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This would be a great read aloud for 3-5 grade. Esperanza thought she'd always live with her family on their ranch in Mexico with fancy dresses and servants. But tragedy strikes which forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California during the Great Depression, and to settle in a camp for Mexican farm workers. Esperanza isn't ready for the struggles that she now faces, but she must find a way to rise above her difficult circumstances for both her and Mama's sake. A great activity for this book would be to have students identify the main characters within the book and compare and contras them. Students could also practice text structure by identifying the beginning, middle, and end of the story and the events that make up and impact each part.

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This book is a great read aloud for a K-2 grade classroom. Skippyjon Jones is a highly imaginative, mischievous Siamese cat. Skippy goes on all sorts of adventures while being confined to his bedroom. His imagination takes him to Old Mexico where he becomes
a hero. The skills that I would use this book to teach are fluency and vocabulary. This book is great for teaching fluency because there are different punctuations used throughout the texts, which I can use to model how to read, such as "Holy Guacamole!" There are also some great vocabulary words in the book to use such as decreed, shimmied, and hovered.

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This book will be a great read aloud for K-2 graders. Llama llama does not want to go shopping with momma. But momma cannot leave llama llama alone at home. In the middle of shopping llama llama throws a tantrum so momma must make shopping fun for them both! An activity that would go great with this book is having students cute and paste picture in the correct order that they occurred in the book. Or for older students having them write what happened in the beginning middle and end, which will help to teach them text structure.

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This book would be a great read aloud for a K-3 grade classroom. On each page of the book there is a different fruit with a fun rhyme to go with their name. Poor orange is on pages throughout the book getting more sad as the story goes on because nothing rhymes with orange. This book will be great for teaching phonemic awareness as students will be asked to identify rhyming words and in the book. A followup activity could be giving students a fruit or other food item and having them come up with their own rhyming story for it.

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This book would be a great read aloud for 3-5 grade classrooms. Three sisters, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern, live with their father and grandmother in Brooklyn. One summer, their father sends them to California to stay with their mother, Cecile. She is involved with the Black Panther Party and the girls learn quickly about party members. This book would be great to pair with an informational texts about either the Black Panther Party or the Civil Rights Movement. A great activity for students to do would be to research either the Black Panther Party or Civil Rights Movement and relate it to the text. Students could also write about an adventure they would like to go on with their siblings or friends to relate to the journey the girls went on in the book.

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This book can be used as a read aloud in a K-2 grade classrooms. This book follows a little boy as throws a party for his dragon friends, and things do not go exactly as planned. The boy warns the reader that while dragons love tacos, they cannot have spicy salsa because it will cause them to breath fire and smoke come out of their ears. When the time comes for the taco party the dragons are accidentally given spicy salsa and destroy the boys home. However, the book ends on a happy note with the dragons helping the boy rebuild and being rewarded with tacos of course. An activity that can go along with this book that students can write down predictions of what they think will happen after the dragons eat the salsa. Students could also write down connections that they made with the text, such as a party that they have attended or thrown with their friends.

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This book would be a great read aloud for 3-5 grade classrooms. This book follows Auggie Pullman, a 10 year old who was born with a severe facial deformity as he transitions from homeschool to attending a private school. The book begins in Auggie's point of view, but changes to the perspectives of his sister, classmates, and others as they struggle with to deal with differences. With difference and kindness being two of the main themes in this book, these should be utilized in the classroom activities. Students can make connections with the book and write about what makes them unique. It can also be used to foster kindness in the classroom and each student draw a portrait of themselves and then each classmate writes a kind word to describe their classmate on the drawing.

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This book can be used as a read aloud in a 1-3 grade classroom. All Jeremy wants is a pair of "those shoes," the ones that everyone he goes to school with have. However, his grandma explains to him that they do not have the money for "wants" only "needs." But Jeremy is determined to get the shoes he wants even if that means wearing a pair that does not fit him. Eventually, when Jeremy sees a friend in need of a new pair of shoes he realizes that he has everything that he could ever want in his grandma and the things that he already has. A great activity to go along with this book is creating a T chart before reading and list what students believe are wants on one side and needs on the other. Following the reading discuss with that class what Jeremy's wants and needs were and list them on the T chart as well. This is also a great opportunity to show students how they can show kindness to others. Following the reading students can write about how they could do something kind for someone else like Jeremy did for Antonio.

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This book is a great read aloud for K-2 grade classrooms. The book is about a little girl named Unhei, who has just moved from South Korea to the United States. When she starts school she is teased for her name so she decides she want a new American name. The story follows Unhei as she realizes the beauty of her name with the help of a kind new friend. This book is great for showing students how to have respect for others and their cultures. An activity that could be done with this book is each student gets a piece of paper and writes their name and decorates it how they would like. The whole class then comes together and the students share what they have made and what they like about their name. Their names will then be hung around the classroom. This activity will aid students the younger grades in practicing writing their names.

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This book could be used as a read aloud in a K-3 grade classroom. This book puts an African savanna twist on the classic Little Red Riding Hood story. Little Red's aunt is sick with a bad case of spots so she must deliver a basket of goodies to her. The journey to her aunt's house takes her through the African savanna where she runs into giraffes, monkeys, meerkats, and more. The very hungry lion notices Little Red and comes up with a plan to get to her aunt's house first so he can eat her! However, Little Red is smarter than he thinks and gives him a run for his money. A great activity for this book would be to identify words that students are not familiar with such as leaping, and define the words as a whole class. Then have each student write down the definition and then illustrate it.

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This book is a great read aloud for a 3-5 grade classroom. Edward Tulane is an arrogant china rabbit who becomes lost from the little girl who loved and cared for him. The story then follows Edward on his journey to find love and happiness again. He encounters new people and places that change him and help him on his way home. There are a lot of activities that can go along with this book such as cause and effect, vocabulary, and tracking Edwards journey. Students could write about how Edward changes as the story progresses and why/who caused those changes to occur.

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This book would be a great read aloud for a 1-4 grade classroom. All Duncan wants to do is color but when he opens up his crayon box all he finds are note. These note all say the same thing, his crayons quit! They all have their own reasons for quitting such as blue who just wants a break from coloring all of the bodies of water. Now Duncan must figure out how to calm his crayons down and get them back in the box. This book is written in mainly letter styles as the bulk of the book is the letters from the crayons. A great activity to go along with this is have students practice writing a letter by pretending to be Duncan and writing a response to crayons letters or picking a color that is not represented in the book and write about why they quit.

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This book is a great read aloud for a 3-5 grade classroom. After being placed in the Special Education classroom at her school in California Trisha wants a new start where no one knows who she is. Thats why she convinces her parents to let her live with her dad in Michigan and start school there. Trisha is so excited to start her new school until she realizes that her new classroom is called the junkyard. This makes Trisha want to quit, but soon she creates friendship and connections with those in her tribe and class. She realizes that the junkyard is a special place where you can be whatever you want. This would be a great book for students to make predictions while we are reading. Also it would be a great book for students to use inferencing and find the message of the book. After having class discussion on the book students can write about what they believe the authors message or purpose for writing was, which will allow the teacher to see their comprehension of the text/theme.

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This book is a great read aloud for a K-3 grade classroom. This egg is a really good egg. He is the only good egg out of the dozen. The other 11 eggs are just plain rotten and the good egg begins to crack (literally) under the pressure of having to be perfect. He decides that he must make a change and leaves the carton and other 11 eggs behind. While he's aways he learn to care for himself and why that is important. When he returns to the carton a new egg the others have a major surprise for him. This book is great to read before a big test so that student can reflect on their feelings and learn ways to calm their nerves. A great activity would be for students to write about what they feel about the upcoming test and some ways that they could calm their nerves.

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This book would be a great read aloud for K-2 students. One day Wilson plans to fix Gigi's old house. He wants to fix the windows, stairs, and add a garden, but he cannot do it alone. He begins to tell those in the community about his plans one day and they all come together to make his plans a reality. This book is a great lesson about community, being kind, and helping others. An activity that would be great to go along with this would be to have students think of way they could help someone "one day". Or a teacher could use this as the way to encourage students to believe in their dreams and write about how they want to change the world or what they want to be "one day."

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This would be a great read aloud for K-2 grade. The book follows CJ and his grandmother as they take the bus to a location not known to the reader until the end. However, on their journey CJ's grandmother helps him to appreciate the beauty of the city and the diverse groups of people that they come in contact with. A great activity to go along with this book would be having students predict either orally wha they think is going to happen before the book is read aloud, then continue to asks students to predict throughout, and finally see if their predictions were right at the end. Students will be able to reflect on their predictions and what aspects of the text made them think that was going to happen.

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This book would be a great read aloud for K-3 graders. William the dinosaur loves to roar wherever the goes. But one day William gets sick and the doctor tells him that he needs to take a break from roaring for awhile. How is William supposed to take a break from roaring is if thats what dinosaurs do? A great activity to go along with this book would be to have students think of a time they could not do something they really wanted to because they were sick and have them write about how they felt and what they did instead. It would also be great to have students think of something they do that makes the special and have them share it with the class. This will help to build a stronger classroom community as students get to know each other better.

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This book would be a great read aloud for students in K-2 grade. The book follows rocket as he is taught by his teacher, a little yellow bird, to read. This book would be great to use for comparing and contrasting characters. Students could use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast Rocket with his teacher. Since both of these characters are so different both physically and characteristically students will be able to easily compare and contrast them providing them with practice so that they can use this skill for later reading and writing.

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This book would be a great read aloud for K-2 classrooms. Papa is trying to read Chicken a bedtime story but she will not stop interrupting. Papa barely gets into the story before Chicken jumps in to save the character and interrupt. What is Papa going to do if Chicken will not stop interrupting? A great activity for this book would be to have students create their own Interrupting Chicken scene with word bubbles and all. This will show their comprehension of the story and how they understand the structure of this particular text.

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This book is a great read aloud for K-2 classrooms. The Book With No Pictures is exactly as it seems, it has not pictures! Instead the person reading it must say all these crazy, weird, and funny words that are sure to make anyone laugh. A great activity for this book would be to review the punctuation in the book and discuss why it was used there and how it impacts the way you read it. This will give students practice in fluency (prosody) as well as concepts of print as they learn different types of punctuation and where they go.