by boot | Jul 22, 2025
Pause periodically to ask students what the text is really saying. For example, 1.When Mum says, “Let’s go, lazybones.” Text cue: “We’re really leaving our island home!” Ask: “Why do you think she’s not packing? What do you think she’ll do before she leaves?” When she...
by boot | Jul 22, 2025
Have students retell the story using pictures they’ve painted on stones to create a path from start to finish.
by boot | Jul 22, 2025
Write different questions for students to answer about the book with a marker on a beach ball. Make sure the questions hit on different elements such as character, problem and solution, setting, connections, and predictions. Then, throw the beach ball around the...
by boot | Jul 22, 2025
Use the following questions to facilitate group discussion, or have students write responses to the questions individually. Where did this story happen? Do you think the granddaughter enjoyed helping with the maple syrup each year? Why? Why not? The most likely reason...
by boot | Jul 22, 2025
Refer back to the KWL Chart that was started before reading the text. Remind students of their thoughts and what they wanted to know about wildfires. Fill in the last column of the chart together. If there are questions that were not answered in the text, encourage...
