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This lesson incorporates two of my favorite teacher things- picture books and Post-It Notes!  The picture book this time is... Cranberry Thanksgiving   by Wendy and Harry Devlin  and it is a real gem. I LOVE using "vintage" picture books with kids. This book was written in 1971- and the message in the story is just as powerful today- maybe even more so! This book lends itself well to a whole list of reading skills- but I decided to pull a few out to really focus on... *determining the central message, or lesson, in the text *describing characters in a story (their traits, motivations, and feelings) There is also a great example of a simile (page 1), the importance of the setting in the story, making predictions...  Now, I don't know about you, but sometimes I get lost in the storytelling of a book when I am doing a read aloud. Sometimes I have questions I know I want to ask, but I get carried away in the moment and I forget. And then 20 minutes later I will remember some