Harry the Dirty Dog | Book Study Activities and Craft

This is a book study unit with literacy printables for Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion. The unit is packed with Common Core aligned reading activities for Kindergarten and First Grade. The craft makes a wonderful bulletin board display to showcase student learning.

WAYS TO USE THE BOOK ACTIVITIES

• for whole class learning
• during small group guided reading time
• as individual student work
• as part of a book club
• homeschool instruction
• leave for a sub

Copy a pack for each student and you're ready to go!

WHAT TEACHERS LOVE

• differentiate to suit your students' learning abilities and needs
• saves planning time
• standards based learning
• great to leave for a sub
• no prep - print and go

THIS UNIT INCLUDES:

STORY ELEMENTS ACTIVITIES

• student unit cover page
• story elements
• making predictions
• character traits
• character analysis
• story retell
• story events
• story clues
• story sequence
• can-have-are-need graphic organizer

MAKING CONNECTIONS ACTIVITIES

• making mental images
• giving my opinion
• giving my advice
• text-to-self connections
• if I were a dog

WRITING ACTIVITIES

• writing retell pages
• story writing prompts

VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES

• vocabulary word match
• vocabulary word search
• syllable sorting
• vocabulary word sort
• alphabetical order

COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES

• making inferences
• cause and effect
• problems and solutions
• author's purpose
• main idea/theme
• fiction and non-fiction story elements
• comprehension activities
• favorite part of the story
• story response
• book recommendation
• story notes

CRAFTIVITY

• Harry the Dirty Dog craftivity

LEARNING STANDARDS CHECKLISTS

• learning standards checklist charts for Common Core, TEKS, VA SOL

LEARNING STANDARDS COVERED:

Common Core

• RL.K.1, RL.K.2, RL.K.3, RL.K.6, RL.K.7
• RL.1.1, RL.1.2, RL.1.3, RL.1.7

TEKS

• K.5.C, K.5.D, K.5.E, K.5.F, K.6.A, K.6.B, K.6.C, K.6.D, K.6.E, K.7.A, K.7.B, K.7.C, K.7.D, K.9.A
• 1.6.C, 1.6.D, 1.6.E, 1.6.F, 1.7.A, 1.7.C, 1.7.D, 1.7.E, 1.8.A, 1.8.B, 1.8.C, 1.8.D, 1.10.A

VA SOL

• R.K.8.a, R.K.8.b, R.K.8.c, R.K.8.d, R.K.8.e
• R.1.9.c, R.1.9.d, R.1.9.e, R.1.9.f, R.1.9.g, R.1.9.h

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