Teach students to look beyond the words on the page with this engaging Rooted in Reading companion for How to Make Friends with a Ghost by Rebecca Green! This week-long resource focuses on helping students understand how illustrations contribute important information to a story while building comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar skills.

Over the course of 5 days, students will practice analyzing illustrations, looking closely at illustrations within a story, and combining information from the text and illustrations. Students learn that illustrations aren't just decorations—they can provide clues, reveal details, and add meaning that may not be stated directly in the words.

Through interactive discussions, anchor charts, response activities, and printables, students will practice gathering information from multiple parts of a text to strengthen their overall comprehension.

Students will also explore the paired nonfiction topic Halloween Symbols, extending the week's learning and providing additional informational reading opportunities.

Vocabulary instruction is woven throughout the week with the words frightened, befriend, advisable, reluctant, and collect.

Each day includes a Daily Deep Dive where students interact with a mentor sentence from the text to build skills in close reading, editing, grammar, noticing language, and comprehension.

The week also incorporates grammar and writing instruction focused on transitional words with how-to writing, helping students organize steps and communicate ideas in a logical sequence.

This resource includes:

• 5 days of detailed lesson plans for comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar
• Comprehension lessons focused on analyzing illustrations
• Activities for combining information from text and illustrations
• Comprehension focus posters, anchor chart templates, and discussion questions
• Reading response activities, printables, and assessments
• Paired nonfiction learning about Halloween symbols
• Vocabulary activities featuring the week's targeted words
• Daily Deep Dive mentor sentence activities
• Grammar and writing activities focused on transitional words in how-to writing
• Engaging text-based response activities