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Firefly July: Guide for Educators

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Reading Is Fundamental

Firefly July's printable Guide for Educators provides suggestions for activating student thinking before, during and after reading. This is a book of poetry for each month of the year. Students will be focusing on sensory images, using pictures and key words to deepen their understanding of the meaning of each poem.

Resource Information

Age Range
6 - 9
Grade Level
1st - 4th
Literacy Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.1
Anchor Standards for Reading: Key Ideas and Details: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.1
Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.1
Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.1
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.1
Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.