Humpty Dumpty has to overcome his own fears, but how can he? Bobbi Gibb realizes that she is good enough to run the marathon.Īfter the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) by Dan Santat Girl Running by Annette Bay Pimentel and Micha Archer.

The little boy realizes that he is more alike with his grandfather than not in amazing Drawn Together by Minh Le and Dan Santat. These are the books my students and I will use as we explore this concept a little further.įantastic Aha Moment in Mixed – A Colorful Story by Arree Chung as the community realizes that it is more fun to be mixed than separated. The first post was on Contrast & Contradictions, so this week I am turning to Aha Moments. I have therefore looked for picture books I could use with the different strategies and will publish posts as I have them for the 6 different strategies since I cannot be the only one looking for ideas. While the book has excellent text ideas to use as mentor texts, I thought it would be nice for my students to use picture books on the very first day of a new strategy before we delve into the longer text excerpts. This book provides us with the foundation for having deeper reading conversations and a common language as we develop our thoughts. One of the main texts we use to guide our reading instruction is the amazing Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading by Kylene Beers and Robert Probst.

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