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A Chair for My Mother
A Chair for My Mother | Vera B. Williams
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The jar of coins is full. The day has come to buy the chair - the big, fat, comforable, wonderful chair they have been saving for. The chair that will replace the one that was burned up - along with everything else - in the terrible fire. A book of love and tenderness filled with the affirmation of life.
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mfarragher
A Chair for My Mother | Vera B. Williams

“But we are going to buy a chair for my mother, and it will be a nice one.”

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mfarragher
A Chair for My Mother | Vera B. Williams

“A Chair for My Mother“ can be used in the classroom to discuss themes of resilience and the importance of family, prompting students to share their own experiences of support and perseverance. Activities like drawing their favorite family moments or writing about what they would save for loved ones can encourage meaningful connections and reflections on community values.

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mfarragher
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This book tells the heartfelt story of Rosa, who saves her coins to buy a special chair for her mother after a fire destroys their home. The beautifully illustrated book explores themes of family, resilience, and the importance of community support. Rosa‘s determination highlights the strength of familial bonds and the simple joys in life. This touching tale is a celebration of love and perseverance.

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chloecosmo
A Chair for My Mother | Vera B. Williams

“Every night, Mama and I put coins into the jar. The jar grew heavier and heavier, and we knew it was getting close to time to get the chair.”

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chloecosmo
A Chair for My Mother | Vera B. Williams

This heartfelt story is full of amazing illustrations and messages about family, perseverance, and the value of working together. I would read this story to any age group of students as it has a powerful meaningful message for all.

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chloecosmo
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“A Chair for My Mother” by Vera B. Williams tells the story of a young girl, her mother, and her grandmother as they save up to buy a special chair for their home after a fire destroys their previous one.

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Born.A.Reader
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🐣 Going to my folks for an egg hunt for my daughter, and lunch, after the Easter 🐰 visits.
🐣🐣 Honestly I haven't been disappointed in a book yest this year.
🐣🐣🐣 A Chair for My Mother was the first one to leap to mind. I can remember checking it out of my school library when I was in Kindergarten. (Tagged)
#MotivationalMonday @Cupcake12

Cupcake12 Thanks for joining in. Have a great week x 8mo
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Born.A.Reader
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🍂 I have, but not until I had a child of my own and we built one for her, then both curled up and read for a while.
🍂 🍂 There are so many honestly, but the tagged book was the first book I remember checking out by myself at the school library and the story has stuck with me so much that I found a copy for my daughter and we read it together now.

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@TheSpineView thanks for the tag!

TheSpineView Fabulous memories! Thanks for playing! 13mo
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kayleenschultz12
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This book will be used in my classroom to shine a light on how you can go through a difficult time has a family but also work through that as a family. As long as your together and work for something it can happen.

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kayleenschultz12
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This book is cute and shows how a family can over come a tragedy together.

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terracollichio
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“Grandma and mama and I all sat in the chair while Ida took our picture.“ I just think that is the sweetest little image with all 3 generations and how much that chair means to all of them.

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terracollichio
A Chair for My Mother | Vera B. Williams

I love this book because it not only is a family book, but I think could teach teamwork, caring, empathy, perseverance, and love. I think this book would be perfect for K-4 because it emphasizes that although the little girl wants something, the mother works so hard to get something she deserves and that could be a lesson for all the age groups there.

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terracollichio
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A Chair for my Mother, Vera B. Williams, 2007, Caldecott. This story takes us through a life for a daughter and her mother after a devaesting house fire. The little girl takes us back to when the fire happened and how they had nothing left, especially no couch or big chairs to sit in. All her mother wants is a chair to sit in after work, they save up enough money for just that.

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emileescengie
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“Finally, we found the chair we were dreaming of”

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emileescengie
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This is a great book to teach children the idea that if you work for something, you can do it. Also that if you set your mind to something you can do it. I think the overall message of the book is really sweet.

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DebbieGrillo
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A sweet story about a family who has experienced a house fire and how they save to buy a comfortable chair for the hardworking single mom of the family.

kspenmoll Love this story & this author! 3y
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AshleyH
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A Chair for My Mother is about a family saving up all their hard-earned change in order to purchase a more comfortable chair for the family to share.
This RF book has earned a Caldecott medal for artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
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AshleyH This book would be a fantastic read-aloud option. I was read this in 2nd grade and have remembered it for all this time. It teaches children about potential hardships that can occur in a family.

Website Resource: https://www.stlouisfed.org/~/media/files/pdfs/education/lessons/a-chair-for-my-m...
This website contains an activity print-out where your students can write their goals in their very own savings jar!
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AshleyH UDL- Develop self-assessment and reflection (9.3)
During the activity, students will self-reflect on the goals they want to achieve.
EL- 4. Link lesson topic to students‘ prior knowledge.
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Viviannef Hello Ashley! Ive seen this book many times and have yet to read it. I definitely need to make the time to read it. Your UDL principles and ESOL strategies work perfectly for this book and the resources you‘ve provided. Great post! I love the idea of students writing their own personal goals into their savings jar :) 4y
Ameyer32 This is a good book. Professor Trenta read it to us in class. She also read us The Dot. I am a 34 year old woman and I still love being read to! I too love the idea of writing goals and putting them into the saving jar. Great connections! 4y
DrSpalding Your resource is fantastic! The federal reserve banks offer resources to help you teach financial/economic principles. This is fabulous! I would read this book aloud around Mother‘s Day as well. There are many practical applications for this book in your classroom. 4y
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agreco1925
A Chair for My Mother | Vera B. Williams

“But each evening every single shiny coin goes into the jar.”

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agreco1925
A Chair for My Mother | Vera B. Williams

I would use this in my classroom to teach students about perseverance.

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agreco1925
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This award winner had fantastic illustrations that help to extend the text. The images have great detail and will keep readers interested.

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taylorscalfaro
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This book became an award winner by winning the Caldecott Medal. It is well-deserving of this because the illustrations truly extended the text in a superior way.

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taylorscalfaro
A Chair for My Mother | Vera B. Williams

I would use this book in a future classroom because it has amazing illustrations and a great story about perseverance.

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taylorscalfaro
A Chair for My Mother | Vera B. Williams

“But each evening every single shiny coin goes into the jar.”

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cassandram
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A chair for my Mother is a beautiful story on how a daughter and mother work hard to buy their dream chair. It is an RF book that has won a Caldecott award. This would be a great PR book that students could reflect on the positives of hard work. https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/chair-my-mothe... shares a great source that the partners could work on together. #ucflae3414f19

cassandram With this I would use UDL 8.3 by fostering collaboration and community within the students. I also would use ESOL strategy 2 by promoting cooperation as they crafted their own dream chairs. #ucflae3414 5y
Jgolub13 I really enjoy stories about parents and their children. This book sounds like a good one that I should pick up soon. The picture you took of the book in the chair did a great job of catching the eye! 5y
DrSpalding This is a beautiful book that is a wonderful read aloud. This book works well around Mother‘s Day! Nice image. 5y
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DeannaP
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This book is a fiction Caldecott honor book. It is about a family that lost everything in a fire and had to move to start all over again. Generous family members and friends gave them many household objects, but they really wanted a big soft chair. The mother brought home the biggest jar she could find and they all saved and put coins until the jar until it was full, once it was they went and bought the chair. #ucflae3414su19

DeannaP An E.D strategy I would use with this book would be to “optimize relevance, value, and authenticity‘” since some students may have gone through a similar circumstance like this before. An ESOL strategy I would use would be to “integrate speaking, listening, reading, and writing activities” since they would be building and writing about their dream chair after reading the book. 5y
DeannaP Lesson for after book:https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/chair-my-mother-extension-activities/ 5y
DrSpalding Much better resource here and nice job aligning universal design principles and English learner strategies. 5y
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Day 20 of #30junebooks is #picturebook! I love this book so much. I remember it from Reading Rainbow when I was a kid. I‘ve read it to my 5yo several times lately, and I get choked up every. single. time. Which she doesn‘t understand at all. 😂🤷🏼‍♀️

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The chair of love!!!

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“Now Grandma sits in it and talks with people going by in the daytime. Mama sits down and watches the news on TV when comes home from her job. After supper, I sit with her and she can reach right up and turn out the light if I fall asleep in her lap.”

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vnneff6000
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This book is so sweet! It melts my heart! It‘s about a girl, her mom and grandmother. Their house burned down and they lost all their furniture. This made them dream of a chair they wanted as they saved up tbeir change in a jar to buy one. The chair symbolizes their love for each other and the time they enjoy spending together in their chair. The illusions were good and you could tell the point of view is from the girl/child‘s perspective.

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Krisjericho
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I loved this one as a kid, and it was great to introduce my son to it. It is realistic, with a Mom who works hard and family that doesn‘t have a lot of money, but is also hopeful and full of love.

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A Chair For My Mother by Vera B. Williams, a RF Caldecott Honor Book. Love this story . A young girl whose mom works hard as a waitress . The young girl , with her mom and grandmother save for a new comfortable chair for her mom. They lost everything in a previous fire.When they got a new place ,the neighbors help by giving furniture and bringing pizza .At the end the jar is filled, and they buy a pretty and comfortable chair for her mom.

ERodriguez After introducing the story and making predictions as a class , the predictions will be written in a chart .They will write down their predictions in their journal as well. To finish reading, the class will be assigned to PR. When they are finished, we will discuss and add to the chart their predictions. Can they be true based on the book ? http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/exploring-cost-sa... (edited) 6y
ERodriguez EL44/Focus on thinking skills; predict,categorize,classify,observe,and report,(oral-written-pictorial),sequence,summarize.UDL 8.3/ Foster collaboration and community. #UCFLAE3414SuB18 (edited) 6y
Ordonezk I love the chair! This is such a good book for Mother‘s Day. I like the link you included 6y
DianaHerrera I love the lesson on how to teach students if something is meant to keep because of the meaning or if it is something they think they need to replace at home. It can also teach students the differences between a need (something that‘s necessary) and a want (something that you don‘t always need). @ERodriguez 6y
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Mindyrecycles
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A heartwarming picture book with bright, glorious illustrations. #chairs #readingresolutions @Jess7

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mrp27
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#readingresolutions #chair

A bright, sweet little read.

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Laura.S
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This RF is a great book to have in the classroom because of its diversity. A Caldecott honor and Boston Globe Horn book, this read talks about a girl and her mother and grandmother who save money up. They are saving up all their coins from work to buy a new chair. This books shows the challenges that you go through in order to save money for something. #UCFLAE3414SP18 teacher.scholastic.com/upromise/k_2lessonplan/

Laura.S The link takes you to a lesson plan on saving money which is an important lesson to learn. This book would be great for a guided reading (GR) so that the teacher can read with the students and go over any key terms. I also found the book in Spanish which could help the teacher with guided reading and an EL learner. UDL 6.1 Guide appropriate goal-setting is perfect for the saving aspect of this book. EL 25 incorporate second language acquisition 7y
Laura.S Strategies in the curriculum is showcased by the second book in Spanish. It allows for guided reading to take place but offers another strategy. 7y
Noelle5 Diversity books is so crucial in schools. Everyone needs a book and a character they can relate to- in any grade. This is wonderful and this post makes me want to look into getting my hands on this book! 7y
V.DeQuattro I love how you found the book in both English and Spanish! Great for EL learners who need that extra practice or help. It is so important to have types of books like this so that every kid feels included and can find a passion for reading. 7y
KaitlynN I know that sometimes they print books in English one direction and in other languages the opposite way, like two books in one. I want to collect as many pairs as I can for my classroom library. I think this is so helpful for ELs. 7y
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ElizabethR0309
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A Chair for My Mother has been my favorite book since i was a little girl till this day i have it in my book collection. This realistic fiction book written by Vera B. Williams is most defiantly my favorite book to read even till today. This book is known for winning a Caldecott award.

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This Caldecott Honor and ALA Notable Book by Vera B Williams tells the story of a girl and her family who save coins in a jar to buy the best chair ever. With strong themes of resilience, community, and family this book is perfect for any classroom. This RF would best be used as a GR. http://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewResourceLesson/Preview/62637 this goes to a lesson plan on CPALMs which includes a section on guided reading! #ucflaw3414f17

JordanD I would utilize El strategy 36. To ask questions that require higher level thinking and UDL strategy 9.3 to develop self-assessment and reflection 7y
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melissaallam
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I loved this heartwarming RF story of a working class family and their mission to find the perfect chair for their home. The illustrations are beautiful and the characters are lovable. Students of all ages will enjoy both reading and looking at this wonderful book!
To hear the story read aloud you can go here: https://youtu.be/E4Onfbx6v3g #UCFLAE3414SU17

DrSpalding Williams is a quality author and illustrator. This book has powerful messages regarding family and overcoming obstacles. Excellent choice! 7y
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CaraM
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This Caldecott award is a realistic fiction is about a girl and her mother who save their earnings to buy the perfect armchair after their furniture was destroyed in a fire. Vera Williams is the author and Illustrator. This is the perfect book to read around the time of Mother's Day or learning to save money. Here is a link for more information and reviews. #UCFLAE3414sp17 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/835202.A_Chair_for_My_Mother

DrSpalding This was an excellent choice for storytelling Cara. Well done! 8y
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