Books That Inspire Us by Rahima Abdelhamid https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks Made with mirth en-us 2022-03-06 18:46:06 UTC 2022-05-11 00:45:52 UTC hello@padlet.com Esperanza Rising rabdelhamid https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2080171872 Esperanza thought she'd always live a privileged life on her family's ranch in Mexico. She'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home filled with servants, and Mama, Papa, and Abuelita to care for her. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California and settle in a Mexican farm labor camp. Esperanza isn't ready for the hard work, financial struggles brought on by the Great Depression, or lack of acceptance she now faces. When Mama gets sick and a strike for better working conditions threatens to uproot their new life, Esperanza must find a way to rise above her difficult circumstances-because Mama's life, and her own, depend on it.

]]> 2022-03-06 18:49:45 UTC https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2080171872 Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2085210872 The story starts off with a White 15-year-old Union soldier named Say, laying in the grass due to a gunshot wound in the leg. Pink, an African American Union soldier about the same age as Say, comes across him and decides to help the injured soldier and carries him back to his home where he and his mother, Moe Moe Bay, live. At their home, Moe Moe Bay keeps the boys hidden in her home and graciously nurses Say back to health. Due to this act of kindness and precious time spent together, Say and Pink begin to form a strong friendship. After Say heals, they decide they must go back to war and fight for the end of slavery. This story illustrates themes of friendship, slavery, and inequality of treatment during the Civil War time.


]]> 2022-03-09 02:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2085210872 Separate is Never Equal https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2085211967 Separate is Never Equal is the story of the Mendez family's fight for equal access to education. 10 years before Brown vs Board of Education, this family sparked the first conversations around school integration.]]> 2022-03-09 02:39:53 UTC https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2085211967 The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson jlowe222 https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2085212826 Poetic story on a somewhat easier level that speaks to the challenge of being new somewhere or feeling like you don't belong. It offers a couple different storylines that kids could connect to on a cultural, socioeconomic, and interpersonal school dynamics level. It touches on empathy and compassion and the power of being yourself.]]> 2022-03-09 02:40:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2085212826 isafreccero https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2085213877 The story is about a young boy named August Pullman who goes by the nickname “Auggie.”  Auggie loves ordinary kid things like Star Wars and Xbox, but we learn that he hasn’t lived a very ordinary life. He has been homeschooled until the age of ten.  We also learn that Auggie was born with a facial deformity and has been in and out of hospitals and has had almost 30 surgeries.  The story begins with Auggie going to his first day of school, starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep Elementary in New York City.  We hear a lot about Auggie's adjustment to his new place. He has some positive experiences, but unfortunately, he also experiences a lot of bullying and often feels isolated from his classmates and the world around him.  But will there be hope for Auggie and for the people around him at the end of the story? This book illustrates the power of kindness and the power we have to take care of the people around us.

]]> 2022-03-09 02:41:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2085213877 https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2085214473 Have you ever had a haircut that you didn’t like? One crafty kid turns his haircut nightmare into a booming business. In this book, eight year old J.D.'s shop gets so successful that it threatens to put an adult barber out of business - but the adult stylist doesn’t take it sitting down. When J.D. gets challenged to a Barber Battle, who will win? Read the book and find out. ]]> 2022-03-09 02:42:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2085214473 Return to Sender By Julia Alvarez https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2085214904 The story starts off on Tyler’s family farm in Vermont. Tyler’s family hires Mexican migrant workers in order to help with the farmwork. The Mexican migrant workers are Mari’s dad and uncles. Mari, her two sisters, dad and uncles move from North Carolina where they have been waiting for her mom to return from Mexico. As Mari and Tyler get to better understand each other, they develop a strong friendship.]]> 2022-03-09 02:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2085214904 City of Ember https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2085215654 Being in the dark is never a fun situation, and unfortunately for the people that live in the City of Ember, electrical blackouts are becoming more and more frequent. With no electricity, no sunlight or moonlight, and not even any flashlights or candles two students, Doon and Lina, set out on a quest to try and save their city, and accidentally uncover secrets that will change everyone’s lives forever. But will it be enough to save their beloved city and all the people within it? 

I enjoyed reading this book because it taught me a lot about how important it is to stand up for what is right, even if people in power want to stop you. Creating social movements is so critical in today’s world, and I feel like this book inspires the readers to go out of their way to do what they think is right.]]> 2022-03-09 02:43:07 UTC https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2085215654 The Name Jar https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2085215821 I chose The Name Jar because it highlights the importance of your name and how it connects to your identity. In this book, we learn about a girl who is deciding between using her real Korean name in school or using an “American” name instead.]]> 2022-03-09 02:43:15 UTC https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2085215821 Darius the Great Is Not Okay actrigueiro https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2085215886 Darius isn't okay. He knows that. But as his life is turned upside down, he has no choice but to move across the globe to live in a foreign culture and with family he has never met. This is a beautiful story of love, trust, family, and friendship that serves as a great reminder that it is okay to not be okay.]]> 2022-03-09 02:43:18 UTC https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2085215886 Tani's New Home https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2085216021 Tani's New Home" is about a boy who moves from  Nigeria to New York City. Moving to a new place is challenging for him and his family, but he finds different ways to deal with these challenges with support from others and using his own strength!]]> 2022-03-09 02:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2085216021 Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea by Ashley Herring Blake https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2085217326 As the book begins, Hazel Bly, her Mama, and her little sister, Peach move across the country from California to Rose Harbor, Maine. After the death of her other mother, Mum, her Mama wishes to return closer to a place she used to call home. Hazel struggles with the move as she finds it difficult to be the only one seemingly still grieving her mother’s death. Further, she witnessed her mother’s death, so Hazel also continues to struggle with anxiety over her remaining family’s safety. In Rose Harbor, Hazel initially resists the small-town community, but a local myth eventually reels Hazel in. As she learns more about the town, Hazel develops friendships and finds ways to process her loss. On her journey to discover the “Rose Maid,” a mermaid that apparently lives in the waters close to Rose Harbor, Hazel begins a journey that leads her back to her family.]]> 2022-03-09 02:44:26 UTC https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2085217326 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2178469162 2022-05-11 00:20:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2178469162 Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Bruce Perry https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2178469414 The children that are shared in this book
 have gone through things that is unimaginable, this book has left an impression on my mind that will remain forever. Once  students go home, you have no idea what is going on at home. Being aware of students' hygiene, behavioral patterns, and needs is so important and could potentially help save student lives.]]> 2022-05-11 00:20:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2178469414 Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2178470299 2022-05-11 00:21:15 UTC https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2178470299 Know My Name: A Memoir: Chanel Miller isafreccero https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2178470399 2022-05-11 00:21:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2178470399 Slaughterhouse Five https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2178470731 One of my all time favorite books. Only book I've reread. Short, easy to read, nothing else like it. Partially based on a true story of WWII.]]> 2022-05-11 00:21:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2178470731 I Wish my Teacher Knew https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2178471000 I think this book has a really powerful message as to the impact of open dialogue between teachers and students, and it really made me think about moments in my past education where I wish that I had communicated certain things to my teachers.

I aim to create a classroom community where students feel able to communicate with me, and where that communication feels reciprocated and acknowledged.

]]> 2022-05-11 00:21:48 UTC https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2178471000 The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2178471178 2022-05-11 00:21:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2178471178 The Giving Tree https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2178471179 2022-05-11 00:21:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2178471179 We Are Okay by Nina LaCour https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2178471255 San Francisco native author, LGBTQ+ YA Fiction, short and sweet, I have re-read this one about 5 times since reading it about a year ago]]> 2022-05-11 00:22:00 UTC https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2178471255 The Boys in the Boat actrigueiro https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2178472176 True Story: a collegiate rowing team takes on the world, both as individuals and as a crew. ]]> 2022-05-11 00:22:47 UTC https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2178472176 A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara jlowe222 https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2178472555 This book is incredible. It is also really bleak, dealing with complex and awful trauma and its long-lasting impacts. It's one of the best books I've ever read, but make sure you're up for it (very long and very sad). TW: sexual trauma, abuse, rape]]> 2022-05-11 00:23:08 UTC https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2178472555 Social Studies, Literacy, And Social Justice in the common core classroom.A guide for teachersBy Ruchi Agarwal-Rangnath https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2178474291 It is textbook about teaching social sciences and implementing the Common Core Standards.  ]]> 2022-05-11 00:24:30 UTC https://padlet.com/rabdelhamid/Bookmarks/wish/2178474291