🦋 𝙉𝙀𝙒 𝙎𝙀𝙍𝙄𝙀𝙎 🦋 Read along with our illustrated audiobook! (ELA grades 3-5 and up) Astrid Fischer is 10 years old, almost 11. She lives in Scandiland, where kids don't go to school but instead do real work in apprenticeships until they find what profession suits them. Astrid starts her journey in the first episode. Astrid's Journal is an illustrated audiobook series perfect for fans of Harriet the Spy, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and Ender's Game. In combination with the Reader's Guide Exercises, it is a robust introduction for elementary and middle grade students (grades 3-8) to the powerful techniques of journaling. Keeping a journal is one of the most appealing tools for developing writing skills. Journaling is also beneficial for emotional development, helping kids better understand the events in their lives, recognizing their responses, and how to deal with them constructively. 𝙅𝙊𝙄𝙉 𝙁𝙍𝙀𝙀 𝘼𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙙'𝙨 𝙅𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙡𝙪𝙗 💌 snu.socratica.org/astridsjournal Sign up to receive bonus activities, ideas for how to keep your own journal, and more! 𝘽𝙇𝘼𝙉𝙆 𝙅𝙊𝙐𝙍𝙉𝘼𝙇 📘 shop.socratica.org/collections/astrids-journal Get started on your own journey! 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝘿𝙀𝙍'𝙎 𝙂𝙐𝙄𝘿𝙀 with enrichment educational activities 🔗📃 LINK COMING SOON (be sure to sign up so you can get notified when it is available for free download) 𝙉𝙊𝙏𝙀 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝙄𝙉𝙎𝙏𝙍𝙐𝘾𝙏𝙊𝙍𝙎 The focus of each episode of Astrid's Journal is to help students build strong foundational skills, meeting the Reading Standards for the Common Core for English Language Arts (Literature) for grades 3-5. Please see the attached PDF "Reader's Guide" for each episode, that includes a variety of enrichment activities to extend the learning experience for the above mentioned areas, as well as writing exercises. Students will get experience reflecting on what they have read, as well as producing their own work through a series of journaling prompts for each episode. Note the interdisciplinary nature of the exercises, including history, geography, and math as well as language arts. Focus Domains: Reading Foundational Skills Reading Literature Speaking and Listening Writing #ELA #KidLit #Audiobook