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A Year for the Books
A-Frame Bookshelf Plans
A to Z Read-Aloud Celebration Booklet
Blank Book Basket Labels
Book Recommendation Printable
Picture Book Quote Posters
Speech Bubble Printable
Spine Stack Printable
Summer Someday Reading List Printable
Ramped-Up Read Aloud
Bonus Read-Aloud Experience: The Magician's Hat (Mitchell, 2018)
Book Study Guide
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Key Vocabulary Cards
Link Your Thinking Anchor Chart (Transparent .png)
Link Your Thinking In Action! Detailed Mini-Lesson
Parts of a Book Cards
Prereading Vocabulary Challenge for Trapped! (p.154)
Spanish Editions of Books in Ramped-Up Read Aloud
Extend the Read-Aloud Experience
Alphabox Printable
Daniel’s Good Day by Micha Archer
Comprehension Strategies
Comprehension Scaffold Cards
Picture Books for Predicting
Predicting Anchor Chart
Predicting Piece by Piece
Sequence, Predict, and Retell
Poetry
Pocket and Poems for “Poem in Your Pocket Day”
More Ramped-Up Read Alouds
Beginning-of-Year SEL Read-Aloud Experiences
Companion Website
Inferring Feelings Gallery Walk
Pass the Picture Book Professional Learning Protocol
Read-Aloud Brochure for Caregivers
Shake Up Shared Reading
A Collection of Poems for Shared Reading
Companion Website
Key Vocabulary Cards
Prereading Vocabulary Challenge for If Elephants Disappeared (p. 182)
Spanish Editions of Books in Shake Up Shared Reading
Retelling
Picture It! Retelling Lesson
Picture It! Retelling Printable
Retelling Roller Coaster Printable
Shared Retelling Strips
Kindergarten
Beginning, Middle, End Song
Environmental Print Song
Feelings Photos and Emoji Matching Cards
High-Frequency Word Books
High-Frequency Words: What’s Missing? Cards
Jolly Phonics Letter Strips (in 4 Groups)
Jolly Phonics Updated Posters
Missing Letter Alphabet Strips
Real or Make-Believe? Slide Deck
Silly Sentences: Environmental Print and Jolly Phonics
Vehicle Alphabet Cards
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