https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez Fall 2022 en-us 2022-08-05 13:35:51 UTC 2022-11-10 21:12:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2339490346 This is a sweet book about a girl who moves to America from South Korea. She is embarrassed about having a name no one can pronounce, so the class makes a name jar. It's a great story about understanding how even something like a name can cause anxiety and how making an effort to pronounce someone's name can make a big difference.]]> 2022-10-13 22:48:50 UTC https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2339490346 https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2341067531 My love for this book came from students getting mad because the speech therapist took 3 specific children three times a week and she was faithful. The students didn’t understand why they couldn’t go so they were upset. This book Fair is Fair by Sunny Varela is a story about 3 zoo animals who discover they all have needs. Fairness doesn’t mean getting the same. Fair is getting what you need, not what you want.

]]> 2022-10-15 01:07:09 UTC https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2341067531 dbolding2 https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2343764341 This book is about a little boy on a football team. The little boy is smaller than the other boys so he sits on the beach. Mo's team is loosing and the coach decides to put him in. The other team laughs because he is so small and will not be able to catch the ball. Mo's coach tricks the other team by having Mo run down the field. The other players do not run after him because Mo's teammates do not throw the ball to him. On the third try, Mo's coach tells the players to throw the ball to Mo because the other team will not think it will happen. Mo catches the ball and his team wins the game. I love this because it show that no matter your size you can accomplish anything. ]]> 2022-10-17 18:15:29 UTC https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2343764341 https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2344130757 This book is about the first day of school and how important it is to be inclusive, different and unique. It is about standing up for individuality and is a book for all to help ease worries leading up to the first day of school. It is a great book to help build a classroom community and begin conversation on what makes us each different and unique, and what makes you...you!]]> 2022-10-18 00:09:04 UTC https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2344130757 https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2348321987 This book is about a little girl who is excited to go to school and make new friends but upon introducing herself, no one can pronounce her name correctly. Many children try to say her name but no one says it just right. She tells her mom that she wants to change it but her mom tells her what her name means in Arabic and why she gave her that name. It makes her proud of how special her name is. She goes back to school and teaches the kids how to say it correctly.]]> 2022-10-20 04:06:51 UTC https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2348321987 https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2349557194 This is a book about making conscious appropriate choices instead of getting upset or displaying other unexpected. Being in a self-contained classroom that focuses on behaviors this is a great book that gives appropriate choices that a student can choose instead of displaying the negative behavior. ]]> 2022-10-20 18:25:39 UTC https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2349557194 hbcannon https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2349786293 This book is about a little boy whose family moves from Korea to West Virginia. He struggles to adjust and fit in. He eventually begins to learn English and make friends. He even finds a flower native to his home country in his friend's backyard and takes a shoot home to his grandma to plant "a piece of home" in their new garden.]]> 2022-10-20 22:22:46 UTC https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2349786293 https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2350670443 This book is about when Trisha finds out her class at the new school is known as "The Junkyard," she is devastated.  But then she meets her teacher, Mrs. Peterson, and her classmates, an oddly brilliant group of students each with his or her own unique talent. And it is here in The Junkyard that Trisha learns the true meaning of genius, and that this group of misfits are, in fact, wonders, all of them.  I love reading this book to my class because it encourages students to find their inner genius.  ]]> 2022-10-21 13:04:16 UTC https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2350670443 https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2352627484 This book is about a day in the life of 7 different kids from around the world. It shows how they live (homes), what they eat, how they get to school, how they play, how they sleep, and many other things about their daily lives. ]]> 2022-10-23 21:44:43 UTC https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2352627484 https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2352770190 This book teaches students about the disturbing water conditions in South Sedan, Africa.  The book is partly based on the true story of a boy named Salva Dut who was separated from his family during civil war in South Sedan and leads about 1,500 other lost boys to a refugee camp over time.
The other part of the story is fictional about a young village girl named Nya whose job is to fetch water twice a day for her family since they live so far away from water. She walks two hours each way for a total of eight hours a day to get water from unsafe water holes, but that is all the water they had. Sickness prevails among so many from the contaminated water.
By the end of the story the two characters meet. Salva ends up in New York and wants to get safe drinking water to South Sedan. With help, a well is built in her village and so is a school. The local people are taught to take care of the well and keep it in good repair so that all can have fresh drinking water.
After our 5th graders read this story, they walk on the track with jugs of water in their arms, to get a little feel for what Nya did daily.  
(Joanna Dill)]]> 2022-10-24 01:11:39 UTC https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2352770190 https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2354455298 Each Kindness is about a new girl who comes to school, Maya, and Chloe and her friends won't play with her. Every time Maya tries to join Chloe and her friends, they reject her. Eventually Maya stops coming to school. When Chloe's teacher gives a lesson about how even small acts of kindness can change the world, Chloe is stung by the lost opportunity for friendship, and thinks about how much better it could have been if she'd shown a little kindness toward Maya. 

I love to use this book in the middle of the year as a reminder to be kind to others. This is especially important in the middle of the year because students have become comfortable with each other and aren't always kind in every situation.

(Chelsea Ganske)]]> 2022-10-24 23:24:46 UTC https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2354455298 https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2354630503 A young girl has a hard time dealing with disappointment and uncontrollable things at her birthday party. This is a cute book that helps kids deal with big feelings like disappointment and worrying about things that we can't control. Most kids can relate to a birthday party or situation that did not go as they wanted. Many of my students with SEL difficulties have a hard time thinking about things that they can control and things that they can't control. This is a good book to open up a discussion about those things. ]]> 2022-10-25 01:56:55 UTC https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2354630503 https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2357439632 Wonder
Wonder definitely show empathy, compassion, and kindness throughout but also real life struggles with issues that we can take and apply to a lot of different issues.]]> 2022-10-26 14:51:41 UTC https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2357439632 https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2357439977 Those Shoes
This book is about a boy who wants to fit in by having the same kind of shoes that "everyone" else has. He lives with his grandmother so they don't have very much money. He is wearing "baby" shoes that the teacher/counselor gave him and is embarrassed.  He does finally get a pair of the shoes but he gets them at a thrift store and they are too small but he wants them so badly he suffers for a few days.  He then decides to give them to a friend "anonymously" because he notices his shoes are held together with tape that is coming off. I think this book show kindness and empathy, struggle to fit in, struggle to have what others have/want what others , kindness between teacher/counselor and student, grandparent to child, and child to child.  It also shows a lot of empathy!!



]]> 2022-10-26 14:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2357439977 arich42 https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2358184638 This is a must read for my class every single year. It is about girls from different cultures who have to learn new things about one another and the culture. We always discuss the importance of accepting everyone, their differences, and friendship. ]]> 2022-10-27 00:58:26 UTC https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2358184638 https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2379296448 This book is about a little girl that learns to love herself.  It teaches us that we are all here for a purpose. We are more than enough. We just need to believe it.]]> 2022-11-10 21:10:58 UTC https://padlet.com/smoss20/2n8kvira0dnainez/wish/2379296448