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Thank You, Omu!
Thank You, Omu! | Oge Mora
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In this remarkable author-illustrator debut that's perfect for fans of Last Stop on Market Street and Extra Yarn as well as for the Thanksgiving season, a generous woman is rewarded by her community. Everyone in the neighborhood dreams of a taste of Omu's delicious stew! One by one, they follow their noses toward the scrumptious scent. And one by one, Omu offers a portion of her meal. Soon the pot is empty. Has she been so generous that she has nothing left for herself? Debut author-illustrator Oge Mora brings to life a heartwarming story of sharing and community in colorful cut-paper designs as luscious as Omu's stew, with an extra serving of love. An author's note explains that "Omu" (pronounced AH-moo) means "queen" in the Igbo language of her parents, but growing up, she used it to mean "Grandma." This book was inspired by the strong female role models in Oge Mora's life.
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DGRachel
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I adored this picture book. It has beautiful messages about community, sharing, and gratitude. It‘s the picture book selection for Charlotte Mecklenburg Library‘s 2024 Community Reads program.

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DGRachel @rockpools I honestly don‘t know. I quit using Duolingo earlier this year or the end of last year. I may go back to it eventually, but I don‘t even have the app on my phone anymore. 2w
rockpools @DGRachel Thanks for answering weird random questions. It‘s someone who‘s super-active on there at the moment that I‘m trying to track down, so probably not you! Sorry for going hugely off-topic in your feed! 1w
DGRachel @rockpools No need to apologize. I don‘t mind at all. I hope you find the person you are seeking. 1w
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caitylaycock
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“Thank You, Omu!“

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caitylaycock
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A part of the book that really stood out to me was at the end when they all had a dance party. In younger grades I feel like this is important because who doesn't love a good dance party but it also shows they that its okay to be you in your community.

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caitylaycock
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This book is a thoughtful read that helps children understand the value of being apart of a community and sharing with others. I believe that this book shows how one little act of kindness can go a long way.

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elijahwilliams
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Author and Illustrator: Oge Mora
Publication: 2018
Awards: Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award
Genre: Children's Literature, Fiction

Omu cooks dinner and the smell of the dinner brings people from all over to tell her how good the food smells. For every person who comes to her door, Omg makes sure she fixes them a bowl. In the end, Omu runs out of dinner but then everyone brings her some food to help.

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maggiedesantis
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Summary: A woman named Omu makes a delicious stew that attracts members of her community to her door, and she feeds them all.
Awards won: Coretta Scott King
Purpose of Award: Demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.
Author: Oge Mora
Illustrator: Oge Mora
Date of publication: 2018
Genre: Fiction

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Jordan1201
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Thank You, Omu by Oge Mora is a Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Award. It was published in 2018, illustrated by Oge Mora, and a fictional story. Omu cooks dinner for herself when multi people throughout the city knock on her door telling her how good the food smells. She offers everyone that knocks a bowl of her dinner, then realizes she doesn‘t have any left for herself. The message shows it is not only important to share but to also give back.

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Brandy522
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Omu cooks dinner for herself. Multiple people throughout the city knock on her door telling her how good the food smells. Omu offers everyone that knocks a bowl of her dinner. At the end of the book she does not have any dinner left for herself and then by surprise everyone that she offered food brought her food in return.
I really liked this book. I liked the message that it is important to not only share but to give back as well.

Brandy522 Illustrated by: Oge Mora
Publication: 2018
Award: Caldecott honor and Coretta Scott king award.
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Brandy522 Genre: fiction picture book
Author: Oge Mora
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emmadomo
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The little boy tugged at Omu‘s sleeve. “Don‘t worry, Omu. We are not here to ask… We are here to give.”

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emmadomo
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A cute fictional story, Caldecott Honor recipient that shows the chain reaction of being a positive person that shares with others. A good community helpers book, where the members come together to help one another.

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kierstenkaplan
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This book won the 2018 Caldecott award and was published in 2018 as well. This book gives such a good depiction on the awards of giving and how it can benefit you back when you give to something or someone. It would bring up such a good lesson for children.

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“We are not here to ask…we are here to give”

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Cgulan
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We are not here to ask…we are here to give.

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Cgulan
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As cliche as this sounds this is the perfect book to read for teaching about sharing is caring. It is best for younger students when coming to school and knowing how to treat their peers.

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Cgulan
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The Caldecott honor book, Thank you, Omu! Was published in 2018. I personally really enjoyed this read and the illustrations were the best part! The pictures were so cute with everyone coming to share what they love with Omu since she shared with them previously.

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Gracehake
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“While Omu‘s big fat pot of thick red stew was empty, her heart was full of happiness and love.”

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Gracehake
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The illustrations are very unique, they are made from cut outs of paper that are all priced together. They display a lot of diversity which I really appreciate, especially in a children‘s book.

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Gracehake
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Omu is looking forward to her stew that she prepared for dinner. Throughout the day people from all over the town are drawn to her door because of how appetizing it smells. When Omu goes to eat her dinner at the end of the day, there was none left for her. She hears a knock at her door and everyone she shared with came back to return the favor. This book emphasizing the meaning of sharing, giving back, and caring for one another.

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Mboyd28
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“‘Don‘t worry, Omu. We are not here to ask…we are here to give.‘”

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Mboyd28
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Cute, heartwarming story of a sweet old lady sharing her delicious meal with her neighbors. Emphasis on sharing and giving.

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Mboyd28
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Thank you, Omu by Oge Mora published in 2018 is both a Caldecott Honor Book and winner of the Coretta Scott King award. This book was a heartwarming story about an elderly lady who made a wonderful red stew that brought many to her apartment for a taste. The illustrations are scraps of what seem to be construction paper along with some other things like maps and newspapers.

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Apolandvery
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“That dinner was the best she ever had.”

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Apolandvery
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This book takes the reader on a journey of beautiful illustrations and shows the readers that giving and sharing can be a beautiful thing.

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Apolandvery
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Thank you, Omu by Oge Mora, is a Caldecott Honor book! This book has absolutely gorgeous illustrations. This book celebrates love, kindness, and the beauty of giving, sharing, and receiving. This book is a wonderful experience and allows for children to understand that sometimes giving is better than receiving. I really loved this book!

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Emitalski
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“While Omu‘s big fat pot of thick red stew was empty, her heart was full of happiness and love”.

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Emitalski
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The sense of love and community in this book is absolutely beautiful. Paired with the stunning collages that create the illustrations, hands down amazing.

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Emitalski
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Thank you, Omu! by Oge Mora Is a Caldecott winner as well as a Coretta Scott King award winner. The author utilizes a collage approach to illustrate the community of which Omu lives in. This book entails sharing, community, and coming together to give back. A great easy read that can be used for all types of classrooms!

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Sarahreadstoomuch
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A librarian friend recommended this one as “a better Giving Tree” which absolutely piqued my interest. And now I see what she means! A great story & art about sharing. #bbrc #t

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Karissacurrier
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This RF, RA Caldecott and Corretta Scott King award winning book would be a wonderful book to read to your students. The theme of this book focuses on the importance of generosity, kindness, and gratitude. Omu made herself some wonderful smelling stew, which she shared with many neighbors until the stew was gone. In the end, gratitude and generosity brought Omu a very special gift. #UCFLAE3414SP21

Karissacurrier This book would work best RA, using the recommended full group discussion topics from the Corretta Scott King Award discussion guide. The UDL principle 3.2 regarding the process of identifying critical features, big ideas, and relationships, and the EL 4 and 36 to aid in incorporating background knowledge and HOT would help to effectively engage students in an RA. 3y
JasmineLangley This seems like a really interesting book. I love theme and I think students will really enjoy it. Thanks for sharing! 3y
faithcella19 I love it! Sounds cute! 3y
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gpraytor
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This Correta Scott King Award winner is a RF story that would be a wonderful edition to the classroom and pairs well with a RA.

Strategies to include are:
UDL Principle 2.4: promote understanding across languages
UDL Principle 7.2: optimize relevance, value, and authenticity
ESOL Strategy 14: simplify your speech by making it slower and redundant
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gpraytor Multiple resources can be found here: https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=60275 4y
JoslynB I read this book and genuinely enjoyed how it did play out. I think all your principles and strategies are excellent for tackling this book particularly principle 7.2. It can offer a variety of personal reflections and responses about kindness. I also think you can use this to highlight how students should treat others. 4y
DrSpalding Realistic fiction and read aloud work nicely. It is easy to facilitate text to self connections! This is a wonderful book to discuss the theme of being grateful. 4y
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AshleyH
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Thank you, Omu is a RF book about a woman who makes a delicious smelling stew. It smells so good that people start coming to her house to ask for some! She is very generous and gives away her soup to everyone who asks for some. She gives away all her soup so now she has nothing to eat! Read this book about generosity and reciprocity.
This book was awarded both the Coretta Scott King and Caldecott.
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AshleyH This would be a great literature circle or read-aloud book for your classroom! Reading the book around Thanksgiving would be a fantastic idea since this book is all about being thankful.

Website Resouce: https://www.jstart.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/PR5579C_Thank_You_Omu_Jumpstar...
This website contains vocabulary guides, writing activities, and much more connected to the book Thank you, Omu!

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AshleyH UDL-Promote understanding across languages (2.4)
Thank you, Omu is also available in Spanish. This is great for ELLs.
EL- 24. Incorporate the culture and the language of second language learners in your curriculum
This book provides cultural diversity in the classroom library.
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LauraLeighn I love that you included a time of year that this books message could be enhanced by ! Your UDL is also really well chosen, this book would make ELLs in the class feel included and more inclined to participate 4y
DrSpalding Isn‘t it amazing how much you can do with a good book. We don‘t often have literature circles using picture books but the read aloud option is a good one. I agree this is an excellent book to share during the month of November. There is a theme of being thankful and grateful throughout this book. We performed the Jumpstart read for the record event at UCF and served approximately 150 pre-K and kindergarten students last fall. 4y
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This book was great! It is realistic fiction and a picture book. It is also a Caldecott winner! The story is about lots of people in a neighborhood coming to get a taste of Omus stew until she has no more left! The ending is that everyone brings her food as a thank you and has such a great tale of thankfulness and being generous. I would use a Readers Theatre teaching strategy for this story and allow the students to act out the book with props!

Hannacallaham For esol, I would use 5. Teach technical vocabulary supporting key concepts and 15. Reinforce key ideas you present again and again. For my UDL I would use 8.3 foster collaboration and community and 6.2 support planning and strategy development 4y
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“While Omu‘s big fat pot of thick red stew was empty, her heart was full of happiness and love.”

This was my nieces nap time story of the day - this book has beautiful illustrations (plus some wisdom about sharing that I‘m attempting to impart with a possessive 3 year old). Definitely recommend.

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When I read this story for the first time at the Read for the Record event back in November of 2019, I really enjoyed knowing that this story showed students the importance of giving. Omu gave so much away in her story, but by the end she was rewarded ten-fold by the many individuals she came across that tasted her stew. Her generosity was returned and as the story says, “That dinner was the best she had ever had.“

Emma_Barcena This text's genre is RF. This book has received a Caldecott Honor Award. This text would best be used as a RA with this resource to promote fluency and comprehension when reading.

https://www.readingrockets.org/sites/default/files/teachers_guide.pdf
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Emma_Barcena The UDL Principles 5.3 & 2.4 regarding fluency and promoting understand used with EL 12 & 8 to teach language and context with direct instruction can be done with this text, and the resource above. #UCFLAE3414su20 (edited) 4y
MaddyJ This is on my TBR list! I think this is a great book for EL students too. I would love to use this fr a RA! 4y
DrSpalding Reading rockets is an excellent resource to use now and in your future classroom. You are doing a good job of categorizing your genres appropriately. 4y
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Thank You, Omu! is a Caldecott award winner. It is about a woman (Omu) who cooks a delicious stew. Stews take a long time to cook, so all day she looks forward to eating her stew for dinner. However, something changes her dinner plans. This book does a great job at teaching readers how being selfless is rewarding. It would be great for storytelling, because it has a clear beginning, middle, and end. Also, problem and solution.
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ShardaeP UDL 8.3 Foster collaboration and community: Omu does something nice for many people in her community and she is rewarded for it.
ESOL Teach technical vocabulary supporting key concepts: This story has provided kid friendly definitions for key terms in the book that can be seen here at this website https://www.jstart.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/PR5579C_Thank_You_Omu_Jumpstar...

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DrSpalding This makes a lovely storytelling as well. 😄Nice job using the jumpstart website. We had a lot of fun with approximately 130 kindergarten and preschool children last fall highlighting community with this book! 4y
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What brings you to my home?

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A sharable classroom story about being kind

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Thank you, Omu! is a caldecott winner. I absolutley loved the art in this book. It reminded me of something from my past and threw me back into being a kid. The art is much different and is deserving of its reward

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In honor of the 2019 book selection, Thank You, Omu! We provided our last read for the record opportunity at Lake Howell high school this morning. We presented and shared ideas related to this wonderful book about community and sharing with over 100 high school students that are currently teaching pre-K classes.❤️📚

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Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora is a Ezra Jack Keats, Caledecott and Coretta Scott King book award winner. This RF picture book is an amazing story about a Omu and her bowl of stew. This book has an amazing message about sharing that I think would be wonderful for a RA! Discussion questions for this book can be found here: https://thestorybooklady.com/thank-you-omu/

GroeningsC UDL: 7.2, by asking questions that connect the book to the students lives.
ESOL: 22, when asking discussion questions be sure to allow enough wait time for English learners.
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CPettersen I also had this book. I like the UDL you linked to this book. I think this would be a wonderful story to have children connect to their own lives. (edited) 4y
TristanPool I‘m really interested in reading “Thank You, Omu!” The message is enlightening and such a great way to connect a classroom community. 4y
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alexblanco I loved this book so much! Your UDL principle aligns really well with the book. 4y
Alexush I‘ve heard a lot of great things about this book! I definitely want to read it now! 4y
DrSpalding As you experienced, this does make for a powerful read aloud and this message is one that you want to present to students in your classroom! 4y
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Thank You Omu! (RF) by Oge Mora shows the importance of community. I got a chance to read this book at read for the record this year and the children loved it. I would have children read this with a partner. The UDL guideline I would use is 8.3 and 8.1 and the ESOL strategy I would use is number 20. https://growingbookbybook.com/thank-you-omu-activities/ shows you different activities you can use with this book.

DrSpalding Very brief but Nonetheless an excellent example of realistic fiction that can teach a very important message. 4y
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This is RF book is by Oge Mora. It is about when Omu makes an amazing stew for dinner everyone starts smelling it and asks her for a taste. There is a wide range of people who come to her from a little boy to a hot dog vender. After Omu gives everyone a taste, there is none left for her. So everyone gives a sweet surprise at the end! It also won the Caldecott. #ucflae3414f19

maciforster This book would be great for a RA as it teaches about community and gratitude. This website has a great idea that you can do with the children as well: https://happilyeverelephants.com/home/2018/11/20/thank-you-omu-by-oge-mora 4y
maciforster It pairs with UDL principle 3.1 and EL strategy #24 as you can learn about gratitude from other cultures and activate a child‘s background knowledge of what they should already know 4y
kgarzon This was a beautifully illustrated book, perfect for a RA! I definitely need to get it for my classroom. 4y
DrSpalding There are so many wonderful ways to share this book and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it aloud! This is quality realistic fiction. 4y
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Thank You, Omu is a great realistic fiction book written and illustrated by Oge Mora. It won the Caldecott Award also which is awesome! I loved reading this book in class so much that I decided to buy it! It‘s about Omu who cooks stew and gives it to everyone who knocks on her door and asks for some until she runs out. They were so thankful for her sharing her stew with them that they brought her food.

alexblanco It‘s such a good book because it‘s about sharing, coming together and spreading kindness. #ucflae3414f19 one UDL strategy I‘d incorporate would be to highlight patterns, critical features, big ideas, and relationships. I think that‘s important for this book because it covers so much of it! A teaching strategy I would use would be RA because as a teacher, I could be able to read it in a way that would really get the point across to kids. 4y
alexblanco An ESOL strategy I‘d use is to encourage the use of diagrams and drawings aids to identify concepts and seeing relationships. My website resource is this super fun lesson plan https://growingbookbybook.com/thank-you-omu-activities/. It‘s a great way to teach kids about letter and sound identification. 4y
DrSpalding We need books that promote sharing, working together and kindness. Good choice as this could be a book you read aloud as a reminder of these characteristics or as an introduction to the positive classroom environment that you want to have! 4y
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This RF book written and illustrated by Oge Mora is a Cadellcott Award winner. This book tells the story of Omu, which means queen in Igbo, and how her stew makes the whole community come together. # ucflae3414f19

Lrobertson This book is a great book for RA! It is all about community, being grateful, and being kind! This is a great resource for this book https://www.rif.org/literacy-central/book/thank-you-omu UDL 2.1: Clarify vocabulary and symbols and ESOL Strategy 4: Link lesson topic to students‘ prior knowledge 4y
DrSpalding I love that you selected this book and used a high-quality resource. Explain a bit more how your universal design and English learner strategies align. 4y
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This RF book tells the story of what kindness can bring. It is written and illustrated by Oge Mora, and she won a Caldecott Medal for her fantastic illustrations. A sweet old grandmother makes a big pot of soup for dinner. When many townspeople smell the soup they want to try it, and as a kind person would do the grandmother shares. What happens when she runs out of the soup before she can try it? #ucflae3414f19

Jgolub13 This book does such a fantastic job of showing the importance of kindness that I think that UDL strategy 9.1 “Promote expectations and beliefs that optimize motivation.“ fits this book perfect. This is also the perfect book for ESOL strategy #24 Incorporate the culture and the language of second language learners in your curriculum. This book is published in Spanish, and is very easy to get your hands on a Spanish copy. 4y
Jgolub13 This lesson has many different activities for students. I like the one about stirring the pot in particular. It is a lesson where students stir a pot full of letters. They then have to pull letters to make words. https://growingbookbybook.com/thank-you-omu-activities/ 4y
DrSpalding Justin your posts are thorough and your lessons align beautifully with your universal design and English learner strategies. Very impressive. 4y
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#ucflae3414f19 Thank You, Omu by Oge Mora is a RF book that would be great to be read as a RA. This book tells a story of grandmother who opens her heart to the world and begins to share this delicious soup with everyone. But when she runs out, what would she possibly do? Through this RA, you can teach students the kindness of sharing.

Erinehart The UDL strategy that would fit this book perfectly is 9.1 “Promote expectations and beliefs that optimize motivation.“ Each student could all state what their idea of kindness is.
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Erinehart The ESOL that I would use for this book is #5 “Teach technical vocabulary supporting key concepts.“. Doing so, you will keep the students engaged while making sure they are understanding the content which is important. 4y
Erinehart https://happilyeverelephants.com/home/2018/11/20/thank-you-omu-by-oge-mora
This would be a great resource for this book. It gives a few different activities to have the students participate in.
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AleciaM This was a great book about how a community comes together to help each other. 4y
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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.

CPettersen UDL principle 9.3 could be used as a way of connecting to the character of Omu and understanding why she gave everyone her stew and whether or not students would do the same. This would end up in a conversation about sharing and having compassion. #ucflae3414f19 https://growingbookbybook.com/thank-you-omu-activities/ (edited) 4y
DrSpalding This is such a wonderful book with an excellent message. This is a good resource however using jumpstart is a good one as well. 4y
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