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Grace for President
Grace for President | Kelly S. DiPucchio
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Grace campaigns for president of her grade, but when her competition seems to have the support of all the male voters, she must use all her campaigning skills to win them over by showing that she is the best person for the job.
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ToddSalerno
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“Grace for President” by Kelly DiPucchio and illustrated by LeUyen Pham

This timely story centers around Grace who is inspired to become the first female US President. It follows her on her journey to become class president. Along with diverse representation, the book centers around the process of the electoral college. This would be an excellent shared reading to accompany Social Studies election content.

RF. SR. #ucflae3414sp21

ToddSalerno Putting real world topics, such as political and election content, into stories that are easy to comprehend for students will help them (ESOL 30. Encourage the use of diagrams and drawings to identify concepts). Attached are worksheets that could accompany a SS lesson to solidify understanding of a topic. (UDL 3.3-Guide information processing and visualization).

https://www.education.com/resources/?q=elections&cid=11.75
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DrSpalding Books that teach other content like social studies are so important for you to utilize in your classrooms. This book truly teaches about the electoral college in very simple terms. 3y
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nelehelen
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Inspiring book to show girls that they can dream big and become the POTUS one day. I also appreciated that this book covers the electoral college and how it works. I do wish that this book showed both sides either shaking hands or congratulating each other at the end. We need to show kids that integrity still exists and should be at the forefront in politics today.

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alisiakae Great review! I read this for Letter G as well. 5y
nelehelen @4thhouseontheleft I‘m looking at yours to see recos for other letters! 😉😘 5y
LibrarianRyan ⭐️👍🤓 5y
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alisiakae
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I really liked this one! And, frustratingly, it feels so true to life and white male privilege. Grace campaigns hard, volunteers, makes change happen before she is elected, and it is still almost a tie between her and the white boy who does very little campaigning because he thinks he will win because there are more boys in the class who he assumes will only vote for another boy. ⬇️⬇️

alisiakae This is a pretty good example of how privilege works: Grace has to work twice as hard and gives everything, and only just barely pulls out ahead. 5y
LibrarianRyan 😁👍🏻❤️ 5y
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alisiakae
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When it‘s way too hot outside to exercise, and the air quality sucks, what do I do? Combine reading picture books for #bbrc while pacing around the house to get some activity minutes in for #bfcr2! #bookfitnesschallenge

LibrarianRyan Yeah. This is a presidential book I like that would fit in your category. I also like President squid but it would. It fall in you category. 5y
wanderinglynn Way to kill two birds! 🙌🏻 5y
Megabooks I‘m with her! Where are the girls?!? 5y
alisiakae @LibrarianRyan Thanks for the rec! 5y
alisiakae @wanderinglynn 🌟 🌟 @megabooks I have my 🤞 for 2020, as my current top primary picks are both women. (edited) 5y
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Grace for president is a RF. Grace's teacher tells the students that there has never been a woman president. Grace believes it is her duty to become the first woman president. She campaigns in her schools mock election. The book talks about the voting process.Great DR.
UDL: 9.1
EL: Excellent Illustration, vocabulary
New York Times Best Seller
http://discoveringjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Grace-for-President_Sam...
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SierraC
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Grace For President is a wonderful RF book, written by Kelley Dipucchio and illustrated by Leuyen Pham, this is a perfect S strategy to do in class around elections. Although this book isn‘t a award winner it will be a hit in your classroom library! It‘s about a young girl named Grace who didn‘t like the fact that in the United States we never had a female Presdient. She decided to run for class Presdient with her opposing candidate being a

SierraC Popular boy in class. Will Grace become the 1st female president her class? Keep reading to find out! http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/voting-what-about... (edited) 6y
SierraC Above is a link for an activity to do in your class where students discuss the elections and make a timeline of voting history. The awesome thing about this book is it explains that electoral college. The EL strategies I would use are (2),(3),(29) and (46). These all promote hands on activities, working in groups and scaffolding. The UDL principles I would use are 3.1,3.2 and 3.3, students need background information on voting, how it started and 6y
SierraC can be able to make that connection. #UCFLAE3414SuB18 6y
DrSpalding You easily align multiple strategies meant to meet the needs of diverse learners in your classroom. Way to go! 6y
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ERodriguez
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Great RF book. Grace for President by Kelly Dipucchio .Love the illustrations , it really capture school life. A girl for president was cool also Grace had her doubts but in the end she won the votes. Awesome book , it can be used in different subject areas. #UCFLAE3414SuB18

Kaelya This would be a great read for young girls so they know they can do whatever they want and be whoever they want! 6y
ERodriguez Yes it is, it was a fun book . She had her doubts but she made it! (edited) 6y
DrSpalding He sure to consult your rubric. 6y
ERodriguez My teacher strategy will be RA .I found a great activity called “Graffiti wall”. Students will created with opinions about the story and will gather information about elections . They can use sticky notes , draw pictures etc. Fun activity to have display in the classroom for any unit plan. http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/voting-what-about... (edited) 6y
ERodriguez EL16/Integrate speaking,listening,reading and writing activities. UDL2.1/Clarify vocabulary and symbols. #UCFLAE3414SuB18 6y
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juliette_kathleen
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Grace for President a RF by Kelly DiPucchio is a fantastic picture book that highlights political areas such as an election. This story is about two students who campaign against each other until polling time comes around. I would use a RA strategy for this book as I‘d really like for the students to hear the pronunciations of new words properly. I would be sure to introduce the vocabulary prior to the RA which would support UDL 2.1 and EL 5.

juliette_kathleen I would include this lesson plan into this unit https://study.com/academy/lesson/grace-for-president-lesson-plan.html. With this lesson plan I would also be able to cover EL strategy 9 as we would utilize and practice with T lists. #UCFLAE3414SP18 6y
WendyV I really like this book! It‘s so inspirational for young girls as well as any student. There are so many benefits and ways of using it in the classroom. I love the lesson plans you included! 6y
devin.s This is such a cute book! I agree that I think this could be inspirational for all students. (edited) 6y
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JessicaC
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Grace for President was written by Kelly DiPucchio and is a great RF (realistic fiction) book to share with children. I would use this book as a RA (read aloud) with my class when discussing government and what a democracy is. This book is about a girl named Grace who is really surprised by the fact that there has never been a female president in the United States. She wanted to change that and run for President herself so she ran for student ⬇️

JessicaC body President. This book goes over how an election within a democracy works and the differences in Grace‘s campaign and her opponent Thomas Cobb‘s. There are many concepts with government used in this book and it provides students with the opportunity to learn about the government and how everything is determined during an election. 6y
JessicaC A lesson I would use with this book is http://discoveringjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Grace-for-President_Sam... with the UDL 9.3 develop self assessment and reflection. This will be used with the questions provided in the lesson plan. It allows the students to make predictions and recognize key ideas and details in the story. This is a great New York Times best seller! (edited) 6y
J.Cash Loved this book. It shows what friendly competition is like and how to handle it. I believe this book can encourage students to be more involved in school 6y
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BriannaR
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Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio pictures by LeUyen Pham is a wonderful realistic fiction. The story about a girl name Grace that is running for president, however, she must bet her rival Thomas who she feels may win because he's well-known at school. This story also won New York Times Bestseller. #UCFLAE3414SP18

BriannaR A great UDL strategy I would use is 2.1 because this book has very moderate to high vocabulary for young readers. ESOL strategies I would choose would be 36 and 14. I would use this book during GR and SR. Here is a lesson plan that I found that would go great with the book http://discoveringjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Grace-for-President_Sam.... (edited) 6y
WendyV I really like this book! I‘m reading it tomorrow for my teach live. I hope the aviators enjoy it as much as we do! 🇺🇸✌🏼 6y
BriannaR @WendyV The aviators are really cool. Good luck 🙂 6y
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JessicaC I think this is a great book and what you‘ve decided you would do with it is great! I would love to use this in my classroom as well! 6y
AndreaG This is a book my oldest picked to buy years ago at a scholastic book fair night. While she‘s since moved to more challenging texts, this book remains in our at home library. I found the book packed with information and entertaining. 6y
V.DeQuattro This book is next on my list to read! Your description of the book has me excited to read it. Great post! 6y
KhyaraN Book is definitely on my to read list. I think the concept is really interesting especially to introduce to a classroom and inspire young girls in a fun way. 6y
DrSpalding Discovering Justice, what a website! Introducing higher level vocabulary is important. It is one job of quality picture books. 6y
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This New York Times Bestseller is a (RF) picture book, written by Kelly DiPucchio and illustrated by LeUyen Pham. This book is great for introducing kids to the concept of elections and electoral college. It also teaches the students the value of hard work and perseverance. Grace For President can be used as a RA, DR, SR, S, and PR.
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GraceNeg RA: This link takes you to a lesson. https://study.com/academy/lesson/grace-for-president-lesson-plan.html. With this lesson students will be able to understand the terminology related to holding an election. ESOL 5, 45, and 16 UDL 1.1 and 2.1. (edited) 6y
WendyV I really love this book! I‘m looking forward to using it for my teach live. I really like the link you provided for teaching students the terminology! 6y
morganhillman I really loved this book and want to add it to my future classroom library! It is an awesome read for students to learn more about presidents, the election, and so much more! The link you provided looks like an amazing lesson plan and would definitely help students learn vocabulary and relate themselves to the characters in the book! 6y
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Jenniferj11419 I saw a lot of people doing this one for TeachLive! A lot of great vocabulary words and information about the government. I think electoral votes is something that should be taught before reading this book aloud. 6y
GraceNeg The book is great. You all should get it and read it. 😀 6y
DrSpalding Super resource that highlights the high level vocabulary in this book. This book can solidify what the electoral college is and help students connect to the topic through a realistic fiction picture book characters. (edited) 6y
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Laura.S
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This realistic fiction children‘s book is an amazing book that would work really well in the area of social studies. It‘s about a girl named Grace who wants to run for student president once she‘s hear there‘s never been a girl president. This would be great as a read aloud because of the great illustrations. I would make a lesson out of this book and focus on the key vocabulary words which are associated with how we vote.

Laura.S Discoveringjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Grace-for-President_Sample-Lesson.pdf I have linked a lesson plan that would emphasize learning the vocabulary. This book would align with UDL guideline 2.1 which is clarifying vocabulary and symbols. EL 20 states that important words are listed on a board prior to reading. This NY times best seller is a great addition for libraries so students can learn more about our voting system 6y
DrSpalding What a fabulous resource and the alignment to UDL/EL is spot on. This truly is a great RF title. 6y
DrSpalding @CaseyL check out this resource? HIM? 6y
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ElizabethR0309
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Grace for president a realistic fiction book written by Kelly Dipucchio was a great book that i got to read to a group of students this semester it was defiantly surprising to find all that they enjoyed it especially the girls.

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Caitlin4
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Grace for President is a realistic fiction that helps explain the electoral process to young students. I could see this being used during social studies while students are learning about government. I found some activities that go into further learning on the election process for students. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Elections-and-Voting-Interactive-Not... #UCFWalterslit

Kirsten.Pacheco This is such a cute book! It would definitely be something I would use to explain presidency and elections to my students during a social studies lesson! It‘s also extremely powerful for young girls, love it! 6y
Nichdorsey02 A great book that gives background information of the presidency and the election process so students can understand. 6y
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DominiqueL
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This RF New York Times Best Seller picture book is written by Kelly Dippuchio and illustrated by LeUyen Pham. It is about a girl named Grace who discovers that there has never been a female president. This does not sit well with her, so she decides to change that and states that she will be the first female president of the United States. All her peers laugh at her, but her teacher believes that it‘s a great idea.

DominiqueL Her teacher decides to make it like a real election by inviting another class to participate. To win the election, Grace has to work hard and prove that she is the best person for the job. This book is great for RA and RT in the classroom. 6y
DominiqueL www.giilderleherman.org/history-by-era/topics/government-and-civics/teaching-resources This website provides a variety of different lesson plans for governments and civics for all grades. The lesson pan I would use is the How We Elect a President; The Electoral College lesson plan which can be adapted for grades 3-7. 6y
DominiqueL UDL: 3.1 Activate or supply background knowledge, 2.1 Clarify vocabulary and symbols, 2.4 Promote understanding across languages 6y
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DominiqueL ESOL: Place language in meaningful context , Link lesson topic to students‘ prior knowledge, Teach technical vocabulary supporting key concepts, List the most important words and phrases you use or plan to use in a presentation on a transparency or on the chalkboard, Record your lectures, presentations, or stories on audiotape, especially for new students who have very limited exposure to English. #UCFLAE3414F17 6y
KayleeC I did this book for my TeachLive and some of the students asked questions about how the electoral college worked. I think it would be great to teach students about it in elementary school. I don‘t remember learning about it high school. 6y
DominiqueL @KayleeC I agree the only time I really heard anything about the electoral college was 12th grade, in government class. I think teaching students about it in elementary school can help better prepare them for when they can vote themselves. 6y
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Grace for President by Kelly Dipucchio is a New York Times bestseller and is a must have! TS-RA This book will help students understand how elections work and how any one of them could be president some day. I would use EL 13: "Use preview and review activities" because we can write down everything we know about an election before and after reading. UDL 3.1 "Activate or supply background knowledge" by talking about previous elections

SavannahP0930 After the story I would hold a class election and have my kids experience what Grace and her class went through. #ucflae3414f17 6y
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KayleeC
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Grace For President by Kelly DiPucchio and illustrated by LeUyen Pham is RF PB and a New York Times Best Seller. Grace, a student at Woodrow Wilson Elementary, is shocked when she learns there has never been a women president in the United States. Grace wants that to change, so she decides to run for class president.

KayleeC Grace thought running for president was going to be a breeze until Thomas Cobb is chosen to run against her in the name of democracy. This picture book would be a great RA to introduce students to the election process in the Unites States. #ucflae3414f17 6y
KayleeC This is a great lesson plan for the book. http://discoveringjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Grace-for-President_Sam... In the beginning of the lesson, vocabulary words are listed for the teacher to go over. The list of words would support 5, teach technical vocabulary supporting key concepts. It would also support UDL 2.1, clarify vocabulary and symbols. 6y
jasminep I definitely want to have this book in my classroom even though I have still yet to read It, It seems very good!! 6y
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Grace for President written by Kelly DiPucchio and illustrated by LeUyen Pham is a New York Times Best Seller RF picture book that would be best read as a RA. It tells the story of a young girl named Grace who, when told that there has never been a woman president, decides to run for class president. This inspiring story outlines the election process, making it easier for students to understand. #UCFLAE3414F17

SarahWynne http://discoveringjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Grace-for-President_Sam... The link provided highlights the following strategies...
UDL: 2.1 Clarify vocabulary and symbols
ESOL: 4. Link lesson topic to students‘ prior knowledge 5. Teach technical vocabulary supporting key concepts 20. List the most important words and phrases you use or plan to use in a presentation on a transparency or on the chalkboard
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SarahWynne Vocabulary and comprehension is very important for this book. The website highlighted the key vocabulary perfectly. 6y
AlexaDP I have this book on the top of my list of books to read over the break and I can‘t wait! I think this book is going to be a great read for young girls everywhere! 6y
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EricaG This is a great book! Vocabulary is definitely very important for this book, and it‘s a great way to introduce kids to the election process. 6y
SarahWynne @EricaG agreed! This one will stay in my classroom library forever! 6y
SarahWynne @AlexaDP can‘t wait for you to start reading it! You‘re going to love it! 6y
DrSpalding You received positive peer feedback here. Excellent resource! You can tell it is best practice when it aligns so nicely with universal design for learning principles and meeting the needs of your second language learners. 6y
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Grace for President is the F story of a girl named Grace that is so outraged that there‘s never been a woman president that she decides to become the first. Although people don‘t believe her, she perseveres and does everything she can to become president. This pdf includes a reading idea: Grace for President.pdf. UDL 3.1: Activate or supply background knowledge and ESOL 16: Integrate speaking, listening, reading and writing activities

AmandaHuskey I️ want to read this one but haven‘t gotten a chance yet! I️ love the idea that it‘s a girl wanting to be president and it would be great to see what the class thinks about it. 6y
kenyanellie I used this as my TeachLive and some of the students (CJ) definitely had a lot of opinions about a woman being president 😂 6y
amandagrant I love this book! Great way to incorporate Social Studies with American Government. 6y
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JocelynNolton
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Grace for President is a RF, New York Times bestseller written by
Kelly DiPucchio & illustrated by LeUyen Pham, this book could be used
as a DR or RA. This story follows a little girl named Grace who can‘t
believe that there has never been a woman president… like EVER. Grace
decides to run for president at her school and she ends up running
against another little boy from a different class. There is a lot of
history lessons incorporated into this

JocelynNolton book but in the end, she wins
and vows to become President of the United States one day. The UDL
principle 2.1- Clarify vocabulary and symbols, 3.1- Activate or supply
background knowledge, EL 4- link lesson topic to students‘ prior
knowledge & EL 5- teach technical vocabulary supporting key concepts
can all be done with this great book. This is a lesson plan that goes
with the book that I think is pretty good!
https://sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/grace-president-book-discussion-guid...
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EricaG
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This RF New York Times Best Seller P.B. written by Kelly DiPucchio and illustrated by LeUyen Pham is perfect for a RA, especially around election time! The story is about Grace, who after finding out there has never been a woman president, decides to run for class president. After reading the book, a fun activity would be to have students compare and contrast the two candidates' campaign strategies.

EricaG This activity would meet UDL 3.2- highlight patterns, critical features, big ideas, and relationships. And EL 45- use Venn diagrams to compare and contrast. http://tag.rutgers.edu/grace-for-president/ The link takes you to a website with a discussion guide to use with the book. #UCFLAE3414F17 6y
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JaymeeKendall
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Grace for President is an inspirational historical fiction picture book! This book was written by Kelley DiPucchio and illustrated by LeUyen Pham. This is a wonderful story of a little girl who steps up and decides she wants to be the first female president. A RT would go along with this book because it would give the students an opportunity to act out and better relate to the characters and the content of the book.

JaymeeKendall UDL: 2.1 Clarify vocabulary and symbols. EL: 1 Teach questioning for clarification. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXCP64CGmXg this is a wonderful RA that you could show before you do the RT with the students. #ucflae3414f17 6y
JaymeeKendall This novel has been awarded the New York Times Best Seller. 6y
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JuliaMurra
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Grace for President written by Kelly DiPucchio and illustrated by Leuyen Pham is a RF NYTBS and a great book for a RA. It's a story about a girl named Grace who realizes the country has never had a girl president before and it makes her want to become the first. She runs for president at her elementary school against another student. It's a great book for teaching students about the election process. #ucflae3414f17

JuliaMurra https://www.islma.org/pdf/monarch/Grace%20for%20President.pdf and http://discoveringjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Grace-for-President_Sam... are great resources for discussion questions and ideas for lessons in multiple subjects. This book would be great for a social studies lesson. 6y
JuliaMurra This book would align with UDL 3.1 and 2.1 activate or supply background knowledge through connecting the book to what students currently know about our presidential election process and clarifying vocabulary by pre-teaching new terms. These would also align with EL 5 teaching technical vocabulary supporting key concepts.
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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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Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio is a New York Times best seller RF picture book. It is a great book to use for SR in the class. The book is about a young girl who learned that there has never been a female president. This makes her decide to run for class president. It teaches students about the electoral college and how an election works. UDL 6.1 Guide appropriate goal setting #ucflae3414f17

emily_minnear EL 30 encourage the use of diagrams and drawings as aids to identify concepts and seeing relationships https://www.pinterest.com/amp/pin/382102349604998741/ Pinterest is a great resource for teachers to use with this book. It gives you ideas for elections you can have in your class and ballots you can use as well! 6y
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Grace for President is a picture book written by Kelly DiPuccio and illustrated by LeUyen Pham. This could be used for RA, IR, and RT. This book tells the story of Grace, a girl who notices there have been no female presidents and decides to run for class president. Along the way Grace discovers how difficult it is to run for president and teaches her classmates about the voting process in the United States along the way. #ucflae3414f17

elifkelly In the class, this book could be used for a “reading day” to celebrate President‘s Day and Women‘s History Month. http://tag.rutgers.edu/grace-for-president/ EL 36 ask numerous questions which require higher level thinking responses could be used during a group discussion of the book. UDL 8.3 foster collaboration and community would also align with a book discussion. 6y
DrSpalding I agree that this book could be used in many ways in your classroom. I like the idea of utilizing it during a unit on women's history or around Presidents' Day. Well done. 6y
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This RF New York Times Best Seller award book is perfect for a class read aloud. It is about a little girl who who finds out that there has never been a women president before! She does not like this a decides to run for class president against one of the most popular kids in school! I would intertwine this book in with a history lesson issuing this lesson plan. https://www.teachervision.com/us-elections/how-president-gets-elected

MakennaK I would use UDL 5.1, use multi media for communication and show my student videos about how elections work along with the book. I'd use ELL 9, place language in meaningful context, since there will be a lot of new vocabulary words. #ucflae3414f17 6y
DrSpalding This resource provides definitions for very difficult government related terms. This is an excellent read aloud that can teach your students a great deal about running for the highest office in the land. 6y
WendyP I love this book as a source to teach our students about the government! 6y
Brittanyradzak I think this is a fun way to teach students about the government and how elections work. This is really important because explaining how someone becomes the president can be kind of boring. 6y
SavannahP0930 I read this for my teach live and I love it! Great way for kids to learn about elections and it would be fun to host one in my class after reading! 6y
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MeghanW
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Grace for President is a RF picture book. It is a great book for young readers to help them understand the election process. I think it is great for a readers theater in a classroom. Having students understand our history is also very important and to recognize what has happened in the past. I would love to add this book to my classroom library. #ucflae3414f17

MeghanW EL Strategy 2: promote cooperation. UDL Strategy 6.2: support planning and strategy development. It is important for students to learn how to work together and have a plan. http://www.readwritethink.org/professional-development/strategy-guides/readers-t... this link is great for teachers to get a lesson and teach how a readers theater works. 7y
ashley.v This is my teach live book. It is so funny! 7y
JuliaMurra I love this book :) 7y
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EricaG I love your idea to use this book for a readers theatre! 7y
CaseyL I love the picture that you chose to represent this book! That is the best part of this book. Grace is so smart and I love this book. Great post! 7y
DrSpalding Your resource says it all! Performing literature to promote fluency and comprehension is what the strategy of readers theater is all about. Excellent! 7y
supan.katherine LOVE THIS BOOK. And love your resource. It‘s definitely very useful for those who may not completely understand how a readers theatre works and the purpose of it. Great post! 6y
SarahWynne My favorite book at the moment! Love your resource for this one. RT is so fun! 6y
Sabrinac My favorite! I did this for my TeachLive!! 6y
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CaseyL
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This RF, NYTBS contains factual information and is great for RA. Grace thinks that it's crazy that there has never been a woman president, so she decides that she'd like to be president one day. Her teacher uses this as an opportunity to teach about running for president and the electoral college through an election simulation at their school. The message that you can accomplish anything you set your mind to is important for all children!

CaseyL https://www.islma.org/pdf/monarch/Grace%20for%20President.pdf this resource offers discussion questions that can be used during RA. EL 28 provide biographies of significant men and women can be used to highlight people in power/presidents from around the world and their "election" process. UDL 1.2 offer alternatives for auditory information can be used with the picture book being easily visible as you RA. #ucflae3414f17 7y
Dbenford Wow, looks like you have a lot of different activities and lessons that can go with this book. This book is definitely one to empower our young female readers. I liked your EL standard for this book, I'm sure you could not only use that standard for your ELL students but with the rest of your future classroom as well. Great post. 7y
DrSpalding Casey, excellent job aligning number 38 providing biographies as your EL strategy. This works for all biographies and to understand that providing them to second-language learners can be impactful, is something all of your peers need to know. Well done. 7y
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Sabrinac
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Grace For President by Kelly S. DiPucchio is a wonderful, empowering read! This story is about a girl, Grace, who is astounded to find out there has never been a girl president before. Grace is determined to become president at Woodrow Wilson Elementary! This story teaches students to be bold and never give up on the goals they have. I hope my reviews has pushed some of you to read this adorable, realistic fiction book! #UCFLAE3414F17

Sabrinac I would use the ESOL strategy number 4, which is to link the lesson topic to students' prior knowledge. I would have my students discuss the background knowledge they have on elections. 7y
Sabrinac I would use UDL 8.1, Heighten salience of goals and objectives to teach my students to always follow their dreams and never give up on a goal! 7y
Sabrinac Grace for president is also a New York Times Best Seller, another great reason to read this book!!! 7y
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Sabrinac https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pinterest.com/amp/pin/382102349604998741/. This website will take you to a lesson plan on Pinterest! It has the students draw themselves as presidents and then list adjectives that describe good readers! I really love how artsy and fun this lesson is! 7y
Karlee.Diamond This is such a great overview, and resourceful use of strategies! I have never read the book, but I see it every week floating around Dr. Spalding's class! Maybe I'll give it a read! 7y
Sabrinac @Karlee.Diamond Thank you so much!! You should pick it up and read it one day for sure(: 7y
DrSpalding It is worth the read. Your character map resource is a great one to get students thinking about what it takes to be a quality leader. I must say, it warms my heart to see these posts being influential in your peers' decisions to pick up certain books. You are making a difference!❤️📚 7y
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Iindseyo
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So good! I want to buy a copy for all my friends with kids. 🇺🇸👍🏽

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Angiepuc
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This RF book has a great ending and tells young girls and boys that everyone is equal. I fell in love with the main character, Grace and how humble she was. This would be a great read near Election Day and always teaches some social studies terms. I found this book on read aloud on YouTube! Could be great for ESOL students ://youtu.be/kXCP64CGmXg #ucflae3414su17

melissaallam This is on my "to read" list! Definitely great for election season. I could see many subjects brought into this lesson. You could have a mock vote (social studies) and you could graph the results (math)! 7y
SamanthaPuglisi I used this book as part of a unit plan in my Social Studies class! The unit was on citizenship and focused a lot on voting. It's so great for breaking down the complicated concepts involved with voting and making it fun for kids! 7y
DrSpalding Wonderful peer comments. @Angiepuc be sure you include a website that extends the topic or provides a classroom application. 7y
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Krisjericho
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Grace is appalled when she realizes that a woman has never been president, so she decides she's the one for the job. She is a terrific candidate, up against a kid who is resting on his security in his popularity. This books explains the ridiculous electoral college, and it is very matter of fact about it, not presenting it as a good or a bad thing, just as what is. But I'm still convinced it is archaic. A great picture book.

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BooksBeyondtheNest
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Grace for President is one of our favorites! Happy #presidentsday!

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DanielleS
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This RF book, Grace for President, is such a good book for children. The pictures are outstanding and really are a great for EL students. The book helps to understand the election process and the electoral college which is great for a social studies lesson! Check out this link for additional classroom activities: https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/collections/teaching-content/elections/hickl... #ucflae3414sp17

DrSpalding Yes- SS please! 7y
PriscillaD I love social studies especially about American Government! I can see myself using the book in my classroom to teach my students about the election process! 7y
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In the RF, Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio, Grace becomes interested in running for class president. She soon realizes that it may be harder than she expected to win. Read to find out if her school thinks she's the right person for the job. For ESOL accommodation go to this link: https://youtu.be/kXCP64CGmXg #ucflae3414sp17

DanielleS I really liked how you included the ESOL accommodation link! 7y
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