A second-grade teacher seats students in partners according to ability levels. Each pair receives one of three differentiated fictional texts. After they have had an opportunity to read the story, each pair completes the sentence stems below. Then, the teacher holds a whole group discussion in which the students share their findings. This story reminds me of a time when . I felt like that character when . If I were that character I would . I am like(character name) because we both . If happened to me I would . These sentence stems prompt students to: