by boot | Feb 21, 2025
Have students generate on a graphic organizer (create your own) a list of things that they like to do with a grandparent or adult. Once they have created a list, give students time to describe each activity in short sentences in a draft (one per page). Have students...
by boot | Feb 21, 2025
Have students close their eyes and listen to the story as it is read to them. Then break students into pairs and have them retell the story to each other without reading the words, just looking at the illustrations. Once they are done, have each pair work together to...
by boot | Feb 21, 2025
While her father is working to earn money, the girl plays with a little boy. Have students write a story that tells this episode from his point of view. What is his life like? What does he think of the girl and her father? How does he feel when they leave?
by boot | Feb 20, 2025
Ask students to journal their feelings and create pictures of how they feel each day as you explore the story.
by boot | Feb 19, 2025
Prompt students: Choose an object. Study it carefully as Shi-shi-etko did in the story. Describe the object in a written, descriptive paragraph so the reader of your paragraph knows exactly what the object looks and feels like.
