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Teaser:
Students with autism have a difficulty of knowing the rules, rights and wrongs, etc. With this poster the students with and or without autism will be able to know the good choices and bad choices.

Teaching idea:
A teaching with this is to hang up posters like this one demonstrating the good choices a student can make and the bad choice that they shouldn't. By doing this it will help students with autism know what they should be doing, also it would help there students know what they should be doing as well.

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Teaser:
Have you ever wondered how you can better yourself at becoming friends with someone who has autism? Well looking no further, here are some tips on how to become friends with someone with autism.

Teaching idea:
You can hang this in your classroom so students can look at it when need be. Also you can demonstrate each step so students know how to properly perform them. This would be beneficial to do as a school wide instruction during Autism Awareness month.

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Teaser:
Have you ever wondered what it meant to have autism? Well by looking at this infographic you will learn more about autism spectrum disorder.

Teaching idea:
As a teacher you can hang this and discuss it in your classroom. It is important to let students who are not on the spectrum to understand what it is and that if someone is a little different they shouldn't judge them.

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By: Karen Emigh
Illustrated by: Steve Dana
Publication Date: 2003
Genre: Fiction
Approximate interest level:
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Approximate grade level: pre k-2

Teaser:
This book is about Brett, who has autism spectrum disorder.Children who have autism tend to struggle to understand abstract language. This book is helping Brett learn to look for something. It is helping teach him how to find his dog Herman by using different ways to look for something, such as up, in, under, and behind. So do we think that Brett will be able to find Herman by using these kinds of questions?

Teaching Idea:
A teaching idea with this book is to teach students how to find an item. At a young age students don't know how to look for things and they tend to just ask where it is. So an activity can be that the teacher hides items around the class, then reads this book to them. After reading the book the whole class will think of where the items may be. The teacher will ask where they think it is and the students will answer back by using "up, in, under or behind". In the end this will help teach students how to find items.

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By: Amanda Doering Tourville
Illustrated by: Kristin Sorra
Publication Date: 2010
Genre: Non-fiction
Approximate interest level:
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DRA level= N/A
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Approximate grade level: k-3

Teaser:
Not all friends are the exact same person. With Zack and Zack they are very similar. They both love airplanes, but sometimes Zack can go on and on about them. See what might be different between these two friends.

Teaching Idea:
Have the class list their two favorite things that they like to do. After than write there names in groups based on they things that they like doing most. This will help students find people in class

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By: Celeste Shally
Illustrated by: David Harrington
Publication Date:2007
Genre: Realistic fiction
Approximate interest level:
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DRA level= N/A
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Approximate grade level: pre-k-2

Teaser:
Matt doesn't let his autism get in the way of him having fun. Him and his friend enjoy doing everything every other group of friends likes to do. Matts friend helps him when his struggling to navigate social situations and helps turns Matt's frustration into excitement.

Teaching Idea:
With this book you can teach student patience and acceptance with students who have autism. With autism students have a difficulty following directions and things going on around them. With this you can teach students ways to help calm a student with autism down, or help describe the instructions again so they understand what is going on.

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By: Karen Emigh
Illustrated by: Steve Dana
Publication Date: 2003
Genre: Fiction
Approximate interest level:
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DRA level= n/a
-grade level equivalent= n/a
Approximate grade level: pre k- 2

Teaser:
This book is about Brett, who has autism spectrum disorder. In the book Brett lost his shoe and is working on to find it. Throughout the book Brett use the language style of who, what, where, when, why and how. For kids on the autism spectrum using abstract language like this is very difficult. So by asking these types of questions we wonder, does Brett find his shoe?

Teaching Idea:
A teaching idea with this book is to teach students how to use who, what, where, when, why and how. First you can ask the students how they figure out their problems. Then I would read them this book and tell them to pay attention to the types of questions that Brett is asking. After reading the book I would give my students a scenario and ask them to use who, what, where, when, why and how to help ask questions to solve the scenario.

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All My Stripes: A Story for Children with Autism

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All My Stripes: A Story for Children with Autism

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By: Shaina Rudolph and Danielle Royer
Illustrated by: Jennifer Zivoin
Publication Date: October 2014
Genre: Fiction
Approximate interest level:
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DRA level= N/A
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Approximate grade level: pre-k-2

Teaser:
This book is about Zane, a zebra who has an autism strip. The beginning of the books talks about how Zane came home sad because he doesn't think anyone gets him because he is different, and that he thinks people only see his autism stripe. After crying to his mom, she reassured him that there is more to him then just his autism stripe. She talked about all of his other great stripes he had. After hearing that how do you think Zane felt, read on to find out more.

Teaching Idea:
A teaching idea to go with this book is to see self admiration. Each student will trace their hand. Then in each finger they will write down one thing that they like about themselves. After doing this we will keep them hanging in the room so the other students can see what everyone likes about themselves, but more importantly for a student when they get down they can have a reminder of what they like about themselves.

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Teaser: Have you ever had trouble making Friends? Did you want to learn how to make friends on your own? Then this is the video to watch if your trying to make friends!

How student might use this:
A student with and without autism may use this song to help them with social skills and friendship building. Typically students with autism are overwhelmed by social interactions or are not wanting to go outside of their comfort zone of who they want to be social with. With that being said students may use this song to build friendships and go out of their way to include people in what they are doing.

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Making Friends Song | Original Songs | By LBB Junior

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By: Becky Edwards
Illustrated by: David Armitage
Publication Date: January 2012
Genre: Fiction
Approximate interest level:
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-DRA level=N/A
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Approximate grade level= 1-2

Teaser:
Sammy and his older brother are very similar but have one thing that is different. Sammy has autism. Sammy's brother gets mad that Sammy isn't normal and does things differently. But in the end Sammy's brother realizes that the way Sammy does stuff isn't all the bad after all.

Teaching idea:
A teaching idea that you can do is have your class get into pairs or small groups. Then give the students a common task such as doing the dishes. Have each student in the group or pair describe how they do that task. After each student describes their way of doing it have the students compare how each of them do it differently and how each way works the same.

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Waiting for Benjamin A story about Autism

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Waiting for Benjamin A story about Autism

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By: Alexandra Jessup Altman
Illustrated by: Susan Keeter
Publication Date: 2008
Genre: Fiction
Approximate interest level:
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DRA level= N/A
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Approximate grade level: PreK-4

Teaser:
Alexander is the older brother to Benjamin. Alexander always wanted Benjamin to play but Benjamin just sat there and wiggled his figures and didn't talk. The boys mom and dad took Benjamin to a doctor and found out he had Autism. Once that was found out both of their lives changed drastically.

Teaching Idea:
One teaching idea that you can do is teaching with a reward system. In this book specifically when Benjamin does what he is supposed to he was rewarded. For example he was told to say "blue ball" and he said blue and got a hug as a reinforcement. By giving reinforcement and/or rewards for doing what you are supposed to do students will want to participate and excel more in class.

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By: Mary Thompson
Illustrated by: Mary Thompson
Publication Date: January 1996
Genre: Fiction
Approximate interest level:
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Approximate grade level: 1-3

teaser:
What would you do if you saw a kid sitting alone at recess just spinning a frisbee around? Would you go up to him? Would you talk to him? Or would you ignore him? In this book let's find out what new girl Sarah decides to do.

Teaching idea:
Each week when sending the kids out to recess you can assign students to other students to be buddies. This buddy would be able to get the student out of their shell, try something new and meet new people.

Sociocultural lesson plan:
Boys will be boys; Girls will be girls is the lesson that can be used for this book. With this lesson each student is given a character analysis grid. On this grid they will write the characters names, behaviors, and the norms that they challenged. They will write in this grid for every character during the story. Then during class over the next several days we will observe if we follow those sociocultural norms.

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Playing by the Rules A Story about Autism 

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Playing by the Rules A Story about Autism 

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By: Dena Fox Luchsinger
Illustrated by: Julie Olson
Publication Date: 2007
Genre: Fiction
Approximate interest level:
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DRA level=N/A
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Approximate grade level: K-2

Teaser:
Everyone plays by the rules of life, except Josh. Josh likes things his way and doesn't like change or new things. Josh does play by the rules, but those rules are his own rules.

Teaching Idea:
One teaching idea that you as a teacher can do is make a PEC velcro strip. With this strip students with autism who are not vocal or not comfortable with new people place down pictures to show what they want or say. With this strip you will be able to have your students progressively work towards talking to new people, and have them still communicate with you when they can't.

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By: Beverly Bishop
Illustrated by: Craig Bishop
Publication Date:2002
Genre: Fiction
Approximate interest level:
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DRA level= N/A
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Approximate grade level: K-2

Teaser:
Have you ever wondered what some characteristics of a student who has autism are? Well dive into this book and see a what a student who has autism is like and how they are still similar to those without autism.

Teaching idea:
An idea that can work with this book is to have all your students write down their qualities and how they do certain tasks. Then read them this book so they can see what a person who has autism is like. Then after reading have the students compare and contrast the two and see how they can work and in hand with someone even though they may be different or do something differently.

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By: Holly Robinson Peete and Ryan Elizabeth Peete
Illustrated by: Shane W. Evans
Publication Date: 2010
Genre: Fiction
Approximate interest level:
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-DRA level=40
-grade level equivalent=2.2
Approximate grade level: 1-2, 3-5

Teaser:
All siblings have similarities and differences, especially twins. Callie and Charlie have one big difference, Charlie has autism. With autism Charlie can do thing that others can, but he does them in his own unique way.

Teaching Idea:
As a teacher have your students make a list of things they can and can't do and a list of things they want to learn to do. With this you as a teacher will see where they are with interests and ability. Also this can open doors to creating friendships because if one student wants to learn how to play soccer and another one knows how, they can meet up and teach one another.
Teaching idea chapter 6: Have the students make compare and contrast venn diagrams of Charlie and Callie. This will get the students to be aware of the ways that the characters are similar or different with one another