Educator’s Guide

Educator’s Guide includes Ten Activities for individual, whole class, or small group participation, with teacher-to-student directions written and ready to go!

Workbook includes Fifty Worksheets, at least one worksheet per chapter. Students explore social-emotional learning themes in the story in addition to completing reading and writing activities. Perfect for individual or small group instruction and can promote authentic discussion in your classroom.

Click here to access the Educator’s Guide for Closet of Dreams.

Click here to access the Educator’s Workbook.

About the Authors of the Guide and Workbook:

These materials were created by Sandra Bennett, M. Ed in Curriculum and Instruction from Texas Tech University and Myles Bennett, B.A. Ed. University of Michigan. Sandy is a 25-year veteran Master elementary school teacher, now teaching 4th grade at Dan D. Rogers Elementary School in Dallas, Texas.

Read an interview with “Unleashing Readers” about the creation of the Educational Guide here.

Workbook Discussions

Watch these 4th graders discuss “live” individual questions and exercises from the ”Closet of Dreams” Workbook of Worksheets.