Winn dixie projects

Year after year, I love reading Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo with my class. I love that it teaches about the power of friendship, accepting others, and the feeling of belonging.

Check out dog nutrition, single parent family statistics, and more topics related to Because of Winn-Dixie with these 10 student activities. One project includes an interactive crossword puzzle your students will love. Be sure to grab your free book unit sample.

Since I first wrote about close reading last fall, the practice seems to have settled into one of two prescribed methods. The first, which I looked at in an earlier post, is modeled on Achieve the …

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Did I teach like a pirate? No, I taught like a superhero for this lesson! A pirate superhero--argh! My lesson was on pirate overload! I used the Chef Hook. I also changed the lighting and added ambiance in the classroom using music. I recreated a scene from the book. When my students entered the classroom this past Friday morning, they felt like they had entered the book Because of Winn Dixie. I set up the party that Opal had in Gloria Dump's backyard. I had the pictures of dogs that Sweetie…

This is my eighth (and final!) post about implementing reading workshop in the primary classroom. In my last post, click HERE to read, I explained how I use English Language Arts checklists (for the Common Core State Standards) as the main way that I assess my students during reading workshop. Today, I will specifically talk […]

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