Ways to Make Sunshine
by Renée Watson and Nina Mata
43 Total Resources 9 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2020
Word Count 27,053
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 760L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 508493, 4.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
Our Original Resources 4
Audio Name Pronunciation with Renée Watson
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 12
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Guided Reading Lesson from Reading is Resistance
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Teaching Ideas from Scholastic
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Discussion Questions from Shoreline Public Schools
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Story Questions 2 from Shoreline Public Schools
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Story Questions 1 from Shoreline Public Schools
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Reader's Theater Script from Texas Bluebonnet Award
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Teaching Ideas from Judy Newman at Scholastic
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Writing Activity from Judy Newman at Scholastic
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Book Club Activities from Heritage Mom
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Teaching Guide from Bloomsbury USA
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Book Readings 1

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Sisi Aisha Johnson
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Book Trailers 2

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Video Book Trailer from Texas Bluebonnet Award
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Vocabulary Lists 1

Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
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Awards & Distinctions 9

Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2022
Commended, 2021

Kids’ Book Choice Awards, 2008-2021
Winner, 2021

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2022
Young Reader and Middle Grade Fiction Winner, 2021

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021

Sid Fleischman Humor Award, 2004-2021
Finalist, 2021

Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Winner, 2021

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2021
Selection, 2020

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2021
Selection, 2020
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