Thank You, Mr. Falker

Thank You, Mr. Falker includes everything you need to make your read aloud time interactive. It contains Pre-Reading Activities like a Word Splash and Anticipation Guide; Vocabulary Posters and Learning Objectives; Discussion Points and Interactive Note-Booking Activities to use during the read aloud, Post-Reading Assessments and Writing Projects, as well as much more!

Patricia Polacco tells us an emotional story about herself, Trisha, as a young girl in elementary school. She desperately wants to learn to read, but feels “different” and “dumb” as reading is very challenging for her. Trisha's classmates tease her and call her “dummy”, “toad”, and “maggoty old dumbbell”. Luckily, her 5th grade teacher, Mr. Falker, is a very special and compassionate man. He discovers Trisha still does not know how to read and has dyslexia. Alongside Miss Plessy, the reading teacher, he dedicates his time after to school to teaching Trisha how to read.

Thank You, Mr. Falker Includes:

-Book Overview

-Common Core State Standards chart showing the standards the lessons are aligned to

-Objective Posters written in student-friendly language

-Pre-reading Activities (Word Splash, Anticipation Guide)

-Vocabulary Posters and Word Wall Cards

-Vocabulary Quiz and Answer Key

-ELA Vocabulary Posters

-Discussion Points that can be printed on Post-it notes and Answer Key

-Interactive Note-Booking Activities and examples (Theme, Figurative Language)

-Bloom's Taxonomy Based Journal Writing Prompts

-Writing Project (Thank You Letters)

-Book Assessment and Answer Key