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GLOBAL READ ALOUD

KCS Digital Luau 2019

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Session Goal: to provide educators with an instructional resource that will allow global classroom connectivity through literature and technology.

--What is it?--When is it?

--How do I sign up?

--What resources are needed- non-digital?

--How do I connect globally- digital resources?

--Q & A http://bit.ly/GRAKCS19

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https://goo.gl/NQiMqZ

Mission

Make the world a little smaller

Celebrate differences

Create cultural competencies

Learn about others

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HOW DOES THIS FIT INTO MY CURRICULUM?

One of the most common questions, I receive in regard to the Global Read Aloud is how, and whether, it integrates into a pre-existing literacy curriculum. Is this project merely a fun add-on or is there actual academic value in it that can be defended in case it needs to be? Pernille Rip

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Curriculum Tie Ins

Provides mentor text
Story development and analysis

(character and theme analysis, inferring, vocabulary, prediction,etc.)

Reading, Writing, Speaking, & Listening
Collaboration http://bit.ly/GRAKCS19

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https://theglobalreadaloud.com

GRA19 dates are September 30th – November 8th.

You can fall

behind, just don’t read ahead.

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INFORMATION FOR 2019 GLOBAL READ ALOUD #GRA19

THE BOOKS SELECTED ARE: PICTURE BOOK STUDY Yuyi Morales

1st week: 2nd week: 3rd week: 4th week: 5th week: 6th week:

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Dreamers

Just A Minute

Nino Wrestles

The World

Frida

Little Night Nochecita

Your Choicc

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EARLY READERS= Stella Diaz Has Something to Say by Angela Domiguez

THE WEEKLY SCHEDULE IS:

Week 1: Chapters 1-4

Week 2: Chapters 5 – 7

Week 3: Chapters 8 – 10

Week 4: Chapters 11 – 13

Week 5: Chapters 14 – 17

Week 6: Chapters 18 – End

Stella Diaz loves marine animals, especially her betta fish, Pancho. But Stella Diaz is not a betta fish. Betta fish like to be alone, while Stella loves spending time with her mom and brother and her best friend Jenny. Trouble is, Jenny is in another class this year. When a new boy arrives in Stella’s class, she really wants to be his friend, but sometimes Stella accidentally speaks Spanish instead of English and pronounces words wrong, which makes her turn roja. Plus, she has to speak in front of her whole class for a big presentation at school! But she better get over her fears soon, because Stella Díaz has something to say!

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MIDDLE GRADE=Front Desk by Kelly Yang

THE WEEKLY SCHEDULE IS:

Week 1: Chapters 1 – 9

Week 2: Chapters 10 – 21

Week 3: Chapters 22 – 35

Week 4: Chapters 36 – 48

Week 5: Chapters 49 – 57

Week 6: Chapters 58 – End

Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while her immigrant parents clean the rooms, ten-year-old Mia manages the front desk of the Calivista Motel and tends to its guests. Number 2: Her parents hide immigrants. And if the mean motel owner, Mr. Yao, finds out they’ve been letting them stay in the empty rooms for free, the Tangs will be doomed. Number 3: She wants to be a writer. But how can she when her mom thinks she should stick to math because English is not her first language? It will take all of Mia’s courage, kindness, and hard work to get through this year. Will she be able to hold on to her job, help the immigrants and guests, escape Mr. Yao, and go for her dreams?

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MIDDLE SCHOOL=The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman

THE WEEKLY SCHEDULE IS:

Week 1: Chapters 1-7

Week 2: Chapters 8-15

Week 3: Chapters 16-22

Week 4: Chapters 23-30

Week 5: Chapters 31-37

Week 6: Chapters 38-44

Life is harsh in Chennai’s teeming streets, so when runaway sisters Viji and Rukku arrive, their prospects look grim. Very quickly, eleven-year-old Viji discovers how vulnerable they are in this uncaring, dangerous world. Fortunately, the girls find shelter–and friendship–on an abandoned bridge. With two homeless boys, Muthi and Arul, the group forms a family of sorts. And while making a living scavenging the city’s trash heaps is the pits, the kids find plenty to laugh about and take pride in too. After all, they are now the bosses of themselves and no longer dependent on untrustworthy adults. But when illness strikes, Viji must decide whether to risk seeking help from strangers or to keep holding on to their fragile, hard-fought freedom.

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YOUNG ADULT= The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

THE WEEKLY SCHEDULE:

Week 1: Pages 1-41

Week 2: Pages 42-79

Week 3: Pages 80 – 117

Week 4: Pages 118 – 160

Week 5: Pages 161 – 191

Week 6: Pages 192 – end

Humanity has nearly destroyed its world through global warming, but now an even greater evil lurks. The indigenous people of North America are being hunted and harvested for their bone marrow, which carries the key to recovering something the rest of the population has lost: the ability to dream. In this dark world, Frenchie and his companions struggle to survive as they make their way up north to the old lands. For now, survival means staying hidden—but what they don’t know is that one of them holds the secret to defeating the marrow thieves.

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HOW DO I CONNECT?

FACEBOOK GROUPS TO CONNECT WITH OTHER EDUCATORS:

Main GRA Facebook group

Picture Book Study Group

Early Reader Book Group Post a “connection wanted” message in your group, or

Upper Elementary/ Middle-Grade Book Group respond to one. Post age group, location, types

Middle School Book Group of tools to use, experience level, and contact info.

YA Book Group

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TWITTER HASHTAGS FOR THE YEAR:

Picture book author study – #GRAYuyi

Stella Diaz Has Something to Say – #GRAStella

Front Desk – #GRAFront

The Bridge Home – #GRABridge

The Marrow Thieves– #GRAMarrow

Advice from GRA creator:

“Have one solid connection planned before beginning. I also like to look at what else is going on during the project, so checking in on the Twitter hashtags, seeing what other people are sharing and such is helpful.”

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