Book of the Month- The Year We Learned to Fly by Jacqueline Woodson
The Year We Learned to Fly This book is a stunning companion to The beautiful book The Day You Begin , a previous book of the month. Vocabulary brilliant (p. 4) very bright, smart, or talented fussing (p. 10) bothering each other autumn (p. 16) another word for fall, the season when the leaves change color- the season before winter and after summer cuffed (p. 19) to have handcuffs on block (p. 22) a street you live on Themes/ Main Idea Use your imagination and mind to dream of and believe in a better world Words and stories give you the power to "fly" past even the hardest of times Online Resources Jacqueline Woodson’s Site Rafael López’s Site