This NF book would be a great IR book. Any student that is interested in Space would love this book, with its fun facts about all the planets in our solar system. This book could also be used as reference material for a science lesson on space and planets.
ESOL strategy 29 offer a variety of reference materials at the students‘ instructional level for independent use is perfect for this IR.

This HF book would be a great RA because it tells a beautiful story about two kid soldiers on opposite sides of the Civil War, that meet, help each other, and become friends. It‘s a wonderful story to use to not only discuss the Civil War at an elementary level, but also to talk about friendships and not judging others.
UDL 3.1 activate or supply background knowledge would be perfect to discuss what kids may know about the Civil War, and

This MF, Geisel Honor book is another great book by Mo Willems, which would be perfect to use for AS. This book is one from Willems‘ Elephant & Piggie series, about going for a drive, but being prepared and bringing everything they may need, like a map, sunglasses, etc.
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This MF, Geisel Honor book would make for a great RA at the beginning of the school year. It is about a hog that loves books but can‘t read, but after reading along side the librarian, he started to learn how to read! The book also talks about getting books and returning them to the library which would be a great story to introduce students to how to use the classroom or school library!

This TL Caldecott Honor book would be great for IR because the classic Cinderella story may be a favorite of some kids, so they may really enjoy reading it! Having this book as an option in the classroom library aligns with UDL 7.1 optimize individual choice and autonomy. As well as ESOL strategy 4 link to student‘s prior knowledge, because some students will already be familiar with the story of Cinderella.

This MF, Newbery Medal book is perfect for a LC/ book club! The book is a fun story about a girl named Luna, and how she got magical powers, and all that comes with that. There are quite a few interesting characters that we learn about throughout the book. Most students that enjoy fantasy novels would love this book! By having book club meetings, ESOL strategy 6 continually monitor students‘ comprehension is used.

This SF would be great for CR with pages of all different kinds of “nanobots” that all have a specific task. Partners can read and discuss the different robots and use their imagination!! A fun activity would be to have the students try to come up with their own bot and draw a picture and what the bot‘s job is.
UDL strategy 8.3 foster collaboration and community works well for this partner read.

This NF, RA book would be a great read for the whole class on Earth day or when introducing the topic of oceans and conservation. The book tells about negative impacts people can have on ocean animals, with beautiful illustrations on each page, with information about the fish pictured. It even has a page of “fish facts” and ways to help fish, by conserving water and other tips!

This RF, IR or RA Caldecott Honor book is a simple read about a boy seeing snowflake after snowflake, and eventually the whole town is covered in snow. With its simple and redundant language, this book would be great for beginning readers or ELL students. This book could be used to introduce a science lesson about whether and snow.

http://kindergartenchaos.com/snow-activities-in-the-classroom/

This P book would be great for IR with its fun variety of poems about many different animals. Each page has a picture and a poem describing an animal and how they eat. This book would be great for students to pick up and read a few poems during free time, maybe when they don‘t have enough time to read a whole picture book, they can read a couple poems. The book inspires student choice and

This RF Caldecott Medal book would be a great IR for all students, including ESOL students, with almost no words on the pages. It illustrates a girl getting lost and a wolf getting lost, and they find each other, and the girl helps the wolf, carrying him through the snow. The girl reunites the wolf with his pack and then the wolf pack helps her family find her. I think it‘s a super sweet story to teach kids about helping one another.

This B, RA book tells about how Mary Blair became a artist for Walt Disney Studios, during the Great Depression. I think it‘s a great story for students to read and learn that they can follow their dreams and become anything they want! I think they can also relate because they‘re probably familiar with art and pictures seen in Disney productions.
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This MF Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor book would be another great book to read as part of an author study AS, Mo Willems, the author is also the author of the Knuffle Bunny books and the Pigeon books. This book teaches children to have patience, and I honestly was getting anxious to see what the surprise at the end was, so I had to have patience while reading.
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This MF book is full of rhymes! The donkey isn‘t just wonky, but he‘s winky, cranky, spunky, and so much more! This book would be good for individual reading IR so kids can practice rhyming to themselves... and probably have a few giggles too. #ucflae3414sp21 https://kids.scholastic.com/kids/book/the-wonky-donkey-9780545261241/.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BO9GV4mKGB0

This MF #1 New York Times Bestseller book is one in a series of many fun “how to catch...” books. With unicorns being so popular right now, I just had to get this book. It‘s fun and mysterious, kids try to think of different ways to catch the unicorn, but the unicorn somehow always escapes. This book would be perfect for a read aloud RA. #ucflae3414sp21

This MF book would make a fun choral read CR in class, so the students can sing along with Pete each time he sings about his shoes. This story teaches kids to look at the bright side of situations, as Pete says “because it‘s all good”.
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https://www.petethecatbooks.com

This MF animal fantasy is one on a series called Pig the Pug. The story is about a trouble-making pug named Pig that gets into trouble but always blames it on someone else... but he learns his lesson about lying. This book would be great for PR and partners can discuss their connections to Pig‘s actions as they read! #ucflae3414sp21

https://kids.scholastic.com/kids/books/pig-the-pug/

This TL Caldecott Honor book makes for a fun read aloud (RA), with cut outs in the pictures that make the illustrations come to life! In the story the old lady swallows a fly, then swallows more and more animals to to catch the fly, (spoiler) and ends with her dying from swallowing a horse. With redundant phrases, EL strategy 14 simplify and make speech redundant, is perfect for this book!

This RF Caldecott Honor book by Mo Willems would be a great book to do an author study (AS) with Knuffle Bunny Free and Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity and so many other popular books written by Willems such as the Pigeon series and the Elephant and Piggie books. This book would also make for a fun choral reading (CR) with fun made up words! #ucflae3414sp21

This MF book by Aaron Reynolds is a Caldecott Honor book and would be great for a read aloud RA. This book tells a chilling story of a bunny being haunted by carrots with a humorous ending. Would be a great opportunity to teach genre: fantasy and the idea of imagination to young kiddos. This books makes for an exciting read aloud, using UDL principals 2.1 & 7.3 and EL strategies 14 simplifying speech and 17 #ucflae3414sp21

I chose Creepy Carrots because I was immediately drawn in by the illustrations!!