My 2nd graders enjoyed "Enemy Pie" and loved using the question, clues + schema
= inference formula (thanks Ginger!) to think through the book. Many started
with, "Well, what IS enemy pie?" and "Does enemy pie really work?" They had a
lot of schema for this friendship/enemy situation, but the
Our 2nd grade team has had great success this year by "adopting" The Daily Five
book's approach for Reader's Workshop. This book was just what I (and the
kids!) needed to help "train" them for independent work. You spend a lot of
time modeling HOW to spend time reading (what it looks like and
