This RF picture book is an amazing book for pre-k last week of school on preparation for being a kindergartener. The teacher could use this book as an S and have a presentation or an anchor chart to list all the steps, materials and emotions that the students might need/feel for that first day of kindergarten. #UCFLAE3414SP20

This MF New York Times Best Seller novel is the beginning of an amazing series that could be good for encouraging reading for pleasure in our students. The Lighting Thief is a great alternative to teach Greek mythology in a fun and entertaining way. I will like to use this book as an RT using Rick Riordan's adaptation of his book (http://rickriordan.com/resource/a-readers-theater-from-lightning-thief/). #UCFLAE3414SP20

This MF picture book is a fun story about a mischievous duck who performed tricks to his caretaker. It is a good book to teach key details and character development. I will use the Westonwoods/Scholastic study guide (https://westonwoods.scholastic.com/products/westonwoods/study_guides/giggle_giggle_quack.pdf) and RA this book while using the guiding questions provided. #UCFLAE3414SP20

I'm not completely done with this book, but for what I read so far I will like to use it in my future classroom. This MF New York Times Best Seller novel by Katherine Applegate talks about homeless, eviction, hunger and poverty in a way that is easy to explain to elementary students. This could be a fun book to RA after lunch or recess. #UCFLAE3414SP20

This P picture book is a fun alternative to showcase this genre to students. Jack Prelutsky uses regular day topics to create his poems. The one I love the most from this book is called ”I have to write a poem for class” and talk about how the character is struggling to write a good poem for his class. #UCFLAE3414SP20

This TL book provides the reader with around 65 retold fables. They are short and easy to read. This book could be a good IR for a daily reading log. I will use these readings for short homework reading at home. ESOL #38 said that provide a short reading for homework could help ELL. Doing that we can promote expectations that the students will read at home like in UDL 9.1. #UCFLAE3414SP20

This B novel takes us inside a hard year of an African American teenager. The book shows the struggle this girl has to go through during segregation times in Alabama in 1963. Being a child of a famous baseball player she experienced amazing opportunities in her life, but at the same time she was the only black kid at her school and her family (especially her brother) was struggling to live up to her father‘s name. #UCFLAE3414SP20

This HF book takes the characters and the students to the first Thanksgiving in 1621. The characters learn about planting, cooking and how everything happened during the first Thanksgiving. #UCFLAE3414SP20

I found this NF book fascinating and really good for elementary students' research. During black history month (and during the rest of the school year) this book could help students learn important facts about bold women of our culture. This book could be a great RA or to use IR for research purposes. #UCFLAE3414SP20

This SF picture book is a great way to integrate ELA with science for our students. This book explains in detail what do you need to know if you decide to go to the moon. In my future classroom, I would like to use this book as an interactive RA along with the lesson plan called Blast Off! (http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/blast-vocabulary-instruction-using-946.html) to teach technical vocabulary. #UCFLAE3414SP20

This RF Sunshine State Young Reader novel is a fun book about a teenage girl and all the changes her life has in one year. The book is easy to read because is all wrote in lists. This minimizes the threat of reading and the distractions UDL 7.3. The book could be a great IR for readers that get intimidated by long books. #UCFLAE3414SP20

This RF New York Times Best Seller novel by RJ Palacio is an excellent book to do a RA right after lunch to calm down our students. The book teaches the reader about acceptance and inclusion as well as how to be kind to each other. With this book, I would like my students to do an AS so they can learn how the idea for this book came to the mind of the author. #UCFLAE3414SP20

This RF novel by Sharon M. Draper is an excellent book for teaching students respect, tolerance, and the reasons why racism is wrong. As a future educator, I will like to use this book for LC along with the discussion questions that Draper‘s website provides (http://sharondraper.com/bookdetail.asp?id=75). #UCFLAE3414SP20

This RF picture book was a 2019 Caldecott Honor. The whimsical images take us in an adventure to discover the curiosity and a part of the mischievousness of the main character. The author has different activities related to the book and one of them is an RT. I think this book could be a really cute RT between teacher and students! #UCFLAE3414SP20

This RF graphic novel is a 2020 Newbery Medal Winner. How hard the life of a seventh-grader could be in a new school? Can we add is a prestigious school and he just wants to pursue an artistic career? Did I tell you he is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade? This book will be perfect for an LC to incorporate the multiple themes this book entails. #UCFLAE3414SP20

This RF picture book is a 2020 Caldecott Medal Honor. The awesome images in this book transport us to an adventure where we learn how everyone in the forest is important and have a role. As a future educator, I will use this book for an RA that incorporates classroom roles for the students. #UCFLAE3414SP20

This MF graphic novel is a 2020 Geisel Medal Honor. With his comedic characters the author, Cece Bell, gives us a great message of kindness, compassion, and true friendship. As a future educator, I will use this book for great PR that uses UDL 8.3 and ESOL #2 promoting and fostering collaboration and cooperation between the students. #UCFLAE3414SP20

This RF, picture book is excellent for a RA! Having it in your classroom library will help students learn about differences and similarities of people. The author website have an audio version that can be helpful for students to listen the story again. https://memfox.com/books/whoever-you-are/ This website will help you offer UDL 1.2 for alternative in auditory info and also provide EL #14 with the slower and redundant speech. #UCFLAE3414SP20