Noticing and Exploring Thinking

This may have been the easiest lesson to implement (p81). I passed out big sticky notes, then read "Library Mouse: A Friend's Tale." After I was done reading (without stopping - no thinking aloud), I had the kids write on their post-its what the story made them think about. They shared what they wrote with their shoulder partner and then put their post-it on a chart titled "What this story makes me think about..." This lesson went perfect with our focus in reading on "text-self" "text-text" and "text-world" connections. All were really engaged, and they had a blast sharing what they were thinking about.