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Tricia is young girl who quickly learns that she has an issue when it comes to reading. Her classmates start to catch on to it as well and begin to make fun of her. When her grandparents pass away Tricia and her family move away. As she enters third grade she hopes that she won't get picked on anymore but it continues. She enters fifth grade and she has a new teacher named Mr. Falker who does not tolerate bullying and love Tricia's artistic ability.  He noticed that Tricia was unable to read and has her stay after school to work on her reading.  After a few months Tricia begins to read sentences and then paragraphs.  Tricia starts to feel smart.  This is the authors story as a child.

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This is about a girl named Sally who loves to ride her bike. Eventually she outgrows her bike and her parents cant afford another one. She works hard to achieve her goal to eventually have her own bike again.

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3. Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph became the worlds fastest woman 

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3. Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph became the worlds fastest woman 

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Wilma was born small and ended up contracting polio and scarlet fever. She had to travel very far to doctors who would see African Americans to receive treatment and exercise. She had to wear a brace and all of the kids would make fun of her. Wilma still pushed herself and exercised. At the age of 12 she no longer needed the brace and could walk independently. She joined the basketball team and was named VIP on the state championship even though they lost and was asked to join the track team. She made it to the Olympics and won three gold medals.

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4. Dream Big Michael Jordan and the pursuit of excellence

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4. Dream Big Michael Jordan and the pursuit of excellence

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The story a young boy named Michael who dreams of winning the gold medal for basketball in the Olympics.  He sets his mind to that goal and with perseverance and dedication he one day plays in the Olympics.

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5. Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah

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5. Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah

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This is the true story of a boy named Emanuel who was born with only one leg.  He was taught by his mother to never look at himself as having a disability, and that he could achieve anything he puts his mind to.  Emmanuel hopes to become a cyclist so he can provide for his family after his mother passes away.  He ends up riding 400 miles through Ghana in 2001.  He shows everyone that you can achieve your dreams no matter what.

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Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod

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Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod

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This a nonfiction story about Gary Paulsen who entered the Iditarod, which is a 1150-mile winter sled-dog race between Anchorage and Nome, Alaska.  This story is about his 17 day experience through the race which included frostbite, moose attacks and dog fights.

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1. https://www.biography.com/people/wilma-rudolph-9466552: Wilma Rudolph Biography.  This biography goes into more detail about Wilma Rudolph. It provides actual video footage and photographs, and provides additional background information.
2. http://www.teachertube.com/video/author-bio-patricia-polacco-173043: This is a biography on Patricia Polacco who discusses her disability and her teacher Mr. Falker, about 5 minutes into this video. It is a first hand account of her experience and how she persevered.

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1.  https://www.biography.com/people/michael-jordan-9358066.  This is a blog that gives a biography of Michael Jordan. There is supplemental information to add to the information provided in the book along with images and video of his involvement in the Olympics and his NBA career.
2. https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/dyslexia/understanding-dyslexia?gclid=CjwKCAiAxuTQBRBmEiwAAkFF1hGyhlwFLNjoDzyY2j7yvNIlJ2-VsLbNA-tv7J0ED92eNnN0384pVxoCnxoQAvD_BwE.  This is an article/video blog about dyslexia which is what Tricia has in Thank you Mr. Falker. It provides some background information about dyslexia, what it is and how it impacts individuals. This article helps understand more about what Tricia was experiencing, and provides awareness of an issue that some of their peers maybe facing.

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1. The Perseverance walk: Students interview someone that has a achieved a long term goal and asks them the steps they took to achieve it.  Students will then share that person's story with others to use as a real-life example of exhibiting perseverance.
2. Supporting Character: Have students write through their perspective.  This gives students an  opportunity to write about how they think other characters in the story would feel.  Students may use a digital platform to share this story or create a two-person story that shows both perspectives.
3. Students will write a narrative about something they learned to do such as walking, potty training, or riding a bike, or how they may have helped a sibling do these things and share it on a class padlet.

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This is a picture book that has no words in it. Its about a woman who wants to make pancakes for breakfast so she starts to collect all the ingredients for the recipe. She goes to buy maple syrup but when she returns home the cat and dog have eaten her ingredients. Despite the ingredients being eaten, she finds a way to have pancakes for breakfast.

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A little boy decides to grow carrot, even though everyone around him keeps telling him that he cant.  He is determined anyway, and takes care of the seed. His persistence pays off as the seed grows into a huge carrot.

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A little girl and her dog try to create the most magnificent thing she has in mind.  After many failed attempts she starts to get frustrated and wants to quit.  She goes for walk to clear her head and realizes that there is something useful out of each and every one of her failed attempts.  She takes the pieces from each of her failed attempts to create a magnificent thing.

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This book is about a bunch of mistakes that someone can make when drawing but how those mistakes may end up not being mistakes if you look at them differently.  It's all about perspective and persistence.

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5. After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again)

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5. After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again)

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This story is about Humpty Dumpty after the fall.  We learn that he fell because he was trying to watch the birds.  After the fall he becomes afraid of heights and thinks of other ways to watch the birds.  Then one day he decides to get over his fear and climb the wall again.  Once he reaches the top his shell falls away and he transforms into a beautiful bird.

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This book is  about a young girl who listens to her aunt and is determined to help her achieve her dream of flying. Rosie sets to work building a contraption to make her aunt's dream come true. But when her contraption doesn't fly but rather hovers for a moment and then crashes, Rosie deems the invention a failure. On the contrary, Aunt Rose insists that you can only truly fail, if you quit.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgECc3gKuTo  This is a video where the story, The Most Magnificent Thing, is animated by another classroom using stop motion animation. Student could use this technique in their engagement activity.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3IKoD6obkU  This is video on how to grow carrots.  This is an example of how students could create a "how to" project.

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http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/04/the-origin-of-humpty-dumpty/.  This link discusses the origin of the Humpty Dumpty story.
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https://www.buzzfeed.com/tashweenali/pancakes-from-around-the-world?utm_term=.goZZKDBxj#.feL5gVwby.  This is a link to 24 different pancakes recipes found around the world.  It shows how pancakes differ across cultures around the world.  It would also make a great extension for anyone interested in making these recipes at home with their parents.

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1. Students make a "How to" video with step by step instructions to share with the class.  Once everyone has shared their video I will place the class videos on a video blog.  This gives students the opportunity to learn something new if they choose to, and allows them to share these things with others.  This helps them continue to learn outside the classroom.
2.  Have student create dialogue for  Pancakes for Breakfast  in small groups. It is important for students to connect the illustrations to the story. This gives students the opportunity to do this in a creative and imaginative way.

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1. The Getaway (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #12)

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1. The Getaway (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #12)

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The Hefleys decide to book a vacation at a tropical resort. Greg and his family have trouble leaving due to a delay. Their luggage ends up missing once they land at the airport. They are unable to go to any restaurants since they don't have any nice clothes. They end up suffering from sun poisoning, stomach bugs and encounter venomous creatures.  Through everything they try their best to enjoy their vacation.

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2. Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and Cherries (and Children) Across the Plains

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2. Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and Cherries (and Children) Across the Plains

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This story is about a girl named Delicious and her accounts of the her families travel on the Oregon Trail.  When getting ready to leave, her father loads saplings of a variety of fruit trees in their own special wagon.  This story goes through all the challenges that Delicious and her family endured on their trip, and their success in the end.

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Rifka is a young Russian girl who left Russia with her family in 1919.  They left Russia because her brothers left the regiment in the Russian army, and her family was treated badly for being Jewish.   She writes letters to her cousin Tovah on her experiences while traveling to America.  This is based on a true story about the authors family.

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This is a story about a homeless girl named Deja, who moves to a new school.  Outside her window she can see the whole city skyline.  She learns about the twin towers falling from her teacher.  As she and her friends begin to uncover some big questions, she learns that her father was there when the towers collapsed, and that is why he doesn't work.

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This book follows two different stories about two eleven year old's from Sudan.  A little girl named Nya, who travels two hours a day to get her family water.  The other is about a young boy named Salva who's village gets attacked in 1985.  He can't find his family so he joins Sudan refugees as the try to find their families and a safe place to live.  He endures, loss, pain and the fear that he may not make it before he sees his family again.  He ends up making it but can't find his family.  He goes to live in the United States with a family that takes him in.  The story ends with both stories coming together where Salva brings fresh water to Nya's village.

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These are poems about what is hard and okay about moving somewhere new.  It looks at the feelings of an adolescent named Fletch who is afraid to leave what he knows and his friends.

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http://www.history.com/topics/9-11-attacks/videos/911-timeline
This is a short video that explains the 9/11 attacks in a very simple way.  It goes through the events of that day.  Its something I would share before reading the book Towers Falling.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXjsZc1my1o  This is a video about the Oregon Trail which is something I would show before reading the book Apples to Oregon.

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http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0911.html
This is a great article that describes the 9/11 attacks to students. This would be something I would share before reading the book Towers Falling.
2. https://www.nps.gov/oreg/planyourvisit/sites.htm This is a great blog that shows a map of the Oregon Trail along with important historical stops on the trail.

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1. As a class, create a timeline with a map to show their travel on the Oregon Trail.  I will show the students a website that list the important stops on the trail (https://www.nps.gov/oreg/planyourvisit/sites.htm).  I would give each student a partner and have them research that area.  They would make a poster at home and share that area of the United States with the class.  This gives students an opportunity to learn about somewhere else in the United States and present and teach it to their classmates.
2. Have students visit the website Comic life and have them create a comic strip of a series of events that may have gone wrong for them and how they persevered through it. This allows students to use a website to make their own comic which incorporates technology.
3. Go to the New York State museum and look at the 9/11 exhibit. This give students an opportunity to learn about an important part of United States history and why the world that we live in is the way that it is.

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Grace is a young girl who always loves to play the part of the main characters in any story.  Her class decides to put on the play Peter Pan and Grace wants the part of Peter.  Her classmates say she can't because she's a girl and black.  She goes home sad and speaks to her Mama and Nana about what her classmates say.  Nana shows her that she can be anything she wants to be if she puts her mind to it.  At the auditions she ends up getting the part of Peter Pan.

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2. Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving

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2. Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving

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This story is about Sara Hale, who ended up getting Thanksgiving to be recognized as a national holiday.  She spent 35 years and wrote many petitions to many presidents in the hopes to create this holiday.  Abraham Lincoln signed the petition proclaiming Thanksgiving as a national holiday. Her dedication and perseverance demonstrate what you can accomplish.

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3. Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood up by Sitting Down

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3. Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood up by Sitting Down

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This is a story about the Woolworth's lunch counter sit ins when four college students sat on a whites only counter and waited to be served.  This was a peaceful protest that ended up being a defining moment in the civil rights movement. Their perseverance demonstrated how to create change.

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This is a true story about the authors grandmother, Ruby, who dreams of becoming a college student.  Ruby goes to school with all the boys and works very hard.  She ends up being accepted by the university as one of their first female students.

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Ivan is a gorilla who lives at the mall.  He is very laid back and has no interest of leaving his enclosure until the mall keeper starts to treat a baby elephant, Ruby, very badly.  Ivan decides then and there that he will get him and Ruby out of there.  He ends up getting themselves moved to a zoo where they are both much happier and with other Elephants and Gorillas.

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6. Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad

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6. Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad

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This is the true story of Henry "Box" Brown who mailed himself to freedom.  As a child he loses his family and ends up marrying a young slave woman and create a family. His wife and children end up being sold and Henry is heartbroken. He decides that he wants to be free. He ends up placing himself in a box and gets shipped to Philadelphia.  He makes it to Philadelphia and ends up becoming a free man. It is very sad that Henry lost his entire family when they were sold and apparently was never reunited with them, but it seems that his pain may have been a driving force in his quest for freedom.

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1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDHBzB-eO1g This video ihs actual footage about the sit-ins. I would use this video to examine the similarities and differences between the real footage and the illustrations in the story, and any perspectives that might be portrayed.
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYYL2LxotA8  This is a video depicting the real Ivan who did really live in a mall.  The students can really see the difference from what it was like for Ivan in the story, and what it was like for the real Ivan.

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https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/05/29/479919582/gorilla-killed-to-save-boy-at-cincinnati-zoo
This article will help students learn more about the gorilla that was killed last year after a little boy fell in his enclosure, and discuss if they think this is the right response.
2. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0201.html
I would use this after reading Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood up by Sitting Down. This is a news article describing the event.  I would use this to look specifically at the language that is used.

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1. As a culminating activity I would have the class find something they are passionate about and do something about it. This may be to collect food for animals at the shelter, write a petition for animal rights or create a blog discussing and injustice and what their solution is.
2. Have students draw Henry as a character x-ray.  Have them write on their drawing how different parts of him relate to the story. In inside would be his personality and what they infer about him and the outside would be who he is in the story and what we can see about him.
3. Look at White only pictures.  Analyze them and have a discussion.  Look at the faces of the people in the story and the real pictures from the Greensboro sit-ins.  Discuss whether the illustrations represent what was really going on.