688.Resource, Gordon, Enemy Pie: Mentor Text for Cognitive Regulation (K-2)

Cognitive Regulation refers to intentional, strategic, self-regulated learning. It includes the abilities 1) to determine what is needed to compete a task, 2) to maintain attention and reclaim it when it’s lost, 3) to commit to a goal and monitor progress along the way, 4) to identify problems and evaluate solutions, 5) to think about alternatives and chose one, 6) to seek and offer help, and 7) to become and remain organized.

Sometimes it takes help to solve a problem. When Jeremy Ross moves into the neighborhood, he laughs at our main character when he strikes him out in a baseball game and doesn’t invite him to his trampoline party. The boy now has his first and only “enemy. “ He seeks help from his father who suggests making an Enemy Pie. One ingredient is the requirement to spend a day with the enemy. Adult readers realize that the pie isn’t going to be awful and the secret ingredient of spending time together is what solves the problem. While the son never entirely catches on, he learns there are things to like about Jeremy Ross.

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