January 23 reading ideas
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Celebrate National Pie Day with apple-pie, pumpkin-pie, and key lime pie stories. Compare the characters’ choices and the clues in each reading. Celebrate National Handwriting Day by reading about handwritten notes and a classroom mailbox, then write a message of your own. Use Measure Your Feet Day as an informal prompt for a practical measurement activity with an adult.
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National Pie Day on January 23 is a sweet excuse to enjoy several kinds of pie stories. Compare the characters’ baking problems and opinions, then support your favorite pie choice with a detail from a passage.
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Use Cooking & Recipes Reading Passages as related background or for comparison.
Open collectionFollow Rusty’s apple-pie adventure and compare the character’s choices with the other pie stories.
Read passageIdentify the author’s claim and consider the evidence used to support it.
Read passageCompare the pie problem and how the characters solve it with the other pie stories.
Read passageCompare the pie problem and how the characters solve it with the other pie stories.
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National Handwriting Day celebrates the ways handwritten words share ideas and connect people. Read about handwritten notes and a classroom mailbox, then write a message of your own.
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Discover how a classroom shares handwritten messages.
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Use this informal observance for a practical measurement activity with adult help; it is not an official public holiday.
Follow step-by-step directions, use a ruler’s zero mark, and compare measurements with adult help.
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Celebrate National Pie Day with Rusty’s Apple Pie Adventure, The Missing Pumpkin Pie, The Best Apple Pie Ever!, and The Mystery of the Missing Lime!. Compare the characters’ choices, identify clues, and share a favorite story.
Handwritten notes can share a kind thought or become part of a mystery. Read The Mystery Note in Room 204 and Room 3B Launches Classroom Mailbox to Deliver Daily Kindness, then write a note to someone in your class or family.
Use Measure Your Feet Day as an informal prompt for a practical measurement activity with an adult.
Measure Your Foot explains how to trace a foot, align a ruler’s zero mark, and compare two lengths. The activity practices following directions; foot length alone does not determine shoe fit.
