Show Way
by Jacqueline Woodson and Hudson Talbott
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- Grade
- 1-8
- Genre
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2005
Word Count 1,060
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 650L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 88030, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- Art
- English Language Arts
- History
- Subject Headings
- Slavery--Juvenile fiction
- Slavery--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Juvenile materials
- African Americans--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
- Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction
- Mothers and daughters
- Quilts--Fiction
- African Americans--Fiction
- Quilts
- African Americans
- Slavery
- Quilts--Juvenile fiction
- Mothers and daughters--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
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Meet-the-Author Movie with Jacqueline Woodson
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Jacqueline Woodson reads from Show Way
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Jacqueline Woodson
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 9
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Teacher's Guide from Penguin Books for Young Readers
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Activity Guide from Reading Rainbow
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Teacher's Guide from Reading Rainbow
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Teaching Ideas from State Library of Louisiana
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Lesson Plan from Social Studies Research and Practice
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Lesson Plan from Weston Woods
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Lesson Plan from Brilliant Star Integrative Reading Project
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Book Readings 2

Video Book Reading narrated by Jacqueline Woodson
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Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Jacqueline Woodson
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Awards & Distinctions 6

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2022
Commended, 2006

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2022
Selection, 2006

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2006

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2021
Selection, 2006

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2022
Honor, 2006

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2005
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