Rigorous Reading: Island of the Blue DolphinsMaximize your students reading experience by providing activities that foster comprehension and reinforce understanding of literary elements. Activities for each section allow students to process portions of the novel through individual and collaborative exercises that encourage close reading. Suggestions for maintaining Interactive Novel Logs provide students with additional ways to reflect and connect personally with the novel. Students have the

Suggestions for maintaining Interactive Novel Logs provide students with additional ways to reflect and connect personally with the novel

use context clues

If they can’t spell the word correctly

and dexterity

Durable and easy to clean

math operations

Develop fluent

critical thinking

for reading fluency

and simulations to find clues and to make informed decisions about these events

Students with growth mindsets see mistakes as learning opportunities

In each of the 56 activities