Description
eBook Order #: CCP2328
Print Book Order #: CC2328
Both eBook & Print Book Order #: CC+P2328
ISBN13: 978-0-22831-727-2
Grades: 3, 4
Reading Level: 3-4
Total Pages: 55
Author: Amanda Langsford
Find where you truly belong with the power of hope, friendship, and family.
The vocabulary word activities lead to great conversations about the meaning of words and how to use context clues to determine their meaning. Imagine how Gus and Bertha will react to Charlie’s actions at school. Describe the difficulty Charlie has to control her temper and apologize for her actions. Use evidence from the story to create a Meet Jackie poster to show what you learned about Charlie’s sister. Put yourself in Charlie’s shoes to explain why she shoved T.J. Rainey. Mimic Charlie’s assignment to complete a Getting to Know You paper. Complete Charlie’s family tree to show how Charlie’s idea of family changes throughout the story. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, our worksheets incorporate a variety of scaffolding strategies along with additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key.
About the Novel:
Wish shows how love and connection can help us find home in unexpected places. Charlie Reese is a young girl who moves to Colby, North Carolina, to live with her aunt and uncle while her father is in prison and her mother struggles to recover. Upset about leaving her sister, Charlie makes the same wish every day, hoping it will come true. Her life begins to change when she befriends Howard Odom and takes in a stray dog named Wishbone. Through her relationships with Howard, Wishbone, and the Odom family, Charlie gradually feels at home in Colby. She learns important lessons about friendship, forgiveness, controlling her temper, and looking beyond first impressions.