What is the author trying to teach us?

Our students have been doing a great job   using text evidence to support what the author is trying to teach us through their book. While we read the Book of the Month, Snowflake Bentley students stopped and jotted their thoughts about the main character and any surprising moments. They then took their thought jots and used them to figure out the lesson learned trough the book. They used their Reading Resonse Journals to record their opinion of what the author was trying to teach us and added their text evidence to support it. We were blown away by their hard work!