Explore generosity and kindness with this engaging Rooted in Reading companion for Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts! This week-long resource helps students use clues from the text and illustrations to understand characters more deeply while strengthening comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar skills.

Over the course of 5 days, students will practice making inferences by combining what they see, what they know, and clues from the text. Students will also explore character feelings, comparing how Jeremy feels to how they would feel, and brainstorm ways to show generosity at home, at school, and in their community.

Students will extend their learning with the paired nonfiction reader Bullying Hurts, connecting the story to real-world information. Two versions of the reader are included, one slightly more challenging than the other, so you can choose the best fit for your students.

Vocabulary instruction focuses on the words thrift, nudge, outgrew, limp, leap, shove, grip, pounding, kneels, and shuffling. Students interact with these words throughout the week to build vocabulary and strengthen their understanding of the story.

Each day includes a Daily Deep Dive featuring a mentor sentence. Students use these sentences to practice close reading, editing, grammar, comprehension, and noticing the choices authors make when constructing sentences.

The week's grammar focus is antonyms and synonyms, with practice sorting and labeling word pairs.

This resource includes:

• 5 days of detailed lesson plans for comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar
• Making inferences lessons and activities
• Character feelings instruction and responses
• Generosity and kindness writing activities
• Comprehension focus posters, anchor chart templates, and discussion questions
• Reading response activities, printables, and assessments
• Paired nonfiction reader about bullying in two levels
• Grammar and language lessons focused on antonyms and synonyms
• Vocabulary instruction featuring the week's targeted words
• Daily Deep Dive mentor sentence activities