Every classroom should have a copy of Last Stop On Market Street in their library. Between the illustrations and storyline students and teachers are sure to love this book. We chose to spotlight Last Stop On Market Street because of the great lessons it teaches and the variety of skills it lends itself to teaching. - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
SUMMARY
CJ and his Nana ride bus to get around their town. CJ enjoys his bus ride on most days. He does start to question his Nana about why they have to ride the bus, wait in the rain, why they do not have a car, and why they always need to visit with the passengers on the bus.
CJ asks many questions and Nana is always happy to answer him with an honest response. He wondered how his Nan always found beauty where he never even thought to look. CJ realizes that his Nana helps him see the beauty in all they do and he finally realizes that Nana knows best!
USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
Last Stop On Market Street is known for its social emotional learning concepts, however it makes for a great mentor text as well. Whether your focus is reading comprehension, vocabulary, writing or grammar there are a variety of skills to focus on.
- Identifying the main idea can be challenging for students. Use Last Stop On Market Street as an opportunity to practice.
- Discuss the point of view in which Last Stop On Market Street is told.
- Get students writing by creating lists related to the story.
- Practice letter writing as students write letters to characters in the book.
- Introduce proper nouns and pronouns.
- Explore verb tense and past tense verbs.
- Discuss the importance of being kind and respectful.
NO-PREP PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES:
If you are looking for “ready to go” activities for the first day of school, be sure to check out the book companion. With it you’ll receive all of the following resources to align with this specific book:
- comprehension questions
- 30 writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
We hope these activities make planning and teaching easier for you and engage your students in meaningful read alouds.
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
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