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Use The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

The Story of Ruby Bridges is the story of a six-year-old African-American girl who became the first black child to go to an all-white school. In 1960, Ruby Bridges started school at William Frantz Elementary in New Orleans, Louisiana. At that time, many white people were not happy about Ruby's presence at their school. Because of Ruby's courage, she became a historic example of how bravery and love can triumph over hate. While reading this book, students can benefit from using the BookPagez resources to make inferences, determine important events, and ask questions to comprehend this critical time in America's history.
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Asking Questions with The Story of Ruby Bridges

Asking questions is an essential skill for readers to master. Use this lesson plan and set of resources to help your students ask questions about Ruby Bridges and the important part she played in the story of America's fight for Civil Rights.
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RI.3.1,RI.3.4,RI.3.10,RF.3.3,RF.3.4,SL.3.1c,SL.3.1d,SL.3.2,SL.3.3,W.3.8,L.3.6
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3.7E,3.13H,3.13E,3.13C,3.13A,3.9D(iii),3.9D(ii),3.9D(i),3.7G,3.7F,3.1A,3.7D,3.7C,3.7B,3.6I,3.6B,3.6A,3.1E,3.1D,3.1C
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Determining Importance with The Story of Ruby Bridges

Ruby Bridges served as an important example of what can happen when love trumps hate. Use this determining importance lesson plan to help students to identify the important events in Ruby's young life that made it possible for her to fight segregation.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
RI.3.2,RI.3.5,RI.3.6,RI.3.7,RI.3.10,RF.3.3,RF.3.4,SL.3.1d,SL.3.2,SL.3.3,W.3.8,L.3.6
TEKS Alignment
3.7D,3.13H,3.13E,3.13C,3.13A,3.10A,3.9D(iii),3.9D(ii),3.9D(i),3.7G,3.7F,3.7E,3.1A,3.7C,3.7B,3.7A,3.6I,3.6G,3.6E,3.6B,3.6A,3.1E,3.1D,3.1C
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Making Inferences with The Story of Ruby Bridges

Ruby Bridges story is on of courage, love, and prejudice. Through inferring, readers can focus on identifying the feelings of the characters in this important story. Use this making inferences lesson plan and set of resources to help readers understand the challenges people endure while standing up for their rights.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
RI.3.1,RI.3.4,RI.3.7,RI.3.10,RF.3.3,RF.3.4,SL.3.1d,SL.3.2,SL.3.3,W.3.8,L.3.6
TEKS Alignment
3.7C,3.13H,3.13E,3.13C,3.9D(iii),3.9D(ii),3.9D(i),3.7G,3.7F,3.7E,3.7D,3.1A,3.7B,3.7A,3.6I,3.6F,3.6B,3.6A,3.1E,3.1D,3.1C
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Retelling & Summarizing with The Story of Ruby Bridges

The Story of Ruby Bridges offers readers a straight forward account of a challenging time in America's history. Use this retelling and summarizing lesson plan to encourage readers to practice identifying important details in Ruby's story.
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RI.3.2,RL.3.4,RI.3.7,RI.3.10,RF.3.3,RF.3.4,SL.3.1d,SL.3.2,SL.3.3,W.3.8,L.3.6
TEKS Alignment
3.7E,3.13H,3.13E,3.13C,3.9D(iii),3.9D(ii),3.9D(i),3.8D,3.7G,3.7F,3.1A,3.7D,3.7C,3.7B,3.6I,3.6G,3.6A,3.1E,3.1D,3.1C
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Synthesizing with The Story of Ruby Bridges

The Story of Ruby Bridges offers readers a unique perspective on the fight to end segregation. By learning about civil rights through the eyes of a six-year-old, students will identify with the character, reflect on her actions, and synthesize the information presented in this book in order to deepen comprehension.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
RI.3.10,L.3.6,W.3.8,SL.3.3,SL.3.2,SL.3.1d,SL.3.1c,RF.3.4,RF.3.3,RI.3.1,RI.3.8,RI.3.7,RI.3.6,RI.3.5,RI.3.4,RI.3.3,RI.3.2
TEKS Alignment
3.7D,3.13H,3.13E,3.13C,3.9D(iii),3.9D(ii),3.9D(i),3.7G,3.7F,3.7E,3.1A,3.7C,3.7B,3.6I,3.6H,3.6G,3.6A,3.1E,3.1D,3.1C
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Consonants with The Story of Ruby Bridges

This word work lesson plan and set of teaching resources use The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles as a springboard for instruction focused hard and soft g sounds.

By anchoring word study to the text, students will benefit from seeing how hard and soft g words are used inside of the text before engaging in both guided and independent practice with words following the hard and soft g pattern.

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RF.3.3,RF.3.4
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Vocabulary Connections with The Story of Ruby Bridges

This set of vocabulary development resources for The Story of Ruby Bridges highlights the words that are most important for students to know and understand while reading the book. Through engaging in fun word games, matching words to definitions and pictures, and practicing how to categorize words, students will develop the vocabulary necessary to comprehend this story and many others.

Common Core State Standards Alignment
L.3.4a,L.3.5b,L.3.6
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3.7E,3.7F,3.3A,3.3B
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Comprehension Assessment with The Story of Ruby Bridges

Use this Common Core aligned comprehension assessment to evaluate students' comprehension of The Story of Ruby Bridges.
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Running Record with The Story of Ruby Bridges

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with The Story of Ruby Bridges. Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.

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Writing with The Story of Ruby Bridges

The BookPagez extension activities are a great way to push student engagement beyond the pages of the text. Try using this activity with early finishers, with students who show a deeper connection with the text, or as a center activity.
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Asking Questions with The Story of Ruby Bridges (Spanish)

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Determining Importance with The Story of Ruby Bridges (Spanish)

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Making Inferences with The Story of Ruby Bridges (Spanish)

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Retelling & Summarizing with The Story of Ruby Bridges (Spanish)

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Synthesizing with The Story of Ruby Bridges (Spanish)

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Writing with The Story of Ruby Bridges (Spanish)

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Title: The Story of Ruby Bridges
Author: Robert Coles
Genre: Nonfiction, Biography
Themes: Women's History Month, Black History Month, Perseverance
ISBN: 9780439598446
Publisher's Summary:
"Please, God, try to forgive those people. Because even if they say those bad things, They don't know what they're doing." This is the true story of an extraordinary 6-year-old who helped shape history when she became the first African-American sent to first grade in an all white school. This moving book captures the courage of a little girl standing alone in the face of racism.
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