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Link: http://simmaliebermansinclusionblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/i-am-diversity-outstanding-poem.html

Author: Charles Bennefield

Teaser: "I Am Diversity, Please Include Me/I ‘m present in every place you go/Depending on your lens I’m friend or foe" This poem by Charles Bennefield is a great way to show students that diversity is everywhere. It discusses how diversity can be seen from different perspectives but that, ultimately, diversity should be celebrated.

Teaching Idea: Ask students if they know what diversity is. Explain how it is not only skin color or language; it is also ability, culture, ethnicity, gender, religion, age, etc.

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Link: https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/new-student/

Author: Kensy Jean

Teaser: "Boom! Your heart is beeping 100 times faster/As you walk to the door..."                 This poem by Kensy Jean is about how it feels to be a new student.

Teaching Idea: As a change of pace from all of the books, read this poem and ask students to write their own poems.

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Online Description: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24727082-mango-abuela-and-me

Author: Meg Medina

Illustrator: Angela Dominguez

Publication Date: August 25, 2015

Genre: Fiction

Interest Level: age 5-8 years

Min/Max Grade Level: Kindergarten - Grade 3

Lexile: AD750L

Guided Reading: M

DRA: 22

Teaser: Mia uses a parrot to help her grandmother learn English.

Teaching Ideas: Ask students if any of them speak a different language at home than they speak at school. Ask if they have to teach their family English words or if they learn words from other languages at home.

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Online Description: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20793857-my-two-blankets

Author: Irena Kobald

Illustrator: Freya Blackwood

Publication Date: September 1, 2015

Genre: Fiction

Interest Level: age 6-9 years

Min/Max Grade Level: Grade 1 - 4

Lexile: AD330L

Guided Reading: M

DRA: 20

Teaser: Cartwheel moved to Australia from Sudan. Everything is new and different.  She has her old blanket to hold when she's sad but how will a new blanket change her?

Teaching Ideas: Ask if anyone has traveled to somewhere they had never been before. Ask if they felt scared of out of place and then explain that is how Cartwheel felt when she had to move to a completely new country.

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Online Description: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21561360-i-m-new-here

Author: Anne Sibley O'Brien

Illustrator: Anne Sibley O'Brien

Publication Date: August, 4, 2015

Genre: Fiction

Interest Level: age 5-8 years

Min/Max Grade Level: Kindergarten - grade 3

Lexile: AD140L

Guided Reading: E

DRA: 8

Teaser: Maria from Guatemala, Jin from Korea, and Fatimah from Somalia all feel like they do not fit in at their new American school. Eventually, all three of the new students find a place they feel accepted and make new friends.

Teaching Ideas: See if anyone has friends from out of the country. Ask if they know any culture differences and compare to American culture.

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Online Description: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6814301-no-english

Author: Jacqueline Jules

Illustrator: Amy Huntington

Publication Date: November 1, 2008

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Interest Level: age 5-10 years

Min/Max Grade Level: Kindergarten - Grade 5

Lexile: n/a

Guided Reading: n/a

DRA: n/a

Teaser: Blanca is new to school and she does not understand English. A classmate Diane does not think it is fair, but she soon she becomes determined to communicate with Blanca through pictures.

Teaching Ideas: Have students try to communicate with each other using pictures only. See if they thought it was difficult or hard and then tell the story.

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Online Description: My Language, Your Language

Author: Lisa Bullard

Illustrator: Paula Becker

Publication Date: April 1, 2015

Genre: Fiction

Interest Level: age 5-7 years

Min/Max Grade Level: Kindergarten - Grade 2

Lexile: AD430L

Guided Reading: K

DRA: 8

Teaser: Camila teaches Spanish to her new friend Romelie. Romelie starts to wonder what other languages people speak.

Teaching Ideas: Ask the class to shout out as many languages as they know and count them up. Search how many known languages are spoken in the world and talk about how that compares to the list the class created.

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Online Description: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26893489-a-piece-of-home

Author: Jeri  Watts

Illustrator: Hyewon Yum

Publication Date: June 14, 2016

Genre: Fiction

Interest Level: age 5-8 years

Min/Max Grade Level: Kindergarten - Grade 3

Lexile: 650L

Guided Reading: M

DRA: 24

Teaser: Hee Jun moved to West Virginia from Korea. He feels different  and alone, but he begins to learn English and make friends.

Teaching Ideas: Ask students if they know words from other languages and share.

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Online Description: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28186140-a-long-pitch-home

Author: Natalie Dias Lorenzi

Publication Date: September 6, 2016

Genre: Fiction

Interest Level: age 9-12 years

Min/Max Grade Level: Grade 4 - 7

Lexile: 740L

Guided Reading: N

DRA: 28

Teaser: Bilal moves to America from Pakistan to live with his aunt and uncle. He is very unfamiliar with his new home and joins a baseball team to try to prove himself to his father.

Teaching Ideas: Talk about how sports are different in different. Show pictures and compare and contrast with the class.

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Online Description: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4198139-why-did-we-have-to-move-here (reviews)

Author and illustrator: Sally J.K. Davies

Publication Date: June 1997

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Interest Level: age 5-11

Min/Max Grade Level: Kindergarten - 5

Lexile: 870L

Guided Reading: U

DRA: 44

Teaser: Looking for a relatable book for your new students? Tell your students the story of William-- he is brand new to the country and everything has changed for him.

Teaching Idea: Ask students if they have ever felt like they didn't fit in. Tell the story and ask how they could help William to make him feel more included.

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Teaser: Do you know how the people say "hello" in Australia? Germany? Israel? Russia? This fun song will teach you how to great others in these languages as well as may more.

Teaching Idea: Have children sit in a circle and name as many ways they can say "hello" as possible. Tell them there are many more ways to say "hello" and play the video. Teach the kids how to sing along.

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Online Description: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1227391.Uncle_Rain_Cloud

Author: Tony Johnson

Illustrator: Fabricio VandenBroeck

Publication Date: February 1st, 2003

Genre: Non-Fiction

Interest Level: age 5-8 years

Min/Max Grade Level: Pre K - 2

Lexile: AD370L

Guided Reading: S

DRA: 40

Teaser: It's not always adults teaching children English. Sometimes it's the other way around. Carlos's uncle is always grumpy and thinks English is "El Blah-blah". Carlos and Uncle Tomàs become friends and learn from each other.

Teaching Idea: As students if they would like to share about their family with the class. The children can tell if their parents speak different languages and the stories they've learned about their families and compare to the stories Carlos learns from his uncle.

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Online Description: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/821292.My_Name_Is_Yoon

Author: Helen Recorvits

Illustrator: Gabi Swiatkowska

Publication Date: April 3, 2003

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Interest Level: age 4-8 years

Min/Max Grade Level: Pre K - 3

Lexile: 320L

Guided Reading: M

DRA: 24

Teaser: "In English, all the lines and circles stand alone, which is just how Yoon feels in the United States."

Yoon is new to the United States and she must learn how to write in English. She likes writing in Korean and asks her father to go back to Korea, but her father insists that America is their home now.

Teaching Idea:  Show students different forms of writing. For example, show Chinese, Arabic, Greek, etc. and show students that not all language looks the same. Teach the students that their peers are diverse and have different customs.

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Online Description: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8571772-carmen-learns-english

Author: Judy Cox

Illustrator: Angela Dominguez

Publication Date: July 1, 2010

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Interest Level: age 4-8 years

Min/Max Grade Level: Kindergarten - 3

Lexile: AD620L

Guided Reading: J

DRA: 16

Teaser: "Next fall my little sister, Lupita, starts school and I want her to speak English good like I do. So I told her, listen to me."

Carmen is starting school, but her first language is Spanish. She struggles to understand the other children and they struggle to understand her too. She meets a teacher who helps her learn English and Carmen relays what she learns back to her little sister.

Teaching Idea:  Teach students how they can help students who do not understand English. Teach students to try to include new friends even if they do not fully understand.

Cognitive Dimension Lesson:  Add, Zoom, Flashback, Squeeze, X-Tend

Tell the students that they are going to be asked to recall what has been read. Have five cards for each group each saying "add, zoom, flashback, squeeze, and x-tend" and the directions for each of the cards. Each card has a different way to engage the reader. Create small groups after the the text has been read. Have one student start to retell the story and then have another student draw a card and follow the directions on the card to think more deeply about the story. The teacher will walk around and facilitate the discussion.

Sociocultural Lesson Idea: Problem Posing

Allow readers to reflect on perspective. Read Carmen Learns English ask questions such as the following: "what was my purpose for reading this text?" "what did I learn from reading this text?" "why did the author write this text?" "what was the author trying to tell me?" etc. Discuss with the students that the book will be read again but this time they will consider other points of views other than the author's. The students will receive a Challenging the Text Grid to complete to further explore the text.

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Online Description: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28686882-juana-and-lucas

Author and Illustrator: Juana Medina

Publication Date: September 27, 2016

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Interest Level: age 5-8 years

Min/Max Grade Level: Kindergarten - 3

Lexile: 870L

Guided Reading: Q

DRA: 40

Teaser: "Why is it so important to learn a language that makes so little sense?"

Juana will need to learn how to speak English and along the way she wonders if learning English is a good use of her time.

Teaching Idea: Ask students if their family speaks languages other than English at home. Teach the student about different cultures and how students may not all speak English as their first language.