This Animal Fantasy book is another book that plays with your emotions, but is worth the read! I would definitely consider using this with older elementary students, as the younger ones would get less interested with it being such a "big book". This think provides you with a readers theater script that you can use in your class! https://texasbluebonnetaward2014.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/the-one-and-only-iv... #UCFLAE3414sp17

This NF book tells a true story about a dog named Bobbi and a cat named Bob Cat, and their survival after hurricane Katrina. This book surely pulls on your heart strings, especially the ending! This book was such a great read, that has many lessons you can incorporate with it! This think has questions for before, during and after the book, as well as activities! https://www.learningtogive.org/resources/two-bobbies-literature-guide #UCFLAE3414sp17

This traditional literature book provides a look on the other side of the story, from the wolf's side! We always tell kids "there's two sides to every story" and this book lives up to that quote. Before this class, I never even knew that there was a book showing the wolf's side of the story!! This link provides a great close reading activity! http://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewResourceLesson/Preview/60680 #UCFLAE3414sp17

This NF book on owls provides students with a lot of different information such as the different species of owls, what they eat, etc. In my 4th grade class, we read all of the Guaridans of Ga'Hoole books together and then dissected an owl pellet. This link relates to an owl pellet dissection lesson plan with awesome worksheets! https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/discussion-and... #UCFLAE3414sp17

My literature circle group read Pax. This RF book takes you on a rollercoaster of emotions, but you won't want to put this book down once you start reading it! This book definitely did not end how I thought it would, and would highly suggest reading it! This link is more for the upper grades as it includes discussion questions for this book http://www.sarapennypacker.com/paxdiscussionguide.pdf #UCFLAE3414sp17

"Till Max said "BE STILL!" and tamed them with the magic trick of staring into all their yellow eyes without blinking once and they were frightened and called him the most wild thing of all and made him king of all wild things." This F book, a Caldecott award winner, has pictures that would grasp anyone's attention. http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/library/books/where-the-wild-things-are this think provides items for every subject! #UCFLAE3414sp17

This book, based on a true story, is classified as NF. Throughout the book, you learn a lot about a snow dog named Balto, and you follow along his journey to receive some medicine and bring it to his town. This book would sure grasp a students interest. There is a statue of Balto in Central Park! http://www.wiesereducational.com/samples/?file=lgls3744is.pdf this link provides a writing activity, questions, and a crossword puzzle! #UCFLAE3414sp17

This book is the first in the serious of the magic tree house, and it's a mixed genre. Some say it's HF, while others say it is F. This book talks about the discovery of the magic tree house, and leaves you wanting more at the end! This links provides you with lessons that cover science, language arts, and math! https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/dinosaurs-dark... #UCFLAE3414sp17

This TL book is about and old woman who wanted a fluffy cat. Her husband found millions of cats on the side of a hill and brought them all home, but then realized they couldn't feed every cat. The old man asked the cats which was the prettiest, and only one didn't think they were pretty. The old man and woman took in the "ugly" cat and made it pretty like the others! http://www.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=36051 #UCFLAE3414sp17

This F book is one of many books in the Clifford series. This book shows Clifford trying to get a job to help pay for all of his dog food. He starts off in a circus, then a farm, and finally a police station, where the police paid him in dog food! This shows kids how to be responsible, as Clifford was trying to be. https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/teaching-respo... #UCFLAE3414sp17

The kissing hand, a Modern Fantasy, is one of those books that will most definitely touch your heart. This book is about a raccoon who doesn't want to leave home, or his mother. To provide comfort, the mom kissed the palm of her sons hand and explained how this will help him when he needs some comfort. This link has several activities that promote social and emotional development http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/booknook/bn_kissing.pdf #UCFLAE3414sp17

This RF book "When Sophie Gets Angry --- Really, Really Angry..." is a Caldecott honor book, and has also won the Charlotte Zolotow award! This book talks about a young girl who gets really, really angry, and also tells us where she goes to calm down. When Sophie returns home, everyone is glad she's home. This link provides a great lesson to use when reading this book to your class! http://www.mollybang.com/Pages/sophie_act.html #UCFLAE3414sp17