Hello Everyone! Thanks for stopping by our blog to see what's happening in our first grade classroom! This week we are working very hard on "retelling"stories we have read. Learning how to retell a story helps our little learners as readers and thinkers. It helps to organize thought, and recognize the thoughts we have during reading. It helps us recognize when our thinking changes throughout our reading. Characteristics of good retelling are: using character names, telling about the setting, including the happenings or plot (beginning, middle, and end), discussing the problem the character is having, and describing how the problem was solved. Today I introduced our "retelling rope." Each symbol represents the parts of a story. I have used retelling ropes before, but revamped this with some better visuals. The kids really get it when they can actually manipulate the parts. This year I wrote a simple poem to go along with our retelling activities. We practiced retelling several stories together using the large retelling rope, and then the kids got to make their own mini one to manipulate during their own reading time. After putting these together, some kids chose to work with others to retell a common story (The Lorax has become a favorite for some reason :) !) We also practiced recording our retelling thoughts. We will continue to work hard on this important skill! When I read a story! For your printable of these pages plus larger visuals to make your own retelling rope click here! :) here's the link to the printable with student rope pics! :) Or click here! :) I love helping kids improve their retelling skills!! Don't forget to retell your own stories with your kids!!! Stop by again soon!! Joyfully! Nancy
It's March, which means we are pushing our kids to get them right where they need to be by the end of the year. If you are like me, you'...
I can't believe how time just flies by in grade one! There is only one week left in September, can you believe it? According to our daily calendar, we have only been in school for 12 days so far, but it feels like I have known these little ones forever! Well we have had a busy week and I know next week is going to be even busier! So many unexpected meetings, inservices, and other events that keep popping up! But now that I have a moment to catch my breath, here are some things we did this week! Theme: Seasons In both our Science and Social Studies, we talking about the four seasons and seasonal changes. We start off by talking about the seasons. I like Gail Gibbon's "The Reason for the Seasons." I also discovered that my kids LOVE sesame street videos and they have some really great ones that go with your themes. I found this cute one called "Eating Cookies All Year". I love Cookie Monster!! Click on the pic for the link. Each day of the week we focused on a different season and completed an anchor chart. I forgot to take pictures, but the name of the season went in the middle and the chart paper was divide into four sections. We brainstormed the months of that season, what the weather was like, the clothes we wear in that season, and activities we like to do in that season. You can download the titles for the anchor charts by clicking on the picture below. Here is what our completed anchor charts looked like (excuse my messy, slanty writing... I need to work on that!) The first season we talked about was fall (because we're in it!) After our anchor chart was complete, we did a little fall art project. I photocoped this bare tree onto thicker manilla tag paper, then students painted fall coloured leaves onto it using q-tips! They had so much fun with this and it was a really easy art project to set up! Click the picture to download the template. The next day we talked about winter. We watched Bert in this cute little video called "All Dressed Up". Click for the link. We completed a little picture sort. Students coloured the little circles, then cut them out and glued them on the correct season on the chart. Click the pic to download! Again, another cute Sesame Street video for spring. This one is "Spring is Here." Then we created spring umbrellas. These were inspired by Cara's Onomatopoeia Umbrellas (just tweaked for our season study). The tops of the umbrella were made from scrapbook paper. The handle was brown construction paper. On each of the raindrops, students wrote and drew four things that they liked about spring. They turned out super cute. Here's my example: And for our last season: summer! I read the story "Beach Day" by Patricia Lakin. We completed our summer anchor chart and then graphed our favourite season. I use a graph pocket chart and just printed out the title and option cards. The yellow cards each have my students names on the front and magnets on the back. You can download the graph cards here. (US version of favorite here.) Wow! Us Canadians sure do like out winter! (Even with -40°C weather and snow up to our eyeballs!) After we graphed our favourite season, we watched another cute Sesame Street video called "Guess the Season." Kids really liked this one! After that, students completed a page for a class book. The page says "I like [insert favourite season here] because ___________." and they draw a picture to go with it. You can download the title page and student page for the book by clicking either picture. (US version of favorite here.) This week we also started "Read to Self" for our Daily 5 time. We created our I-chart, practiced building our stamina, talked about where to sit (no, the dark closet is NOT a good place to read...), and did the I PICK lesson. Students are loving this reading time so far! I also started the school year off reviewing the colours. I love love LOVE the Color Day Fun unit from Made for 1st Grade. I have used lots of activities from that unit. On yellow day, we read "Pete the Cat: Rocking in my School Shoes" because Pete rides a big yellow bus to school. We followed the directions in the unit to make our own school buses. They are so simple but turned out super cute! Look at Pete sitting in the back of this student's bus. How cute! Next week our theme is weather and we will be starting our math centres. I will post about these both next week! Happy Monday tomorrow, everybody!
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Yikes! This has been a quite a week in my first grade classroom! I anticipated a bit of chaos due to parent conferences, picture day, and concession sales, but I sure was not prepared for the amount of crazy that ensued yesterday! Here is a little sneak peak at the reason for all the insanity in my room! Meet "Skinky" the skink! (who is a little blurry because I was seriously freaked out by her appearance in my room!) It all started Wednesday afternoon as I was leaving the building. I opened the back door to exit and felt something creepy and smooth race over my foot! I screamed my head off thinking that it was a snake as they have been known to lurk around our back storage area. When I looked down, I was startled to see that I had accidentally let some sort of lizard into the building! Of course, I nearly scared it half to death, so it took off into my teammate's room, which is connected to mine. My favorite custodian was unable to catch him, so I went home and told my husband the crazy story. He lovingly assured me that the lizard would definitely be long gone from my room by the next morning. Little did he know that I'm not that lucky... So, yesterday started out pretty normal. I warned my kiddos as well as my principal and teammate next door about the lizard on the loose. They all laughed and thought I was crazy for worrying so much about it. As the day went on, I was a little jumpy, but I tried to push the thought of the creepy creature out of my mind. That is, until our afternoon read-aloud time. As I went to sit down on my rocking chair, I suddenly realized that I was about to sit on the intruding lizard!! It was all curled up, smack in the middle of the cushion on my seat! So much for calm, structured teaching...I went berserk screaming, jumping, and yelling for help! Fortunately, my principal came to the rescue, and the kids all clapped and cheered when our visitor, who turned out to be a female skink, was captured. Needless to say, all my planned teaching for the remainder of the day was sidetracked by this critter encounter. We did a little research and learned that skinks can lose their tails when frightened, and I am sooo glad that I did not have a loose tail flip-flopping around my room! I would have really lost it! The kids really enjoyed reading and writing about the skink, and even though it was unplanned, it turned out to be a great learning experience for all of us. And here I thought the highlight of the week would be our 3-D map that we made in Social Studies! Ha! Here are some photos of our 3-D map and the Circle within a Circle within a Circle Map we created to describe homes, neighborhoods, and communities. In other crazy and exciting news, I am very thrilled and a little overwhelmed by the fact that so many of you have found my Binder Covers useful! I had a request to add monthly binders for June and July, so those are now included if you'd like to redownload the file for Free from TPT. Also, if you have been to my store, you may have noticed some small changes. The organizing and spring cleaning bug has definitely bitten me, so I'm working on making over my products. If you already own my Classroom Jobs Pocket Chart or Magnetic Set, it is now fancy schmancy with updated graphics, some new job titles, and it comes in six color schemes to match any classroom. If you own my previous set, you can update yours for free by simply re-downloading it! The final bit of excitement...the winners! Please send me an email at [email protected] indicating which item you would like me to send to you! Have a wonderful weekend!
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Hello Everyone, We are about to begin our unit on "How To" writing pieces. Our youngest authors will be learning that they can use their writing to teach someone how to do something. They are all experts at doing something, right? :) What a way to share their enthusiasm for telling how something is done. Let them write!! I am sharing my mini unit on how to teach this important component of our littles' writing portfolios. This unit can be used in conjunction with any theme, science, social studies, etc. that may be in your curriculum already. During our landforms unit, I will have them write about how they made the Edible Landforms Cookie. You can get that unit ***Here! :) Here are a couple of shots of what is included in the writing unit. Teaching the concept of using transition words is emphasized in this unit. The mini unit is 16 pages of mini posters, planners, and mini book pages to help your young authors become teachers. You can get it ***Here! :) Please leave me a note if you think this is something you can use, or if you would like to see a different format. Thanks for stopping by our little window and taking a peek! Have a wonder-filled weekend! Joyfully! Nancy
We’ve been discussing Wants vs. Needs this week and used the book A Chair For My Mother, by Vera Williams to talk about the topic. After reading the book, the kids really led their own discussion about buying things they need rather than what they want. They were so precious and sweet talking about what …
Happy spring and happy Friday! I'm currently on spring break and really enjoying the time to relax with my family! Life has been busy, especially with an almost 15 year old. I thought life was busy when she was younger, but it seems to get busier as she gets older and has an even busier school and social life! It's been a while since I've last blogged and I have lots to share with you. I just love these extra worksheet sets. They are perfect for extra practice in math, and I use them a lot during my intervention time. During intervention my kiddos are either reading with me individually, or working independently. You can check this set out {HERE}! You can check out all themed sets {HERE}! If you'd like a preview of what's inside this set, here is a little spring addition/subtraction freebie. Just click the picture below to download! Last week The Moon was our reading theme. Our main story in our core reading program was Kitten's First Full Moon. Our small group reading books were nonfiction books about the moon. We completed lots of moon activities throughout the week and read several fiction and nonfiction moon books. If your looking for a great moon phase activity, I found a lunar cycle wheel that on TpT. I modified it a bit and my kiddos couldn't wait to take their wheels home and look at the night sky! You can find it {HERE}! My kiddos also each made models of the earth and Moon's orbit. With my support, and completing these in two steps, they turned out great! Most importantly, my first graders have a great tool to help them understand the earth and moon's orbit. You can find this awesome freebie {HERE}! Below are a few freebies I made. The moon facts booklet was a choice activity that I incorporated into my intervention time. My kiddos could write their own facts that they learned about the moon, or write facts from two of the moon anchor charts that were hanging on our classroom. I also created a moon themed math worksheet. My class needed a little extra practice and review on adding tens, so I created this worksheet for extra practice. You can check out both of these freebies by clicking on the pictures below. Here are just a few of the books that my class loved listening to during our moon week. Night Cat isn't really about the moon, but it was about a cat at night and there is a full moon. It was a perfect book to read after reading Kitten's First Full Moon in our core reading program. If You Decide To Go To The Moon was a FABULOUS book! My first graders were so captivated by this story and enjoyed every page! The Moon by Thomas K. Adamson was a perfect nonfiction book, with simple text and simple facts for young readers. I'm sure most of you have already celebrated your 100th day of school, but here are some freebies for you to tuck away until next year :) We celebrated our 100th day of school during the third week in February. Here's a 100 word booklet and a subtracting from 100 worksheet that my kiddos completed on our 100th day! The 6 page booklet has 100 spaces for words and took a few days to complete. My kids found words around the room and wrote them in their booklets. I used this booklet as a choice activity during our intervention time. The math worksheet was a great review during our math time. Click on either picture below for both downloads! Also during the third week of February our first graders attended a presentation about our flag. Local members from our VFW came and presented about our flag and each first grader went home with their own flag and flag stand. This was the perfect week to learn about American Symbols. I checked out several books from the library which my kids and I could read from during the week. I also made this cute anchor chart that I found {HERE}. If you'd like pictures with labels to create your own chart, or to display in a pocket chart, just click one of the pictures below. You can also download a flag facts worksheet as well. Both freebies are included in one download. Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a great end to your week!
Our Community Construction Project is causing a lot of excitement this week during first grade social studies. Before spring vacation, the class learned about the concepts of needs and wants within…
Yikes! This has been a quite a week in my first grade classroom! I anticipated a bit of chaos due to parent conferences, picture day, and concession sales, but I sure was not prepared for the amount of crazy that ensued yesterday! Here is a little sneak peak at the reason for all the insanity in my room! Meet "Skinky" the skink! (who is a little blurry because I was seriously freaked out by her appearance in my room!) It all started Wednesday afternoon as I was leaving the building. I opened the back door to exit and felt something creepy and smooth race over my foot! I screamed my head off thinking that it was a snake as they have been known to lurk around our back storage area. When I looked down, I was startled to see that I had accidentally let some sort of lizard into the building! Of course, I nearly scared it half to death, so it took off into my teammate's room, which is connected to mine. My favorite custodian was unable to catch him, so I went home and told my husband the crazy story. He lovingly assured me that the lizard would definitely be long gone from my room by the next morning. Little did he know that I'm not that lucky... So, yesterday started out pretty normal. I warned my kiddos as well as my principal and teammate next door about the lizard on the loose. They all laughed and thought I was crazy for worrying so much about it. As the day went on, I was a little jumpy, but I tried to push the thought of the creepy creature out of my mind. That is, until our afternoon read-aloud time. As I went to sit down on my rocking chair, I suddenly realized that I was about to sit on the intruding lizard!! It was all curled up, smack in the middle of the cushion on my seat! So much for calm, structured teaching...I went berserk screaming, jumping, and yelling for help! Fortunately, my principal came to the rescue, and the kids all clapped and cheered when our visitor, who turned out to be a female skink, was captured. Needless to say, all my planned teaching for the remainder of the day was sidetracked by this critter encounter. We did a little research and learned that skinks can lose their tails when frightened, and I am sooo glad that I did not have a loose tail flip-flopping around my room! I would have really lost it! The kids really enjoyed reading and writing about the skink, and even though it was unplanned, it turned out to be a great learning experience for all of us. And here I thought the highlight of the week would be our 3-D map that we made in Social Studies! Ha! Here are some photos of our 3-D map and the Circle within a Circle within a Circle Map we created to describe homes, neighborhoods, and communities. In other crazy and exciting news, I am very thrilled and a little overwhelmed by the fact that so many of you have found my Binder Covers useful! I had a request to add monthly binders for June and July, so those are now included if you'd like to redownload the file for Free from TPT. Also, if you have been to my store, you may have noticed some small changes. The organizing and spring cleaning bug has definitely bitten me, so I'm working on making over my products. If you already own my Classroom Jobs Pocket Chart or Magnetic Set, it is now fancy schmancy with updated graphics, some new job titles, and it comes in six color schemes to match any classroom. If you own my previous set, you can update yours for free by simply re-downloading it! The final bit of excitement...the winners! Please send me an email at [email protected] indicating which item you would like me to send to you! Have a wonderful weekend!
March Work Bundle! These differentiated printables are the perfect way to introduce, review, and practice diphthongs ow & ou, long i (ends in -y), final blends, and long vowel o! Use the covers and make a packet or use as single pages. Great for centers and independent practice! Use the activities with your guided reading groups or science of reading skill groups as well! Use them year after year! *Each Pack Includes: packet covers daily fix its weekly spelling words abc order reading passages grammar activities word search finish the word spelling practice word sorts word scramble flash cards write the room formative assessment *This is not a Spring themed bundle. It is part of my yearlong lessons & activities bundle and follows a natural progression of teaching 1st (and 2nd) grade for a year, based not a theme, but on spelling patterns, phonics, and grammar. **This product is included in my 1st Grade Lit Block, Homework, and Math Bundle for a discounted price here: The Ultimate 1st Grade Bundle! Please visit my store for more lesson plans and ideas. Thank You! You May Also Like... Teacher Resources: Teacher Evaluation Questions & Answers! Back to School Survival Kit! Teacher Survival Kit! SS & Science Survival Kit! 1st Grade Sub Plans Pack! 2nd Grade Sub Plans Pack! Perfect Pen Pals Pack! Teacher Data Binder Essentials! Guided Reading Survival Kit! Homework Menu & Spelling Words Bundle! ELA Resources: 1st Grade ELA Survival Kit! 2nd Grade ELA Survival Kit! Word Work Survival Kit! Seasonal/Holiday Book Bundle (Fiction & Non) Reader's Theater Bundle! Reading Survival Kit! Phonics Readers Bundle! Daily Seasonal/Holiday Journal Prompts! 1st Grade Writing Survival Kit! 2nd Grade Writing Survival Kit! Vowels & Digraphs Bundle! Math Resources: Math Survival Kit! Surveys & Graphing Pack! Word Problems Bundle (Whole Year) Number of the Day! Math Lessons Pack! Math Readers Pack! Integrated Thematic Units & Projects: All About Plants! Bullying & Friendship! U.S. Research Pack! Design a Favorite Book Cover (Whole Year) Holiday Writing & Craftivity Pack! Family Projects Pack!
Hello Everyone! One wonderful perk about the 15 hour drive home? I was able to put the finishing touches on my Landforms unit. This unit is coming up in our curriculum, so I'm glad I had time to organize and put everything together. This mini unit includes almost 70 pages of learning centered around exploration of landforms. There are some social studies activities (of course), some ELA (abc order, vocabulary, antonyms, written expression), some math, and a couple of craft connections. I hope you can use even a small part of this. Here are a few pics of the unit. Landforms book inspired by AIMS curric. Unit includes patterns! mystery picture includes clues with mixed math practice If you are interested, please click here for your free unit! Well, spring break is almost over. I have missed my kids so much!! Can't wait to see them! But that's going to have to wait one extra day as I have jury duty tomorrow. Thank goodness for a wonderful substitute teacher who just so happens to be a dear friend. My kids are in good hands!! Next up? Natural resources and geometry units! Stay tuned!! As always, thanks for taking time to take a peek! I appreciate each and every one of you!! Take care! Joyfully! Nancy
Leap Day is coming up…February 29th, to be exact. Y’know..in case you needed a reminder 😉 So HOW do we celebrate and make this day relevant for our kiddos?! Well here are just a few fun ideas!!! This is a GREAT book to read on Leap Day! Leap’s Day: February 29th, by Stephanie Bee Simmons. …
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We have been learning about landforms. Here are the things we did this week. You can get all the words and clip art for what we did here. Here are a few good books we read. This series is great for
WaCkY is definitely what I would call our weather during the past week! My, oh my...just last week it was 80 degrees-we all broke out ...
Hello Everyone!! This coming week we will learn a little more about the weather around us, specifically air and wind. We will learn what makes wind. How can we tell it's windy when we can't see the wind? What makes air move? We will predict the weather and report like the weatherman! I put together a mini unit to supplement what we have included in our curriculum. Here are a few pics showing what is included in the unit. The unit includes poetry, science activities, language/vocabulary activities, public speaking, and so much more! For your free 24 page unit.... float on over to HERE!! :) Hope this helps you! Let me know your thoughts!! Joyfully! Nancy
Check out this easy to use early finisher activity for kindergarten. It's the perfect early finisher idea, eek a B.A.T. book!
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Long Ago and Today are so much fun for young learners. Use this interactive long ago and today mini-reader to help reinforce your students’ understanding of transportation, communication, technology, school and clothing differences between the past and present. This long ago and today book can be used across several lessons and is perfect for whole group, small group or center activities. Each page has information about long ago and today and tasks for students to complete to help them show their understanding of the topic. Past and Present skills included in this interactive reader: - Transportation - Communication - Technology - School - Clothing Please check the preview for more details of what is included in this long ago and today interactive reader. Thank you for visiting my store. Enjoy! *********************************************************************** Save by purchasing the Long Ago and Today BUNDLE For more Long Ago and Today resources, click here: Long Ago and Today Resources *********************************************************************** Customer Tips: Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches: • Click HERE to follow or look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. You will now receive email updates about this store. ☺ How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you. ☺ *****************************************************************************
I had a three day week! Gotta love fall break!!!! So… this was the perfect time to wrap up our apple unit. Here are a few random snapshots of our week… Last week we learned about tall tales and made this cute little Johnny Appleseed… So on Monday we reviewed the elements of a tall […]
It is already mid-September and time is flying by in the classroom! It’s my favorite time of the year as we near toward the cool fall weather. I love when the leaves begin turning different shades or orange and red.. I also love when stores begin to sell pumpkin and apple scents 🙂
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The primary economics materials in this resource were created to meet several standards within one unit. They address needs and wants, earning and saving, currency, jobs/community helpers, and more. Here is a detailed list of the pages included in this packet. Wants and Needs Activities Included: - Cut and paste sorting - Wants and Needs magazine cut and paste sort - 3 pages for drawing examples of needs and wants - A Flap Book - Labeling examples, with word bank - Color Code - 2 pages for Working to earn money – identify the pictures of people working to earn money - 2 pages of Working/Earning/Spending or Saving cut and paste - 3 pages for Writing and illustrating sentences about earning and saving. - 2 pages for Drawing purchases from earned and saved money. - Identifying money - Sorting money by coins and paper cut and paste - Pocket chart sorting activity for money - Labeling Community Helpers - 2 pages of Community Helpers cut and paste - Anchor charts - Vocabulary cut and paste pages for wants and needs and earning and saving - Wants and Needs pocket chart sorting activity For more details, check the preview. Thank you so much for looking! Enjoy! ******************************************************************************** ✏️Check out this fun Wants and Needs SCOOT game! Looking for a goods and services resources? check out my Goods and Services Unit +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Customer Tips: Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches: • Click HERE to follow or look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. You will now receive email updates about this store. ☺ How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you. ☺ *****************************************************************************
Happy first day of Spring to you!!! To be completely honest, I’m not sure Texas even had a winter. Well, not much of one anyway. A few chilly days, but nothing to write home about. I’m definitely NOT complaining….I’m cold when the temps dip below 80 degrees…but it’s crazy to think it’s already SPRING!!!! …
Hello Everyone! Just a quick share tonight. We will of course be working on integrating social studies and reading these next two weeks by enjoying the characters in some of our favorite Thanksgiving/Pilgrim/Turkey books. Sarah Morton's Day By Kate Waters is one of those. Here's a quick mini unit with an emphasis on character analysis. For your mini unit on Sarah Morton, click HERE!! :) The unit comes with patterns for hands on visuals of a pilgrim boy and girl. My second offering is an integration of science and social studies. We are studying the states of matter this week and next and we thought it would be fun to make both pancakes and butter pilgrim style. Both activities have opportunities to compare the states of matter before and after you complete the recipe. For your free copy of this matter unit, click here! :) I know this was short, but hopefully it was sweet! Stay tuned for more Thanksgiving fun! Thanks for stopping by!! Joyfully! Nancy
Are you teaching about penguins in your classroom? Here are some ideas, activities, and art projects for your penguin unit.
I’m not complaining, but BOY…this has been a WEEK!!!! I figured I’d sum it all up in a little five for Friday action because I really don’t have much to blog about this week. Wah-wah. SO….I’ll do a little SEVEN for Friday instead 🙂 1. I had my first migraine on Tuesday. At least, I’m …
Happy Sunday. I'm linking up with Collaboration Cuties to share a favorite text to use with social studies. One of my favorite social studies books is Mapping Penny's World by Loreen Leedy. This book is very similar to Me On the Map by Joan Sweeney (another favorite). In this book Lisa learns about different types of maps. She uses her dog Penny to complete a mapping project. I love this book because of the illustrations, the in depth explanation of maps, and because it is part of a series of three books that feature Penny (Measuring Penny and It's Probably Penny). My first graders love all of these books. Below you will find a freebie to use with Mapping Penny's World. Students can draw a maps of their bedrooms and create a key to go with their maps. Click on the picture below if you would like a copy. The clip art is from Scrappin Doodles. I highly recommend Mapping Penny's World and all of the other Penny books for your classroom library. The stories are cute, the information is abundant, and your kids will really enjoy them. For more tried and true recommendation head on over to Collaboration Cuties and check out the other Must Read Mentor Texts for social studies. Thanks for reading and have a great week.
