Book Resources for Book Clubs by esther lacayo https://padlet.com/elacayo100/e47pv85drcjynbuk en-us 2020-04-21 20:12:35 UTC 2020-04-22 15:33:38 UTC hello@padlet.com Title: Most Dangerous elacayo100 https://padlet.com/elacayo100/e47pv85drcjynbuk/wish/521339979 Why you Choose this Book: This book deals with the Vietnam War and how the USA may or may not have been involved. We are introduced to the main character, Daniel Ellsberg, and how he begins to uncover the horrifying truth about the USA.

What ways can you use this book in your classroom: This book is easy to follow along and it is very interesting. This would be perfect for students who aren't too interested in history or just don't understand it as much. Through this book, students will be able to enjoy reading about history and begin to use this information in class.]]> 2020-04-21 20:18:26 UTC https://padlet.com/elacayo100/e47pv85drcjynbuk/wish/521339979 Title: No More Dead Dogs elacayo100 https://padlet.com/elacayo100/e47pv85drcjynbuk/wish/521340276 Why you Choose this Book: This book deals with students who love theater and some who don't. It depicts a really great picture of having fun while doing a play. You begin to connect with several of the characters as they evolve and grow.

What ways can you use this book in your classroom: I can use this book to introduce improvising and working with what you have. There were many students in this book who used their talents towards making the play a huge success. ]]> 2020-04-21 20:18:36 UTC https://padlet.com/elacayo100/e47pv85drcjynbuk/wish/521340276 Title: American Street spencercom_jr https://padlet.com/elacayo100/e47pv85drcjynbuk/wish/521415891 Why I choose this Book: I choose this book because the story I found to be heartfelt and interesting. The book tackles topics of race, gender, and socioeconomic inequities, along with immigration.

Ways I can use this in my classroom: I can definitely use this  during reading circles to provide students with a rich and interesting reading experience. During book club the students can read the novel and discuss. I can also use this book to read to give students a break from instruction to rest their brains a bit. ]]> 2020-04-21 21:03:23 UTC https://padlet.com/elacayo100/e47pv85drcjynbuk/wish/521415891 Title: Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World yhernandez19uh https://padlet.com/elacayo100/e47pv85drcjynbuk/wish/521605045
Why I chose this book: This book tackles social issues such as gender inequality among the scientific community. It also highlights the achievements and struggles of these 50 women. The book is an empowering read for young girls that want to pursue a career in STEM.

Ways I can use this in my classroom: I can use this book to encourage students to read more books that relate to science. I can also use this book to create fun activities/projects that each group could work on together after they finish their reading (they will have the opportunity to choose a science topic). ]]> 2020-04-21 23:38:52 UTC https://padlet.com/elacayo100/e47pv85drcjynbuk/wish/521605045 Title: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time steffiliaw https://padlet.com/elacayo100/e47pv85drcjynbuk/wish/521936618 Why you Choose this Book:I chose this book because it’s a mystery genre where the main character uses various math concepts to solve the mystery. This book allows students to see math in different settings and shows how it can be used. Also, I found the title to be quite interesting.

What ways can you use this book in your classroom? I can use this book to create activities that goes with the book. Since the book touches different math concepts, we can apply what we learned from the reading and see how it works. 

]]> 2020-04-22 04:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/elacayo100/e47pv85drcjynbuk/wish/521936618 Title: Math Curse jesseekinsey https://padlet.com/elacayo100/e47pv85drcjynbuk/wish/523312350 Why  you chose this book:
The book is about a student who is cursed by the way mathematics works in everyday life.
What ways you can use this book in your classroom: This book shows students how math is used in our everyday lives. Students will have the chance to see how math works all around us, and shows them that we use math outside of the classroom.

]]> 2020-04-22 15:14:07 UTC https://padlet.com/elacayo100/e47pv85drcjynbuk/wish/523312350 Two Miserable Presidents https://padlet.com/elacayo100/e47pv85drcjynbuk/wish/523313432 Why you choose this book:
This book deals with the Civil War and what events leading up to it. I really enjoyed that is pictures and it kept me interested with the stories it had.
What ways can you use this book in your classroom: This book is deals with the Civil War and what events leading up to it. Easy for students to read and be engaged in because it has some pictures and the events are in chronological order. Students would lean towards a book like this because it is interesting and engaging. ]]> 2020-04-22 15:14:25 UTC https://padlet.com/elacayo100/e47pv85drcjynbuk/wish/523313432 Title: Apollo 8 https://padlet.com/elacayo100/e47pv85drcjynbuk/wish/523316705 Why I choose this book: In middle school students need to learn about space and space travel. This book talks about the Apollo 8 mission and the first time Americans orbited the moon. 
Ways I can use this in my classroom: I can use this in tandem with a lesson about space. Reading a non-fiction book about space will get students excited to learn about space. This could also be used for a project. ]]> 2020-04-22 15:15:24 UTC https://padlet.com/elacayo100/e47pv85drcjynbuk/wish/523316705 Title: Midsummer Night's Dream https://padlet.com/elacayo100/e47pv85drcjynbuk/wish/523321448 Why you choose this book: This play deals with imagination and dream-like fantasy. It's also a great comedy for students, and a great play to use to get student's familiar with Shakespeare. 

What ways can you use this book in your classroom: This book is great to work out scenes or play with iambic pentameter.]]> 2020-04-22 15:16:48 UTC https://padlet.com/elacayo100/e47pv85drcjynbuk/wish/523321448 Title: Death Of a Salesman https://padlet.com/elacayo100/e47pv85drcjynbuk/wish/523321857 Why you chose this book: This play deals with some deeper topics and is a classic that students should read and understand.
What ways can you use this book in your classroom: This is a good play to work on learning how to read a play and understanding deeper character motivations. ]]> 2020-04-22 15:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/elacayo100/e47pv85drcjynbuk/wish/523321857 The Phantom Tool Booth spencercom_jr https://padlet.com/elacayo100/e47pv85drcjynbuk/wish/523323974 Why you choose this book: I choose this book because it uses proportions, deals with time, and reasoning to tell a story.
What ways can you use this book in your classroom: I could use this to target certain math teks such as time telling and proportioning. ]]> 2020-04-22 15:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/elacayo100/e47pv85drcjynbuk/wish/523323974 "Where did I come from?" https://padlet.com/elacayo100/e47pv85drcjynbuk/wish/523328370 Why I chose this book: In middle grades, some students tend to ask where they come from. This book gives simple answers about cells about a really complicated topic.

Ways I can use it in my classroom: I would use to explain the reproductive system as well as cell division.

]]> 2020-04-22 15:18:52 UTC https://padlet.com/elacayo100/e47pv85drcjynbuk/wish/523328370 Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School https://padlet.com/elacayo100/e47pv85drcjynbuk/wish/523339236 Why you chose this book: The Wayside series is known to be very lighthearted through short stories that connect with one another. The stories involve problem-solving and less of content, but it can keep students' attention and allow them to discuss different aspects of the book and turn it into a math discussion.
What ways you can use this in the classroom: Because they are short stories, you can read one or two at the end of class. For elementary, after lunch or recess. The students have something to think about and relax with through literature. ]]> 2020-04-22 15:22:11 UTC https://padlet.com/elacayo100/e47pv85drcjynbuk/wish/523339236 The Greedy Triangle https://padlet.com/elacayo100/e47pv85drcjynbuk/wish/523345334 Why you chose this book: the book is about a greedy triangle that goes to a shape shifter to add on another figure to him but he got too greedy and he turned into a completely different figure. This is great for middle school because it shows how you can go to a different figures and make connections between figures.
What ways can you use this book in your classroom: you can use it to represent how other figures can make up a new figure/shape.]]> 2020-04-22 15:24:01 UTC https://padlet.com/elacayo100/e47pv85drcjynbuk/wish/523345334 Human Body Theater https://padlet.com/elacayo100/e47pv85drcjynbuk/wish/523353562
Human Body Theater (10+). A skeleton guides visitors on a trip through the 11 systems that make up the human body. This clever nonfiction graphic novel has organs and processes acting like people, with arms, legs, and facial expressions.

I like this book because it makes learning about the human body fun.

This book can be used as a supplement.
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