Great Books

I have my favorite books for sure.  I think I'd be sad if a year went by and I didn't get to use all of them! I have created some book units to go with some of them.  Ruby the Copycat is one of my all-time favorites. It'a about a new student, Ruby, who tries to fit in by copying another student.  She finds out that it's not a very good way to make friends. There is so much to talk about as her relationship with Angela changes over a few days of copying her.  The theme teaches kids how to be themselves and that everyone has something that they do well.  In my unit, there are prereading questions to discuss, story elements, an assessment, and Hannel's type questioning strategies.  Ruby has been my all-time best seller!  Get it on TPT or my new store at Buy Sell Teach!

Pinkie Leaves Home

 Another favorite is called Pinkie Leaves Home. A little penguin named Pinkie loses all of his feathers in an oilslick.  He solves his problem in a very "cool" way!  It features several settings and all of them help to lead Pinkie through the plot.  You can find it in my TpT store.  If you need to tie in science (environment/wildlife) to a great story, this book is wonderful!