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Book Reference List – Part 1

Courtney Campbell

Mercer University

REFERENCE BOOK LIST 2

Viorst, J. (1978). Alexander, who used to be rich last Sunday. New York, NY: Aladdin

Paperbacks.

3 sentence summary: Alexander received money from his grandparents, a dollar to be exact, on

Sunday. Alexander planned to save it, but he spent it or lost it a little bit at a time. He ended up

with just a few bus tokens.

Reflection: This book is great for students because it provides students a glimpse into the reality

of what how quickly someone can spend the money they received. It is a child-friendly book

that teaches an important lesson about budgeting and saving money. The only limitation of this

book is it does not show students accurate prices of items today. However, it does show students

what life was like for children in the past. For example, Alexander bought went to the telephone

booth at the restaurant to search for money.

Relevant Social Studies GSE: SS5E4 – Identify the elements of a personal budget (income,

expenditures, and saving) and explain why personal spending and saving decisions are

important.

How I would use this book in my classroom: Prior to reading the book, I would ask students if

they ever received money as a gift. We would briefly discuss how many students saved their

money and how many students spent their money. After reading the book, I would lead a class

discussion about the effects of Alexander’s actions. This could naturally lead to introducing the

concept of a personal budget.

Cross-Curricular Connections: MGSE5.NBT.7 – Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals

to hundredths, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value,

properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the

strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used

Students can review decimal subtraction while reading the book. I would give each student a

hundred pennies and a recording sheet. As Alexander starts spending his money, students can

take away the different costs from $1.00. Simultaneously they can then document the subtraction

on a piece of paper to show they can connect their concrete subtraction actions with the abstract

standard subtraction algorithm.

REFERENCE BOOK LIST 3

Choi, Y. (2001). The name jar. Dragonfly Books.

3 sentence summary: Unhei is new to her American classroom from Vietnam. When asked her

name, she decided not to give one because she wants an American name and needs suggestions

from her classmates. Unhei gets helps from her classmates but soon realizes a new important life

lesson.

Reflection: In the classroom, there are so many different cultures, religions, nationalities, etc. It

is so important for students to embrace their own backgrounds and history. They should be able

to share their backgrounds with their classmates and embrace their family lines. At the same

time, other students need to know the importance of respect for other cultures, religions,

nationalities. This book teaches the importance of self-love and why it is important for you to

embrace your family history.

Relevant Social Studies GSE: SSKG1 Describe the diversity of American culture by explaining

the customs and celebrations of various families and communities.

How I would use this book in my classroom: I would use this book during the first weeks of

school. At this point, all of the students are new to the classroom, and new to each other. I would

use this book to urge the students to be expressive and not ashamed of their backgrounds. I want

students to embrace where they come from and what more than a perfect opportunity to teach

this to students than the first week of school. I think it would be a good idea to also go back and

reread this book in the instance of getting a new student. After reading this book, I will have

students to introduce or reintroduce themselves to their classmate by telling where they are from

and something that their family does in their culture.

Cross-Curricular Connections: ELAGSE1W2 Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the

topic or the name of the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the

opinion, and provide some sense of closure.

I would connect this book with an ELA standard. I would have students to write and draw a

picture of why they think it is important to embrace their culture. In their writing, students should

include information about their ethnic background and family traditions.

REFERENCE BOOK LIST 4

Bader, B., & Cornelison, S. (2018). My little golden book about Martin Luther King Jr. New

York, NY: A Golden Book.

3 sentence summary: This book entails the life of the civil rights activist, Dr. Martin Luther

King Jr. It gives young readers information about his childhood all the way up to his adult life.

Readers are able to see how he helped to bring a change for Black Americans.

Reflection: The history of Dr. King is so important and especially to the Georgia history. Dr.

King has such a great story and background. This book, which is an easy read can be presented

in so many ways.

Relevant Social Studies GSE: SS2H1 Describe the lives and contributions of historical figures

in Georgia history.

1. Martin Luther King, Jr. (civil rights)

How I would use this book in my classroom: I would allow students to read this book as an

introduction to the standard. Students will be put into small groups for partner reading. Once