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Brown
Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
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Reflects Diversity
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Uses Jigsaw DURING READING comprehension
strategy
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90 Miles
to Havana by Enrique Flores-Galbis
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Reflects Diversity
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Uses found poetry as an AFTER READING comprehension
activity
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Finding
Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear by Linsay Mattick
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Uses Web 2.0 interface
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Appropriate Read Aloud for grades 3-4
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Uses CLOSE reading for a DURING READING
comprehension strategy
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Walking
on Earth and Touching the Sky: Poetry and Prose by Lakota Youth at Red Cloud
Indian School Edited by Timothy P. McLaughlin
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Poetry Collective
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Uses writing frames and templates for a AFTER
READING writing activity
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El Deafo
by Cece Bell
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Graphic Novel
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Selected from Choice Lists
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Uses a Directed Reading-Thinking activity for
DURING READING comprehension strategy
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Uses response writing as an AFTER READING
writing activity
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Odd Boy
Out: Young Albert Einstein by Don Brown
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Non-fiction/ biography
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Can be used to support science lessons
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Uses Modeling Comprehension as a BEFORE READING
strategy
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Butterflies
by Seymour Simon
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Non-fiction
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Can be used to support science lessons
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Uses Vocabulary Cards as a BEFORE READING
comprehension strategy
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Uses a Directed note-taking activity for a
DURING READING comprehension strategy
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Hidden: A
Child’s Story of the Holocaust By Loic Dauvillier
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Graphic Novel
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Historical Fiction to support Social Studies
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Uses a KWL chart for a BEFORE READING
comprehension strategy
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Elijah of
Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
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Uses Infographic
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Historical fiction to support social studies
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Uses response writing as an AFTER READING
comprehension strategy
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The Right Word: Roget and his Thesaurus by Jen
Bryant
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Selected from choice lists
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Uses Read, Write, Pair, Share as DURING READING
comprehension strategy
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Heart and
soul: The story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson
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Reflects diversity
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Non-fiction to support social studies lessons
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Uses Read Aloud as a BEFORE READING
Comprehension strategy
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Redwoods
by Jason Chin
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Non-fiction/ science fiction to support science
lessons
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Uses Adjunct Displays as a BEFORE READING
comprehension strategy
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Uses Directed Notetaking as DURING READING
comprehension strategy
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Separate
is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight For Desegregation by
Duncan Tonatiuh
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Reflects Diversity
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Non-fiction to support social studies lessons
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Uses Modeling Comprehension as a DURING READING
comprehension strategy
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Uses Reader’s Theatre as an AFTER READING
comprehension strategy
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One Came
Home by Amy Timberlake
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Appropriate read aloud for grades 5-6
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Newbery Award Winner
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Uses Adjunct Displays as BEFORE READING comprehension
strategy
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Uses Tossed Terms as an AFTER READING
comprehension strategy
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Inside
Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
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Newbery Award Winner
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Reflects diversity
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Uses KWL Chart for a BEFORE READING
comprehension strategy
