Alexander, Who's Not (Do you hear me? I mean it!) Going to Move by Judith Viorst

In Alexander, Who's Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move by Judith Viorst, Alexander struggles with the idea of his family moving.  After  unsuccessfully brainstorming how he can stay behind, Alexander goes  through the process of moving but insists he will NEVER do it again! Possible Strategy Instruction:

• C: Use prior knowledge to connect with the text
• C: Use text features

• A: Recognize words at sight
• A: Trade a word/guess a word that makes sense
• A: Use beginning and ending sounds

• F: Adjust and apply different reading rates to match text
• F: Voracious reading

• E: Tune into interesting words and use new vocabulary in speaking and writing

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