Today I Feel . . . An Alphabet of Feelings by Madalena Moniz

Alphabet books are among my favorite books to collect, and I get really excited when I find a new one that is a "must have" like this one is. It is simple, beautiful, thought provoking book, and might spark conversations and inspire writers in your classroom. 

Possible Strategy Instruction:

• C: Determine and analyze author's purpose and support with text.
• C: Infer and support with evidence.
• C: Use prior knowledge to connect with text.
• C: Make and adjust predictions; use text to confirm.

• A:  Use the pictures . . . Do the words and pictures match?
• A: Look carefully at the letters and words.

• F: Read text as the author would say it, conveying the meaning or feeling. 

• E: Tune in to interesting words and use new vocabulary in my speaking and writing.
• E: Use prior knowledge and context to predict and confirm meaning.