It makes me sad how alone Jude feels at the moment. With her cousin Sarah asking “When she will leave” while also missing her family back in Syria, I quite frankly could not imagine the pain. I also think it‘s interesting how Jude‘s mom is very closed off to the idea of Jude‘s aunt being “too American” and making her uncle that way too. I wonder if Jude‘s mom will warm up to the idea throughout the book? @NCHPedsReads

It makes me sad how alone Jude feels at the moment. With her cousin Sarah asking “When she will leave” while also missing her family back in Syria, I quite frankly could not imagine the pain. I also think it‘s interesting how Jude‘s mom is very closed off to the idea of Jude‘s aunt being “too American” and making her uncle that way too. I wonder if Jude‘s mom will warm up to the idea throughout the book? @NCHPedsReads #NCHPEDSREADS

It makes me sad how alone Jude feels at the moment. With her cousin Sarah asking “When she will leave” while also missing her family back in Syria, I quite frankly could not imagine the pain. I also think it‘s interesting how Jude‘s mom is very closed off to the idea of Jude‘s aunt being “too American” and making her uncle that way too. I wonder if Jude‘s mom will warm up to the idea throughout the book? @NCHPEDSREAD

It makes me sad how alone Jude feels at the moment. With her cousin Sarah asking “When she will leave” while also missing her family back in Syria, I quite frankly could not imagine the pain. I also think it‘s interesting how Jude‘s mom is very closed off to the idea of Jude‘s aunt being “too American” and making her uncle that way too. I wonder if Jude‘s mom will warm up to the idea throughout the book? @NCHPEDSREADS #NCHPEDSREADS

Jude is meeting her uncle and is seeing how different her life is back home vs. her uncle‘s life in America. She describes her cousin Sarah as a “cool American” which I find interesting. Jude is already looking at American culture as “cool” because it is so unlike her normal upbringing. This makes me feel as if Jude is excited to learn about being more like the American culture. I‘ll have to keep reading and see!

Jude left her home. Jude is such a brave soul to be able to leave in protection of herself! I cannot imagine being so young and making such a big change to my life. Her braveness makes me think about what types of brave things I‘ve done, such as stepping out of my comfort zone. Comment something that makes you brave like Jude!

This book so far is about little Jude getting used to her new city, that‘s unlike her native home Syria. Jude seems to be having a tough time transitioning, which I can see how hard it would be to move homes, let alone countries. Jude discusses her best friend Fatima, who seems to be from Syria too. It‘s nice that Jude has a friend from home to understand and accompany her though transition to the USA. Cant wait to continue reading!

#lae3414sp19 The book “Who was Helen Keller?” (B) by Gare Thompson is a biography about Helen Keller‘s life, who is blind and deaf. Even though her unfortunate circumstances, she overcame impossibilities and accomplished the unthinkable considering her state. I would use this book as a LC, so that students can read the book together and discuss the life of Helen Keller. (cont. in comments)

#lae3414sp19 The NY Best Seller “Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules” written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney (RF) is a comical book that is part of the series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid. As a child, I loved reading these books and I read each one as they were released along with all my other classmates. (cont. in comments)

#lae3414sp19 The book “Oh No! Or How my Science Project Destroyed the World” by written Mac Barnett and illustrated by Dan Santat (SF) is a book about a young girls science project that went wrong. She puts a toad to stop it, but then the toad became a problem. I would read this as an IR, because there are not much words in the book and the illustrations give more information about the story than the words do. (cont. in comments)

#lae3414sp19 The picture book “The Spider and the Fly” by Tony Diterlizzi (TL) is an interesting story about a manipulative spider who tricks a fly into liking him, and then he eats him. His sweet words captivate her and the moral of the story is to be mindful of sweet words, they might not always come from nice people. (cont. in comments)

#lae3414sp19 The novel “Out of my Mind” by Sharon Draper is New York Best Seller (RF) that is about a young girl named Melody who suffers from cerebral palsy. Melody can not speak or move, but has a lot of thoughts and feelings inside that cannot be expressed. Melody gets this computer that can finally let her let out her thoughts. (cont. in comments)

#lae3414sp19 The book “The Three Little Pigs and The Somewhat Bad Wolf” (TL) is a spin-off of the traditional “The Three Little Pigs,” but with some extra detail. The two of the pigs love potato chips and soda, and decide to invest their money in those things and settle on a not as nice house unlike the third pig, who is more knowledgeable and buys sturdy house supplies. (cont. in comments)

#lae3414sp19 The picture book “The Rough Patch” (F) Is a NY Best Seller and Caldecott Honor book written and illustrated by Brian Lies. This book is a heartwarming book, about a Fox named Evan who‘s best friend is his dog, and their favorite activity is working on their garden. One day, the dog passes away and Evan becomes depressed. Evan ruins the entire garden out of anger, but leaves one pumpkin vine still in tact. (cont. in comments)

#lae3414sp19 “Poems for Young People Edgar Allan Poe” (P) edited by Brod Bagert and illustrated by Carolynn Cobleigh is a book put together of the renown poet Edgar Allan Poe‘s poems. Poe‘s poems are known for being for an older audience because of its dark meanings and higher level syntax. This book breaks down the poems to a younger audience so that students can understand and enjoy Poe‘s poems. (cont. in comments)

#lae3414sp19 The book “Celebrate Diwali” (NF) written by Deborah Heiligman and picture images by National Geographic is a book displaying the Hindu celebration of Diwali. Diwali is called the Festival of Lights, which celebrates the spiritual light over darkness. This book would be a great LC because students can discuss the importance of the Hindu holiday, and their relations or thoughts about the celebration. (cont. in comments)

#lae3414sp19 The picture book “More Pocket Poems” (P) Selected by Bobbi Katz and illustrated by Deborah Zemke is a book put together of a variety of children‘s poems by all different writers. This book would be best CR, so students can read the various poems together with the teacher, because there are some higher level vocabulary words that might need support in pronunciation. (cont. in comments)

#lae3414sp19 “The Hunger Games” (SF) is a NY Best Time Seller that was one of my favorite books growing up. This book is part of a series written by Suzanne Collins. The novel is about a brave girl named Katness Everdeen that volunteers to fight to the death so her younger sister does not have to. The story shows her bravery throughout the story and is a book that is hard to put down! (cont. in comments)

#lae3414sp19 “The Happy Day” written by Ruth Krauss and illustrated by Marc Simont is a Caldecott Honor book (RF). This book is about the animals who hibernate for Winter waking up of their slumber to see a small flower grow, representing Spring. This story would be a great RT, which you could have the class pretend to be the animals waking for slumber. (cont. in comments)

#lae3414sp19 The picture book “Blueberries for Sal” written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey (F) is a story about a little girl named Sal who goes blueberry picking with her mother and a little bear who goes blueberry picking with his/her mother. Both little ones get mixed up with the wrong mothers and find their real mothers again in the end.
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#lae3414sp19 The chapter book “Who is Muhammad Ali?” written by James Buckley Jr. and illustrated by Stephen Marchesi (B) is all about Muhammad Ali, who was a boxer and civil rights activist. This book would be a great IR because of the length of the book and illustrations. For UDL, I would use 3.1, 3.2 and 2.5 as strategies. For ESOL, I would use numbers 30 and 43 to help the ELL understand all of the factual information.
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#lae3414sp19 The picture book “New Shoes” written by Susan Lynn Meyer and illustrated by Eric Velasquez is a story about two young girls, Charlotte and Ella Mae, who are discriminated at a shoe store for the color of their skin. Because they did not like the situation, they created their own shoe store and sold their own outgrown shoes to their friends and neighbors. (cont. in comments)

#lae3414sp19 The hilarious book “A Couple of Boys Have The Best Week Ever” (RF) is a Caldecott Award Winner by Marla Frazee. The short story is about James and Eamon, Jamon for short, and their adventure to Eamon‘s grandparents house. This story would be best read as an IR, because there are many word bubbles from the characters and lots of imagery in the illustrations.

#lae3414sp19 “Owen” by Kevin Henkes (RF) is a Caldecott Award Winning book about a mouse named Owen who loves is blanket. His parents did not want him having it, and in the end they settle to make his blanket into small handkerchiefs. This story would be best read a RA because young students in the room can see if they relate to Owen and have the same situation with a beloved item, and see through their classmates they might not be the only
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#lae3414sp19 The book “I Do Not Like Al‘s Hat” by Erin McGill (F) is a story about a magician‘s bunny Al, who is tired of being just that. He ventures out to find a new “job” but he finds a little girl named Sophie who he loves and lives with in the end. I think this book would be great read as a SR because the book has a deeper meaning about animal abuse behind the kid friendly story, which can be talked about in a SR.

#lae3414sp19 The classic book by Dr. Seuss “Green Eggs and Ham” (RF) is a friendly-rhyming book about a character Sam who does not like the green eggs and ham. This book would be great to read in a CR, so that students can read the rhyming words together and be interactive. The UDLs that would fit this story would be 2.1 and 2.5. The ESOL strategies I would use would be 16 and 30.

#lae3414sp19 The book “Me...Jane” (NF) by Patrick McDonnell (Caldecott Honor) is a heartwarming story about Jane Goodall as a child. As a child she loved her stuffed animal monkey Jubilee along with every animal in nature. The book showcases Jane‘s love for nature and animals and how she followed her dreams to perusing that career as an adult.