The Great Snack Swap

Ms. Okafor's class holds a snack swap, and every student brings a snack people enjoy in a country they researched. Students answer questions about key details, sort what seaweed and pretzels have in common, predict what a classmate will do, choose how Jonah can speak up about his sesame allergy, sort short texts by the author's purpose, find a main idea and a detail that supports it, use describing words, and finish by spotting the lines meant to persuade. Every passage, question and answer has a read-aloud button. 13 scenes, about 20 minutes, for grades 3 to 5.

• 13 interactive scenes with read-aloud on every passage, question and answer
• Vocabulary flashcards, a same-and-different sort and an author's-purpose sort
• Prediction, self-advocacy, main-idea and persuasion questions with hints

• Answer questions about key details in a text
• Compare and contrast two snacks using details from the text
• Predict what a character will do and explain the clue
• Choose words that speak up for your own needs clearly and politely
• Tell whether a text is written to inform, persuade or entertain, and find its main idea