I am Jane Goodall

“In your life, it will be easy to see how others are ‘different‘ from you. But there‘s so much more to gain if you instead see how alike we all are.”

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This would be a good book to include in a biography unit for students to learn about Jane Goodall. I also love how it also emphasizes that girls can be scientists and more. I love the illustrations and the way it is shown throughout.

jdowney

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I am Jane Goodall goes through the life of Jane Goodall and how she became the famous primatologist and anthropologist. It starts with her as a young child being interested in animals, which grew into a passion to learn about and work with animals. I love how this story shows how having a passion for something can create so many opportunities for you.

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It all seemed like a dream, until I saw a giraffe, who stared directly at me. It had dark eyes, long lashes, a black tongue, and was chewing acacia thorns.

sydneybrooks

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This is so cute and I loved the illustrations. My favorite thing was all of the positive themes that had not only to do with people but also animals.

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This book is so cute and has an amazing message! This will inspire kids and it will shock them her friendship of a chimpanzee. This is definitely a feel good biography

EliNeedsMoreShelves

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"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." ~ Jane Goodall

I LOVE the "I Am...." series, and my kids have been loving them too. It's been so rewarding to work through these books together.

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#ucflae3414f17 I absolutely loved this picture book biography about Jane Goodall! Author Brad Meltzer has an entire series of biographies that are perfect for the elementary level. Biographies can be intimidating and appear boring, especially to children, but this particular book kept my attention with the bright illustrations and beautiful message about Jane following her dreams and spreading the message that humans do not own the earth, we share

Juliemorell it. This book has a comic strip layout paired with traditional text overtop. Because of the speech bubbles and the way the pictures are set up, I think this book would be best as an IR or a PR. Children need to be able to see the pages up close and personal and read it at their own pace. (edited) 7y

Juliemorell The esol strategy I would is is #29; offer a variety of reference materials at the students' instructional level for independent use. With this strategy in particular, the EL could certainly learn the English term for the different animals mentioned in this book, helping them build their vocabulary. 7y

Juliemorell The UDL strategy I would use for this book is #7.1; optimize individual choice and autonomy. This book makes a point that everybody has the ability to make a difference in the world, so I feel that this strategy correlates very well. 7y

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Juliemorell This link (from Pinterest) includes some awesome activities that could correlate to this book including: discussion questions, an additional brief overview of Jane Goodall that could provide some additional background knowledge and a cute arts & craft of the Earth with little tabs that kids can fill in different ways that can change the world/help the environment. http://pin.it/WHWa47M (edited) 7y

Teresaj This looks like an awesome book! Definitely want to read! 7y

MakennaK Jane Goodall was one of my favorite people to learn about when growing up. If I were to ever teach about her in my class I would use this book 7y

CaseyL This looks like such a great series to hook young children into biographies. I love your Pinterest link! Those activities look like a great literature unit on Jane Goodall. I definitely want to use a book from this series as one of my biographies. 7y

DrSpalding Excellent choice! Meltzer's books are wildly popular these days. Another EL strategy could be 28 providing biographies… Wonderful post and well received by your peers. 7y

Taylorhenderson3 Yay! I love his series as I did “I am Jackie” I love that it shows real events in a comic format to engage children. I think your UDL strategy is the perfect match for this book and series! 7y

Juliemorell @DrSpalding EL strategy 28 could definitely work well too! Providing more details about Jane Goodall could certainly enhance students' knowledge 6y

Juliemorell @Taylorhenderson3 @CaseyL @MakennaK @Teresaj Meltzer's series is great! I think I'll have all of these biographies in my class. They're a great way to introduce kids to this genre (edited) 6y

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WanderingBookaneer

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Saw this on Instagram and had to share. ❤️

MaleficentBookDragon Very nice. 7y

Theresa ❤️❤️❤️ 7y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💕💕 7y

PurpleyPumpkin Beautiful 💜 7y

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Lmstraubie I love this series. It is so well done. 7y

Graciouswarriorprincess This series is wonderfully done. 7y

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WanderingBookaneer

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Our first grey cat, David, is named after Goodall's David Greybeard.

Chelsibno Have you read Primates? It's a great graphic novel, especially if you're interested in primatologists.

Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birut� Galdikas

WanderingBookaneer @Chelsibno : I have! 7y

LeahBergen Really?? I love David Greybeard ❤️❤️ 7y

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Zelma Interesting! I wondered where David's name came from. 7y

WanderingBookaneer @LeahBergen : Really ☺️ 7y

WanderingBookaneer @Zelma : We named her from afar because of her color. However, we did not change her name once we learned her gender. It doesn't matter to us, we have a male named Mía. ??‍♀️ 7y

Zelma @WanderingBookaneer understandable. A friend of mine has Charlie and Oliver. Oliver ended up being female. Oh well. 😝 7y

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WanderingBookaneer

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Picked this up when I visited Miami's Books & Books.

Jinjer How cuuuuute is that cover? 7y

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bookdrunkard78

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These sweet little books have my heart!

melrailey Mine too! And my nephew loves them. We don't have this one yet though! 7y

bookdrunkard78 @melrailey i borrowed this one from the library and i recently purchased another by him. I've been reading them to my nephew too!

I am Jim Henson

melrailey We have five and my nephew's favorite is

I am Amelia Earhart

TheWordJar Definitely have to stack this one (and the Jim Henson one), because we love these books! My son was obsessed with the Helen Keller one for a bit. Even made him dive into sign language! 7y

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