Use We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.
This humorous and relatable story explores the experience of starting school, learning classroom expectations, and discovering what it means to be a good friend. As the main character tries to fit in on the first day of school, students are invited to think about empathy, self-control, and how actions affect others. Playful text and expressive illustrations make these important themes engaging and easy to discuss.
This resource set supports students as they practice three essential comprehension strategies: Making Inferences, Synthesizing, and Identifying the Author's Purpose. It also includes a word work lesson focused on two-syllable words with a long vowel sound in one syllable, helping students strengthen decoding skills while working with familiar vocabulary from the text. Together, these activities build comprehension, phonics knowledge, and strong reading skills.
