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Teaching Theme With The Magic of Friendship Snow

Making friends can sometimes be difficult for children and even adults. This beautiful book The Magic of Friendship Snow, conveys how friendships are magical, unique and special; just like a snowflake. This beautifully illustrated book sends a message about kindness, acceptance, and challenges in society.

I'm joining my friends from The Reading Crew for a Winter Linkup. We're sharing some of our favorite winter books and lessons to go along with each book.

How to Teach Characterization With Technology and The Butterfly

I'm a huge fan of Patricia Polacco. There are so many skills and life lessons that can be taught through reading her wonderful books. One of my favorites is The Butterfly. It's a story about two courageous young girls during World War II. In this post, I'm going to share with you How to Teach Characterization With Technology and The Butterfly. Make sure to download your free resources.

Title Image - Mentor Text for Reading and Writing Sponsored by The Reading Crew

Building Expository Writers With Mentor Texts

In today's world, with so much information coming from the Internet, it's crucial to check the validity of websites. Students need to make sure that they are getting accurate and reliable information when conducting research and for expository writing. Checking information retrieved from the Internet also helps students search better and strengthen arguments about a subject. In this post, I'm going to use the book, But I Read it on the Internet!, to Build expository writers with mentor texts.

Building Writers with Mentor texts - featuring the book "But I Read It On The Internet"

Introducing Students to Biographies With Freebie

Introducing students to biographies gives them an opportunity to learn about lives of people who have made an important contribution and difference in the world. Selecting different books about people from different eras, ethnicities, and occupations gives students a glimpse of a variety of early lives, hardships, and impacts on society.

When introducing students to biographies, it's important to select different books about people from different eras, ethnicities, and occupations that will give students a glimpse of a variety of early lives, hardships, and impacts on society. Use the ideas, resources, FREE biography posters download, and questions provided at this blog post to engage your 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade students. The story included here is great for Black History Month or social studies integration.

Teaching Characterization With The Most Magnificent Thing

In preparing for the beginning of the year, picture books teach multiple skills in helping students adjust to school and learning new reading skills. In this post, you'll learn how to use Pic Collage Kids (PicKids) in teaching Characterization With The Most Magnificent Thing. Plus, I have a freebie you can download.

Teaching characterization does NOT have to be a challenge with the ideas & FREE download presented here. Plus your elementary students will utilize technology, which increases engagement. Use these activities with your 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade classroom or home school students. Teaching the reading skill of character traits will be a breeze. Plus the step by step directions included make this an easy lesson plan. Click through to learn more! {second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth graders}

Teaching Characterization Through Spring Mentor Text

It's spring! And, there are so many wonderful books you can use for teaching reading and writing skills. The Reading Crew has joined together to share our our love of literacy. We have a collection of ideas and lessons in teaching mentor text. In this post, I've provided you with a wonderful spring book for teaching characterization through spring mentor text. (Make sure to look for the secret word typed in BLUE.)

Need ideas for teaching characterization or character traits? This post gives you ideas with a spring mentor text. Click through to see how to use the book Summer Birds. Your students will learn how Maria Merian used illustrations to change how butterflies were viewed. With the FREE Google Drive download, your 2nd, 3rd, & 4th grade classroom or home school students will better understand the concept while working on necessary reading comprehension skills. {second, third, fourth grader - freebie}

This post is about using mentor text to learn about folktales from other cultures. The Polar Bear Son is a beautiful tale that I've used as an example. Freebie included.

The Inuit people inhabited the Arctic regions of Alaska, Greenland, Siberia, and Canada. During the long, dark winters, families would play games and tell stories. The stories were about animals, strong hunters, and the supernatural. The Polar Bear Son: An Inuit Tale, retold and illustrated by Lydia Dabcovich, is a story that has been handed down for generations. It's a tale about an old woman who finds a polar bear cub and raises it as her son. Even though the old woman sends the polar bear away, he remains faithful by continuing to supply her food.