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Have you ever wondered what a book looks like after I finish using it to create a mentor sentence unit? 🙈 I just completed the six-week mini-unit for A Rover's Story, which is this year's Global Read Aloud for Middle Grades/Upper Elementary! #gra23![]()
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Will you be participating with your class? It all kicks off on October 2nd. 🤓![]()
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In this book, Resilience, or Res for short, is a Mars rover who is determined to live up to his name. 🤖 He was not built to have human emotions. But as he learns new things from the NASA scientists who assemble him, he begins to develop humanlike feelings. I never thought I could feel so much for a robot. I might have even shed a few tears at the end...! 😅 #grarover![]()
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📓Do your students struggle to understand a vocabulary word that has multiple meanings? ![]()
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This is why teaching vocabulary in context is SO important! 🤓![]()
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If your students are just "looking up a list," how many of your students pick the first definition and write it down, then move on to the next word? 📝![]()
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Or better yet… raise your hand if you have one of *those* students who finds the SHORTEST definition of the word to write! 🙋♀️![]()
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💡Come check out this post where I share some research-based tips for teaching vocabulary: www.ideasbyjivey.com/vocabulary-in-context-journey/