Use Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.
This heartfelt story follows Jeremy, a boy who dreams of having the popular sneakers everyone else at school is wearing. When his family cannot afford them, he learns valuable lessons about wants versus needs, generosity, and what it means to help others.
This resource package focuses on three key comprehension strategies—Making Inferences, Identifying Author's Purpose, and Synthesizing—helping students dive deeper into the story while strengthening their critical thinking skills. After reading the book, you can extend your instruction to focus on blends and digraphs, and key vocabulary.
