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Teacher Share: Finding a Friend

A 5-Minute Video on Using the Book of the Week to Build Relationships and Inspire Scientific Curiosity

Teacher’s Takeaway

“If you read [Finding a Friend], I guarantee there’s going to be something new that you’ll learn too. And you can tie that in to your classroom with your students to show that you’re a constant learner as well!” —Megan Polk

Did you know that Deep Blue is a real great white shark?!

In addition to being a gentle tale of underwater friendship, Finding a Friend gives readers the opportunity to dive into some fascinating real-life ocean facts. Watch this Teacher Share video featuring literacy specialist Megan Polk from Nashville, Tennessee, to discover how Finding a Friend is a captivating and fact-filled way to get readers of all ages thinking about friendship, sea creatures, and even poetry. Plus you might even learn something new yourself!

Teacher Tip: Lifelong Learning

As you read Finding a Friend, you can demonstrate how you’re a constant learner and reader as well by sharing which nonfiction facts were new to you.

• Reader’s Theater: Since the dialogue is written in color-coded text bubbles, it’s easy to encourage students to read aloud together. Assign each student a text-bubble color for a particular character, just like in a play. The students can even act out the story to the class.

• Sound It Out: The scientific words throughout Finding a Friend are broken out into syllables to make pronouncing them easier. Have students practice the essential skill of sounding out complicated words.

• Animal Studies: Show students the fun facts in the back of Finding a Friend. Then invite students to choose a sea creature and do their own research to make a poster! They can also illustrate the animal and label its different parts.

• Acrostic Poetry: Students can choose a sea creature they want to know more about and write a poem based on the letters in its name. This can be a fun way to share information they find while researching!

Download a free printable “What Makes a Friend?” acrostic poem worksheet in this week’s Cooked Up from a Book.

How do you plan to use Finding a Friend with your class? Please share with the Scholastic Book Clubs community on Facebook and Instagram using the hashtag #ScholasticBookClubs.

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Finding a Friend
by Traci Swain, illustrated by Kadysha
Gentle Tale of Underwater Friendship with Science Facts

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A Note from Judy

Dragons are huge fans of tacos—as long as they don’t have one secret, spicy ingredient! The Book of the Week is the laugh-out-loud, fun-to-read-together picture book Dragons Love Tacos, written by Adam Rubin and illustrated by Daniel Salmieri!

Dance to an original song with the Book Boys; discover the many ways that one first grade teacher uses Dragons Love Tacos with her students in Book Talks; read an exclusive interview with Adam Rubin in Behind the Scenes; and download a free printable “Dragons Love My Tacos!” recipe activity in Cooked Up from a Book that also helps students practice sequencing.

We hope that your younger readers have a blast with Dragons Love Tacos—and remember: no salsa!

Judy Newman

President and Reader in Chief
Scholastic Book Clubs

Book of the Week

Dragons Love Tacos

by Adam Rubin, illustrated
by Daniel Salmieri
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