https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s Books that I would love to have to share with my students en-us 2018-11-28 16:08:18 UTC 2018-11-29 18:53:42 UTC hello@padlet.com tpellens88 https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s/wish/309005386 This is fictional picture book that the students will love. The students are sure to get a laugh as they watch Piggie explain to Gerald he has a bird on his head, then the trouble begins because now there are two birds. I love this story because there are very little illustrations in the background of these illustrations. This will be useful when teaching the students to notice things that stand out to them as a good reader. For example, the author uses speech bubbles over top of the character's head that is speaking. The speech bubble is always the same color as the character speaking. I will add this story to my classroom library.
This book can be purchased at https://www.amazon.com/There-Bird-Your-Elephant-Piggie/dp/1423106865/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1543517484&sr=1-1&keywords=there%27s+a+bird+on+your+head]]> 2018-11-28 19:29:58 UTC https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s/wish/309005386 tpellens88 https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s/wish/309020013 I absolutely love the Elephant and Piggie series. These books are perfect for students who are in the beginning stages of reading.  The students will notice the text change according to how the character is speaking. When Gerald or Piggie is yelling the text is very large, but when they are whispering the text is very very small. The author, Mo Willems has earned the Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal twice and three honor awards. He is also a Caldecott honor winner three times. In this story Gerald is telling Piggie the story of how he broke his trunk. It's taking Gerald a very long time to tell his story to Piggie, Piggie's expressions tell how he is feeling listening to the story.  The students will laugh listening to Gerald's crazy story and watching the character's expressions. I would love to have this book for my classroom library.
This book can be purchased at https://www.amazon.com/Broke-Trunk-Elephant-Piggie-Book/dp/1423133099/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1543517330&sr=1-1&keywords=i+broke+my+trunk+mo+willems]]> 2018-11-28 19:54:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s/wish/309020013 tpellens88 https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s/wish/309026795 This book is a beautiful book that the students will remember for a long time. The foil-shiny scales the beautiful rainbow fish has will catch every student's eye. The rainbow fish has the most beautiful scales and he thinks he is best fish in the whole ocean. When another fish ask him for one of his beautiful shiny scales, the rainbow fish turns him away by asking him who he thinks he is. After refusing to share, the rainbow fish is all alone and has no friends to play with.  The rainbow fish seeks the guidance from wise octopus that tells the rainbow fish to share a scale to find true happiness. The students will learn the lesson of how important it is to share and good it can make them feel to share with friends. This story would be added to my classroom library.
This book can be purchased at https://www.amazon.com/Rainbow-Fish-Marcus-Pfister/dp/1558580093/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1543517372&sr=1-1&keywords=rainbow+fish]]> 2018-11-28 20:08:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s/wish/309026795 tpellens88 https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s/wish/309398427 This book is non-fiction picture book that will teach the students about spiders. However, the author uses illustrations instead of photographs. The students will learn about different types of spiders as well as how they live their life. They will also learn about a spider's life cycle. This book can be used for a science lesson. The students and I can create a KWL chart. As a class we will discuss what the students know, what they want to know, and what they learned about spiders from this book.
This book can be purchased at https://www.amazon.com/Spiders-Gail-Gibbons/dp/0823410811/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1543517604&sr=1-1&keywords=spiders+by+gail+gibbons]]> 2018-11-29 16:41:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s/wish/309398427 tpellens88 https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s/wish/309401519 Students love stories that create tongue ties. With all the rhymes in this story the students will learn different words that rhyme with one another as well as tying up their tongues. This picture book will teach the students new vocabulary words. Then the students will read the new vocabulary words in a sentence, they will also see an illustration using the vocabulary words. I will add these  vocabulary words to my word wall for the students to utilize throughout the year.
This book can be purchased at  https://www.amazon.com/Stop-Drop-Flop-Slop-Consonant/dp/076134201X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1543517425&sr=1-1&keywords=stop+drop+and+flop+in+the+slop]]> 2018-11-29 16:45:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s/wish/309401519 tpellens88 https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s/wish/309406598 Since my goal is teach my students the importance of acceptance of all students, I would love to read this story to my students on the first day of school. When I take the cover off the book, there is photo inside of kinds of people in the world. The picture below is the inside of the cover. This picture  book will talk to the students about the first day of school and how all students are welcome at school.
This book can be purchased at https://www.amazon.com/All-Are-Welcome-Alexandra-Penfold/dp/0525579648/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1543517235&sr=1-1&keywords=all+are+welcome+by+alexandra+penfold]]> 2018-11-29 16:52:32 UTC https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s/wish/309406598 tpellens88 https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s/wish/309410772 This picture book will be great to read aloud to the students. I can have the students write about a time they have had the hiccups and what they did to get rid of their hiccups. This story will be perfect to read in the month of October because the students see skeletons, ghosts and pumpkins. I can even have the students create their own characters that have the hiccups and what they did to get rid of them. I will add this story to my classroom library for the students to enjoy. 
This book can be purchased at https://www.amazon.com/Skeleton-Hiccups-Margery-Cuyler/dp/1416902767/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1543517284&sr=1-1&keywords=skeleton+hiccups]]> 2018-11-29 16:58:42 UTC https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s/wish/309410772 tpellens88 https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s/wish/309415787 This picture book will teach the students about our skin. Everyone's skin is different but makes us who we are. Our skin grows as we grow. I read this story out loud to my students to teach the students how we all look different. Since I want my students to be accepting of everyone this story is perfect for teaching some diversity within the classroom. After we have read this book out loud, I will add it to my classroom library.
This book can be purchased at https://www.amazon.com/Happy-Our-Skin-Fran-Manushkin/dp/0763699721/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1543517141&sr=1-1&keywords=happy+in+our+skin+by+fran+manushkin]]> 2018-11-29 17:06:42 UTC https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s/wish/309415787 tpellens88 https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s/wish/309429608 This book is non-fiction book about the different abilities all students have. This book will teach the students about different talents and abilities. This book has photos taken of students doing different talents and abilities. I would like my students share the different talents they have with our class so the students can see what they have in common with one another. If a student would like to learn more about an ability or talent a different student has, that student will know who to get more information from.
This book can be purchased at https://www.amazon.com/Have-Different-Abilities-Celebrating-Differences/dp/1429678887/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1543517187&sr=1-1&keywords=we+all+have+different+abilities]]> 2018-11-29 17:28:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s/wish/309429608 tpellens88 https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s/wish/309436036 This biography will teach the students about a young girl who has autism but changed people's perspectives. Temple's parents were told when she was a young age that she would never be normal, but her mother refused to give up on her. She encouraged Temple to never give up and found good teachers for Temple. Temple created an invention to make cows more comfortable on farms. Today she is public speaker all across the world, she encourages people that we are different and to never give up. I want to use this story to teach my students that we are all different and to never give up on their ideas. I would like to read this story out loud to my students then have them create their own invention that they think will help the world.
This book can be purchased at https://www.amazon.com/Girl-Who-Thought-Pictures-Scientists/dp/1943147302/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1543517095&sr=1-1&keywords=the+girl+who+thought+in+pictures+the+story+of+dr.+temple+grandin]]> 2018-11-29 17:38:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s/wish/309436036 tpellens88 https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s/wish/309448543 This is a historical fiction story that has been passed down in a family. I really want to share this story with my classroom because the author Kate was only eight years old when she wrote this story for a contest. I want to utilize this book to encourage my students to write a story about their families past. The students will need to go home and discuss some of their family history to write a story. This will give the students an opportunity to learn about their families history.This story will also teach students about how things were for people during The Great Depression.
This book can be purchased at https://www.amazon.com/Potato-Great-Depression-Kate-Lied/dp/0792269462/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1543517047&sr=1-1&keywords=potato+a+tale+from+the+great+depression]]> 2018-11-29 17:56:41 UTC https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s/wish/309448543 tpellens88 https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s/wish/309455544 This historical fiction book will be great to read out loud with my students during African American history month. This story is about a young boy who is on the bus when Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white man. The students will be able to connect to how the boy feels witnessing this event. They will also learn how African American people spoke during this time because the main character's language use is different than standard English. I would want my students to write a story about how they would have felt or acted if they were on the bus when Rosa Parks was arrested. I will also add this book to my classroom library.
This book can be purchased at https://www.amazon.com/Back-Bus-Aaron-Reynolds/dp/0147510589/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1543517003&sr=1-1&keywords=back+of+the+bus+book]]> 2018-11-29 18:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s/wish/309455544 tpellens88 https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s/wish/309461590 I would love to use this fictional picture book during science lesson with my students. I will use this book to teach my students how plants survive the four seasons. Before reading the students and I will create a KWL chart. We will have class discussion to talk about what the students know about plants, what they want to learn about plants, and then after reading what the students learned about plants. Then each student will plant seeds and we will grow plants. I will also add this story to my classroom library.
This book can be purchased at  https://www.amazon.com/Tiny-Seed-World-Eric-Carle/dp/1416979174/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1543516964&sr=1-1&keywords=the+tiny+seed+by+eric+carle]]> 2018-11-29 18:16:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s/wish/309461590 tpellens88 https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s/wish/309465640 This biography picture book will be perfect to teach my students about Martin Luther King, Jr. during African American history month. This story explains how as a child Martin Luther King, Jr. noticed things were different in life. He wanted to create a fair and equal world for everyone. After he started speaking about how everyone should be treated equally,  movements began and the world changed as we knew it. This story is colorful and will keep students attention. I would love to read this story aloud to them and have the students create their own biography about themselves. I will also add this book to my classroom library.
This book can be purchased at https://www.amazon.com/My-First-Biography-Martin-Luther/dp/0545142334/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1543516900&sr=1-1&keywords=my+first+biography+martin+luther+king%2C+jr ]]> 2018-11-29 18:22:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s/wish/309465640 tpellens88 https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s/wish/309473477 This story is perfect for beginner readers. It also teaches students to take responsibility for their actions. David has an excuse for every time he gets into trouble. However, he learns to say he is sorry and be forgiven. David is always mischievous in this book series. I would love to have the whole collection for my readers who are on low reading levels or just beginning to learn to read. The illustrations in these stories are beautiful, the author of these series has been awarded the Caldecott honor for his "No, David" books.  These books would be perfect in my classroom library.
This book can be purchased at https://www.amazon.com/David-Gets-Trouble-Shannon/dp/0439050227]]> 2018-11-29 18:34:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tpellens88/t0j8zp756j5s/wish/309473477