19 Fantasy Discussion Guides for Interactive Read Alouds, Distance Learning
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This Fantasy Genre Unit for Grades 5-6 includes 20 mini lessons, 20 reading prompts, 11 guided practice activities, and 19 discussion guides for interactive read alouds. The lessons are designed around a reading workshop framework and use genre (in this case fantasy) to frame the reading curriculum.Price $18.55Original Price $21.50Save $2.95
Description
Use engaging and authentic texts to teach reading! These discussion guides correspond to high-quality, grade-level books and are designed to meet a variety of instructional needs. Each one-page discussion guide includes more discussion points than can possibly be covered—just pick and choose which questions and “think-alouds” best fit your students! The questions and teaching points are common-core aligned. To support distance learning, this resource now includes a list of links to online read alouds for 11 of these books.
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Download my FREE GENRE SERIES CATALOGUE for a closer look at this resource and the Genre Study Series as a whole!
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19 Discussion Guides
Each one-page discussion guide includes:
- Book Information: Title, author, grade level (see preview for a list of titles)
- Instructional Goals—highlight the ones that suit your needs.
- Text Introduction
- Think Aloud: A place to stop and model good reading behaviors
- During Reading Discussion Questions
- After Reading Discussion Questions
- Mini-Lesson Ideas: A list of lessons that would go well with the text.
To Use: Highlight your instructional goals. Then highlight the questions and think-alouds that correspond to your goals. Request the book from your library—then you’re good to go!
To support distance learning, this resource now includes a list of links to online read alouds for 11 of these books.
★★★NOTE: THESE GUIDES DO NOT INCLUDE THE BOOKS THEMSELVES. LOOK FOR THE BOOKS IN YOUR SCHOOL LIBRARY★★★
The Books
This product contains 19 discussion guides, one for each of 19 books. The books represent a variety of life experiences, tones, and reading challenges.. All of them are engaging, high-quality, and can be read comfortably in a single setting. See the preview for specific titles.
Consider the BUNDLE
The bundle includes these 19 read alouds, plus 20 mini lessons, 20 sample anchor charts, 20 reading prompts, and guided practice sheets.
Do you teach 3rd or 4th grade?
Take a look at this fantasy unit for grades 3-4.
Genre Study Series:
This is the third unit in my Genre Study Series. Each unit builds on the last and infuses your instruction with authentic reading.
Realistic Fiction Genre Unit (grades 3-4)
Realistic Fiction Genre Unit (grades 5-6)
Historical Fiction Genre Unit (grades 3-4)
Historical Fiction Genre Unit (grades 5-6)
Fantasy Genre Unit: Traditional Literature & Modern Fantasy (grades 3-4)
Fantasy Genre Unit: Traditional Literature & Modern Fantasy (grades 5-6)
Biography, Autobiography, & Memoir Unit (grades 3-4)
Biography, Autobiography, & Memoir Unit (grades 5-6)
Expository Nonfiction Unit (grades 3-4)
Expository Nonfiction Unit (grades 5-6)
Procedural Texts (grades 3-6)
Persuasive Texts (grades 3-4)
Persuasive Texts (grades 5-6)
The Testing Genre (grades 3-4)
The Testing Genre (grades 5-6)
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Looking for other reading resources?
→Reading Workshop Guide & Toolkit
→33 Mini-Lessons: Reading Skills & Strategies
→FREE Guide to Reading Conferences
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