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What are the Texts in our Lives

A 5th grade teacher in NJ, Julie Roccanova, had her students share "What are the texts in our lives?" as a first day of school activity. "They loved it. They totally got the idea that texts and ideas are everywhere and they were really motivated to start their independent reading and jotting after using this as a jumping off point."



I share more of these ideas in Chapter 2 of The Reader Response Notebook: Teaching Towards Agency, Autonomy, and Accountability. 

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