 2.3 could be easily incorporated into this lesson by having students use buttons to follow along through the story. ESOL strategy 17 could also be met through storytelling by using props, expression! #ucflae3414sp18

Mr Wayne‘s Masterpiece is a RF book by Patricia Polacco. I would love to adapt this into a RT! I think that Readers Theater could help with fluency while helping students connect to Patricia and her process of getting over her fears of speaking in front of people! https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mr-Waynes-Masterpiece-by-Patricia-Po... this is a link to TPT. #ucflae3414sp18

The One and Only Ivan is a (MF) book and would be a great option for (LC)! https://www.npr.org/2013/06/13/191053327/headline-here this is an interview with Katherine Applegate and an article written by NPR. I think it would be amazing to share this with students because it talks about the real Ivan, and the author‘s experiences with him. So interesting!

Actual Size by Steve Jenkins is a (NF) picture book great for (PR)! UDL strategy 3.3 is a good fit for this book because students use the illustrations to help with processing the information presented, visualization, and manipulation. EL strategy 5 will be met because of the content specific vocabulary Steve Jenkins uses. #ucflae3414sp18

Frederick by Leo Lionni is a (F) (Caldecott Honor) book about group of field mice who are getting ready for winter. Everyone is working hard collecting food and preparing, but Frederick seems to be in his own little world, not at all concerned with the work to be done. This book would be perfect for a(DR) or readers theatre. UDL strategy 5.3 is a match for this plan because performance and retreading help build fluency!

Alexander, Who Used To Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst is a (RF) picture book about Alexander, who likes money, a lot, and his money troubles. This book would be perfect to (RA). A UDL principal strongly supported is (3.4) maximizing transfer and generalization. Alexander has trouble saving money, many students may make generalizations about goal setting and overcoming obstacles in many aspects of life.

Not Just a Dot is a fun (F) picture book by Loryn Brantz, and the message is beautiful.you are not just a Dot. You have a purpose and the you have value!I think this would be a great book to (PR) because both the reader and the listener have an interactive part. UDL principal (8.3) foster collaboration and community, and EL strategy (2) small group collaboration fits perfectly with the idea of PR. #ucflae3414sp18

Big Words for Little People by Jamie Lee Curtis a (RF) book that takes you through using some big words in the proper way! Words include “Privacy”, “impossible”, consequence”, and “cooperate”! This would be a great (RA) book to introduce a vocabulary routine, or a phonics lesson on sounding out “big” words. This is a great book to use with EL students by (11) placing language in a meaningful context.

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L‘engle is a (Newbery Award) winning (SF) book about Meg, her brother, and their friend, on a quest to find their father. This book requires a big imagination because it takes you through magical and wondrous scenes. This is a great book to offer as a (LC) choice.