https://padlet.com/llyons7/wdfizl3yeio9 Books for use in my future classroom en-us 2019-02-19 18:36:30 UTC 2024-10-01 01:41:33 UTC hello@padlet.com llyons7 https://padlet.com/llyons7/wdfizl3yeio9/wish/332859481 This book shares the classic children's story of Rapunzel rewritten by Chole Perkins and illustrated by Archana Sreenivasan. In which the princess lets down her hair each day for the witch, that is until the prince comes along. When the witch finds out she punishes rapunzel and her prince, but true love always prevails. The difference of this story is the setting: India. This is a great book for showing diversity in classic children's stories. I rated the text complexity as Moderately complex as the text is heavily reliant on the illustrations.
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This story highlights all of the diverse people living in Australia. Each has there own back story as well as reasons why they came to Australia. This is a great book to facilitate a discussion in your classroom about immigration as well as could serve as a great precursor to a project about where each of YOUR students come from! I rated it Moderately complex as some of the words used are Australian slang, which would need some explanation to students from other countries.
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I rated this as slightly complex as the text is simple and the illustrations are a great support. However it would be a complex idea to discuss with a class as elephants are not allowed as pets and students would not be able to make that connection.
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I rated this as slightly complex and the text is simple per page. The illustrations are beautifully done in water color and are great supports!
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