Found this little gem on Balboa Island today. The PERFECT read-a-loud book.

What a wild F story about two friends and the world they discover in the woods! I would use LCs for this book and instruct the students to work together in the lesson.
https://www.livetext.com/doc/5930974
The EL strategy I would use is 2, promoting cooperation in small groups for discussion
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An adorable F animal picture story about a chicken that gets blown by the wind into the city. Will she ever find her way back home to the farm? I would RA this story, it has pretty illustrations!
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/334040497336172603/
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My favorite Halloween F picture book to RA! This rhyming silly story is a good intro to rhyming!
http://roomonthebroom.com/ has lots of fun activities and lesson plans to help incorporate this story into your units. #ucflae3414f17

This F novel by Betty Brock about a young girl who finds out she can fly is my favorite children‘s literature novel of all time! I would use it as an IR book in my classroom. Tie it in to science with these lessons on flying!
http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Portals/7/documents/education/household_things_...
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A classic TL story about a stuffed rabbit that becomes real from all the love he receives. This story is great to RA because the students love to hear about animals and magic! Use the link below to see classic lesson plans!
http://study.com/academy/lesson/the-velveteen-rabbit-lesson-plan.html
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A sweet NF picture book about a lost cat and dog during the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. This is a perfect book to RA.
https://www.learningtogive.org/resources/two-bobbies-literature-guide
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A spooky SF novel by Mary Shelley great for high school LCs. Guide student groups through the creation of Frankenstein and his inner turmoil.
https://www.weberpl.lib.ut.us/sites/default/files/imce/images/high_school_lesson...
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This HF story about an Irish mill girl who just moved to America is eye opening and would make a great Shared Reading story. Tie it in to history or geography! Discussions in the classroom will thrive from this story!
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/so-far-home-di...
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Silly, book of P to ease students into lessons on reading and writing poetry! PR is my chosen teaching strategy. Students can work together to create their own poems.
Here are some resources-
http://www.brighthubeducation.com/teaching-elementary-school/127812-shel-silvers...
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An enticing RF, Newbery Award winning story about life in foster care and what it‘s like in the mind of a young, feisty girl determined to get what she wants. LC is my chosen teaching strategy because I want students to discuss the choices Gilly makes. “Would you ever do that? Why or why not?” Here are some lessons you could have students do together in their LCs-
https://www.readworks.org/lessons/grade5/great-gilly-hopkins
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What a festive Caldecott award winning F picture book! I‘d love to Read Aloud this tale of a train on its way to the North Pole, will they make it in time!? After the Read Aloud, dish out some of these fun lessons!
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/Take-the-Polar-Express-to-Learning.shtml
You could compare and contrast the book & film too!
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We follow Karana through her dangerous survival on the Island of Blue Dolphins in this Newbery Award winning, RF novel. This book would be great to Read Aloud in a secondary classroom. Paired with some *lesson plans, let your students dive in to Scott O‘Dell‘s story slowly as you read 1-2 chapters a day.
* https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Island-of-the-Blue-Dolphins-Reed-Nov...
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An iconic RF, Newbery Award winning story, great for *Guided Reading in your secondary classroom. Let students follow along with you as the story unfolds. I‘ll never forget the pet shop in this story, the church, or her dad.
* http://www.warsaw.k12.in.us/guided-reading/level-r-1/3173-because-of-winn-dixie-...
Don‘t forget about the motion picture too!
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A Newbery Award winning, RF novel about 14 year old Debbie and her wish that something would happen to her. I‘d like this story in my classroom best as independent reading. Essay writing and other lesson plans below!
http://www.bookrags.com/lessonplan/criss-cross/
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My favorite book I‘ve read this year, it is a F, Newbery award winning story about Ivan the Silverback Gorilla‘s sadness and the friends he‘s made while living in a shopping mall. I believe using this as an Independent Reading book would be best in my secondary classroom. Here is a great variety of lesson plans you can use, including an art lesson!
http://www.stemread.com/the-one-and-only-ivan-by-katherine-applegate/
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The F story we all know and love by Marcus Pfister won the Abby Children‘s Award in 1994. This story would be best used with Reader‘s Theatre I think! Adding crafts* and lessons in character, we can teach how sharing is caring.
* https://thekindergartenconnection.com/rainbow-fish-craft/ #ucflae3414f17

What a strange F, Newbery award winner for LCs in your secondary classroom. We follow Luna, on her journey through childhood and the mysteries that seem to surround her. Here are some resources to incorporate into the LCs-
https://suzyred.com/The-Girl-Who-Drank-the-Moon.html #ucflae3414f17

What a wonderful B book to have in your classroom library, and to use as a RA; it‘s a winner of many awards including the Caldecott. This pictures book is a look into the life of one of America‘s greatest historical figures, Martin Luther King Jr. Dive in further with these lesson plans!
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/martin-words-thin...
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This story‘s illustrations are Caldecott award winning (1964) it is a F picture book that is GREAT for storytelling! (Wink wink) 👑 Max and his wolf suit go to where the wild things are and he has a revelation.
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/library/books/where-the-wild-things-are

This Newbery award winning RF novel, is one of the best adventure stories I‘ve read; it would make a great LC book for secondary students. (The details of how the pilot died horrified me and now I‘m afraid of having a heart attack at anytime.) Scholastic has lesson plans to help guide your usage of this book in the classroom!
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/hatchet-lesson...
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