Daily Lessons for Teaching Somebody Else's Kids

Daily Lessons

This section contains 30 daily lessons. Each one has a specific objective and offers at least three (often more) ways to teach that objective. Lessons include classroom discussions, group and partner activities, in-class handouts, individual writing assignments, at least one homework assignment, class participation exercises and other ways to teach students about the text in a classroom setting. Use some or all of the suggestions provided to work with your students in the classroom and help them understand the text.

Lesson 1

Objective: Chapters One through Three The first child to join Torey's classroom is Boo. He is to be in Torey's class every afternoon and is said to probably be autistic. The objective of this lesson will be to learn about autism and the behavioral traits it caused Boo to have.

1) 1) Class Discussion: When Boo first arrives in Torey's class, readers get the first understanding of Boo's...
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