Before reading: build background, take a picture walk,
and review vocabulary (compliment, patient, encouraging). During reading: focus on the author’s craft and purpose, context clues, and main idea/theme. After reading: analyze the story’s problem/solution and create an action plan for kindness.
Follow up:
KIDS PUBLISHING PROYECT
Start a workshop with your students. You can coach them through the publishing process: thinking through, writing, and illustrating their own book.