https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31 en-us 2017-01-10 16:25:27 UTC 2026-01-05 00:38:47 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png hendersont2 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146302050 I love this book as a beginning of year read aloud to talk about how we want to treat each other in the library, at school, in life. ]]> 2017-01-10 16:31:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146302050 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146666275 by Ellen Levine]]> 2017-01-11 21:57:53 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146666275 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146666704 Carole B Weatherford

]]> 2017-01-11 22:01:12 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146666704 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146667282 I got very teary towards the end, great for word play (Hi Koo!) and teaching social issues /kindness / the illustrations are so calmin]]> 2017-01-11 22:05:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146667282 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146668036 The story of Susan and Fred by   Suzanne Slade... I had no idea! I think this would make a great movie idea as well!!!!!

]]> 2017-01-11 22:11:12 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146668036 mullena1 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146668480 This is a great book for 3rd grade if you are doing a fiction/nonfiction comparison. You can pair it with books on inventors or inventions.]]> 2017-01-11 22:14:32 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146668480 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146669878 by Sherman Alexie ; illustrated by Yuyi Morales
This book can be used at all grade levels. It's very accessible but has a good deal of richness that can be the beginning to digging deep with 5th graders. It's very good for making the connection that the native peoples are just a people of the past.]]> 2017-01-11 22:27:08 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146669878 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146670385 A simple book that is quite appropriate considering our President Elect. Enjoyable at all levels.]]> 2017-01-11 22:31:01 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146670385 catharine_farrell https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146670642 A powerful retelling with resource info & folktale versions for 4th/5th grades. Always engaging.]]> 2017-01-11 22:33:12 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146670642 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146671003 2017-01-11 22:37:16 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146671003 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146671860 2017-01-11 22:46:21 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146671860 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146671936 2017-01-11 22:47:18 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146671936 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672038 I use this book, actually this whole series, with my 5th grade students who love to "solve" the mystery at the end of the book. Use ]]> 2017-01-11 22:48:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672038 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672044 Rudolfo Anaya's beautiful twist on this highly-popular tale. More widely spread versions come from an anti-woman perspective, portraying la llorona a a hysterical, crazy, jealous woman. This version veers
FAR from this.  It presents symbols of conception, life and death.  It is beautiful and students love it! ]]> 2017-01-11 22:48:43 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672044 windellm https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672209 by John Frank
This hilarious story is perfect for exercising your theater arts skills. Great story for challenging stereotypes.]]> 2017-01-11 22:51:07 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672209 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672358 Be Yourself!]]> 2017-01-11 22:53:53 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672358 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672392 2017-01-11 22:54:30 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672392 ridleyj https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672397

]]> 2017-01-11 22:54:33 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672397 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672402 Watch the Academy Award winning film with kids, too!]]> 2017-01-11 22:54:42 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672402 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672429 Good scary folktale for upper elementary.]]> 2017-01-11 22:55:09 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672429 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672432 Two polar bears in a New York zoo. One gets sick and dies, and the other bear and the city mourns her, but she will be with them "always"]]> 2017-01-11 22:55:10 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672432 isbisterk https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672470 Australian author, thought-provoking book open to multiple interpretations


]]> 2017-01-11 22:55:50 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672470 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672536 2017-01-11 22:56:47 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672536 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672543 2017-01-11 22:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672543 isbisterk https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672544 German author (Torben Kuhlmann), books about mice pioneers in flight. Books work well as wordless read-alouds for newcomers.]]> 2017-01-11 22:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672544 windellm https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672561 This and all books by Chris Van Allsburg are favorites for older students. Great illustrations. This one has a great message of kindness and karma.]]> 2017-01-11 22:57:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672561 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672562 I have done this with 5th grade at the end of the year.  I combined it with a creative writing project using donated Little Golden Books.  Students "Battle Bunnied" their copies of the Little Golden Books.  They were so creative and had SO much fun!  Also, you can download the original "Birthday Bunny" story to doctor up, if you can't get Little Golden Books:
http://mybirthdaybunny.com/make-your-own/


]]> 2017-01-11 22:57:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672562 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672564 2017-01-11 22:57:07 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672564 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672575 2017-01-11 22:57:13 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672575 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672621 2017-01-11 22:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672621 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672628 Great depiction of a child and her family's experience immigrating to California from Mexico as a child.]]> 2017-01-11 22:58:01 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672628 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672634 2017-01-11 22:58:04 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672634 fuerthc https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672667 by Chris Van Allsburg]]> 2017-01-11 22:58:40 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672667 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672697 2017-01-11 22:59:14 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672697 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672783 2017-01-11 23:00:47 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672783 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672802 Abraham Lincoln was the first president of the United States to wear a beard. What gave him the idea to grow a beard was a letter he received from an eleven-year-old girl from Westfield, New York, named Grace Bedell. "Dear Sir," she wrote, "...if you will let your whiskers grow I will try to get [my brothers] to vote for you. This charming book will give children a real-life look into our nation's history from a young girl's point of view. ]]> 2017-01-11 23:01:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146672802 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146673036 2017-01-11 23:04:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146673036 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146673103 by Frank Asch
5th graders enjoy this strange tale of how a mouse outwits a cat.  The jacket describes it as a Davd-and-Goliath story.   One can also see a piece of a parable about Nazis.]]> 2017-01-11 23:05:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146673103 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146673232 Here is an example of a students' work on a Little Golden Book...]]> 2017-01-11 23:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146673232 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146673338 2017-01-11 23:08:28 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146673338 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146673653 5th graders are highly engaged by these myths]]> 2017-01-11 23:14:05 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146673653 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146673760 2017-01-11 23:15:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146673760 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146673827 Italian folktale- version of Blue beard. Wonderfully written. Talked about themes, moral of story. 4th & 5th graders love it.]]> 2017-01-11 23:16:32 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146673827 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146674370 Great tie in for MLK's birthday and "Black" History month... one of many non-violent strategies used during The Civil Rights era... offers a more personal connection]]> 2017-01-11 23:24:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146674370 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146674487 2017-01-11 23:26:41 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146674487 windellm https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146695022 By Ying Chang Compestine

Also by the same author, The Story of Chopsticks and The Story of Kites. ]]> 2017-01-12 04:58:25 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146695022 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146923790 by Shaun Tan
This wordless graphic novel is about a immigrant's journey to a new land. It is a great way to share opinions and launch a unit on immigration. The book is also digitized on vimeo.

]]> 2017-01-12 20:42:18 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/146923790 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/148795625 2017-01-23 17:29:44 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/148795625 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/167740766 by Eve Bunting]]> 2017-04-24 05:23:56 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/167740766 https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/167740904 by Donna Jannell Bowman]]> 2017-04-24 05:27:10 UTC https://padlet.com/hendersont2/d46xopdhjs31/wish/167740904