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School-to-Home Support for

Caregivers and Teachers

This book helps children grow by letting them practice reading. Here are a few guiding
questions to help the reader with building his or her comprehension skills. Possible answers
appear here in red.

Before Reading:
• What do I think this book is about?
• I think this book is about Ketanji Brown Jackson.
• I think this book is about the first Black woman to be confirmed to the United States
Supreme Court.

• What do I want to learn about this topic?
• I want to learn more about the women who have served on the Supreme Court.
• I want to learn more about other Black Americans who have served on the Supreme Court.

During Reading:
• I wonder why...
• I wonder why a Black woman has never been nominated to the Supreme Court before 2022.
• I wonder why there are so few women nominated to the Supreme Court.
• What have I learned so far?
• I have learned that Ketanji Brown Jackson and Jeff Bezos both went to Miami Palmetto
Senior High School in Miami.
• I have learned that Ketanji Brown Jackson graduated with honors from both Harvard
University and Harvard Law School.

After Reading:
• What details did I learn about this topic?
• I have learned that Ketanji Brown Jackson’s father was the chief attorney for the Miami-Dade
County School Board.
• I have learned that Jackson’s mother was the principal at the New World School of the Arts.

• Read the book again and look for the glossary words.
• I see the words Supreme Court on page 3 and the word confirmed on page 15. The other
glossary words are found on page 22.

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