This is a cute series book that I hadn't heard of until browsing it in class on Wednesday 05/25. The story tells of Ruby who has a baby brother and an immigrant cousin "Flying Duck" from China. Flying Duck is deaf and doesn't speak English. Ruby has her ups and downs with her cousin, but overall loves being her "Smile Buddy" at school, friend, and cousin.
Both Ruby and Flying Duck learn things from each other, such as saving her little brothers life to taking a reading glasses test. Ruby excels in school until she becomes distracted and gets notification from her principal. Ruby gets ready for third grade excitedly. There are illustrations throughout the book showing Ruby and the other characters, which I think will keep students engaged, especially if they are just starting to read chapter books.
I would use this book in my classroom by making small groups of students and assigning them each a book. One of the groups would get to read this book! The reason I choose the book for this reason is it teaches a good lesson about immigration! After the small group reads this book, they could respond to it by either making a collage/poster, a skit, and/or a fact chart about immigration. They would get their information by researching general information about immigration and what they learned from the book to teach the whole class what they learned about this topic. This book is actually a great opportunity for cross-curricular! Add other cultures/backgrounds...plus we all immigrated at some point to America. A good lesson to share. After this activity, I would keep the book on my shelf for students to read during their free read time.
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