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The Buffalo Storm | Katherine Applegate

“She squeezed her eyes shut, pretending she was back in her bed, back in her old house where storms stayed outside.”

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The Buffalo Storm | Katherine Applegate

This book can help students relate historical events to personal challenges, promoting empathy and critical thinking. It also provides an opportunity to discuss themes like bravery and adapting to new situations.

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The Buffalo Storm | Katherine Applegate
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This book is a historical fiction picture book published in 2007. The story follows a young girl overcoming her fears as she and her family journey west during a fierce storm, highlighting themes of courage, resilience, and change.

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Tkgbjenn1
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Steven Rinella is a great story teller for his topic. In the process of telling his tale of going on a hunt for a buffalo in Alaska. He also tells the history and prehistory of the American Bison. It‘s best to hear narrated by the author. Endlessly interesting and engrossing.

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Sara_Planz
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The Lamar and Hayden Valley areas are known a the American Serengeti. The open plains, the wildlife, the understanding of America as an amazing landscape. If you have seen this, it can be hard to believe that we almost lost it in the late nineteenth century. George Bird Grinnell is one of the men we can thank for saving this precious resource. He recognized that without proper conservation, the American West would be plundered into devastation.

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Goleemn
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Great book! I sped through this in no time, just because it was so well-written and engrossing. The author owns a small ranch in SD and raised cattle. He doesn‘t like the environmental damage they do, so he switches to buffalo. It‘s a story of ranching difficulties, environmental practices, history, and how to be a land steward. Amazing writing, laugh-out-loud spots, and just a super read. Definitely recommended!

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In this Caldecott Winning, Fiction book, Little Wolf finds convinces himself that he must go and search for his enemies before they come and surprise attack his people. Early one morning, Little Wolf rides out in search of the Assiniboines. Before he can conquer his enemies, he's stuck a lake, waiting for the ancient buffalo to appear out of the water. When Little Wolf sees the buffalo, his instincts take over.

MFlowers He is now their leader, one of them. Little Wolf now leads them to his enemies: destroying them once and for all.
This Modern Fantasy, RA picture book is one for the taking. The illustrations alone are gorgeous. The illustrator does a great job fulfilling UDL principle 5.1 (use multiple media for communication) because the pictures justify the story so incredibly well. It makes the story more enticing to see it really happening. #ucflae3414sp21
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MFlowers The following url holds many different lesson plans you can derive from this story. https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=11504
I think what one should focus on most, is the story itself. I would use it as a way to teach students how to find and understand plot, character development, and theme. You accomplish EL strategy 1 (teach questioning for clarification) & 16 (integrate speaking, listening, reading and writing activities). 10/10!!
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DrSpalding Both of your recent posts could be used to teach a social studies unit about native Americans. This book would not be considered modern fantasy. Traditional literature would be the better genre. Teaching books can be a very helpful resource. 4y
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The Last Fine Time | Verlyn Klinkenborg
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🎄 The tagged book is one of my favs set in Buffalo. It starts with the line “Snow begins as a rumor in Buffalo.” So true.
🎄 Present day NYC with Dash and Lily.
🎄 Definitely the Weasleys.
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Eggs Thanks for your thoughtful responses! 👏🏻📚💕⭐️ 4y
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The lone buffalo under a wide sky is emblematic of the West & the story of the great herds is one of tragedy, romance, econ, & sci. O'Brien owned a failing cattle op & tried, as many did, to stay afloat -- until a baker's doz of “baby buffler“ came along. An ecologist at

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Buffalo Before Breakfast | Mary Pope Osborne
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This HF, NYTBS book is about siblings Jack and Annie as they travel back in time to the Great Plains and become aquatinted with the Lakota Tribe. has great resources for not only this book, but every other book in this series. This book would be great for GR. #UCFLAE3414SP20

hadassajl UDL 3.1 which activates or supplies background knowledge would be great to teach children about the Lakota Tribe beforehand. EL 17 which provides contextual support through visuals would work great as well. 5y
DrSpalding Knowing that Jack and Annie travel in a magic treehouse… What genre do you believe this is now? Nice detail with your universal design and English learner strategies. 5y
hadassajl @DrSpalding MF for sure! It‘s funny because as a kid, and even now, I would‘ve never thought of these books to be fantasy. I‘ve always seen them as HF. 5y
DrSpalding Correct... they certainly have historical elements but the overwhelming genre is fantasy. 5y
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