Just starting this classic today! Told my dad I wanted to read something and asked if I read this book. Told him I haven‘t and he went and got his ancient edition of this book and told me to read. Super pumped! Especially since this is the best time to catch up on some stress relieving reading!

I really wish there was a rating higher than just “pick” because this is a book that everyone needs to read. August Pullman was born with facial deformities and never went to school because of frequent surgeries. Now he is starting fifth grade and as we all know, it‘s hard to be the new kid. This book would best be taught as an LC to be able to allow for deep conversation between the students. https://wonderthebook.com/for-teachers #ucflae3414f19

This was the book that really got me into poetry as a child. Where the Sidewalk Ends is a p collection of Shel Silverstein‘s quirky poetry that includes “Sister for Sale”, “Us”, “Warning” and many more. This book would be good for a CR where each student takes turns reading different poems. http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/poetry-feast-form... #ucflae3414f19

This book is a cute, Caldecott award winning realistic fiction book by John Rocco that emphasizes the importance of families coming together to spend time with each other. When a blackout occurs in the city, a family of four band together and realize that even though there is no light the whole family can still have fun. I would teach this book with RA. https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ilfonline.org/resource/resmgr/blackout_-_copy.pdf #ucflae3414f19

Mice Twice is the MF story of a cunning and hungry cat and an even more hungry and cunning mouse. This book has very cute pictures, and has the message “what goes around comes around”. This would be taught in a PR style. https://www.rif.org/literacy-central/book/mice-twice UDL 3.2 should be utilized to highlight the pattern in the actions taken by the cat to catch the mouse as well as ESOL 6 by asking comprehension questions. #ucflae3414f19

This book is Roald Dahl‘s first children‘s novel about a young boy named James. James lives with his horrible aunts who treat him terribly, but one day he is given some magic crystals by a strange old man. It gets wild when the magic doesn‘t work on him but on a peach tree in their yard. This book would be an excellent book for an AS https://www.roalddahl.com/create-and-learn/teach/teach-the-stories/james-and-the... #ucflae3414f19

This NF book is absolutely delicious. It goes through the process of creating chocolate from bean to bar, and also talks about the Gertrude Hawk chocolate factory. This would be an excellent book to read during the holidays when chocolate is eaten the most. This would be an excellent IR. #ucflae3414f19 https://study.com/academy/lesson/chocolate-lesson-plan-for-elementary-school.htm...

Alice‘s adventures in Wonderland is a classic story by Lewis Carrol about a girl who falls down the rabbit hole and finds a nonsensical new world and some very interesting inhabitants. I feel that this book would be a good LC book for the class. I could assign short readings from the book and also about the author using ESOL strategy 38 to help get new English learners to practice while learning about the time period and the story. #ucflae3414f19

Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl is a FANTASTIC story of Mr. Fox, who lives with his wife and four baby foxes. They steal chickens and ducks from the three mean old farmers named Boggis, Bunce, and Bean who soon begin to try and hunt down Mr. Fox. The book is a short read, so I believe utilizing this book as a part of an AS about Roald Dahl would be effective. #ucflae3414f19

Thank you, Omu by Oge Mora is a wholesome story of Omu, who made a thick red stew and decided to share it with the people who come to her door. When she runs out of stew, what is she to do? This book would be effectively taught through RA to the whole class room. ESOL strategy 6 would be utilized by asking questions to gauge understanding of the story.

Kate DiCamillo has outdone herself again with this Newbery award winning story about a mouse, a rat, a scullery maid, and a princess. Despereaux is a little mouse who was born a little different than the others and partakes on a journey to save a princess from conniving ways of the rats down in the dungeon. This would be an incredible RA and DR book as it has a plot that would be awesome to see acted out on stage. #ucflae3414f19

What an amazing story! I completely understand why this book won a Newbery award. Jonas is a young boy in a dystopian society where there is no pain and everyone is assigned a role. Jonas, at his thirteenth birthday, is given the honor of becoming the next receiver of memory and begins to uncover the truth about his society. This book would best be taught through LC, as this book provokes a lot of conversation and thought. #ucflae3414f19

This Caldecott award winning novel was absolutely amazing! I really loved all of the artwork that is used to tell the story along with the pictures. Hugo is a young boy living in the clocks at a train station in Paris. Hugo meets an old man who runs a toy shop that he steals parts from to rebuild an invention of his father‘s but it turns out the man is not who Hugo thinks he is.

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This biographical picture book is about one of the biggest idols from my own culture, Celia Cruz. Celia Cruz was a singer from Havana, Cuba who became known for being “La Reina de la Salsa“ or the queen of Salsa. http://www.monicabrown.net/files/Tools_for_Teachers_CELIA.doc
This book would best be taught through RA using ESOL strategy 5 and EDL 2.1 to clarify the spanish language vocabulary and promote understanding.

This biography about Gandhi is a part of the New York Times Best-selling “Who Was“ series. Gandhi was a shy boy growing up and avoided people as he walked home from school every day, and yet eventually he became the face of the movement for Indian independence from British Rule through nonviolence. This book would best be utilized in the classroom as an IR with discussions after. https://www.famouspeoplelessons.com/m/mohandas_mahatma_gandhi.html

Kevin Henke‘s heartwarming F picture book is about a kitten following the full moon believing it to be a bowl of milk. While following the moon she gets herself into more trouble than it is worth! This book won a Caldecott award for its artwork. This book would best be taught through DR and RA.

This creepy Caldecott award winning picture book from Aaron Reynolds and Illustrator Peter Brown is a perfect book to read to your students around Halloween! Jasper Rabbit loves carrots, but when he eats too many they begin to follow him home and creepy things begin to happen. This story would best be taught in either S or RA style. UDL 3.2 would be appropriate to help highlight patterns in the book.

This RF picture book by Margaret McNamara and illustrated by G. Brian Karas would be a great book to discuss famous women and their achievements as well as Dinosaurs! Kimmy loves dinosaurs and knows a lot about them, but on a trip to the natural history museum with her class a boy tells her that girls can‘t be scientists. After this she becomes shy. Will anyone be able to make her open up again? Maybe the class teacher, Mr.Tiffin, can!

This instantly became a book that I wanted to have in my classroom library. This Caldecott award winning TL book illustrated and written by Tony DiTerlizzi is based off the cautionary tale by Mary Howitt. DiTerlizzi based the art style off of the classic horror movies of the 1920‘s-30‘s. The story tells of the fly who is wooed by the spider into his trap, as “spiders are trappers, for goodness sake!”. This story would be best for a RA lesson.

This classic F children‘s novel by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake was absolutely amazing (and better than the movies!). The story is about Charlie Bucket, a poor boy who lives in a small house with his parents and grandparents. One day, he finds a ticket to a chocolate factory owned by Willy Wonka along with 4 other children, and on that day he has the wildest day of his life. This book would best be utilized in AS teaching strategy.