https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books Made with the strength to succeed en-us 2017-01-30 14:16:12 UTC 2024-12-12 21:58:26 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/150230724 Author: Elie Wiesel
Level: High School
Date read: 1/27/17-1/30/17
I could use this book to teach: The Holocaust

I enjoyed this book because it was written from the point of view from an actual Holocaust survivor. His writing was truthful, and raw which I enjoyed because it helped me visualize his story.

]]> 2017-01-30 14:19:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/150230724 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/150285678 Author: Maurice Sendak
Category: Picture *Caldecott Award
Date read: 1/22/17
I could use this book to teach: sequencing events

This is one of my favorite children's books. I believe this book encourages children to use their imagination, which I feel is an important thing.]]> 2017-01-30 16:16:21 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/150285678 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/151025956 Author: Marjane Satrapi
Category: High School/Graphic Novel
Date read: 2/1/17-2/8/17
I could use this book to teach: The Islamic Revolution

This book is awesome because it's very truthful about the events from the Islamic Revolution, but it's even better because it's told from a young girl's perspective.

]]> 2017-02-02 01:47:11 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/151025956 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/151028313 Author: Shel Silverstein
Category: Picture
Date read: 1/23/17
I could use this book to teach: Giving and being kind to others

This is a heart-warming story that I will never get tired of reading! I believe that it can teach children the act of unconditional love and giving.


]]> 2017-02-02 02:18:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/151028313 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/160250755 Author: Eric Carle
Category: Picture
Date read: 2/12/17
I could use this book to teach: The life cycle of a butterfly

This is such a fun story - especially for the younger kids that teaches them about the life of a caterpillar to a beautiful butterfly.

]]> 2017-03-15 13:58:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/160250755 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/160251941 Author: Mo Willems
Category: Picture
Date read: 2/2/17
I could use this book to teach: Opinion and persuasive writing

This is a cute story about a mischievous pigeon that is trying his best to convince you to let him drive the bus.]]> 2017-03-15 14:02:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/160251941 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/160252960 Author: Jon Scieszka
Category: Picture
Date read: 3/1/17
I could use this book to teach: Author's purpose because the main character is trying you to persuade the reader to believe them.

This is a funny story about a different perspective of the classic story of the three little pigs. It's from the wolf's POV.]]> 2017-03-15 14:04:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/160252960 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/160255117 Author: Lois Lowry
Category: Middle school chapter book *Newberry Award
Date read: 2/15/17-2/20/17
I could use this book to teach: Compare/contrast types of governments and communities

This is one of my all-time favorite books because it is a very interesting story about a utopian community. But the reader should wonder if it is actually all that perfect. ]]> 2017-03-15 14:10:54 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/160255117 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/160257115 Author: Jane Yolen
Category: Picture *Caldecott Award
Date read: 3/2/17
I could use this book to teach:
Making small moments, the big ones - writing activity

This is a great book that takes the memories of a child that goes owling with their father. The child remembers waking up early on a cold, winter day to make this special memory with their father.]]> 2017-03-15 14:16:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/160257115 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/160293866 Author: Ezra Jack Keats
Category: Picture *Caldecott Award
Date read: 3/10/17
I could use this book to teach: Author's purpose or cause and effect

This book is a classic that tells the story of a boy's wonderful adventure in the snow.]]> 2017-03-15 15:52:30 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/160293866 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/160295580 Author: Louis Sachar
Category: Middle school *Newbery Award
Date read: 1/22/17-2/2/17
I could use this book to teach: Writing (descriptive, persuasive)

This book is great for middle schoolers because it's interesting, funny, and has a really cool plot. The reader will get to explore the lives of wacky kids that have landed theirselves in a bad place to be. 


]]> 2017-03-15 15:57:30 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/160295580 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/160298597 Author: Mo Willems
Category: Picture *Caldecott Award
Date read: 3/12/17
I could use this book to teach:
Summarizing

This books is great for the younger kids. They will be able to relate because of their own personal possessions that they may have lost. With this, they can relate to the main character that lost her bunny.

]]> 2017-03-15 16:05:56 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/160298597 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/160392679 Author: Virginia Hamilton
Category: Middle school
Date read: 3/10/17-3/15/17
I could use this book to teach: The Underground Railroad (S.S)

This is a mysterious book that is about a family that moves into a house that has a unique history - it was part of the Underground Railroad.

]]> 2017-03-15 22:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/160392679 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/160393310 Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Category: Early chapter book
Date read: 1/15/17-1/19/17
I could use this book to teach: Sequencing

This is a book that's a part of the Magic Tree House series. This story follows the adventure of kids that go back in time to the prehistoric era. They see many dinosaurs!]]> 2017-03-15 23:05:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/160393310 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/162427650 Author: Peter Sis
Category: Nonfiction Picture
Date read: 3/27/17
I could use this book to teach: History-The Berlin Wall

This book teaches about the history of Germany and The Berlin Wall during the Cold War. ]]> 2017-03-24 14:31:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/162427650 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/162428215 Author: Jane Yolen
Category: Picture
Date read: 3-31-17
I could use this book to teach: History - Christopher Columbus or perspective (since it was from the perspective of the Natives)

This book is about the Native Americans that describe the arrival of Christopher Columbus.

]]> 2017-03-24 14:33:32 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/162428215 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/166251353 Author: Raina Telgemeier
Category: Graphic Novel
Date read: 3/15/17-3/20/17
I could use this book to teach: Friendship, Life lessons

The story focuses on Callie, a middle schooler and theater-lover who works in her school's drama production crew. Drama  explores themes of friendship, teamwork, and creative fulfillment.


]]> 2017-04-13 14:02:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/166251353 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/166261477 Author: Munro Leaf
Category: Picture
Date read: 3/31/17
I could use this book to teach: Identity

The children's book tells the story of a bull who would rather smell flowers than fight in bullfights

]]> 2017-04-13 14:45:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/166261477 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/166262120 Author: Catherine Rayner
Category: Picture
Date read: 1/29/17
I could use this book to teach: Friendship

Solomon is looking for some fun but no one wants to play. Somebody else starts causing trouble . . . and for once it is NOT Solomon. Could it be the perfect pal for a the crocodile?]]> 2017-04-13 14:48:41 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/166262120 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/166273920 Author: Lauren Tarshis
Category: Early chapter book
Date read: 2/22/17
I could use this book to teach: History- The attacks of September 11th

It's a beautiful day in New York. But just as Lucas arrives at his uncle's firehouse, everything changes.]]> 2017-04-13 15:38:32 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/166273920 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168252616 Author: Jason Chin
Category: Nonfiction Picture
Date read: 4/21/17
I could use this book to teach: Science-Coral Reefs

During a visit to the library, a girl pulls a book from the shelves. As she turns the pages in this book about coral reefs, the city around her slips away and she finds herself surrounded by the coral cities of the sea and the mysterious plants and animals that live, hunt, and hide there.]]> 2017-04-25 23:45:58 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168252616 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168253005 Author: Brian Floca
Category: Nonfiction Picture 
Date read: 4/11/17
I could use this book to teach: Science-Space Exploration

Here is a story of adventure and discovery -- a story of leaving and returning during the summer of 1969, when we first stepped onto the moon.]]> 2017-04-25 23:50:08 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168253005 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168345974 Author: Jason Chin
Category: Nonfiction Picture
Date read: 4/15/17
I could use this book to teach: Science-Redwood Forest

A subway trip is transformed when a young boy happens upon a book about redwood forests. As he reads the information unfolds, and with each new bit of knowledge, he travels--all the way to California to climb into the Redwood canopy.]]> 2017-04-26 12:36:14 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168345974 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168358569 Author: Jess Keating
Category: Nonfiction Picture
Date read: 4/2/17
I could use this book to teach: Science-different organisms

This book describes the characteristics of Blobfish. they're ugly and slimy, but kids are fascinated with learning about these types of organisms. ]]> 2017-04-26 13:19:10 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168358569 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168360235 Author: Suzanne Slade
Category: Nonfiction Picture
Date read: 3/37/17
I could use this book to teach: The water cycle

Where does a raindrop come from? And where is it going next? A raindrop's journey is described in this book with great illustrations to capture the attention of young readers.]]> 2017-04-26 13:23:49 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168360235 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168361632 Author: Kadir Nelson
Category: Nonfiction Picture
Date read: 2/27/17
I could use this book to teach: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

This book describes the life and accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ]]> 2017-04-26 13:27:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168361632 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168362789 Author: Brad Meltzer
Category: Nonfiction Picture
Date read: 3/11/17
I could use this book to teach: Rosa Parks

This book describes the life and strides taken to equality by Rosa Parks. This book is very kid-friendly.]]> 2017-04-26 13:31:01 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168362789 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168365897 Author: Mo Willems
Category: Picture
Date read: 3/19/17
I could use this book to teach: reading with expression-fluency

This book is another Elephant and Piggy book. It is a very cute story that describes the event of whether or not ice cream should be shared between two friends.]]> 2017-04-26 13:38:39 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168365897 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168368032 Author: Jeff Kinney
Category: Graphic Novel
Date read: 2/17/17-2/19/17
I could use this book to teach: 
Story structure

This is a very kid-friendly series that describes the school life of a special student. Students really enjoy this series because of the illustrations and it's relatable. ]]> 2017-04-26 13:44:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168368032 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168370633 Author: Gary Paulsen
Category: Middle School
Date read: 3/1/17-3/3/17
I could use this book to teach: Science/Life skills

This is one of my all-time favorite books about a boy who survives a plane crash and forced to survive on his own in the Canadian wilderness. He must hunt and cook his own food and figure out how to survive. ]]> 2017-04-26 13:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168370633 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168409259 Author: Katie Kelley Schmid
Category: Graphic Novel
Date read: 4/21/17
I could use this book to teach: History-Civil war

This book describes Nat Turner's life and how his life was on the plantation. It describes the hardships he had to overcome to survive.]]> 2017-04-26 15:31:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168409259 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168409601 Author: David Adler
Category: Nonfiction Picture
Date read: 4/18/17
I could use this book to teach: History-Louisiana Purchase

This book gives a very kid-friendly description of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Students will probably know small details about the expedition but this book gives more details about the hardships they endured on their journey. ]]> 2017-04-26 15:32:58 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168409601 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168409837 Author: David Adler
Category: Nonfiction Picture
Date read: 4/25/17
I could use this book to teach: History/Harriet Beecher Stowe black history

Harriet Beecher Stowe exposed the horrors of slavery at a time when the American public was finally ready to acknowledge this terrible injustice. This book describes that.]]> 2017-04-26 15:33:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168409837 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168410263 Author: Kathleen Krull
Category: Nonfiction Picture
Date read: 4/15/17
I could use this book to teach: History

This book is about Wilma Rudolph. She had polio and overcame it and went to the Olympics.]]> 2017-04-26 15:34:58 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168410263 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168410567 Author: James Rumford
Category: Nonfiction Picture
Date read: 4/2/2017
I could use this book to teach: History-Sequoyah

This book is about the life about Sequoyah. It also includes her contributions to history and the trials she endured.]]> 2017-04-26 15:35:58 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168410567 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168410850 Author: Faith Ringgold
Category: Nonfiction Picture
Date read: 4/22/17
I could use this book to teach: History-Rosa Parks

This book is about the day Rosa Parks refused to sit at the back of the bus. It also explains her contributions to black history and civil rights.]]> 2017-04-26 15:36:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168410850 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168411691 Author: Doreen Rappaport
Category: Nonfiction Picture
Date read: 4/18/17
I could use this book to teach: History-black history month

This book describes the life of Frederick Douglass. He endured many troubling times but made it through to be a giant icon of Black history.]]> 2017-04-26 15:39:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168411691 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168412137 Author: Andrea Davis Pinkney
Category: Nonfiction Picture
Date read: 4/25/17
I could use this book to teach: History/Arts

This book describes the impact Duke Ellington had on black history and the arts. It is very kid-friendly with much colorful art]]> 2017-04-26 15:40:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168412137 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168413244 Author: David Adler
Category: Nonfiction Picture
Date read: 4/10/17
I could use this book to teach: History/women's rights

This book describes how women can do anything that men can do. Gertrude Ederle beat the existing men's record for swimming the English Channel and proved this. This is an inspiring story!]]> 2017-04-26 15:41:36 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168413244 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168413535 Author: Margaret Henley
Category: Nonfiction Picture
Date read: 4/3/17
I could use this book to teach: folktales

This book contains folk tales that interest many kids. The illustrations are also very engaging that will capture the interest of many!]]> 2017-04-26 15:42:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168413535 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168508961 Author: Madeleine L'engle
Category: Middle School
Date read: 2/25/17-3/2/17
I could use this book to teach: Anything ELA related-theme, setting, plot, etc.

This book is a childhood favorite of mine. It's the story of Meg Murry, a high-school-aged girl who is transported on an adventure through time and space with her younger brother Charles Wallace and her friend Calvin O'Keefe to rescue her father, a scientist, from the evil forces that hold him prisoner on another planet.]]> 2017-04-26 22:05:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168508961 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168510311 Author: Dav Pilkey
Category: Early Elementary
Date read: 1/25/17-1/30/17
I could use this book to teach: Text structures

The series revolves around two fourth graders, George Beard and Harold Hutchins, and Captain Underpants, an aptly named superhero from one of the boys' homemade comic books, that accidentally becomes real when George and Harold hypnotize their principal.]]> 2017-04-26 22:25:04 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168510311 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168510946 Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
Category: Early Elementary
Date read: 3/5/17-3/8/17
I could use this book to teach: point of view

Four siblings take to the road after their parents die and make a home in an abandoned boxcar. I enjoyed this because it was interesting to see what would happen to the siblings.]]> 2017-04-26 22:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168510946 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168511343 Author: Alvin Schwartz
Category: Early Elementary
Date read: 3/13/17
I could use this book to teach: Poetry

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a classic collection of chillingly scary tales, in which Alvin Schwartz offers up some of the most alarming tales of horror. I like this because it is kid-friendly scary stories-which is always interesting.]]> 2017-04-26 22:41:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168511343 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168511945 Author: Dr. Seuss
Category: Picture
Date read: 3/19/17
I could use this book to teach: rhyming

This book features a tricky fox in socks and the progressively more difficult tongue-twisting games he plays on his exasperated friend Mr. Knox. Such a funny book!]]> 2017-04-26 22:50:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168511945 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168512514 Author: Tim Miller
Category: Picture
Date read: 3/14/17
I could use this book to teach: Point of view

This book was so cute! It was such a good book on friendship and it also reminded me of Elephant and Piggie books!

]]> 2017-04-26 22:58:08 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168512514 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168512690 Author: Drew Daywalt
Category: Picture
Date read: 3/18/17
I could use this book to teach: alliteration

This book was so funny! It took a whole new spin on the classic game everyone knows!]]> 2017-04-26 23:01:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168512690 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168512998 Author: William Golding
Category: High school
Date read: 2/14/17-2/25/17
I could use this book to teach: theme

This book is a classic for me. I really enjoyed the ominous feeling I got from this book. I believe students would get the same feeling from reading this too. ]]> 2017-04-26 23:07:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168512998 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168513200 Author: Steven Chbosky
Category: High School
Date read: 3/1/17-3/4/17
I could use this book to teach: Character development/traits

This is one of my favorite books because it is completely relatable. I believe many high schoolers can relate to this, just as I did.]]> 2017-04-26 23:10:18 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168513200 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168513424 Author: Harper Lee
Category: High School
Date read: 4/2/17-4/10/17
I could use this book to teach: Prejudice/Anything ELA related

I remember reading this book in ninth grade. I was so excited to read it and I never wanted to put it down. This will always be one of my favorites because it was just so interesting. ]]> 2017-04-26 23:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168513424 tayycoop https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168513648 Author: Raina Telgemeir
Category: Graphic novel
Date read: 3/22/17-3/25/17
I could use this book to teach: text structure

I have never heard of this book until recently, and I'm glad I finally found it because it is so good! It is a sweet, inspirational story that I really enjoyed. ]]> 2017-04-26 23:18:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tayycoop/50_books/wish/168513648