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Shannon Wright
Pine School Pals: Rescuing Ribbit!
By Meg Richardson and Laine Falk
From the September 2023 Issue
Learning Objective: Children will practice finding the problem and solution in a fiction story.
About the Story
Implementation
Small group; whole group; independent reading
Social and Life Skills
Resolving conflicts constructively
Step-by-Step Lesson Plan
Pairings and Text Connections
In this issue, these texts all go with the helper theme.
- “Wag Your Tails for Helper Dogs,” p. 4
- “Will a Dog Change My Life?,” p. 6
- “Pine School Pals: Rescuing Ribbit!,” p. 13
- “Lost in the Hallway,” p. 24
- “I Hope You Can Help Me,” p. 32
Before-Reading Resources
Text Preview Bookmarks (10 minutes)
- Kids can cut out the fiction bookmark and use it to preview the text.
Suggested Reading Focus
Problem/solution, text navigation (30 minutes)
- Read the first page with your students. You can assign different students different roles if you want to read this mini graphic novel aloud like a short play! The characters are all called out on the first page.
After-Reading Skills Practice (15 minutes for each activity)
- Problem and Solution: This activity helps students reflect on the structure of the comic they have just read.
After-Reading Text Comparisons (15 minutes for each activity)
- Helper Chart: Students can compare and contrast all of the helper-themed texts with this chart.
Text-to-Speech