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Engage students in your classroom with this comprehensive Front Desk Novel Study Bundle featuring everything you need for an engaging, standards-aligned Kelly Yang novel study for grades 4-7!

This complete teaching toolkit includes a read aloud guide with higher-order thinking questions, vocabulary activities, and a 23-day novel study unit that explores powerful themes of immigration, identity, and social justice.

Save hours of planning time while maximizing student engagement and critical thinking with this ready-to-implement resource bundle!

Bring Kelly Yang’s award-winning novel Front Desk to life in your upper elementary classroom with this carefully crafted bundle. Designed by a fellow teacher who has used this book successfully with real students, these resources go beyond basic comprehension to develop critical thinking, foster empathy, and create powerful classroom discussions that students will remember long after the novel ends.

Front Desk provides the perfect opportunity to explore important social themes with your students while developing essential literacy skills. With this complete bundle, you’ll have everything you need to maximize learning while minimizing your prep time!

This Bundle Includes:
⭐️ Front Desk Complete Novel Study Unit

• Complete Teacher’s Guide with 23 days of instruction
• “Mia’s Journal” for students to answer chapter-by-chapter questions
• Four engaging enrichent activities that complement the novel
• Character posters for classroom display
• Comprehensive answer keys

⭐️ Front Desk Vocabulary Guide

• 115+ carefully selected vocabulary words from the novel
• 5 versatile vocabulary approaches you can mix and match
• Context clues detective activities
• Deep-thinking vocabulary questions
• Visual semantic maps (3 different versions)

⭐️ Front Desk Read Aloud Guide

• 60+ higher-order thinking questions organized by chapter sections
• Questions that address identity, discrimination, perseverance, and courage
• Critical thinking prompts that go beyond basic comprehension
• Follow-up questions to extend discussions

Teaching truth: I know how precious your planning time is. This bundle is designed for quick implementation with minimal prep required. Whether you’re teaching the whole class, small groups, or need materials for distance learning, these resources work perfectly for:

• Whole class novel studies
• Small group instruction
• Differentiated reading groups
• Distance learning lessons
• Student book clubs
• Sub plans or flexible reading schedules

Your students will be fully engaged in Mia Tang’s journey as they analyze character motivations, discuss important social issues, and make meaningful connections to their own lives. They’ll develop deeper reading comprehension skills while building empathy and understanding about immigration experiences, discrimination, and perseverance.

Between you and me, my 5th graders couldn’t put this book down! The questions and activities are intentionally designed to be more challenging than typical comprehension tasks, pushing your students to think critically about the text. You can even use these resources as differentiation tools by giving more challenging questions to your advanced readers who need an extra challenge!

Prep is minimal… Simply follow along with the guides as you read the novel with your class. The resources are organized by chapter sections to make planning easy, whether you’re reading one chapter at a time or multiple chapters in a session.

This bundle was created with busy teachers in mind. I understand the time constraints you face, with only 30 minutes of daily planning time and countless responsibilities to juggle. That’s why I’ve designed these resources to require minimal prep while delivering maximum educational impact.

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