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Here's a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry | Jane Yolen, Andrew Peters, Polly Dunbar

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This lovely P book, Here‘s a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry collected by Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters, illustrated by Polly Dunbar would be great for CR. This book it‘s a wonderful introduction to poetry for very young readers. It offers a collection of more than sixty poems by a wide range of talented writers including Langston Hughes, Wendy Cope, Margaret Wise Brown and more. The poems in this book depict the day to day

RossoS adventures of a toddler. With its variety and unique rhymes this book will capture your students attention while helping them build those proficient reader skills. This link https://www.leeandlow.com/uploads/loaded_document/122/Poetry_Teacher_s_Guide_LM_... will take you to a poetry‘s teacher guide by Lee & Low Books that you can use along this book or any other great poetry book out there. This guide includes great ideas to help students 7y

RossoS get involved with reading and writing poetry. Finally, by sharing this great poetry book you could meet the ESOL strategy 14- Simplify speech by making it slower and redundant, by articulating your speech when doing a CR of some of the poems in this book. Also, you could meet UDL principle 5.2- Use multiple tools for construction and composition, by encouraging students to write their own poems and providing them with a template of different 7y

RossoS types of poems. #UCFLAE3414SuB2018 7y

AmyPerezCubas Wow! What a cute way to introduce poems! 7y

DrSpalding An excellent anthology for your classroom library and for choral reading opportunities with students. 7y

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A Ball for Daisy | Chris Raschka

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This RF Caldecott award winning picture book by Chris Raschka would be great for S. This wonderful wordless picture book told beautifully through Raschka‘s illustrations, tells the story of a dog named Daisy and her favorite ball. This book it‘s great for students dealing with the loss of something special. With the help of illustrations, students will explore the joy and sadness that having a special toy can bring.

RossoS Below, I included a very useful resource to go along with this book. It‘s a teaching guide by Penguin Random House, which focuses on how to use wordless picture books in the classroom. The guide includes fun activities and worksheets such as “Story Without Words” where students get to tell their own story without using words. Moreover, by integrating this book to your classroom library and sharing some of the activities with your students 7y

RossoS you could meet ESOl strategy 16- Integrate speaking, listening, reading and writing activities. As well as the UDL 2.4- promote understanding across languages, by providing students with non-linguistic support through the use of illustrations presented in the book. This book can be used in many ways and it can serve as a powerful tool to help students build literacy skills. http://images.randomhouse.com/teachers_guides/9780375858611.pdf (edited) 7y

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DrSpalding Excellent job aligning your strategies and principles. Using the publishers site specifically Random House is wise. 7y

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No, David! | David Shannon

In how many ways can you say “NO”? This RF, semi-autobiographical Caldecott award winning picture book by David Shannon would be great for a RA. This book is based on the author‘s real life. It depicts a young boy doing different naughty things for which he is repeatedly said no. This book it‘s very easy to relate to since we all have heard NO at some point in our life.

RossoS This website https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/no-david-exten... includes two extension activities by Scholastic, that could be used after reading the book. One activity has students create a book relating David‘s experiences to their own and the other has students complete a book study with another book written by the author. By adding this wonderful book to your classroom library and sharing it with 7y

RossoS your students, you could meet the ESOL strategy 26- Maintain a library of supplementary books and workbooks written in simple English, which offer additional illustrations for problems. This book it‘s very simple and short! Also, you could meet UDL principle 9.2- Facilitate personal coping skills and strategies, by using real life situations presented in the book to demonstrate coping skills. #UCFLAE3414SuB2018 7y

emilybanne Love this book and it can teach a great lesson to the kids! 7y

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DianaHerrera I love the authors study from the resource you provided! I‘m going to save it on my Pinterest!! @RossoS 7y

RossoS @emilybanne totally agree👍🏼 7y

RossoS @DianaHerrera I‘m glad you liked it! And sure do 👌🏼 7y

ATejada What a classic. I‘m the David of my family! 7y

JayaJ I have never read this book but I definitely want to check it out! This books seems like a fun read! 7y

DrSpalding You were truly present in class and learned a great deal about children‘s literature. Very proud of you. 7y

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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? | Bill Martin

This engaging F picture book by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle would be great for S. “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See” tells the story of a colorful group of animals who all see something different. This book could be ideal for young students as they are starting to learn letters, their sounds, and words. It is also a fun way to teach students about colors.

RossoS This website https://images.macmillan.com/folio-assets/activity-guides/9780805017588AG.pdf will bring you to fun classroom activities by Macmillan Publishers that could be used after sharing the book in your classroom, activities such as, “Create Your Own Book” in which students get to create their own version of the book or “Animal Masks” that has students create their own animal masks which can later be used for a RT. 7y

RossoS Finally, by using this book for S in your classroom, you could meet UDL principle 1.2- Offer alternatives for auditory information and ESOL strategy 17- Provide contextual support through audio visuals, models, demonstrations, realia, body language and facials expressions which both have to do with ensuring that all learners have access to the information presented by providing visual or tactile equivalents and supporting students‘ comprehension 7y

RossoS through the use of body language and expressions. #UCFLAE3414SuB2018 7y

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ERodriguez Loveee this book and your presentation.😊 7y

RossoS @ERodriguez I also love this book and thank you😁 7y

DrSpalding As we witnessed, this is an excellent storytelling. 7y

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Wishtree | Katherine Applegate

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“Trees can‘t tell jokes, but they can certainly tell stories.” 😉 This F novel by the Newbery medal-winning author Katherine Applegate would be great for LC. Wishtree is a powerful story about friendship, respect, acceptance and the strength of standing up for what is right, all told from the perspective of a tree named Red. Wishtree is a life changing book that is meant to heal, to teach, to unite. Your students will gain so much from this book!

RossoS This website http://wishtreebook.com/static/pdf/wishtree-activity-kit-final.pdf will take you to an activity booklet by Macmillan Children‘s Publishing Group. This kit includes great activities that you could use in your classrooms after reading this special book, such as “My wish is... Essay activity, in which students have the opportunity to write about a wish they may have for the world, community, family, friends or themselves. 7y

RossoS By sharing this book with your students you could meet the UDL principle 7.2- Optimize relevance, value, and authenticity, by helping students see how the situations presented in this book are relevant and valuable to what‘s going on in our world today. In addition, you could meet ESOL strategy 6- Continually monitor students‘ comprehension. This book has a lot of vocabulary that might be complex for ELLs at their various proficiency levels 7y

RossoS in this case it is important to monitor comprehension and provide clarifications when necessary. #UCFLAE3414SuB2018 7y

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Gabylaurel10 I love this book it‘s such a good read! I also love the picture you took! It looks like the tree expanded off of the cover! 7y

ATejada THIS BOOK WAS SO GREAT! I honestly hope that I get 3-5 grade for internship so that I can read this to them aloud!!! What a great read! Thanks for sharing! 7y

DrSpalding Lovely image. Powerful book that should be shared with students. Do it @ATejada ❤️📚 7y

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Whoever You Are | Mem Fox, Leslie Staub

This RF children‘s picture book written by Mem Fox and illustrated by Leslie Staub would be great for RA or PR. This wonderful book celebrates the differences between people around the world, but at the same time it reaffirms that even though we are all unique, we share things that bring us together. Below, I included a great guide from WITS Program that shares questions and fun activities that you could use with your students before, during, and

RossoS after reading this fantastic book. https://witsprogram.ca/pdfs/schools/books/whoever-you-are/whoever-you-are.pdf By exposing your students to this book and with the help of the guide provided, you could meet the UDL principle 8.3- Foster collaboration and community. As an illustration, you could have students interview one another to find out things that are different and the same about them. Also, you could meet the ESOL strategy 30- (edited) 7y

RossoS Encourage the use of diagrams and drawings as aids to identify concepts and seeing relationships. In this case, you could have students complete the Global Venn Diagram provided in the website after interviewing one another. #UCFLAE3414SuB2018 (edited) 7y

emilybanne Love this book! I read it for my teach live assignments and the kids liked it. 7y

DrSpalding I know this was a favorite of yours. I hope you purchase it for your classroom library one day. 7y

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Henrys Freedom Box | Ellen & Kadir Nelson Levine

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The 2008 Caldecott award winner “Henry‘s Freedom Box‘ by Ellen Levine and Kadir Nelson is a powerful B picture book that would be great for a RA. This book tells the story of a real man named Henry Brown who lived in a time in the USA where many African Americans were slaves in the South. One day Henry decides the only things he has left to live for is FREEDOM and so he does everything it takes to obtain his. I shared a great resource to use with

RossoS this book. It‘s a teaching guide by Scholastic that includes pre-reading activities, vocabulary cards, questions to share and more activities to use along the RA. It also includes great ideas on how to use this book in other content areas. https://www.scholastic.com/content/dam/teachers/lesson-plans/migrated-featured-f... This book alongside the provided teaching guide could help you meet the UDL principle 3.1- 7y

RossoS Activate or supply background knowledge, by making explicit cross-curricular connections with the help of some of the activities provided in the guide. Also, you could meet ESOL strategy 5- teach technical vocabulary supporting key concepts, by using the vocabulary cards to introduce students to the meaning of the words and encourage students to use the words when discussing about the book. #UCFLAE3414SuB2018 7y

DrSpalding Henry Brown was a very brave man. What a wonderful book to read aloud during Black history month. Powerful read! 7y

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Where the Wild Things Are | Maurice Sendak

This classic F, sometimes considered RF, Caldecott Medal-winning picture book by Maurice Sendak would be great for DR. This book tells the story of a little boy named Max who is angry after being sent to bed without dinner for being mischief. Max manages his strong feelings by going on a journey in his imagination to the land of the “Wild Things”. This book is a must have in your library! It can be used in so many ways 🙌

RossoS In order to take the most out of this book, you could include different activities before and after having students participate in the DR. I‘ve included an official teacher‘s guide from publisher Random House that is full of great ideas including a Bloom‘s Taxonomy grid of activities for students to complete. https://www.penguin.com.au/content/resources/Where%20The%20Wild%20Things%20Are.p... 7y

RossoS By using drama strategies to re-enact scenes from this book you could meet UDL 7.1- optimize individual choice and autonomy, by allowing students to choose a character from the book they would like to perform. Also, you could meet ESOL strategy 2- promote cooperation, by dividing the class in small groups so that students can practice with each other their role. DR is a powerful tool to foster early literacy development in our classrooms! 7y

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DrSpalding You are right! Using drama to get kids moving in the classroom is such a powerful tool. Nice resource! 7y

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