https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew Made with joy en-us 2017-11-27 22:43:38 UTC 2017-12-02 18:34:58 UTC hello@padlet.com francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210693425 Have you ever wanted to learn something new? 
 Were there any challenges that you had to face to learn this new skill and how did you achieve?

]]> 2017-11-27 22:44:36 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210693425 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210693490  1. https://www.biography.com/people/wilma-rudolph-9466552: Wilma Rudolph Biography.  This biography goes into more detail about Wilma Rudolph which I thought may interest students
2. http://www.teachertube.com/video/author-bio-patricia-polacco-173043: This is a biography on Patricia Polacco who discusses her disability and her teacher Mr. Falker about 5 minutes into this video


]]> 2017-11-27 22:44:54 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210693490 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210693509 1.  https://www.biography.com/people/michael-jordan-9358066.  This is a blog that gives a biography of Michael Jordan
2. https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/dyslexia/understanding-dyslexia?gclid=CjwKCAiAxuTQBRBmEiwAAkFF1hGyhlwFLNjoDzyY2j7yvNIlJ2-VsLbNA-tv7J0ED92eNnN0384pVxoCnxoQAvD_BwE. This is an article/video blog about dyslexia which is what Tricia has in Thank you Mr. Falker

]]> 2017-11-27 22:45:01 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210693509 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210693529 1. The Perseverance walk: Students interview someone that has a achieved a long term goal and asks them the steps they took to achieve it.  This engagement allows students to take their learning outside of the classroom so it gets them thinking long-term about the main topic
2. Supporting Character: Have students write through their perspective.  This gives students an  opportunity to write about how they think other characters in the story would feel.  
3. Writing from the perspective of Emmanuel and how he felt becoming a hero in Ghana by cycling 400 miles. I would then assign them a project where they would have to learn about another athlete who persevered and didn't let their disability define them. The students will share what they learned about their athlete on the class padlet
.]]> 2017-11-27 22:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210693529 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210694994  It's about a young boy named Michael who dreams of winning the gold medal for basketball in the Olympics.  He sets his mind to that goal and one day plays in the Olympics

]]> 2017-11-27 22:52:38 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210694994 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210698860 This is about a girl named Sally who loves to ride her bike. Eventually she outgrows her bike and her parents cant afford another one. She works hard to achieve her goal to eventually have her own bike again.]]> 2017-11-27 23:15:12 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210698860 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210699136 Wilma was born small and ended up contracting polio and scarlet fever. She had to travel very far to doctors who would see African Americans to received treatment and exercise. She had to wear a brace and all of the kids would make fun of her. Wilma still pushed herself and exercised. At the age of 12 she no longer needed the brace and could walk independently. She joined the basketball team and was named VIP on the state championship even though they lost and was asked to join the track team. She made it to the Olympics and won three gold medals]]> 2017-11-27 23:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210699136 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210700792 This a nonfiction story about Gary Paulsen who enters the Iditarod dog sled race. The story is about his 17 day experience through the race which included frostbite, moose attacks and dog fights.]]> 2017-11-27 23:27:58 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210700792 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210701602 Tricia is young girl who quickly learns that she has an issue when it comes to reading. Her classmates start to catch on to it as well and begin to make fun of her. When her grandparents pass away Tricia and her family move away. As she enters third grade she hopes that she won't get picked on anymore but it continues. She enters fifth grade and she has a new teacher named Mr. Falker who does not tolerate bullying and love Tricia's artistic ability. He noticed that Tricia was unable to read and has her stay after school to work on her reading. After a few months Tricia begins to read sentences and then paragraphs. Tricia starts to feel smart. This is the authors story as a child.]]> 2017-11-27 23:33:58 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210701602 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210702505 This is a true story about a boy named Emanuel who was born with only one leg. He was taught by his mother, Comfort to never look at himself as having a disability and that he could achieve anything he puts his mind to. He hopes to become a cyclist so he can provide for his family after his mother passes away. He ends up riding 400 miles through Ghana in 2001. He shows everyone that you can achieve your dreams no matter what.]]> 2017-11-27 23:41:24 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210702505 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210705803 This is a picture book that has no words in it. Its about a woman who wants to make pancakes for breakfast so she starts to collect all the ingredients for the recipe. She goes to buy maple syrup but when she returns home the cat and dog have eaten her ingredients. She smells her neighbor making pancakes and invites herself over.]]> 2017-11-28 00:08:33 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210705803 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210706593 A little girl and her dog try to create the most magnificent thing she has in mind.  After many failed attempts she starts to get frustrated and wants to quit. She goes for walk to clear her head and realizes that there is something useful out of each and every one of her failed attempts. She takes the pieces from each of her failed attempts to create a magnificent thing.]]> 2017-11-28 00:14:34 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210706593 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210707142 A little boy decides to grow carrot even though everyone around him keeps telling him that he cant. He takes care of the seed and it eventually grows into a huge carrot.]]> 2017-11-28 00:18:46 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210707142 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210707506 These are poems about what is hard and okay about moving somewhere new. It looks at the feelings of an adolescent named Fletch who is afraid to leave what he knows and his friends.]]> 2017-11-28 00:21:09 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210707506 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210708108 This book is about a bunch of mistakes that someone can make when drawing but how those mistakes and end up not being mistakes if you look at them differently. Such as ink blotches on the paper could be leaves if you look at it that way.]]> 2017-11-28 00:25:17 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210708108 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210709049 This story is about Humpty Dumpty after the fall. We learn that he fell because he was trying to watch the birds. After the fall he becomes afraid of heights and thinks of other ways to watch the birds. Then one day he decides to get over his fear and climb the wall again. Once he reaches the top he becomes a beautiful bird.]]> 2017-11-28 00:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/210709049 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/211666718 Have you ever wanted to create something and it didn’t work out the first time?  What did you do to persevere?

]]> 2017-11-29 23:37:12 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/211666718 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/211666837 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgECc3gKuTo  This is a video where the story, The Most Magnificent Thing is animated by another classroom.  I think this would be interesting to show students another classrooms perspective on the story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3IKoD6obkU  This is video on how to grow carrots. I thought this would be interesting to show incase students want to try and grow their own like the little boy in the story]]> 2017-11-29 23:38:29 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/211666837 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/211667273     http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/04/the-origin-of-humpty-dumpty/.  This link discusses the origin of the Humpty Dumpty story
https://www.buzzfeed.com/tashweenali/pancakes-from-around-the-world?utm_term=.goZZKDBxj#.feL5gVwby. This is a link to 24 different pancakes recipes found around the world. I thought this may interest students who like to learn about different cultures way of life. It would also make a great extension for anyone interested in making these recipes at home with their parents.

]]> 2017-11-29 23:42:58 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/211667273 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/211668314 1. Students make a video on How to do something: Visual step by step by step to share with the class.  Once everyone has shared their video I will place the class videos on a video blog..  This gives students the opportunity to learn something new if they choose to and allows them to share these things with others.  This helps them continue to learn outside the classroom.
2. Have students go home and try to make what they think is the most magnificent thing with a family member .  It could be something as simple as a mini science lesson such as creating silly puddy.
3.  Give students a page in the Pancakes for Breakfast book and have them come up with the dialogue for that page. According to Kiefer and Tyson when it comes to critical literacy it is important for students to connect the illustrations to the story. This gives students the opportunity to do this in a creative and imaginative way.

]]> 2017-11-29 23:53:17 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/211668314 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/211669876 1. As a class, create a timeline with a map to show their travel on the Oregon Trail.  I will show the students a website that list the important stops on the trail (https://www.nps.gov/oreg/planyourvisit/sites.htm).  I would give each student a partner and have them research that area.  They would make a poster at home and share that area of the United States with the class.  This gives students an opportunity to learn about somewhere else in the United States and present and teach it to their classmates.
2. Have students visit the website Comic life and have them create a comic strip of a series of events that may have gone wrong for them and how they persevered through it .  This allows students to use a website to make their own comic which incorporates technology.
3. Go to the New York State museum and look at the 9/11 exhibit. This give students an opportunity to learn about an important part of United States history and why the world that we live in is the way that it is.

]]> 2017-11-30 00:08:48 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/211669876 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/211671257 1.http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0911.html
This is a great article that describes the 9/11 attacks to students. .  This would be something I would share before reading the book Towers Falling.
2. https://www.nps.gov/oreg/planyourvisit/sites.htm This is a great blog that shows a map of the Oregon Trail along with important historical stops on the trail.



]]> 2017-11-30 00:21:24 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/211671257 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/211671796 1. http://www.history.com/topics/9-11-attacks/videos/911-timeline
This is a short video that explains the 9/11 attacks in a very simple way.  It goes through the events of that day.  Its something I would share before reading the book Towers Falling
2.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXjsZc1my1o This is a video about the Oregon Trail which is something I would show before reading the book Apples to Oregon




]]> 2017-11-30 00:26:02 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/211671796 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/211672251 Have you ever had to move somewhere else?  What were some of the challenges that you had to get through?]]> 2017-11-30 00:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/211672251 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/211672467 This is a story about a young girl who is forced into servetude by her stepsisters and evil stepmother. She ends up going to the ball at the palace where her and the prince fall in love. She ends up marrying the prince and moves away from her evil stepsisters and stepmother.]]> 2017-11-30 00:31:42 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/211672467 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/211784700 This book follows two different stories about two eleven year old's from Sudan. A little girl named Nya, who travels two hours a day to get her family water. The other is about a young boy named Salva who's village gets attacked in 1985. He can't find his family so he joins Sudan refugees as the try to find their families and a safe place to live. He endures, loss, pain and the fear that he may not make it before he sees his family again. He ends up making it but can't find his family. He goes to live in the United States with a family that takes him in. The story ends with both stories coming together where Salva brings fresh water to Nya's village.]]> 2017-11-30 11:17:00 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/211784700 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/211787142 This is a story about a homeless girl named Deja, who moves to a new school in Manhattan.  Outside her window she can see the whole city skyline. She learns about the twin towers falling from her teacher. As she and her friends begin to uncover some big questions she learns that her father was there when the towers collapsed and that is why he doesn't work.]]> 2017-11-30 11:25:17 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/211787142 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/212089098 Rifka is a young Russian girl who leaves Russia in 1919 with her family. They left Russia because her brothers left the regiment in the Russian army and her family was treated badly for being Jewish. She writes letters to her cousin Tovah on her experiences while traveling to America. This is based on a true story about the authors family]]> 2017-11-30 21:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/212089098 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/212093627 This story is about a girl named Delicious and her accounts of the her families travel on the Oregon Trail. When getting ready to leave her father refused to leave without his fruit trees so he cuts them down and loads them in a wagon. This story goes through all the challenges that her delicious and her family endured on their trip and their success in the end.]]> 2017-11-30 21:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/212093627 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/212096004 The Hefleys decide to book a vacation at a tropical resort. Greg and his family have trouble leaving due to a delay. Their luggage ends up being missing once they land at the airport. They are unable to go to any restaurants since they don't have any nice clothes. They end up suffering from sun poisoning, stomach bugs and encounter venomous creatures.  Through everything they try their best to enjoy their vacation.]]> 2017-11-30 21:58:25 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/212096004 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/212097826 1. Have students learn about the real Ivan and the gorilla who was killed last year when a little boy fell in his pen. Have students write about whether animals should be kept in confinement or not. Once they have done this they will go home and search for local animals who have suffered animal cruelty. They will make posters picturing these animals and hang them up in their neighborhood to help these animals find their forever homes.
2. Have students draw Henry as a character xray.  Have them write on their drawing how different parts of him relate to the story. In inside would be his personality and the outside would be who he is in the story.
3. Look at White only pictures.  Analyze them and have a discussion.  Look at the faces of the people in the story and the real pictures from the Greensboro sitins.  Do the illustrations represent what was really going on.  

]]> 2017-11-30 22:06:45 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/212097826 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/212101434 1.https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/05/29/479919582/gorilla-killed-to-save-boy-at-cincinnati-zoo 
This article will help students learn more about the gorilla that was killed last year after a little boy fell in his enclosure
2. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0201.html I would use this after reading the Sit in. This was a news article describing the event. I would want to look specifically at the language that is used.]]> 2017-11-30 22:23:14 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/212101434 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/212102540 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDHBzB-eO1g This video is about the sit ins.  It has actual footage from it.  I would show this video so that students can use it to show the similarities and differences between the real footage and the illustrations in the story.
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYYL2LxotA8  This is a video depicting the real Ivan who did really live in a mall. The students can really see the difference from what the Ivan in the story was in from the real Ivan]]> 2017-11-30 22:28:58 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/212102540 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/212103279  Is there anything that you felt passionate about that you wanted to change?  How did you change it?

]]> 2017-11-30 22:32:34 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/212103279 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/212103475 This story is about a young slave named Henry. He ends up marrying a young slave woman and they have a family. His wife and children end up being sold and Henry is heartbroken. He decides that he wants to be free. He ends up placing himself in a box and gets shipped to Philadelphia.  He makes it to Philadelphia and ends up becoming a free man.]]> 2017-11-30 22:33:35 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/212103475 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/212104293 Ivan is a gorilla who lives at the mall. He is very laid back and has no interest of leaving his enclosure until the mall keeper starts to treat a baby elephant, Ruby very badly. Ivan decides then and there that he will get him and Ruby out of there. He ends up getting him and Ruby moved to a zoo where they are both much happier and with other Elephants and Gorillas. ]]> 2017-11-30 22:38:16 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/212104293 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/212104857 This is a story about the Woolworth's lunch counter sit ins when four college students sat on a whites only counter and waited to be served. This was a peaceful protest that ended up being a defining moment in the civil rights movement.]]> 2017-11-30 22:41:39 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/212104857 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/212105611 This story is about Sara Hale, who ended up saving Thanksgiving. She spent 35 years and wrote many petitions to many Presidents in the hopes to save the holiday. Abraham Lincoln noticed how many years Hale had been petitioning which interested him. He signed the petition proclaiming Thanksgiving as a national holiday.]]> 2017-11-30 22:47:16 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/212105611 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/212106340 This is a true story about the authors grandmother named Ruby who dreams of becoming a college student. Ruby goes to school with all the boys and works very hard. She ends up being accepted by the university as one of their first female students.]]> 2017-11-30 22:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/212106340 francesm1988 https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/212109590 Grace is a young girl who always loves to play the part of the main characters in any story. Her class decides to put on the play Peter Pan and Grace wants the part of Peter. Her classmates say she can't because she's a girl and black. She goes home sad and speaks to her mama and nana about what her classmates say. Her nana shows her that she can be anything she wants to be if she puts her mind to it. At the auditions she ends up getting the part of Peter Pan.]]> 2017-11-30 23:18:21 UTC https://padlet.com/francesm1988/m4cwmtyvoxew/wish/212109590