I know that many of you are excited about using Notice and Note by Kylene Beers and Robert B. Probst in your Language Arts classrooms. I have previously posted about some short stories I used last year to teach the signposts. Since then, I have had other requests for more story ideas. I thought it made sense to use short stories and texts that are typically found in grade-level literature anthologies to save teachers time making copies. For each of the stories below, I found signposts. You and your students may find even more. Of course, I would never use all of these in one year, but I was trying to make a resource that may be of use to you based on the materials you have. Enjoy! I love teaching close reading using the signposts.
| Birthday Box | Jane Yolen | Memory Moment |
| Catch the Moon | Judith Ortiz Cofer | Contrasts & Contradictions
Memory Moment |
| Charles | Shirley Jackson | Aha Moment
Again & Again |
| Eleven | Sandra Cisneros | Again & Again |
| Fish Cheeks | Amy Tan | Contrasts & Contradictions
Words of the Wiser |
| Flowers and Freckle Cream | Elizabeth Ellis | Words of the Wiser |
| Jeremiah’s Song | Walter Dean Myers | Words of the Wiser |
| Miss Awful | Arthur Cavanaugh | Contrasts & Contradictions
Words of the Wiser |
| My Grandmother’s Hair | Cynthia Rylant | Memory Moment |
| Names/Nombres | Julia Alvarez | Again & Again |
| President Cleveland, Where Are You? | Robert Cormier | Tough Questions |
| Priscilla and the Wimps | Richard Peck | Contrasts & Contradictions |
| Seventh Grade | Gary Soto | Contrasts & Contradictions |
| Smart Cookie | Sandra Cisneros | Words of the Wiser |
| Sneeches | Dr. Seuss | Aha Moment
Again & Again |
| Thank You, Ma’am | Langston Hughes | Contrasts & Contradictions |
| The All-American Slurp | Lensey Namioka | Contrasts & Contradictions
Aha Moment |
| The Landlady | Roald Dahl | Aha Moment
Memory Moment |
| The Medicine Bag | Virginia Driving Hawk | Aha Moment
Tough Questions Words of the Wiser Memory Moment |
| The Richer, The Poorer | Dorothy West | Aha Moment |
| The Scholarship Jacket | Marta Salinas | Contrasts & Contradictions
Tough Questions Words of the Wiser |
| The Stray | Cynthia Rylant | Tough Questions |
| Tuesday of the Other June | Norma Fox Mazer | Contrasts & Contradictions
Words of the Wiser |
| Who Are You Today, Maria? | Judith Ortiz Cofer | Words of the Wiser |
The Accidental English Teacher 
Thank you for sharing the short text ideas, Cheryl! So glad I was on the Twitter chat last night and learned that you have a blog! Can you tell me more or send me a link so I can learn more about the “Notice and Note” signposts you mentioned?
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I am new to the signposts and loving it! Just had a question though…I’m reading “names/nombres” with my students next week…what specifically do you think I should tell the students is “again and again”? Is it just “names”? I feel like that’s too broad… although I guess it is connected to the theme? Any advice on how specifically to convey this to the students would be great 🙂 thanks in advance!
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thank you for this! so helpful. I hope we can keep populating charts like this with more and more story ideas.
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Thank you so much for making this list! I am a student teacher and am teaching my students the Signposts. I love them too! They needed a little more practice with a few of them so this was a great resource for me!
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There is a GREAT Facebook group with tons of resources too.
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Cheryl,
Thanks so much! Can you think of one or two short stories that may have all of the signposts? Hmmm….
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Thank you!
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Reblogged this on bnvalencia and commented:
Great list for planning lessons for teaching Notice & Note.
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