This HF novel won the Pura Belpre award for young adult readers. It shows the struggle Esperanza faces when her wealthy family has to migrate to the U.S. and start a new life from scratch. This would be a great addition for Spanish students to relate to. https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plans/esperanza-rising-learning-not-be-afraid-... provides lesson plan activities and guided questions.

This RF book was so inspirational and would be a read for 3rd grade and up, it has won many awards like the Booklist Editors‘ Choice: Books for Youth in 2012. This book is about a boy named August who looks a little different than others and is moving from homeschooling to a regular school and the book is written in Auggies point of view along with his classmates view and his families perspective. #ucflae3414su19

This NF memoir won the 1999 Caldecott Award. This memoir is about the author, Peter Sis, and his memories of his father and discovering his father diary that was kept in a red box and reading about his experience as a filmmaker in Tibet. This book can be used as a PR, and then students can work together in groups in a science, language arts or history lesson, using this book. #ucflae3414su19

This TL story (folklore) that won the Coretta Scott King & Caldecott award. This story is about two young men who go on a journey to find this girl that one of them fell in love with. When all three are united, their journey back to town is full of twist and turns* caused by 3 zombie witches and 1 mean uncle) that test the powers of true friendship. This would be a book for a DR where there are many characters that children can play.

This SF book mixes aliens and three guardians of space going on a secret mission. It‘s a fun book that incorporates science and poetry for young readers. This would be a book for a RA to introduce a science lesson about outer space and this link provides a book trailer to show before the RA http://earthspacemoonbase.com/ . The book trailer meets with UDL 1.3 because it offers an alternative for visual information

This SF book is a sequel to the Juamji book, the author uses the same idea of the Jumanji game board but instead of the theme being a jungle Zathura is a game that comes to life in outer space. This book would be good as a RA and then students can work in pairs. http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/thepolarexpress/tg/zathura.shtml

This B is a small and neat way for young students to learn about Walt Disney and for IR. This book includes pictures of Mr. Disney and how he came to be and a glossary that highlights key words. http://factsfornow.scholastic.com/book?uid=10679306&id=10013822&searchTerm=walt+... offers a great visual aid for students to learn more about Walt Disney in a fun animated way online (under the history of Disney tab).

This is a RF book that is written in both English and Spanish that has won the 2011 Americas Award for Children and young Adult Literature and would be good for IR. It‘s about a young girl from the Mazateca tribe who is forced, along with her village, to move to land that is inhabitable. Her family go through a tragic accident while settling into their new village but together they solve their problems.

This funny P book is about activities that you “won‘t” find animals doing like cows going out to dance or frogs catching a cab to go on a date. This would be a fun book to do a CR because the rhyming and repetition of “don‘t do” can be helpful to build fluency and expression. https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/dogs-dont-wear... this site provides a fun homework activity

This is a HF book that won the Coretta Scott King Award in 2011 along with many others. I read this book for our LC, it‘s about three young girls who spent a summer in Oakfland, CA in 1968 where they spent most of their time with Black Panthers. It would be a good book for a PR, because this book offers great discussions. https://www.matchfishtank.org/curriculum/english-language-arts/5th-grade-literat...

This was such a fun MF book to read, this book won the Pura Belpre award in 2014. It‘s about a Mexican nino (boy) who pretends to be a wrestler who battles zombies, Aztecs and monsters. It‘s a great book for an IR and it works well with ELL‘s because it includes some Spanish words. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPmmh_h2c9U this is a video of the author doing a read aloud making the fun action-packed book come to life.

This MF book is apart of the Magic Tree House Series. This book was about the adventure of Jack and Annie climbing into the magig tree house and ending up in Africa where they met some interesting gorillas and communicating through sign langauge. This would be a book for IR . https://www.mthclassroomadventures.org/application/files/4114/8604/9857/mth-26-l... provides lesson plans for teachers when using this book.

This TL book comes all the way from China and it won the Caldecott award! It provides a spin to the traditional red riding hood story we grew up with because instead of a big bad wolf there‘s a big bad tiger trying to eat 3 children but the children catch on and outsmart the Tiger. This would be a good book for a RT. Students can act like a tiger and the 3 kids, this story includes a lot of dialog, so students will have the chance to act out the

This TL book is a perfect way to include a students L1 if it‘s Spanish. This book could be used as a RA because this gives those who read Spanish a chance to look at the book and listen to it while it‘s read with the class. This book can align with ESOL strategy 16 because this book integrates the ELLs native language through reading. This also aligns with UDL 2.4 because this book can help comprehension with Spanish speakers.

I would consider this book as a P book. It rhymes about a variety of animals and where they live. This would be a good book for a CR with the teacher and students. They rhymes can help build fluency and self-confidence. Although this book has not won any awards a great activity that can be included is for kids to create a model of their own homes, like in the resource below.

This was such a cool NF book about redwood trees! Jason Chin provides real life examples mixed with a boys fictional experience when learning about redwood trees. http://jasonchin.net/educators/educational-resources-for-redwoods/ offers great resources for group activities. #ucflae3414su19

This GREAT RF books is one of my favorites! It‘s about a boy who lived in California but then had to move to Tokyo for his fathers job. This book shares his journey into a Japanese lifestyle. This book would be great RA book because students can learn new unfamiliar Japanese words. The resource below provides background on the author. UDL 1.3 aligns with this resource because information on the author is displayed online. #ucflae3414su19

This TL book has won the Caldecott award for the amazing illustrations. This book is about Strega Nona who is the town witch that helps the community with spells, remedies, and food. In this story she hires the help of Big Anthony who loses Strega Nona‘s trust one day. This could be a RA book and the resource below can incorporate a class discussion about trust, punishment and authority. #ucflae3414su19

This HF book by Ashley Bryan has won the Newberry Award and the Coretta Scott King Award. This books gives a glimpse of a group of 11 slaves and their lives serving the Fairchild‘s family. It shares their roles in the estate along with their dreams and stories before becoming slaves. It‘s truly a beautiful story to share during a history lesson! It could work as a good S, while reading a magnet board can help describe the roles of each slave.

Sparky! is a RF book by Jenny Offill and it has won the 2015 Charlotte Zolotow award. This book is about a young girl, who, from the help of her librarian, finds a sloth as a perfect pet. Although, he doesn‘t do many cool tricks, Sparky the sloth, still steals the show his irresistible charm. This would be a great book for a RA if students are learning about animals or pets.