Wednesday, April 6, 2016

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

o   Uses KWL Chart for a BEFORE READING comprehension strategy

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