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Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade | Melissa Sweet

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Golden Kite Award winner for Picture Book Illustrations, Balloons over Broadway, written and illustrated by Melissa Sweet is a NF great for a RA. Everyone knows and loves the Macy‘s Thanksgiving Day Parade, I watch it every year. This book tells an amazing story about a puppeteer, Tony Sarg, and his experiences on helium balloons for this parade.

supan.katherine http://www.hmhbooks.com/kids/resources/BalloonsOverBroadway_ActivityKit.pdf This website includes a lot of activities that go along with the book. Including creating your own puppet animals for a parade! 6y

supan.katherine UDL 3.1: Activate or supply background knowledge. 1.1: Offer ways of customizing the display of information. ESOL 46: Use discovery learning activities (hands-on-activities) #ucflae3414f17 6y

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Up, Up, Down | Robert N. Munsch

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Robert Munsch‘s “Up, Up, Down” illustrated by Michael Martchenko is a funny fiction book perfect for a RA. Anna loves to climb EVERYTHING. But every time she climbs up high, her parents always tell her to be careful. At the end, Anna decides to climb a very tall tree. To the point where her parents tried climbing to get her down, but couldn‘t do so. Read to find out what lesson her parents had at the end.

supan.katherine https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/down-lesson-pl... This website includes discussion questions as well as a memory game that the students could play using the illustrations in the book. 6y

supan.katherine UDL 8.3: Develop self-assessment and reflection. ESOL 47: Use information gap activities (sharing pieces of information to solve problems) #ucflae3414f17 6y

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I am Helen Keller | Brad Meltzer

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“I Am Helen Keller” by Brad Meltzer and illustrated by Chris Eliopoulos is a B that‘s great for IR. This picture book is an easy read for a student that will educate them on Helen Kellers youth on how she dealt with being deaf.

supan.katherine https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/I-am-Helen-Keller-by-Brad-Meltzer-24... Although you have to purchase this lesson plan, I think it‘s well worth it. It includes how to read Braille as well as learning sign language! (edited) 6y

supan.katherine UDL 1.1: Offer ways of customizing the display of information. ESOL 12: Teach two objectives, language and content. #ucflae3414f17 6y

elifkelly I think the lesson plan you‘ve included is so important for students to learn. Exposing students to the basic concepts of braille and ASL is crucial for teaching diversity 6y

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Actual Size | Steve Jenkins

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The Blue Ribbon Nonfiction Award Winning book, Actual size, written and illustrated by Steve Jenkins is a NF perfect for IR. This book includes great illustrates of different animals of their actual size.

supan.katherine http://www.brighthubeducation.com/lesson-plans-grades-1-2/128829-2nd-grade-measu... This website includes a two day lesson plan for 2nd grade students. It allows them to measure out the size of the different animals on their own. 6y

supan.katherine UDL 1.3: Offer alternatives for visual information. ESOL 32: Use student pairs for team learning, especially for resorts, experiments and projects. #ucflae3414f17 6y

juliek1 I wanted to check this out after reading about it for our TeachLive. I adore the art. Great lesson plan! 6y

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The Paper Bag Princess: Read-Aloud Edition | Robert Munsch

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“The Paper Bag Princess” by Robert Munsch and illustrated by Michael Martchenko, is a F picture book great for S. This is not your typical Prince saved the Princess fairytale. Instead Robert Munsch decided to switch it up and have the Princess save the Prince from the dragon. But the ending is also a twist as well. Read to find out what happened when the Princess saves the Prince!

supan.katherine http://www.myactivitymaker.com/?q=PaperBagPrincess This website includes a great activity where students can create their own paper bag princess that could work well for storytelling. 6y

supan.katherine UDL 1.3: Offer alternatives for visual information. ESOL 30: Encourage the use of diagrams and drawings as aids to identify concepts and seeing relationships. #ucflae3414f17 6y

Dbenford I just finished reading this book and I've got to say, she is one feisty princess and I like it! Girl power! This book is great for showing the young girls in our classrooms, that they don't need a prince to rescue them! We can rescue ourselves 😊 nice job😊☺ (edited) 6y

juliek1 I'd love to check this out. I'm a big fan of shaking up traditional literature tropes - and anything that adds that little bit of "girl power" automatically catches my interest. Stacking! 6y

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Grace for President | Kelly S. DiPucchio

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NY Times Best Seller, Grace For President, by Kelly Dipucchio and illustrated by LeUyen Pham, is a RF perfect for a RA. Grace was learning about the Presidents one day in class then realized....There are no girl presidents! The school decided to have an election, which Grace was more than excited to run for. Little did she know, running President wasn‘t going to be so easy. Did she win? Read the book to find out!

supan.katherine https://www.islma.org/pdf/monarch/Grace%20for%20President.pdf This website is of a lesson plan for the book that includes discussion questions as well as different activities for all subjects. 6y

supan.katherine UDL 2.3: Support decoding of text, mathematical notation, and symbols. ESOL 36: Ask numerous questions which require higher level thinking responses. #ucflae3414f17 6y

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Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! | Mo Willems

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The Caldecott winner, Don‘t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus, written and illustrated by Mo Williems, is a hilarious F picture book that would be great for SR. A very convincing pigeon begs to drive the bus while the bus driver goes away. But will you let him drive the bus? This book teaches the kids and allows them to decide whats right and wrong.

supan.katherine http://pigeonpresents.com/content/uploads/2017/08/pigeon_activity_10-year_v10.pd... From pigeon parties, to coloring pages and even to creating finger puppets. This website has it all! 6y

supan.katherine UDL 5.2: Use multiple tools for construction and composition. ESOL 46: Use discovery learning activities (hands-on-activities) #ucflae3414f17 6y

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The Man Who Walked Between the Towers | Mordicai Gerstein

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The Caldecott winner “The Man Who Walked Between The Towers” written and illustrated by Mordecai Gerstein is a NF picture book great for GR. A daring young man, Philippe Petit, one day decided to walk a tight rope between the towers of the World Trade Center. This book captures an amazing memory of the towers.

supan.katherine http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/manwhowalked.html This website is amazing. Not only does it include reading, geography, and math activities, but it also includes a fun physical activity for the students as well. It‘s an all around great website that could be used for different subjects. 6y

supan.katherine UDL 5.2: Use multiple told for construction and composition. ESOL 50: For content comprehension use a variety of comprehension activities, such as; strip stories, KWL activities, SQ3R, learning logs, role playing activities, close strategy, etc. #ucflae3414f17 6y

DrSpalding Your image of the real Philippe Petit is wonderful as is the resource. Don't forget about ESOL 28. 6y

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It's Okay to Make Mistakes | Todd Parr

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Todd Parr‘s “It‘s Okay to Make Mistakes” is a fiction picture book that would be perfect for IR. It teaches kids to embrace their differences, to be thankful for everything, and of course that making mistakes is okay.

supan.katherine http://scholastic.ca/clubs/images/activities/ACT_ToddPar_2014.pdf This website contains cute “It‘s okay to make mistakes” coupons for when accidents happen. It also includes a checklist made by Todd Parr himself based off the book, as well as a match up activity. 6y

supan.katherine UDL 8.1: Heighten salience of goals and objectives. ESOL 13: Use preview/review activities. #ucflae3414f17 6y

MorganH This looks such a cute book with a great lesson to kids! I love the idea of the coupons! 6y

DrSpalding Fun resource! Parr is an excellent early childhood author. His books are appropriate for preschool through second grade. 6y

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Cora Cooks Pancit | Dorina K. Lazo Gilmore

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The Asian Pacific American Literature Award “Cora Cooks Pancit” by Dorina K. Lazo Gilmore, illustrated by Kristi Valiant is a Fiction book that would perfect for a GR. Cora always gets stuck doing the little kids job in the kitchen when it comes to cooking. But one day her siblings went out for the day and got the opportunity to cook a traditional filipino dish, pancit, with her mother.

supan.katherine http://janismanteachingportfolio.weebly.com/uploads/8/7/9/5/8795363/traveling_bo... lesson plan includes a chance for students to create their own read aloud for the book. It also includes a reflection questions after reading, as well as some activities that involve cooking at home. 6y

supan.katherine UDL 4.2 Optimize access to tolls and assistive technologies. ESOL 24: Incorporate the culture and the language of second language learners in your curriculum. #ucflae3414f17 6y

DrSpalding Fantastic! You are the only one to seek out a book that has been given an award for Asian literature. Looks wonderful. Helpful to use while teaching about other cultures and traditions. 6y

elifkelly This book looks great, it‘s always important to have books from different cultural backgrounds and I think this one would be perfect for an elementary classroom! 6y

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Love You Forever | Robert N Munsch

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The Parents Choice Gold Award “Love You Forver” by Robert Munsch and illustrated by Sheila McGraw will have everyone‘s hearts. This heartfelt NF picture book would be perfect for RA. It tells a story of a loving and growing relationship between a mother and her son. Sadly written after Munsch and his wife had two stillborn babies.

supan.katherine http://readingtokids.org/Books/BookView.php?bookID=00000411 This website includes before, during, and after discussion questions. As well as a fun craft for the students! 6y

supan.katherine UDL 9.2: Facilitate personal coping skills and strategies. ESOL 36: Ask numerous questions which require higher level thinking responses. #ucflae3414f17 6y

HNager I have read this book to my son a few times, we both love it. The website your EL goes perfect together. Awesome job! 6y

DrSpalding Resources that provide before, during and after read aloud strategies are helpful. This is truly a lovely story. A great read aloud on Mother's Day. 6y

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Wonder | R J Palacio

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#1 New York Times Best Seller “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio is an amazing RF perfect for PR. August “Auggie,” who was born with a facial deformity is starting the fifth grade. And having been homeschooled all throughout his life, it was definitely a challenging experience. I think it would be a great book to inspire kids to make a difference in the world.

supan.katherine https://www.varsitytutors.com/englishteacher/palacioThis website includes “WONDER”-FUL activities for the book. Including discussion questions/writing prompts for the book, as well as a readers theatre! 6y

supan.katherine UDL 9.3: Develop self-assessment and reflection and 8.3: Foster collaboration and community. ESOL 32. Use student pairs for team learning, especially for reports, experiments and projects. 50. For content comprehension use a variety of comprehension activities, such as; strip stories, KWL activities, SQ3R, learning logs, role playing activities, close strategy, etc. #ucflae3414f17 6y

DrSpalding Only five days until the movie. Excellent resource. There are so many things you can do with this particular book. All students should be reading this at the elementary level. 6y

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Maybe Something Beautiful | F. Isabel Campoy, Theresa Howell

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“Maybe Something Beautiful” by F Isabel Compoy and Theres Howell, illustrated by Rafael Lopez, is a heartwarming NF picture book that would be perfect for S or IR. The story is about a little girl named, Mira, who one day decided to post a picture of sun she drew in a dark alley. Little did she know that even the smallest of artists, like herself, could inspire transformation.

supan.katherine https://inthelemontree.com/book-club-maybe-something-beautiful-f-isabel-campoy-t... This website includes a clip for a visual summary of the book as well as a great activity. And to ensure that students understood the reading, the website also includes discussion questions that teachers could go over with their students after the reading. 6y

supan.katherine UDL 9.1: Promote expectations and beliefs that optimize motivation. ESOL 17: Provide contextual support through audio visuals, models, demonstrations, relic, boy language and facial expressions. #ucflae3414f17 6y

DrSpalding I just watched the visual summary video. What a powerful story. There are many movements around the country much like this that encourage art/murals to decorate what could be considered dismal landscapes. 6y

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Boy + Bot | Ame Dyckman

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The Good Reads Choice award, Boy + Bot by Ame Dyckman and illustrated by Dan Yaccarino is a cute SF picture book that would be perfect for RT.

supan.katherine Boy + Bot are really good friends who have a lot in common when it comes to having fun. But as soon as Bot gets switched off, Boy thought he was sick and cared for him just like any other human. And as soon Boy fell asleep, Bot thought he was malfunctioning. I definitely recommend giving this book a read to find out the ending! 7y

supan.katherine https://www.rif.org/literacy-central/book/boy-and-bot This website contains a read aloud video, but also contains different activities from vocabulary scaffolding to ways to activate students thinking with the book. 7y

supan.katherine UDL 2.1: Clarify vocabulary and symbols EL 2: Promote cooperation (small groups) #ucflae3414f17 7y

AJones I like the image you added. 🤖 And this book sounds great for a RT. Your strategies fit perfectly; especially promoting cooperation. Thanks for sharing. (edited) 7y

DrSpalding Use readers theater and read aloud. Remember that it is best practice to share books more than once with your students. Repeated readings aid comprehension. 7y

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Where the Wild Things Are | Maurice Sendak

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The Caldecott winning book, Where the Wild Things Are written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak is a TL that would be great for S. Being misunderstood at home, Max traveled to the land of where the wild things are. Where he became king. Although being King felt great to Max, he felt like something was just missing and decided to travel back to his room. Read this amazing picture book to find out just what that missing thing was.

supan.katherine http://www.edgalaxy.com/where-the-wild-things-are/ Not only does this website contain an audio and animated version of the book, it also contains multiple teaching guides and activities for the book. And my favorite part about it is the fact that it includes a permission slip to watch the film. 7y

supan.katherine UDL 1.2: offer alternatives for auditory information. & 1.3: Offer alternatives for visual information. EL 29: Offer a variety of reference materials at the students‘ instructional level for independent use. #ucflae3414f17 7y

AJones This book remains an all time favorite in my house. ❤️📚 My boys wanted me to read it over and over, and they could almost read the book all by themselves. What an excellent link, I will definitely use their teaching support kit. It implements Bloom‘s taxonomy. Yay! Thank you so much. (edited) 7y

Jaquessial Will forever be my childhood story. I love this book. 7y

DrSpalding Many students have reread this classic. Some say this book is RF noting that the child is dreaming and traveling in his dreams to where the wild things are. Others believe it is fantasy. 7y

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Baseball Saved Us | Ken Mochizuki

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The Parents Choice Gold Award, Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki and illustrated by Dom Lee is a HF that would be great for GR.

supan.katherine This is story about Shorty and his family, as well as other Japanese Americans, were sent to internment camps while the U.S. was at war with Japan. Times were very difficult at the camps, so Shorty and his father decided to create a baseball field and league to uplift the environment of the camp. With always being picked on for being the smallest on the team, Shorty became discouraged. But he never allowed that to stop him from continung. 7y

supan.katherine https://www.leeandlow.com/images/pdfs/baseball.pdf This website includes before, during, and after reading questions that would help monitor our students comprehension levels. And the best part about this website is that it also includes interdisciplinary actives that goes along with the book. (edited) 7y

supan.katherine UDL 9.1: Promote expectations and beliefs that optimize motivation. EL 6: Continually monitor students‘ comprehension. #ucflae3414f17 7y

DrSpalding Your six page resource, is an example of a resource that encourages best practice. It is interdisciplinary and of course includes before during and after read aloud techniques. Excellent! 7y

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Dr. Seuss's ABC | Dr. Seuss

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Dr. Seuss‘s ABC picture book written and illustrated by none other than himself is the perfect P book for CR. This picture book is great for students learning their alpahabet and great in choral reading for students to build their fluency skills and motivation. It also contains simple words and illustrations that aids the students when reading.

supan.katherine http://www.homeschoolshare.com/seuss_abc_book_unit_ideas_and_printables.php With this website, you‘re able to download activities that would go along with the book. Theses activities allow students to learn how to write the alphabet with traceable letters as well as create their own alphabet book similar to Dr. Seuss‘. 7y

supan.katherine UDL 3.3: Guide information processing, visualization, and manipulation EL 46: Use discovery learning activities (hands-on-activities) #ucflae3414f17 7y

AJones Dr. Seuss is one of my all time favorite as a child. Your embedded link activities are nice and simple, but to the point; especially for kindergarteners. My students would like these worksheets. Thanks for sharing. 7y

DrSpalding You've included developmentally appropriate activities to align with this author! Choral reading is a wise method to use with his books! 7y

cheyennewilliams Great book choice! It's a creative and fun way to introduce young students to the alphabet. The developmentally appropriate activities you included were very useful for young students, specifically kindergarteners. They are simple enough that the children shouldn't have any issues completing the assignment but they are also complex enough to challenge students and test their understanding of the alphabet. (edited) 7y

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Underneath My Bed: List Poems | Brian P. Cleary

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Underneath My Bed List Poems by Brian P. Cleary and illustrated by Richard Watson is a great P RA picture book. Richard Watson wrote excellent poems that showed how list poems could vary in form. This book contains funny poems that would keep the students entertained yet learn how list poems could either rhyme or not rhyme.

supan.katherine http://www.poetry4kids.com/blog/lessons/how-to-write-a-funny-list-poem/ This website along with two others are located on the back of the book. I enjoyed this website the most because it contained any information needed for a student to create a list poem on their own. 7y

supan.katherine UDL 1.1: Offer ways of customizing the display of information EL 8: Use direct instruction: Modeling, explaining, scaffolding, name the strategy and show how to use it. #ucflae3414f17 7y

DrSpalding UDL 1.1 is perfect as is EL 8! Creating list poems is not only fun but an educational experience for your students. The web resource is of high quality and I have this one noted on the wiki space for use. Well done. 7y

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The Kissing Hand | Audrey Penn

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The New York Times Best Seller, The Kissing Hand, by Audrey Penn and illustrated by Ruth E. Harper and Nancy M. Leak is the perfect MF for a RA. The Kissing Hand is about a little boy who is a raccoon that refuses to go to the first day of school. But then his mom teaches him a little secret that would help him get through the first day. I feel that this book would be great to help with students first day of school jitters.

supan.katherine https://www.kindergartenworks.com/kindergarten-teaching-ideas/back-to-school/kis... This website includes numerous activities that would be great to follow with after the read aloud on the students first day of school. (edited) 7y

supan.katherine UDL 3.1: Activate or supply background knowledge EL Strategy 3: Encourage self-talk (positive thinking) #ucflae3414f17 7y

SavannahP0930 I love this book! It is so sweet and would be great for kindergarteners or even kids who are new to a school! 7y

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Brittanyradzak I remember this book! Such a cute story! ❤️ #ucflae3414f17 (edited) 7y

amyqualk I've never read this book! I definitely want to read it! 7y

JanaLL I am very familiar with this book, as my second grader is not one to want to leave me in the beginning of the school year. This is the perfect read aloud for the first days if school hands down 7y

JordanD I was recently gifted this book and I agree it would be great first day read to help with any homesick kids! I tried the link though and it took me to a bunch of quotes about kindergarten. Even though the quotes were adorable, is there something additional I need to do when I go to the site to see the resource? (edited) 7y

ashley.v I love this book. My babysitee likes me to read it to her. She is 2 and always has a hard time when her parents leave. 7y

supan.katherine @JordanD that was my mistake! I accidentally put in the wrong link. Just fixed it! 7y

JordanD @supan.katherine I just looked at it! Loved the idea of comparing chester's first day to the kids first day at school! Great resource! 7y

Nataliea.escobar I reviewed this book also! Such a great read. I used the same UDL as I thought it was a perfect fit. 7y

Madiwright97 I love this book! Such a great book to read for any children missing home which is why it‘s great for the first day. This website has a great variety of resources! 7y

DrSpalding This is a fantasy and the read aloud strategy is perfect. Many of your peers have enjoyed this particular title. Obviously a great book for your classroom library and to share with students at the beginning of the school year. Well done. 7y

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El Deafo | Cece Bell

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The 2015 Newbery Honor, El Deafo, by Cece Bell is an autobiography that would be perfect for LC. Cece was intimidated enough to have to wear phonic ears around her neck, but having to go to an entirely new school with them? She sure felt different. In the graphic novel, El Deafo, Cece learns that having phonic ears aren‘t so bad. But also comes across obstacles where she wish they didn‘t exist at all, such as finding a true friend.

supan.katherine https://www.abramsbooks.com/pdfs/academic/El_Deafo_TeachingGuide.pdf this link brings you to different ways this book could be used across the curriculum. such as reading, language arts, science, and social studies. (edited) 7y

supan.katherine UDL 9.2: Facilitate personal coping skills and strategies EL strategy 16: Integrate speaking, listening, reading and writing activities. #ucflae3414f17 7y

SarahWynne I‘ll definitely be reading this! 7y

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AndreaC Love the concept and style of this book! 7y

elifkelly I love that this book provides a different perspective for children of diverse backgrounds! 7y

CourtneyR Love this book and how it is written. 7y

DrSpalding Your link was not working for me. Will you check this? The UDL principle of 9.2 could not be a better fit for this particular novel. I'm thrilled you read this and hope you will expose students to this graphic novel format and memoir in your own classroom. 7y

supan.katherine @DrSpalding just fixed it! 7y

DrSpalding Thanks!🙂 7y

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