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No, David! | David Shannon

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This book is about a little boy who broke all his mother‘s rules, leading to her often saying “No, David!”. It is a RF book and would be great for an AS because some of the actions the little boy did related to the author of the book! https://www.kindergartenworks.com/kindergarten-teaching-ideas/22-no-david-activi... the UDL principal 2.4 promote understanding and EL 4 link lesson topic to students prior knowledge

KarliCrean Goes well with the website because it is all activities about what is right and what is wrong! #UCFLAE3414SP20 5y

LizzettM I read this book growing up! I like that your resource includes pros and cons for students. 5y

DrSpalding This is an excellent author to complete an author study! Students can relate to him. Helpful resource and nice alignment. 5y

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KarliCrean

Honey | David Ezra Stein

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This book is a fiction book that celebrates the joy of savoring something you love! It won the Charlotte Zolotow award and would be great for a IR. https://kidlit.tv/2018/08/ready-set-draw-the-bear-from-honey/ the udl principal 3.2 highlight patterns, critical features, big ideas, and relationships and EL 6 continually monitor students comprehension goes well with this website because because it‘ll help the students gather the big ideas

KarliCrean #UCFLAE3414SP20 5y

Rachelleleduc This book looks so cute! I love the resource you included too! It always is important to use sources from the author, the author wrote the book for a reason.:) thank you for sharing! Will definitely be adding it to my classroom! 5y

DrSpalding What a cute Zolotow award winner! I am adding this to my stack. I like how you are elaborating on the English learner and universal design principles. 5y

DrSpalding Fabulous resource! Children love to learn how to draw like the author/illustrator. Good choice! 5y

DrSpalding What a cute Zolotow award winner! What kind of fiction? Use your flipbook. I am adding this to my stack. I like how you are elaborating on the English learner and universal design principles. 5y

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KarliCrean

Beyond the Bright Sea | Lauren Wolk

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This book is an HF book that won the Scott O‘Dell award. The theme of this book is that fear of personal harm often prevents people from reaching out in love to others. It would be a great book to do for LC. https://www.edhelper.com/books/Beyond_the_Bright_Sea.htm the UDL Principal 6.1 guide appropriate goal-setting and EL 19 establish predictable classroom routines through the use of an outline on the board goes along with the link i provided

KarliCrean Because it had daily activity that the students should do everyday therefore there should be a goal set for the number of pages each student must read per night! #UCFLAE3414SP20 5y

DrSpalding Minor errors. This was a beautiful book! There were suspenseful parts and parts that broke my heart. I think fifth grade would be an appropriate grade level due to the content. Do you agree? 5y

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KarliCrean

The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science | Joyce Sidman

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This book is a B of a pioneering entomologist and naturalist who lived a life devoted to discovery! This book would be good for a GR and won‘t the Robert F. Sibert Medal! https://www.joycesidman.com/books/the-girl-who-drew-butterfli/girlwhodrewbutterf... the udl principal 2.2 clarify syntax and structure and EL 14 simply your speech by making it slower and redundant would go well with the link because there are questions to ask

KarliCrean Your students and drawings that students are supposed to do to help them fully understand! #UCFLAE3414SP20 5y

DrSpalding This is an excellent nonfiction award winner! Of course because it is about a person it is a picture book biography. 5y

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KarliCrean

Rot, the Cutest in the World! | Ben Clanton

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This book is perfect for young readers because it teaches the importance of being yourself! This is a humorous fiction book that is apart of the FL Sunshine State Young Reader award master list. This book would be great for a RA. https://wala.memberclicks.net/assets/Book_Award/WCCPBA/Rot%20the%20Cutest%20in%2...

KarliCrean The UDL principal 2.4 promote understanding and EL 34 have students work together goes well with the website of the lesson plan i found because it will have the students be creative together and fully understand what they read in the book! #UCFLAE3414SP20 (edited) 5y

DrSpalding Several of you read this book! Remember that when the word I is written it is always capitalized! Nice universal design and English learner alignment. 5y

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KarliCrean

The Day You Begin | Jacqueline Woodson

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This book is is a heartening book about finding courage to connect, even when you feel scared and alone. It is a Fiction book that would be great for a RA because i feel that every student should have the opportunity to hear this book! This book won the Jane Addams Children Book award! https://www.thecurriculumcorner.com/thecurriculumcorner123/book-study-day-begin/ the UDL principal 7.2 optimize relevance, value, and authenticity

KarliCrean And EL 46 use hands on activities goes with the activities in the website because they are having students draw and explain their lives and how they are different to others! #UCFLAE3414SP20 5y

DrSpalding This is a beautiful book that won the award for social justice. Good choice and of course an excellent read aloud at the beginning of any school year in any elementary grade level. 5y

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KarliCrean

Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race | Margot Lee Shetterly

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This book is a B about four African American women mathematicians and the work they did at NASA from 1940s to the 1960s. This book would be good for a PA and has also won the Coretta Scott King Award!! http://www.judynewmanatscholastic.com/blog/2020/01/clasroom-activity-hidden-figu... the UDL principal 2.3 support decoding of Text and EL 43 have students underline key words or important facts in written assignment

KarliCrean Goes with the activities in the website because the worksheets contains facts about the four women and will help the students remember what the text was about! #UCFLAE3414SP20 5y

DrSpalding Judy Newman at scholastic is a phenomenal resource! Fabulous website resource to include. This would be an excellent addition to your social studies instruction and of course because of the content regarding NASA, science curriculum as well. 5y

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KarliCrean

Little Red Riding Hood | Trina Schart Hyman

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This is a TL book retold by Trina Schart Hyman and it‘s about a little girl on her way to deliver a basket of food to her shock grandmother, but encounters a sly wolf. This book would be great for DR and won the Caldecott award. https://www.amazon.com/Little-Red-Riding-Hood/dp/B01KI3ZRTM the UDL principal 1.2 offer alternatives for auditory information and EL 14 simplify your speech by making it slower and refund goes well with the audio book i

KarliCrean Choose in the website above because it will give the students a way to follow along on the book and the reader in the audio is very slow so it‘s easy for students to understand what is being read to them. #UCFLAR3414SP20 5y

DrSpalding This is a beautiful traditional literature variant. Good choice. Minor error in the hashtag. 5y

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KarliCrean

Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.�s Dream and You | Carole Boston Weatherford

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This is a B about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. it talks about Dr. Kings life and the obstacles he had to go through! It also informs the readers about his dream and what he accomplished in life. This book would be great for a RA durning black history month! https://cbweatherford.com/2020/01/08/10-activities-based-on-the-picture-book-be-...

KarliCrean The UDL principal 8.3 foster collaboration and community and EL 42 have students use timelines to arrange and sequence important facts and information is important for the activities in the website above because it will give the students a visual of Dr. Kings life and will introduce to the students about why it‘s so important to treat everyone equal! #UCFLAE3414SP20 5y

DrSpalding This is another quality picture book biography that could supplement your social studies instruction. 5y

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KarliCrean

The Bad Seed | Jory John

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This book is about a bad seed that has a bad temper, bad manners, and a bad attitude but one day decides he wants to be happy! This book is a F book that would be great for S. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/393853929904939699/
The UDL principal 9.3 develop self-assessment and reflection and EL 19 establish predictable classroom routines through the use of an outline on the board will go well with this website because it will show the students

KarliCrean What is expected from them as well as how they behave and wether it is good or bad! This book is a New York Times Best Seller!! #UCFLAE3414SP20 5y

DrSpalding You all enjoyed this series of books and of course you now know you have the author study as well. Minor errors. 5y

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KarliCrean

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom | Bill Martin, Jr.

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This book is about the alphabet and introduces lowercase and uppercase letters. This is a P book that would be great for a RA. https://www.weareteachers.com/chicka-chicka-boom-boom-activities/ the udl principal 2.4 promote understanding across languages and EL 30 encourage the use of diagrams and drawings as aids to identify concepts and seeing relationships goes well with the website because it‘ll let the students compare the English alphabet to

KarliCrean Their native alphabet! This book won the Parents Choice Award! #UCFLAE3414SP20 5y

Madison_swart This is such a good book that I remember from my childhood! It‘s a really good introduction to reading and letters for younger students. 5y

DrSpalding This does make for an excellent read aloud and now that you saw Ryan perform his storytelling, that is a legitimate teaching strategy as well. Use this to support alphabetic principle in your primary classroom. 5y

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KarliCrean

Wonder | R. J. Palacio

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This book is about a little boy, August, who was born with a genetic defect that is transitioning from home school to a private school. It talks about how August‘s, his older sister, classmates, and other kids in his life‘s lives are affected by one persons differences. It is so inspiring and very good! This is a RF book that would great to use as a GR because students may need help understanding parts of August‘s life. It‘s a New York Best Seller

KarliCrean https://thediscoveryapple.com/2017/10/16/10-activities-and-resources-to-go-with-... the udl principal 3.2 highlighting patterns, critical features, big ideas, and relationships as well as EL 22 give enough wait time for ELL to respond to questions goes well with the activities in the website because it would let those students fully understand what August went through and answer the questions fully #UCFLAE3414SP20 (edited) 5y

DrSpalding Concise summary and a valid option for literature circles in your future classroom. This book has its own website. I would consult this first before going outside the book, author, or publisher resources. 5y

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KarliCrean

The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System | Joanna Cole

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This book is about a field trip to the planetarium that is foiled when the museum is closed, so the teacher turns the bus into a spaceship and brings her students to outer space. This a a SF book that would be good for IR. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6skpu3 the UDL principal 1.1 offer ways of customizing the display of information and EL 25

KarliCrean Incorporate second language acquisition strategies in the curriculum goes well with the website i choose because it is a video on the book. I can show the episode to the students once they are finished reading the book independently. #UCFLAE3414SP20 5y

DrSpalding When you look at the front cover of this book and see a bus in space, do you think this promotes science fiction or fantasy? 5y

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KarliCrean

Where the Wild Things Are | Maurice Sendak

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This book is about a boy who gets sent to his room without supper because he makes a mess of his house, his bedroom transforms into a jungle environment where he is made kind but eventually gets lonely and returns home. This is a F book that would be great for RT. https://www.weareteachers.com/where-the-wild-things-are-activities/ the UDL principal 5.2 use multiple tools for construction and composition and EL 16 integrate speaking, listening,

KarliCrean Reading, and writing activities goes great with the website because it allows the students to create their own monsters for the RT. This book also comes in different languages as well as has movies and operas made from it. It is a Caldecott award winning book! #UCFLAE3414SP20 5y

DrSpalding This is a classic. Excellent resource included and of course readers theater would work beautifully. I have seen a group of second grade boys perform this and absolutely love it! Readers theater enhances fluency. 5y

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KarliCrean

Oh, the Places You'll Go! | Dr Seuss

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This book is a great book to read when entering a new stage of life. It talks about the journey of life and it‘s challenges. This is a NF book that would be great for a SR because every student should have the opportunity to read/listen to this book. https://www.weareteachers.com/oh-the-places-youll-go-activities/
The UDL principal 3.3 guide information processing and visualization and the EL 4 link lesson topic to students prior knowledge

KarliCrean Goes well with the link provided because the activities will make visuals for the students and having students use their prior knowledge will help them do those activities. #UCFLAE3414SP20 5y

DrSpalding Many graduating seniors are receiving this as a graduation gift and hearing this book read aloud. Text to text connection, Be You! by Peter H. Reynolds is another wonderful read aloud with the same theme. 5y

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KarliCrean

Flubby Is Not a Good Pet! | J.E. Morris

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Flubby refuses to do what his owner wants him to do, but when it thunders outside they need each other because they are scared. This is a RF book that would be great for beginning readers for PR. It won the Theodor Seuss Geisel award this year!
https://jemorris.com/books/flubby/
The UDL principal 3.2 highlighting relationships (theme of the book) as well as EL 32 use student pairs for team learning to read the book will let the students help each

KarliCrean Other read the book! #UCFLAE3414SP20 (edited) 5y

Rachelleleduc This book looks so cute! I think it is perfect for students to relate to especially if they have a cat! Thanks for sharing! 5y

DrSpalding This is an award winner for emergent readers and a good choice for a partner reading. 5y

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KarliCrean

The Double Bass Blues | Rudy Gutierrez, Andrea J. Loney

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This CL book would be great for a CR, the book is mainly different sounds and it would be fun for the students to mimic me after i read. This is a musical picture book about how dedication, music, and family can over come anything.
http://andreajloney.com/double-bass-blues/

KarliCrean The UDL principal 8.3 foster collaboration and community as well as EL 14 simplifying your speech by slowing down goes well with this book and CR because everyone is reading aloud and i must read slowly to allow the students to repeat myself clearly #UCFLAE3414SP20 5y

KarliCrean This book won the Caldecott award this year! (edited) 5y

KarliCrean CL= children‘s literature 5y

DrSpalding Choral reading is a good choice for this award winner. I like the image from the CMC! You have done a good job aligning your universal design and English learner strategies. Minor errors. 5y

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KarliCrean

The Wonky Donkey | Craig Smith, Katz Cowley

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The Wonkey Donkey is a hilarious about a donkey that has three legs. The book was originally a song that became a book for children. This F (fiction) book would be good for S. The authors website https://www.craigsmith.co.nz/Kids-Section/ has music tracks and an audio book to get the students more involved in the book. The UDL principal 5.2 using multiple tools for construction as well as EL 16 integrate speaking, listening, reading and

KarliCrean Writing activities would go well with this book and website because the website includes different tools for reading/listening to this book. #UCFLAE3414SP20 (edited) 5y

DrSpalding You must of enjoyed my read aloud last week! This is such a cute series. Read aloud or storytelling if you don‘t get to tongue-tied would both work for these books. Cute picture! 5y

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KarliCrean

One Crazy Summer | Rita Williams-Garcia

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This HF, 4 award winning book; one of them being Newbery, would be a good read for a LC. This book informs the reader about the Black Panther era and is about three sisters traveling across the country to see their mom that left them when they were little. It gives insight about what life was like around that time period. #UCFLAE3414SP20

KarliCrean https://worksheets.edhelper.com/books/One_Crazy_Summer.htm the UDL principal 6.4 for monitoring progress along with EL 2 promote cooperation could be met with this book and website. Working together will allow EL students to put their minds together to try and remember what happened in the book. 5y

DrSpalding This is a multi award winner and a great example of the genre of historical fiction. Go straight to the publisher website for resources. They will be your best resources to effectively implement this book into your classroom. 5y

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KarliCrean

Whoever You Are | Mem Fox, Leslie Staub

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This RF book Whoever You Are by Mem Fox, tells the story that many people may be different than you, but everyone‘s hearts are the same. RA- it‘s important for children to know that even though people may look & do different things, we are all the same.
https://witsprogram.ca/pdfs/schools/books/whoever-you-are/whoever-you-are.pdf. UDL 8.3 is good because collaboration and community are crucial points in the book. #UCFLAE3414SP20

DrSpalding You have the correct genre and have included a resource. You need to expand on the resource and connect it to the universal design and English learner strategies noted. 5y

DrSpalding Actually, you need to add an English learner strategy and you need to fix the #…LAE not LAR. 5y

deiacovab Children‘s books with diversity as a theme are some of my absolute favorites. I thought that the resource you included had awesome activities that can be done in conjunction with with a read aloud for this book. 5y

LeahH I haven‘t read this book, but it sound like a great read, especially for the classroom! This book would be a great teaching tool about diversity! Showing students that just because we don‘t all look a like, doesn‘t mean we aren‘t the same! 5y

KarliCrean ESOL strategy that would fit with this book would be 20 because there are some challenging words in the book that should be made clear before reading the book 5y

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