Description

The Horse in Harry’s Room is an excellent choice as a mentor text for comprehension strategies and for writing. In this book companion set, you have lots of options. It is set up in a before/during/after format for guided reading, but parts can also be used for mentor text lessons and for writing.

WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THE HORSE IN HARRY’S ROOM UNIT:

• ️ Schema building about horses
• ️ Vocabulary organizer
• ️ Making Predictions
• ️ Sequencing
• ️ Beginning, Middle, End
• ️ Character Traits
• ️ Story Elements Sort
• ️ Making Inferences
• ️ Question task cards and response page
• ️ Summarizing the main idea
• ️ Class Book-The Animals In Our Room

19 pages

HOW TEACHERS CAN USE THE HORSE IN HARRY’S ROOM RESOURCES:

The pages can be printed and put under a document camera for group discussion or projected using TPT Easel. Students can work in teams to brainstorm ideas when working in whole group or work on specific skills with the teacher in guided reading groups. Teachers can also use this resource for book clubs for more independent readers.

WHAT TEACHERS HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS UNIT:

~We used this along with the book in our Reading with PJ summer literacy program! Students got to read their book to a horse! Thank you so much for making it!

~Thanks for the great ideas. I am always unsure what to use with my gifted readers and this was perfect.

~Complimentary to the book, with varying skills practice.

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