This is the RF story of two animals who were stranded after Hurricane Katrina. This is the tale of how they because best friends and we‘re rescued. https://suzyred.com/pbks2011_Two_Bobbies_Survival.html this lesson has a few worksheets to help the students better understand the topic and show that they have a better understanding. UDL 3.1 activate or apply background knowledge and EL 2 promote cooperation.

This is a Newberry award winning book. This story tells the same situation, but from each neighbors point of view. It‘s a RF novel that I was use as IR and would have a lesson about point of view. https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/seedfolks-less... UDL 3.1 activate or apply background knowledge and EL 1 teach questioning for clarification. #UCFLAE3414F17

This is a super cute RF story about the mouse needing more and more and then comes back to what it started with. It‘s a good story for a RA and is good for sequencing. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/If-You-Give-a-Mouse-a-Cookie-Sequenc... this activity helps students retell the story. UDL 2.5 illustrate through multiple media and EL 13 use preview/review activities.

This is fantasy about what each animal sees and what the teacher and students see. It‘s good for sequencing that can be applied by doing storytelling. UDL 5.1 Use multiple media for communication and EL 4. Link lesson topic to students‘ prior knowledge. The lesson plan I chose relates to this story with a poem and has students recall the poem to color the animals.

This is one of my favorite realistic fiction books by Mo Willems. It‘s about the pigeon wanting to drive the bus when the bus driver stepped away and asked for him to watch the bus. This is a good story for storytelling because it can be very interactive. The lesson plan I chose has a lot of activities to show comprehension. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Dont-Let-the-Pigeon-Drive-the-Bus-Le...

This is a classic Dr. Seuss that has always been one of my favorite books by him and it‘s a poetry book! This is a realistic fiction story of 2 children who stayed home bored while there mom went to work. Things got a little more exciting but messy when Cat in the Hat arrived. EL 19 and UDL 2.4 meet the needs of this book. https://betterlesson.com/lesson/582936/the-cat-in-the-hat this lesson plan will help students retell the story. #UCFLAE3414F17

This was a super cute book that is RF. It‘s about a boy who wants to stand up to a big monster and ends up being his friend. He thought the monster was big and scary but really just wanted a friend! This books brings out the importance of friendship! I would use the as a RA and have a discussion afterwards about the message behind the book. UDL 9.1 promote expectations and beliefs that optimize motivation. I would use this to promote friendship

This is a funny novel about Junie B Jones going to Kindergarten and is terrified to ride the stinky bus with a bunch of meanies. When it‘s time for her to go home after her first day of Kindergarten she decides not to take the bus. Being Junie B Jones, she is very mischievous. This is a book I would use as IR since it‘s an easy read and it‘s RF. UDL 3.1 activate or supply prior knowledge and EL 3 encourage positive self talk. This is good

This book is about Piggie having a surprise for Gerald the Elephant. Gerald is super excited but at the same time very impatient for the surprise. He learns that being patient was worth it because it was a great surprise. This is an awesome story to teach students about being patient. As a teacher we will always be busy and students may not always understand that. This is a book I would share when a students is impatient towards the teacher or

This is the true story of Winnie the Pooh. Starts out how the bear was found during WWI and how he was such a sweet bear. Later talks Christopher Robin who met Winnie at the zoo and that‘s what he named his stuffed bear. I thought it was really cute and children can connect to this story because we all have heard of Winnie the Pooh. This won the Caldecott and Charlotte Zolotow Award.

This is a 3 time Award Winning book! It won the Caldecott, Orbis Pictus and Sibert Award! This is the true story of the Macy‘s Day Parade that happens every year for Thanksgiving. This is a cute NF book that talks about how this idea came about and became a huge success. I would use it as a SR in the classroom. EL 46 as a hands-on-activities UDL 3.1 activate prior knowledge to see how many students have heard about and watched the Macy‘s Parade.

This is a RF Newberry Award Winning Book. This story explores the many options of what to be when you grow up. It is good to motivate students and show them that they are capable of being anything they want to be and that they have the right to make choices on there own. This would be a great S Book because you could dress up as the different jobs that are in the book.

This is a good B book about African Americans and education. This is a story about a African American who had a book itch. He began with 5 books in a bookstore and now has tons for books. Back then African Americans didn‘t read or get much of an education. The bookstore became a monument in Harlem. It‘s a good story to share with students about never giving up on there dreams. This is an Corretta Scott King and Jane Addams Award Winning Book.

This picture book is a Boston-Globe Horn Book Award winner. This story is about a Dog who just wants a friend and Bear just wants to be himself. Bear realizes what Dog wants and became best of friends. This is a great realistic fiction novel about friendship. This would be a great PR book and then they can have a discussion about friendship. EL 4 link lesson topic to students‘ prior knowledge. UDL 8.3 foster collaboration and community.

This book is about and African American communion and their daily struggles with the white community and The Klu Klux Klan. Stella is a girl who is very adventurous in a way that has gotten her into some trouble but also solved a major issue going on with it the Bumblebee community. This story talks about how we can all be different but we are one in the same and we should help one another in good and bad times. This is a good LC historical

This story is about Auggie who had multiple plastic surgeries when he younger for cleft palate. He is now starting in 5th grade after being homeschooled by his mother. All the students were mean when they first saw him, but by the end he was accepted because of his personalities. This reminds of the saying don‘t judge a book by its cover. Auggie was a sweet boy who just wanted to be accepted. This is an award winning New York Times Best Seller!!!

This book about a duckling being unwanted and goes out into the world and finds out who he really is. The whole time the ugly duckling was a swan, he was different from anyone else. This story is about acceptance which is key for young children to understand. This is a good traditional literature book I would use for RA so that you could also have a discussion about this topic. UDL 1.3 offer alternatives for visual information.

This is A Picture Book of Jackie Robinson by David Adler and illustrated by Robert Cadillac. This is a biography of the obstacles and accomplishments he experienced. This book depicts courage. He was more than just a baseball player. He was a star player at UCLA for football, baseball, basketball and track. He fought to serve for the U.S. Army. This would be a very good book for social studies or to talk about courage.

Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly by Alan Madison and Kevin Hawkes. This is a good shared reading story that students can read and connect with one another. This story won the Monarch Award. This is a story about a little girl who wants to be remembered the way her sisters were remembered. She started acting out and that didn‘t work. Her class went on a field trip to the conservatory where she was then noticed.

Henry's Freedom Box by Nadir Nelson is a historical fiction book that recieved the Caldecotte Award. This story is about a slave who just wanted freedom. Throughout the story he had been split from his family a few times. He finally came up with the idea to ship himself to another part of the county where there was freedom. So he shipped himself to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. UDL principle 3.1 and EL 4 both talk about the use of prior knowledge.