21st Century Children's Literature Review Kaufman by Alyssa Kaufman https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90 STEM books to use in your integrated classroom. en-us 2017-09-01 00:04:30 UTC 2025-11-12 04:07:40 UTC hello@padlet.com #1 The Dot lyssakaufman https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90/wish/184110342 Peter Reynolds
This book is about a little girl trying to find out what she can make with dots. Students can learn about art and being creative as they try to find out as many things they can do with a dot. This activity help children not only with math but also reading. They can read the book with a friend or have it read to them. The students can practice counting with finding out how many different things they can draw with a dot. ]]> 2017-09-01 00:05:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90/wish/184110342 #4 Rosie Revere, Engineer lyssakaufman https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90/wish/184111355 Andrea Beaty
This book is about a girl who is an engineer and she creates her own inventions. You could have the students create their own inventions and have an invention fair. ]]> 2017-09-01 00:15:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90/wish/184111355 #5 Iggy Peck, Architect lyssakaufman https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90/wish/184111603 Andrea Beaty
This book is about a boy who is an architect and make blueprints. You could have students make blueprints of the classroom and have them measure the distance with a ruler. This would incorporate both geography and math. ]]> 2017-09-01 00:17:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90/wish/184111603 #2 Violet the Pilot lyssakaufman https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90/wish/184111786 Steve Breen
This book is about a little girl that creates all of these new inventions from other objects. Students can learn about making inventions and writing all about their new inventions. Also they could make their own invention in class.  ]]> 2017-09-01 00:19:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90/wish/184111786 #3 The Most Magnificent Thing lyssakaufman https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90/wish/184111831 Ashley Spires
This book is about a little girl who finds old junk and makes the most magnificent things out of them. You can have the kids find different junk around the house and make their own magnificent thing. You could use this as an activity to teach recycling.
]]> 2017-09-01 00:20:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90/wish/184111831 #6 Papa’s Mechanical Fish lyssakaufman https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90/wish/184112114 Candace Fleming and Boris Kulikov
This book is about a man who builds the first sub. You can talk about how fish move and even design the outside of the mechanical fish as an art project. ]]> 2017-09-01 00:23:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90/wish/184112114 #7 First Big Book of Space lyssakaufman https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90/wish/184112356 Catherine D. Hughes
This book is about all the planets and everything in space. Students could make their own planet and then present it. Also you could have the students calculate how much they would weight on other planets with math. ]]> 2017-09-01 00:25:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90/wish/184112356 #8 How Big Were Dinosaurs? lyssakaufman https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90/wish/184112383 Lita Judge
This book is about different dinosaurs and how big they are compared to things that around today. You could have the students measure each other with different objects to incorporate math. ]]> 2017-09-01 00:26:08 UTC https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90/wish/184112383 #9 Boy, Were We Wrong about Dinosaurs! lyssakaufman https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90/wish/184112502 Kathleen Kudlinski
This book is about the ideas we had about dinosaurs when we started studying them and how that has changed. You can have students write a story about a time when they were wrong. ]]> 2017-09-01 00:27:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90/wish/184112502 #10 What If You Had Animal Hair? lyssakaufman https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90/wish/184113241 Sandra Markle
This is an informational book about what it would be like if you lived with different animal's hair. Before you read the book you can have the students write predictions about what they think they would feel if they had animal hair. ]]> 2017-09-01 00:33:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90/wish/184113241 #11 Storms lyssakaufman https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90/wish/184113267 Seymour Simon
This book is about storms and talks about all different storms. You can have students write a short story about how they would feel if they were in a storm like the picture on the cover. ]]> 2017-09-01 00:33:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90/wish/184113267 #12 From Seed to Plant lyssakaufman https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90/wish/184113447 Gail Gibbons
This book is about the life cycle of a plant. You could have the grow a plant and measure how much the plants grows every day. ]]> 2017-09-01 00:35:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90/wish/184113447 #13 When Sophie Gets Angry--Really, Really Angry… lyssakaufman https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90/wish/184113804 Molly Bang
This story is about a little girl who has trouble controlling her emotions. You can have the students draw what they feel like when they get mad and work on self-regulation skills with them. ]]> 2017-09-01 00:38:47 UTC https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90/wish/184113804 #14 Hello Ruby: Adventures in Coding lyssakaufman https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90/wish/184113837 Linda Liukas
This book is about a girl who learns about coding and using a computer. You could do an hour of code and have the students all different games for all different subjects.]]> 2017-09-01 00:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90/wish/184113837 #15 Once Upon a Time... Online: Happily Ever After is Only a Click Away! lyssakaufman https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90/wish/184113974 David Bedford
This book is about what it would be like if fairy tales had technology and how their stories would be different. You can take other stories and have student create an oral story about a tale with technology in it. ]]> 2017-09-01 00:40:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lyssakaufman/fkybxv5ulw90/wish/184113974