Extra Yarn Book Companion - Teaching Theme Mentor Text Lesson
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Description
Teaching theme is sometimes a difficult for teachers and a hard concept for primary grade students to grasp. This mentor text lesson for Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen is designed to make the task easier! Real-life color photos that align to the story illustrations and setting, along with thought-provoking discussion prompts will get your students thinking, talking, and writing responses to the story.
You can read all about how to use this resource in your classroom in this
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This resource includes the following materials and extension activities:
- Picture Prompts to use before reading Extra Yarn to help students make story predictions and connections.
- Photo Samples of Thinking Charts you can create using chart paper or a dry erase board to help students map their schema or background knowledge of the topic and gather ideas about the story theme.
- Discussion Cards and Writing Prompts to use after reading the story to help students reflect and write about character traits story theme.
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