I hope you’ve been enjoying this month’s biography theme. The last two episodes I gave tips for introducing biographies to your students and tips for using mentor texts. At this point your students should be familiar with the genre, which leads me to today’s episode. I will be sharing how to use biographies to focus on key reading skills that go hand in hand with this genre. These reading skills really lend themselves beautifully to this genre and I’m going to tell you why. Although I could think of even more, today I will specifically be sharing seven key reading skills to target with biographies. The reason I want to talk about this is because you don’t have to always grab that fiction text when you want to introduce certain skills! In this episode I share: 7 reading skills that can be easily practiced through biographies Tips for incorporating these reading skills into biography exploration How biographies can be used to have student expand their answers Why biographies are beneficial for test prep SHOW NOTES: https://theliteracydive.com/7-key-reading-skills/ Resources Mentioned: Free Biography Templates Easy Reader Biographies Black History Biography Activity Bundle Connect with me: Check out my TpT Store Subscribe to my E-mail list Instagram Posts Blog Posts Facebook Posts Watch my YouTube channel  If you are enjoying The Literacy Dive Podcast, please follow, leave a rating, and a helpful review! It is much appreciated and thank you for listening!