By Patricia Polacco
Special Needs Book
In this story Trisha goes of to school with great hopes that she will be a great reader but when she does go to school she always has a hard time keeping up with the reading. When some of the other students finish reading books she is still stuck in the first book. Little by little all the other students start making fun of her and there is a point in time when she thinks she is dumb. Her grandmother is the only one who believes in her but then she dies. This keeps going on until one day a teacher named Mr. Falker becomes her teacher. Whenever she has to read or write the other students bully her but Mr. Falker tells them to stop. The bullying continues outside of the class until one day Mr. Falker catches Eric bothering Trisha and gets him in trouble. After that Mr. Flaker asks Trisha to stay after school and he sees what her problem is. He starts working with her until she is able to read. It turns out that Trisha is dyslexic and that is the reason why she could not read like the rest of the students. Years passed and she met Mr. Falkner again and reminded him of what a great thing he did for her.
I would use this book in my class because I think it is a great story that many children will enjoy.
I would read it aloud and then have the students do an activity about how they would help a student that may have a disadvantage. This book is appropriate for Kindergarten trough Third Grade.
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