WEBSITE RESOURCES Digital resources for this library include:
1 lesson per grade (written for each Take-Home Book) (PDF)
Read-Aloud Lessons
Annotated Grade-Specific Booklists
1 booklist per grade (PDF) This booklist organizes titles by theme, and each book's entry includes a short blurb and a Talk About It discussion question.
All-new short videos featuring Byron Garrett
Videos featuring Byron Garrett , including an introductory video and other short videos related to the collection’s themes
Family Letter with Read Together Book Prompts (English and Spanish)
1 letter and book prompts page per grade (PDF) While also available as printed materials, this Family Letter and Read Together Book Prompt component is included digitally in case extra copies are needed or you choose to share digital resources with families. 1 chart (PDF) While also available in this Teacher’s Guide, this assessment chart is a rubric designed to help assess students' life and literacy skills. 1 per grade (PDF) This page includes ten suggested writing activities (two for each theme) that prompt students to think about the themes of the library.
Assessing Life and Literacy Skills in the Classroom
Theme-Related Writing Activities
GRADE 1
READ TOGETHER
Making a flying machine can be frustrating, but a partner and a little patience just Might help Jabari’s invention SOar.
Jabari Tries by Gaia Cornwall
GRADE 1 BOOK LIST
Gaia Cornwall THE CREATOR OF JABARI JUMPS
Cover illustrations copyright © 2020 by Gaia Cornwall This edition is available for distribution only through the school market.
ISBN 978-1-338-81005-9
GRADE 1
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Dear Family,
Reading together is a wonderful way to spend quality time with your child. Reading together and talking about what you read aerward give you the chance to explore and discuss your child’s thoughts and ideas on a variety of topics. Reading Jabari Tries Jabari Tries is the story of a young boy who is determined to build a machine that can fly across the backyard. He insists to his father and sister that he can do it all by himself. But Jabari’s machine keeps breaking and crashing! Jabari’s father teaches his son some strategies for calming down when he is feeling frustrated. These strategies, combined with working as a team with his younger sister, leads Jabari to success.
Dear Educator, The Byron V. Garrett Life and Literacy Skills Library offers books for PreK to Grade 5. At each grade, the library features lively, appealing books perfect for read-alouds, paired reading, and independent reading that have been selected because they demonstrate the importance of key life skills. These library books have been categorized into five distinct themes, with an additional take-home book that encompasses all themes. Your Grade 1 Library includes: 1 Take-Home/Whole-Class title per grade, 31 copies of each, and 20 high-interest trade books, 2 copies of each.
The book you’re receiving today is your child’s Take-Home Book from our classroom’s Byron V. Garrett Life and Literacy Skills Library . We recently read it as a class, and now it’s yours to keep. On the following Read Together page you’ll find some helpful suggestions for talking about the book as you read. The books in this collection were selected with themes related to academic development and well-being in mind, with a focus on building skills for success. Building these skills happens in school and at home with great books and meaningful conversations. Reading together and talking about books oer great ways to support the learning your child is doing in school and to have fun. Enjoy reading and talking about this Take-Home Book!
Theme-Related Writing Activities Use these theme-related writing activities to help extend students’ thinking about the themes, the books in the library, and life skills. There are two suggested writing activities for each theme.
Take-Home Book
ENGAGE • I heard you read this book in school. What would you like to tell me about it? • Now let’s read it together.
Jabari Tries written and illustrated by Gaia Cornwall
Building Relationships
Jabari is determined to build a fantastic machine that can fly across the whole backyard. He insists he can do it alone. But when his machine crashes and Jabari gets frustrated, his father teaches him ways to calm down and refocus. He also suggests Jabari tries working with a partner: his little sister, Nika. Jabari Tries is a gentle story about keeping calm in the face of a problem, and the good things that can happen when people work together. This book relates to all five library themes and is supported by both a Read-Aloud Lesson resource for teachers to use in the classroom as well as a Read Together resource for families to share with children at home. Talk About It: What special advice does Jabari’s father give him?
EXPLORE While reading the book, you may like to pause to ask these questions. (Note: This book does not have page numbers. The first page with text is page 3.) p. 9 Jabari thinks about famous inventors like Lewis Howard Latimer and Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson. He thinks about how they used their creativity to solve problems. How do you think Jabari feels about these famous inventors, engineers, and scientists?
Superhero Saves the Day Draw a comic strip of your own made-up superhero saving a person, place, or pet. This comic strip should have the superhero noticing the trouble, swooping in to save the day, and then posing at the end of the crisis. (Narrative) A Friendship Award Work with a partner to write and draw friendship awards to give to each other. Focus on the qualities that make your partner a good friend. (Informative/Explanatory)
Words To Know excellent (p. 6) extremely good concentrating (p. 8) focusing on a particular activity or object creativity (p. 9) the use of imagination and original ideas frustrated (p. 21) feeling distressed or annoyed
Building Relationships Boy + Bot
p. 21
Jabari’s father gives Jabari advice to help when he’s feeling frustrated. He tells Jabari to gather up his patience, take a deep breath, and blow away his mixed feelings. Why do you think this advice will help?
Making Decisions
p. 24 Jabari and Nika think of ways to fix the flying machine. They work together to make better wings, and their flying machine is a success. Think of a time when you worked with a partner to solve a problem. What was that experience like?
Assessing Life and Literacy Skills in the Classroom This rubric is designed to help you (1) measure the development of your students’ life skills and (2) assess their understanding of these skills through literacy. Check off descriptions in the five categories that best reflect a student’s understanding of each concept through reading the theme-aligned books in this collection. You may want to meet to discuss specific books that the student has read.
written by Ame Dyckman and illustrated by Dan Yaccarino Boy and Bot meet in the forest and immediately become friends. They play and spend time together until suddenly Bot switches off. Boy tries everything he can think of, but nothing works, and eventually he falls asleep – which is when Bot wakes up and sees Boy shut down! This hilarious book about a simple misunderstanding will have readers grinning from ear to ear. Talk About It: How did the Boy try to take care of the Bot? How did the Bot try to take care of the Boy?
A Brand New Invention There are many different and new inventions coming out that help people in their daily lives. If you were an inventor, what is something you would make? Draw a completely new invention and then write about what it does, how it would be helpful, and what it would be called. (Informative/Explanatory) Reaching a Goal Think about a character in a book you read recently that worked to reach a goal. Draw and write a story about that character, the goal they wanted to achieve, and the steps they took to reach that goal. (Narrative)
EXTEND • A Story About Your Child: Share a positive story about a time your child managed his or her emotions. • Drawing Together: Together with your child, draw two pictures of Jabari: one picture when his machine did not fly, and one picture aer his machine flew across the yard. Themes
Emerging
Developing
Accomplished
Student demonstrates self-confidence and is self-motivated Student sets personal goals and noticeably strives to achieve them Student consistently demonstrates an awareness of his/her strengths and weaknesses Student identifies, understands, and can relate to characters’ feelings Student identifies characters’ goals and understands possible motives and intentions Student consistently displays impulse control Student consistently manages stress and emotions appropriately Student’s organizational skills are consistent and positively affect schoolwork Student identifies characters’ internal dilemmas and sees their connection to the characters’ actions Student identifies the external obstacles characters face, and understands how characters work to overcome these obstacles
Student demonstrates some self-confidence, but tends to lose motivation Student sets initial goals, but makes minimal effort to achieve them Student demonstrates some awareness of his/her strengths and weaknesses Student can identify characters’ feelings, but cannot relate to or understand them Student can identify characters’ goals, but does not fully understand characters’ motives Student sometimes displays impulse control Student sometimes manages stress and emotions appropriately Student’s organizational skills are erratic, but improving Student can identify characters’ internal dilemmas, but does not see their connection to the characters’ actions Student can identify the external obstacles characters face, but does not understand how characters overcome these obstacles
Student lacks motivation and shows minimal self-confidence Student does not make any effort to set goals Student does not have an awareness of his/her own strengths and weaknesses Student cannot identify or understand characters’ feelings Student cannot identify characters’ goals or possible motives for working toward those goals Student has little to no impulse control Student does not manage stress and emotions appropriately Student’s lack of organization negatively affects schoolwork Student cannot identify characters’ internal dilemmas and does not see their connection to the characters’ actions Student cannot identify the external obstacles characters face and does not understand how those obstacles can prohibit goal achievement
To read this letter and the Read Together page in Spanish, turn this page over.
Friendly Frenzy written and illustrated by Tedd Arnold
Student’s Own Development
Friends Buzz and Liz meet in the park with their pets, Fly Guy and Fly Girl. But when they meet a new kid named Carlos and his pet lizard, Fly Guy and Fly Girl go missing. Where could they have gone? Read along as the friends find out. Talk About It: How do Fly Guy and Fly Girl work together to keep Annie from eating them?
Understanding Myself
Life and Literacy Skills Development
Byron V. Garrett Life and Literacy Skills Library Grade 1
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Managing Myself
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