I read this book to my class today and my students loved it. As I was reading about the little girl always wanting to show her brother that she could beat him in something, many of them laughed and said they have told their siblings the same thing. This showed me that my students were able to relate to this story very easily. It also showed me that teaching first graders about memoir writing would not be as hard as I thought. I think the big key is marinating them in memoir text and taking the time to study that particular genre. This is something I would like to explored next year. That way I can use the summer to learn more about memoir writing and how to use it in my classroom.
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