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This novel study provides an overview to the book Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World by Mildred Pitts Walter. It also provides a variety of questions for each chapter consistent with the different levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. There are also some end of book ideas. Students will learn about black cowboys, something that is often overlooked. Questions involve character, point of view, visualization and decision making.

Eleven tells the story of Sam, and his journey to understand his past. This story has many themes of friendship, family, and how everyone has some talent regardless of other abilities. This novel study has discussion questions and some activity ideas at the end of the novel. Discussion questions tend to focus on character analysis, predicting, and inferences. The questions are associated with all levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. I used this with a small group, and they really got into the story!

This is a scripted lesson I use for a tutor in a small group setting, but it would also work for a whole group lesson (or sub plans!). It includes questioning before, during, and after reading and uses sentence strips to help students build an understanding of how a story is sequenced. This lesson uses the book The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas.

This novel study on The One In The Middle Is A Green Kangaroo by Judy Blume offers a general overview of the book and discussion questions along all levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. The questions are listed by chapter and page number. There are also end of unit ideas. This would be fabulous for small group guided reading or whole group settings.

This novel study offers a general overview of the book and discussion questions along all levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. The questions are listed by chapter and page number. There are also several end of unit ideas. This would be fabulous for small group guided reading or whole group settings.

This novel study on Dan Gutman's The Homework Machine offers a general overview of the book and discussion questions along all levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. The questions are listed by chapter and page number. There are also several end of unit ideas. This would be fabulous for small group guided reading or whole group settings.

This is a scripted lesson I use for a tutor in a small group setting, but it would also work for a whole group lesson. It includes questioning before, during, and after reading and uses a graphic organizer (included) to help students understand that characteristics are inferred through what the author tells us, and that characteristics can change throughout the story. The graphic organizer has two copies- one blank, the other filled in as an example of what the finished product looks like accord

This is a mini author study using three books by Chris Van Allsburg (Two Bad Ants, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, and The Sweetest Fig) to teach the skill of making inferences. It is a week-long plan, with teacher directed scripted parts, student participation aspects, and an assessment piece. It is aligned with fifth grade common core state standards, but could easily be adapted for other grade levels.

This is a bundle of 8 lessons and a review I used with 5th graders. The lessons are also available individually for sale! The lessons are designed to reteach fraction skills in a small group setting, although it could be used whole group. They are scripted, as they were created for a tutor to use them. Lessons include 1. finding simplest form 2. finding common denominator 3. turning mixed numbers into improper fractions 4. turning improper fractions into mixed numbers 5. adding mixed numbers 6.

The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes is the classic tale of how bullying and having fun at someone's expense is not really fun at all. This novel study has discussion questions aligned with all levels of Bloom's Taxonomy to guide comprehension. End of unit ideas are included to help with comprehension and connecting it to bullying in schools today. This works well as a whole group activity or in a guided reading group.

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin is a perennial favorite for my students! This novel study provides a brief overview of the book and discussion questions for each chapter, also broken down by page number. As a mystery story, many questions deal with character analysis and motivation, making inferences, and drawing conclusions. Some project ideas for the end of the novel are also included.

This novel study provides an overview of Judy Blume's Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. Questions provided are at all levels of Bloom's taxonomy and focus on understanding characters, making predictions, and judging decisions that characters make. Some end of book project ideas are also included. This is great for whole groups or small groups.

This is a scripted lesson I use for a tutor in a small group setting, but it would also work for a whole group lesson. It includes questioning before, during, and after reading and uses a graphic organizer (included) to help students understand the problems and solutions in a text. It helps the students identify multiple problems as well as how solutions don't always work. The graphic organizer (T-chart) comes with one filled out as an example of what you create with the lesson and a blank copy

Bunnicula is a perennial favorite for the students! This novel study has a general overview of the story, followed by discussion questions from all levels of Bloom's Taxonomy broken down by chapter and page number. Questions tend to deal with predicting, inferring and characters. Some end of the project book ideas are also included.

This is a novel study for Artemis Fowl, by Eoin Colfer. It provides an brief overview of the main characters and setting, and short summary. There's a brief book talk, to get the kids interested in the story. There are discussion questions along all levels of bloom's taxonomy. The questions are listed by chapter and page number. There are some project ideas to use at the end of the novel. I have used this for small group guided reading, with my advanced 5th graders, and they loved the story. It

This activity is a literacy center to help students practice making inferences. They choose a question, read the paragraph, and try to use the clues to guess what the person in the paragraph is feeling. There is a hidden answer on each page the students can uncover to check the accuracy of their inference. Previously, we have also discussed synonymous feelings (thrilled/excited) before using this center. PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS THE SAME AS MY TWENTY QUESTIONS- INFERENCE FOR SMARTBOARD, JUST IN T

This novel study is on The Secret Soldier by Ann McGovern. It is a biography on the life of Deborah Sampson. This offers a general overview of the book and discussion questions along all levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. The questions are listed by chapter and page number. There are also several end of unit ideas. This would be fabulous for small group guided reading or whole group settings. Activities focus on learning more about life in the time of the Revolutionary War.

This is a scripted lesson I have used with a tutor. It would work well for a whole group or a small group setting. Students explore how good readers ask questions before, during, and after they read a story. They are given the opportunity to ask questions about the text (Sarah Morton's Day by Kate Waters). They also explore the difference between meaningful questions that are relevant to the story, and questions that aren't relevant using an included sort. Students discuss their questions, and u

This novel study on The Frog Princess by E. D. Baker offers a general overview of the book and discussion questions along all levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. The questions are listed by chapter and page number. There are also several end of unit ideas. This would be fabulous for small group guided reading or whole group settings. The questions focus on making inferences, visualization, author's word choice, and predicting.

This Smartboard activity reviews the four types of author's purpose- to entertain, to express, to inform, and to persuade. Students are given a review with a definition of each as well as an example. Then there are 10 short paragraphs for students to read and determine the author's purpose. This works well as a literacy center or a whole group review.