I love teaching in the month of November. My excitement for teaching often spills over into the kids excitement for learning.. especially in reading. The Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborn is one of my favorite. We start off November with a whole class reading of Thanksgiving on Thursday. We read 1 chapter a day, we have comprehension questions for each chapter and often have activities that help bring what's happening in the book to a more memorable experience. For example in chapter 2 when Jack and Annie are dressed in clothes like the Pilgrims, we make Pilgrim hats that we wear only when we are reading our book. (In case I didn't mention it... each student has their own copy of the book.) For each Magic Tree House book we also create a bookmark. We also have a reading response journal that we write in at the end of the unit. This is to remind us of the notebook that Jack always carries in all of his adventures.

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