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"Amber Brown is Not a Crayon" is a great book to use for the beginning of the school year. The novel lends itself to learning about the following reading skills:​ - making connections​ - cause and effect​ - sequencing​ - compare and contrast​ - using context clues​ - dictionary skills​ - comprehensionFor each section you will find vocabulary words that students must give a definition for, in their own words. They must also look the word up in the dictionary. Each section has comprehension questi

"Muggie Maggie" is a great book to use at the beginning of the school year or before teaching a new skill, more specifically when introducing cursive handwriting. For each chapter, students will define new vocabulary by breaking the word in to parts (prefixes/suffixes, base word) or they will use their context clues and/or a dictionary to define new words. There are comprehension questions for each chapter, as well. Students can make connections, describe the motivations/feelings of characters,

Reading response journals are a great way to practice new skills, as a summative assessment, as homework, or for a review of concepts. For each reading skill, you will find teacher notes on how to teach a new reading skills, ideas for anchor charts, and suggestions for mentor text. Reading response logs help students document what they are reading in a way rather than just what pages they have read.