A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the realistic fiction mentor text picture book The Year We Learned to Fly by Jacqueline Woodson. Great for back to school and the first day of school, imagination, defeating boredom, and diverse cultures! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted But Then So)Close reading for des