The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires—Lit Lesson

Lit Lesson by Ashley Olson-Marquette

The Most Magnificent Thing is about a girl who wants to make something magnificent. She has an idea and a picture in her mind of how she wants it to turn out, but no matter what she does, it just doesn’t look or work how she envisioned. This is a charming look at perseverance and its rewards. 

Possible strategy instruction:

Comprehension

• Use prior knowledge to connect with text.
• Ask questions throughout the reading process.
• Retell the story.

Accuracy

• Use the pictures.
• Use beginning and ending sounds.

Fluency

• Adjust and apply different reading rates to match text.
• Use punctuation to enhance phrasing and prosody.

Expanding Vocabulary

• Tune in to interesting words and use new vocabulary in speaking and writing. 

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