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KayleeC

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The Pigeon is back in another hilarious F book by Mo Willems. This time, the Pigeon finds a hot dog and is very excited to eat it until a little duckling comes along. The Pigeon tries everything to keep the hot dog out of the hands of the duckling. At the end, the Pigeon and duckling come up with a solution to make everyone happy. #ucflae3414f17

KayleeC https://westonwoods.scholastic.com/products/westonwoods/study_guides/Pigeon-Find... This book could support ESOL strategy 13, use preview/review activities and UDL principle 1.2 offer alternatives for auditory information. (edited) 6y
jasminep This seems like such a cute book, thanks for giving me another idea to add to my classroom library! 6y
AlexaDP This pigeon has quickly become one of my favorite book characters this semester! I think it would be great to teach, because the title character is super amusing and will keep the students engaged! 6y
SarahWynne Can‘t wait to read this one. The pigeon books are too cute with just the right amount of humor. I like that you added UDL principle 1.2. I definitely think that‘s a great strategy! 6y
KayleeC @AlexaDP yes! The pigeon is one of my favorites as well! 6y
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The Web Files | Margie Palatini
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This humorous F book by Margie Palatini and illustrated by Richard Eglelski would be a wonderful book to read aloud to your students. Ducktective Web and his partner try to quack the care of the stolen peck of perfectly picked pickled peppers. #ucflae3414f17

KayleeC https://www.robeson.k12.nc.us/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=3... the link will take you to a mini lesson on inferences. This book could support UDL principle 8.3 Foster collaboration and community and ESOL strategy 8 use direct instruction: Modeling, explaining, scaffolding, name the strategy and show how to use it. 6y
SarahWynne Have you ever seen the movie Howard the duck? That‘s what this cover reminds me of lol. Love that you used “quack” in a sentence in the summary, too cute! Mini lesson links are always a win! 6y
KayleeC @SarahWynne yes I have lol! 6y
MakennaK This looks so cute! A good idea that could do is to have your students pretend that they are detectives and find things around the room for an activity 6y
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Pete the Cat I Love My White Shoes | Eric Litwin, James Dean
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This fun interactive F book by Eric Litwin and James Dean makes for a great for CR! Pete the Cat has a pair of white shoes but he steps in things which stain his shoes. But does Pete cry? Goodness, no! This laid back Cat teaches kids not to worry about the little things and that “it‘s all good”. #ucflae3414f17

KayleeC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwUlh3i4qto The link takes you to a video and read aloud of the book. This book could support ESOL strategy 3 encourage self talk (positive thinking) and UDL principle 9.2 facilitate personal coping skills and strategies. 6y
Samantha.K This book has such a positive message. No matter what happened to his white shoes he was happy with them because they were his and he kept his upbeat attitude. 6y
JordanHull Pete the cat is already so captivating, adding a video read aloud would make him even better. Students would be so engaged, great idea! 💡 6y
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This cute F story about a mouse, Lilly, by Kevin Henkes is a story that both teachers and students can relate to. I did my book book on this book, but I also did my author study on Kevin Henkes. Lilly loves her teacher Mr. Slinger until he does the meanest thing she could think of, he takes her new Purple Plastic Purse. Lily is furious, by the end of the book she realizes how her words have an impact on other people. #ucflae3414f17

KayleeC This would be a great book to utilize in a math lesson. https://kevinhenkes.com/wp-content/uploads/World-of-Kevin-Henkes-2011.pdf The link will take you to a teacher‘s guide of Kevin Henkes‘ mouse books. This book could support ESOL strategy 16, integrate speaking, listening, reading and writing activities and UDL principle 2.3 support decoding of text, mathematical notation, and symbols. 6y
CaseyL You sound like an expert on Kevin Henkes! He‘s one of my favorite authors as well. I really like your idea about using this book in a math lesson! Great post! 6y
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Quackers | Liz Wong
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I read aloud Quackes by Liz Wong at the Read for the Record even and the kids LOVED the story. Quackers is a duck, well at least he thinks he is. When Quackers meets a strange looking duck he discovers he might not actually be a duck. Quackers realizes it does not matter if he is a duck or not, having his friends is what is important. This would be a great book to teach children about acceptance. #ucflae3414f17

KayleeC https://www.jstart.org/read-for-the-record-2/activities-resources-toolkit/ This book could support ESOL strategy 24, incorporate the culture and the language of the second language learners in your curriculum (book is offered in Spanish) and UDL principle 1.1 Offer ways of customizing the display of information. 6y
Teresaj Such an adorable book! Another book that is similar to this one is Not Quite Narwal by Jessie Sima! 6y
JordanHull I love that the book comes in Spanish too. It has such a great message that should reach all students. Read for the Record was a great experience! The activities and your resources would be so beneficial to all students. Great post 👍🏻 6y
DrSpalding You did an amazing job with the students. Great idea to utilize the jumpstart website. EL/UDL are nicely aligned. 6y
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Laura Ingalls Wilder award winning author Eric Carle wrote the cute F story A House For Hermit Crab. Hermit Crab had outgrown his shell and is not on the search for a new home. When he finds a new home he will fit in he is disappointed because the shell looks plain. He goes on a journey to decorate his home until he outgrows it again. This adorable story would be a great read aloud that could be used in different subject areas. #ucflae3414f17

KayleeC http://twigglemagazine.com/June-activities/hermit-crab-book-activity.html This book could support ESOL strategy 23 structure advance organizers consisting for new terminology that learners will encounter in the new lesson vocabulary to be reviewed and UDL principle 2.5 Illustrate through multiple media. 6y
SarahWynne How cute would it be to make a hermit crab a class pet when introducing this book?! Eric Carle illustrations are always the best. I‘ll be reading this one for sure! 6y
MakennaK I loved this book as a child! You could bring in hermit crabs as a class pet and have the kids take care of them or make him different shells! 6y
DrSpalding Excellent post. This would make for a very nice storytelling too! 6y
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Firebird | Misty Copeland
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This inspiring F, Coretta Scott King award winning book tells the story of a young girl who is questioning her ability to accomplish the things that Misty Copeland has. Misty shows the young girl the importance of hard work and dedication. She can too become the Firebird. #ucflae3414f17

KayleeC After reading the book, I would have my students watch the documentary on Misty Copeland so they can get a deeper understand of who she is and all that she had to overcome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqZkfDEoQDI
ESOL strategy 9 teach note-taking strategies: T-lists, time lines etc. and UDL principle 5.1 Use multiple media for communication could be met by this book.
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Doctor De Soto | William Steig
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This F National Book award winner by William Steig would be a great book for a read aloud. Doctor De Soto is the best dentist around, at least for animals that don‘t eat mice. One day a fox shows up at his door and is asking for Doctor De Soto‘s help. He has a dilemma, does he take the risk and help the fox or does he send the fox on his way? This great read will definitely keep children entertained. #ucflae3414f17

KayleeC https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/doctor-de-soto... The UDL principle 3.1 activating prior knowledge along with ESOL 14 Simplify your speech by making it slower and redundant could be met by this book. 6y
DrSpalding Be sure to look at your image. This is also a Newbery honor selection. Excellent resource. You can‘t go wrong with Scholastic. 6y
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Finding Winnie | Lindsay Mattick
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Finding Winnie is a NF, Caldecott winning PB written by Lindsay Mattick and illustrated by Sophie Blackall that would be a great RA for a class. The story is about the world‘s most famous bear, the inspiration for Winnie-the-Pooh. This book is a great and fun way to introduce nonfiction text to young readers in the classroom. There is a lot of great vocabulary in this story as well. #ucflae3414f17

KayleeC The link will take you to an educators guide for the book https://www.perma-bound.com/static/TPR/000457773.pdf
This link is great because it has activities for multiple subjects. Some of the activities would support ESOL 30, encourage the use of diagrams and drawings as aids to identify concepts and seeing relationships. They would also support UDL 7.2, optimize relevance, value, and authenticity.
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Susancruz I remember growing up pooh bear, to me this books reminds me of family 6y
Samantha.K This book is so beautiful. I never knew that Pooh bear was based on an actual bear until Dr. Spalding told us about the book in class. I went out and bought it so I could have it in my collection. 6y
KayleeC @Samantha.K i didn‘t know Pooh was based on a real bear either! I loved the book and it‘s illustrations. 6y
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Grace for President | Kelly S. DiPucchio
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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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Extra Yarn | Mac Barnett
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Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Jon Klassen is a RF PB and Boston Globe Horn award winner and Caldecott award winner that would be great for a RA. This is the story of a young girl, Annabelle, and her magical box of yarn transforms a community. Her yarn provides color to a world that is very dull. #ucflae3414f17

KayleeC This link provides multiple ways to check students comprehension while reading the books, https://curr511comprehensionwithintext.weebly.com/extra-yarn-previewing-and-self...
The website provides a section that supports ESOL 4, link lesson topic to students‘ prior knowledge. It also provides a section that supports UDL 9.1. promote expectations and beliefs that optimize motivation.
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laurie_jayy Hey! I love the link you used for this book! It included various methods that can be used throughout the book which is great! Everytime the teacher reads the book he/ or she can use a different method! 6y
Floribelg The cover looks so adorable and I think you can easily link this to UDL integrating community. 6y
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We Are in a Book by Mo Willems is a humorous F picture book that won the Geisel award. The story follows Gerald and Piggie‘s realization of being in a book. At first they are confused, until they realize they have the power to tell the reader‘s what to say and do. This would be a great book for CR because of its interactive nature and humor. Children will definitely be laughing when they read this book! #ucflae3414f17

KayleeC Here is an adorable reading of the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgnC5V3S-Ig
This reading would support UDL 1.2 Offer alternatives for auditory information and 1.3 Offer alternatives for visual information. It would also support ESOL 21, record your lectures, presentations, or stories on audiotape, especially for new students who have very limited exposure to English.
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laurie_jayy This is a book I just read! I love how the characters realize that they‘re in the book and can tell the reader what to say/do. This is a book that I‘m interested in reading so I figure that the students would love it also. Definitely adding it to my list! 6y
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I am Amelia Earhart | Brad Meltzer
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I Am Amelia Earhart by Brad Meltzer and illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos is a B picture book that is a part of the series, “Ordinary People Change the World”. This series is a great way to introduce biographical book to children because it gives important factual information in a fun narrative and with comic book style illustrations keeping students engaged. This series would make for a great AS. #ucflae3414f17

KayleeC http://www.smartspaceniu.com/just-plane-awesome-learning-what-makes-planes-fly/ Reading a book about Amelia Earhart would not be complete without flying your own airplane. In this activity students will create a paper airplane and fly with the class. This activity supports UDL 8.3, foster collaboration and community. It also supports ESOL 46, use discovery learning activities (hands-on-activities). 6y
MeghanW I absolutely love this series! It is a kid friendly way for younger kids to know important people in history! I love the idea of having the kids make their own airplanes! 6y
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Love That Dog | Sharon Creech
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Love that Dog by Sharon Creech is a P book that is great for IR. The story follows Jack, who hate poetry. He believes that only girls would read and write poetry. With the help of his teacher and dog, Sky, Jack discovers how much he likes poetry and the power of writing poetry. This would be a great story for students who are on the fence about poetry. #ucflae3414f17

KayleeC https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/love-dog-exten... this link takes you to extension activities for Love That Dog. The poem collage would be a great activity for ESOL 46, use discovery learning. The shape that poem activity would support UDL 6.2 Support planning and strategy developmen 6y
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laurie_jayy Hey kaylee! I love the poem collage idea! And your picture is super cute! 6y
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Juliemorell Love the extension idea, and cute doggy!! 6y
AlexaDP This picture is sooooo cute! The extension activities are awesome and I think they would be perfect for a classroom! 6y
EricaG This sounds like a great book to help encourage students to read and write poetry. And I love the extension idea and the picture! 6y
CaseyL AH! This picture is amazing😍 I never read the book but I‘ve heard of it and I think it sounds really good. The poem collage in the link looks like a really fun activity and I agree that it would be helpful for ELL students. 6y
KayleeC @CaseyL it‘s such a great book! This is actually the book that made me interested in poetry. 6y
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A Wrinkle in Time | Madeleine L'Engle
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A Wrinkle in Time is a Newberry award winning SF novel great for IR or LC. The story follows a girl in high school, Meg Murray, and her younger brother and best friend as they are on a journey through space and time in search for her father. This is a wonderful novel that will keep students engaged through the whole book. #ucflae3414f17

KayleeC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4U3TeY2wtM The link will take you to the trailer of the new film that is coming out next spring. The trailer supports UDL 2.5, illustrate through multiple media. I would also use ESOL 6, continually monitor students‘ comprehension through class discussions or discussions in their LC. 6y
laurie_jayy This book seems like a great read! It‘s very interesting that people would travel through space to find their parent which is something I never thought a book would be about. Def a must read 6y
CaseyL I haven‘t read this book but after seeing the trailer I definitely want to read it! I really like that you would use the trailer in class to get students excited to find out more by reading the book first! 6y
KayleeC @laurie_jayy @CaseyL you should definitely read the book, it‘s one of my favs!! 6y
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One Crazy Summer | Rita Williams-Garcia
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One Crazy Summer, a HF novel written by Rita Williams-Garcia has won the Newberry award, Scott O‘dell award, Coretta Scott King Award, and a National Book Award finalist. This novel would be great for IR or LC choice for young readers. The novel follows 3 sisters cross country in search of their estranged mother. The girls spend time in a Black Panther camp and really do have a crazy summer. #ucflae3414f17

KayleeC ESOL 17, Provide contextual support through audio visuals, models, demonstrations, realia, body language and facial expressions, would be important when discussion the historical information in the book. 6y
KayleeC http://files.harpercollins.com/PDF/TeachingGuides/0060760885.pdf This link provides a discussion guide and activities for the novel. I would use UDL 7.1, optimize individual choice and autonomy, when using the extension activities in the discussion guide. I would allow students to pick which activity they would want to complete. 6y
laurie_jayy Hey! I read this book also and I loved it so much. At the beginning I thought that they‘re mother was terrible but as the book goes on I think she‘s not so bad she doesn‘t know how to communicate well. What was your fav part of the book? 6y
MeghanW I read his book for my LC and loved it! It inspired me to read the series! She is such a good author and knows how to make it relatable and important. I loved your link with the discussion activities! Very helpful in the classroom 6y
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Out of My Mind | Sharon M. Draper
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Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper, a RF novel, won the Sunshine State Young Reader award and is also a New York Times Best Seller. This is a great novel that discusses the struggles of a young girl, Melody, with cerebral palsy. This is a great novel to teach students about acceptance and inclusion. It would also be great novel to have LCs within the classroom. #ucflae3414f17

KayleeC http://spaldinglae3414.wikispaces.com/file/view/ESOLStrategiesComprehensibleInst... The link will take you to the Scholastic website which has a lesson plan for the book. The lesson plan has before, during and after reading activities. The before reading supports ESOL 5, teach technical vocabulary supporting key concepts. 6y
KayleeC There is a roleplaying activity in the after reading section of the lesson plan which would support UDL 4.1, vary methods for response and navigation. 6y
Juliemorell This is one that I would really like to read! I think having a variety of books that connect to different types of students, including those with any type of disability/challenge can be very beneficial. Imagine having a student with cerebral palsy in your class and they discover this book in your classroom library and are able to relate to it. :) 6y
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DrSpalding The link takes you to my Wikispaces and the ESOL comprehensible instructional strategies. Can you fix this? 6y
DrSpalding Thank you! 6y
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Wonder. R.J. Palacio | R J Palacio
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Wonder, a RF book great for LC or IR, by R.J. Palacio is a New York Times Best Seller and soon to be motion picture encourages children to choose kind. August Pullman was born with a facial abnormality which has caused him to be homeschooled. and now he is going to attend school for the first time at Beecher Prep. #ucflae3414f17

KayleeC Wonder is told from Auggie‘s point of view as well as others around him. This WONDERful book shows the struggle that Auggie faces as well as the power of being kind. 6y
KayleeC http://choosekind.tumblr.com/resources The link will take you to great resources for both parents and teachers. This website is all about choosing kind. The movie trailer would be a great way to utilize UDL 2.5, illustrate through multiple media. 6y
KayleeC The link would also apply to ESOL 17, provide contextual support through audio visuals, models, demonstrations, realia, body language and facial expressions. The link also has a link to the Choose Kind Challenge, which teachers can get there schools Kind Certified. 6y
DrSpalding I love the idea of participating in the #ChooseKind Challenge. NiceEL/UDL. The Movie Was Fabulous. 6y
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Three Little Pigs adapted by Jane Jerrard illustrated by Susan Spellman is TL story great for RA or RT. The Three Little Pigs is a fable about 3 pigs who build houses out of three different materials and a big bad wolf tries to blow them down. #ucflae3414f17

KayleeC http://www.makinglearningfun.com/themepages/3LittlePigsPrintables-.htm The link will take you a website with many activities for using the fable in your classroom. There is activities from circle time, math activities and recipes you could use in the classroom. The art activities, block center activities, recipes, etc. would support ESOL 46, use discovery learning activities (hands-on-activities). 6y
KayleeC The activities would also support UDL strategy 2.4, promote understanding across languages, because there is a lot of visual activities. For example, the math lesson has picture number cards. 6y
Juliemorell I think RT with folklore can always be a hit! 6y
DrSpalding Definitely cook with your students! It's always fun and you may be the only one cooking with them. 6y
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Storybook Knight | Helen Docherty
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This cute F book, The Story Book Knight, by Helen Docherty and illustrated by Thomas Docherty, shows children the power of good books. Leo, a knight who loves to read and not fight, uses his collection of books to save the day. You might even recognize some of the characters along the way. The link takes you to an activity guide for the book. http://www.raincoast.com/images/uploads/The%20Storybook%20Knight%20Activity%20Ki... #UCFLAE3414F17

KayleeC The ESOL strategy i would use with this book is number 14, simplify your speech by making it slower and redundant. The texts lends itself to this well with the rhymes and beat of the words. I would use UDL strategy 3.1, activate or supply background knowledge, while reading the story. The activity guide lists question to have the students discuss prior to reading the book. These questions will help them understand the story as they listen or read. 6y
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