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Pre K-5

This is a poem story about winter.  This story tells all about winter and what the students can expect to occur during winter.  I would do a lesson on differences.  Snowflakes are all different just like people are.  The students would fold paper and cut shapes out and when it was unfolded it would have a design.  Each student's design/snowflake would be different just like they all are.  The students will see that they all have individual snowflakes that are similar in some ways and different in others.  They can apply this to their classmates.  Some of them will be more similar or different.

4 Stars

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3-5

This book is about a little boy who moves to a poorer part of town.  He does not have any friends at school and has no one to talk to.  He does not have anywhere to play until he discovers an old chalk factory.  The little boy begins to draw flowers and designs on the sides of the building and he grows through his art.  I would like to use this story to allow the students to make new friends.  I would place pieces of paper at each student's desk.  They would go around and write one nice comment on each student's paper.  The students would have these to look at on a bad day.  They would all feel loved and accepted by their peers.

5 Stars

AD560L

Pre K-5

How full is your bucket is about a little boy who needs to learn how to be nice to his sister.  His grandpa tells him that everyone has a bucket.  Our buckets get filled when people are nice to us or give us compliments.  Our buckets empty as people are mean or hurtful. I would use this in my classroom at the beginning of the year to teach the students that their actions have consequences.  The students should know that when they are nice, they are filling a bucket.  When they are mean, they are emptying a bucket.

5 stars

BR

Pre K-5

No, David!, is a very simple book about a young boy who is constantly being told no.  He does a different thing on every page to get told no about.  But at the end of the book he is assured by his mother that she still loves him.  I would use this book at the beginning of the year.  Children will indefinitely get in trouble, but as their teacher I will always love them.  It will be a pleasant and funny reminder that teachers must reprimand and correct their students because they care.

4 stars

600L

Pre K - 2

Oh, The Places You'll Go is a book by Dr. Seuss.  This book is about giving credit to all students.  It encourages students to keep trying, and tells them that they can do what ever they set their minds to.  This book would be awesome at either the beginning of the year or the end of the year when the students are moving on to the next grade. It would also be great if a teacher was to notice that her students were not motivated to work hard. I would do an activity and allow students to draw/write about their future and goals that they would like to achieve.  I would read the book and tell them that they could all reach these goals with hard work and dedication.

4 stars