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The following books and poems were part of our Interactive Read Aloud Text Sets.
Individualism & Collectivism
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan
The Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark by Carmen Agra Deedy
This School is NOT White by Doreen Rappaport
Keep Climbing Girls by Beah E. Richards
Saving Strawberry Farm by Deborah Hopkinson
La Mariposa by Francisco Jiminez
Family
The Graduation of Jake Moon by Barbara Park
Betty Doll by Patricia Polacco
Mrs. Katz and Tush by Patricia Polacco
Through Grandpa’s Eyes by Patricia MacLachlan
The Family Book by Todd Parr
Immigration
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
Shutting Out the Sky by Deborah Hopkinson
Four Feet, Two Sandals by Karen Lynn Williams and Khadra Mohammed
The Memory Coat by Elvira Woodruf
Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say
Voice/Silence
The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson
"Eleven" from Woman Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros
The Summer My Father Turned Ten by Pat Brisson
"First They Came for the Jews" by Pastor Martin Neimoller
"To Still a Song" by Gerhard Frost
The Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X by Carmen Agra Deedy
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
There were four themes we focused on this past year in Interactive Read Aloud:
- Individualism/Collectivism
- Family
- Immigration
- Voice/Silence
Stacey Shubitz ~ Fourth Grade Teacher