This assignment focuses on a specific skill, like theme or point of view. Once they are done reading and answering questions then they do an assignment that goes along with the book. The questions have page numbers next to them to make it even easier.
Then, it gives them three questions to answer while reading. This assignment tells them what book to go read on EPIC. The way this works in on Google Slides I send them an assignment through Google Classroom. I use EPIC many different ways in my classroom and today I wanted to share some ways you can use it in your classroom or in your distance learning! EPIC Book Companions
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It is perfect for digital learning and provides parents with tons of books for kids! (During COVID it is free for at home use, usually it is only free for at school use). Kingsolver’s funny narrative makes this seemingly daunting task funny and approachable.I love EPIC and I love using it my classroom. Kingsolver’s examination and exploration of their journey feels like a discussion among friends, and it makes the idea of wanting to do better, eat better, treat the earth better, a little easier and less overwhelming. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolverīarbara Kingsolver and her family make a decision that they will only buy food raised locally, grow it on their own, or not eat it at all. That is, until the three-year anniversary of the tornado, when Tucker resurfaces, and takes his nine-year-old. After media attention and scrutiny, the brother, Tucker, abandons his sisters and disappears. If you want to dive headfirst into reading material for the current state of the world and the politics, fighting, and activism surrounding climate change, this is the book you need to pick up now. The four McCloud children were orphaned as kids after a category 5 tornado destroyed their home and parents. The newest release on this list, this striking account does not hold back, declaring it is “much worse” than everything we think about the state of the environment. The Earth Book by Todd Parr Are you familiar with childrens author and artist Todd Parr His books are bright, colourful and include simple text. The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells genetic plant breeding, and its impact on the future of agriculture and farming. It’s equally silly as it is interesting for its discussions of “pumpkin sex,” a.k.a.
They fight root rot, sabotage, and heartbreak as they all strive for glory-the biggest pumpkin!
A literal entire book about pumpkin growing and its competitions, you can work your way through an entire gardening season of farmers competing with others from all over the country. I will always and forever be recommending this weird little book. Backyard Giants: The Passionate, Heartbreaking, and Glorious Quest to Grow the Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Susan Warren Nonfictionįrom the oddly specific to the wildly broad, here are some true accounts and narratives to brush up on your environmental knowledge. This collection of stories discusses Nigerian women and families displaced from their homes, battling electric outages and pollution in water, loving despite being confronted with dangerous obstacles, and more. Happiness, Like Water by Chinelo Okparanta This unsettling and thoughtful book had me thinking about it long after I finished reading it, not only because of the complicated nature of family but also because of its powerful look at humanity and empathy. She becomes his inadvertent accomplice as they road-trip across the country, and the two sleep in parks, fight for animal rights, and end up on an animal-releasing spree at a zoo, all while the older McCloud sisters look desperately for their missing sister.
That is, until the three-year anniversary of the tornado, when Tucker resurfaces, and takes his nine-year-old sister, Cora, with him. The four McCloud children were orphaned as kids after a category 5 tornado destroyed their home and parents.
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The author also was the first American woman to form a movie production company, and she used these funds and notoriety to help conserve parts of the Limberlands (in Indiana) that still are preserved today! The Wildlands by Abby Geni
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