Turtle and Tortoise Are Not Friends | 
pickTurtle and Tortoise Are NOT Friends is a F picture book written by Mike Reiss and illustrated by Ashley Spires. This picture book would be best as a RT in a grade 1-3 classroom. Although it hasn‘t won any awards, I still feel this book is a good one to incorporate into the classroom. #UCFLAE3414F19
katiehamlin It is about two eggs in a zoo cage exhibit that hatch, but once they find out they are different because they are a turtle and a tortoise, they decide they cannot be friends. Eventually when they are in a sticky situation, they learn to put aside their differences and come together to achieve a common goal. 5y
katiehamlin The EL strategy I would use with this book is 2. Promoting cooperation with small groups is good for this because they can work together to create readers theatres in small groups and then share them with the class. 5y
katiehamlin The UDL principle I would use is 1.1. “Offer ways of customizing the display of information” is good for this because it would be used as a readers theatre. Readers theatre is a way to provide the information in a different way visually and audibly. 5y
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katiehamlin The resource I would use with this book is https://www.nashvillezoo.org/our-blog/posts/turtles-vs-tortoises . This website tells the differences between turtles and tortoises and has a little quiz at the end the students can do. I like this website because it is a good way to inform the students of science information while using this fun book in the classroom. 5y
kgarzon I love the idea of educating students of the differences between these two easily confused animals through a funny read-aloud like this :) 5y
DrSpalding I would love to see this as a readers theater! What a cool resource using a zoo website. 5y
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