Teachers are aware that understanding vocabulary is crucial to reading comprehension, but we want students to do more than just “know it when they read it.” We hope our students can adopt these words into their repertoire and improve their writing and speaking vocabulary as well. As I mentioned in this past post filled with […]
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What Should I Do During Each Close Read?
Honest talk here. Close reading turns those mini-lessons into MAXI-lessons if you try to fit in all that you want to do with a text in one day. Let’s look at why: Even though close reading is done with short texts, the time it takes to dig deep shouldn’t be short because… the texts should […]
Your Guide to Engaging Students as Thinking Readers
How many times as an adult have you been reading a book and realize at the end of the page, you didn’t really READ any of it? Sure, your eyes looked at every word, but you don’t actually recall understanding those words. It’s because you weren’t thinking about the text. Your mind probably drifted off […]
Here's a fun FREE activity to use this month to practice close reading poetry! 🕷
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This fun freebie includes the poem, The Spider by Jane Taylor (1883) and a guiding question for the first, second, and third reads of the poem. Possible answers are also provided. Check out my blog postLet's get in the mood for fall! Grab free activities to use with the mentor text, Scarecrow by Cynthia Rylant (affiliate link for the book: amzn.to/2ygNFi4). The book shows students life from a scarecrow's point of view. Students will summarize the book, find evidence in the story that the scarecrow enjoys his life, and see how Cynthia Rylant uses language to help the reader visualize. Students will practice "show don't tell" writing as they write their own version of the story from a scarecrow's point of view!
Fabulous Fall Mentor Text: Scarecrow
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I absolutely LOVE the author, Cynthia Rylant. She has so many fantastic books to use as mentor texts! One of her gems is perfect for this t...If you own my I Need My Monster Mentor Text Unit, go redownload for updates! (Yes even if you just bought it this weekend!) I added several goodies to it today to give you more to do with this fun book!
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