The Van Gogh Cafe Lesson Plans, Activities, and Assessments

Use The Van Gogh Cafe by Cynthia Rylant to strengthen your student’s comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

The resources included in this bundle have been designed with Balanced Literacy in mind. The resources are flexible and can be used for whole group, small group, and independent instruction. So whether you need resources for your literacy centers or guided reading groups, you'll find what you need inside this bundle.

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL GET:

Comprehension Strategy Resources

There are six comprehension strategy mini lessons and resource sets included in this bundle. Each set includes a mini lesson with text-specific questions, guided practice worksheets, strategy graphic organizers, and a text-specific reader's notebook prompt with optional "I Can" statements.

You will get resource sets to teach the following comprehension strategies:

• Asking Questions
• Determining Importance
• Identifying the Author’s Purpose
• Making Inferences
• Synthesizing
• Understanding Text Structure

Vocabulary Development Resources

The vocabulary resources included in this bundle focus on words that are important for readers to know and understand in order to comprehend The Van Gogh Cafe.

The vocabulary resources include the following:

• Vocabulary Word List
• Flash Cards (match words to pictures and match words to definitions)
• Interactive Vocabulary Notebook Cards
• Vocabulary Word Games Printable
• Personal Vocabulary Word Bookmark

Word Study Resources

I've also included a word study lesson plan and set of activities, because, much like vocabulary, I find that word study works best within context. As a result, I have identified word patterns within trade books and have developed lesson plans and resources based on the word study that can be done with specific books.

The lesson plan and set of resources for The Van Gogh Cafe is focused on comparative and superlative adjective suffixes and includes the following:

• Lesson Plan
• Interactive Activity
• Practice Page
• Independent Word Work

This set of resources also includes the following:

• Running Record Assessment
• Common Core Aligned Comprehension Assessment
• Extension Activity
• Answer Keys
• Common Core State Standard Alignment
• TEKS Alignment
• Spanish versions of the comprehension strategy practice pages, reader's notebook prompts (complete with Spanish "I Can" statements), and extension activities for use with The Van Gogh Cafe

Surprise Sample Resource

In addition to the complete set of balanced literacy resources for The Van Gogh Cafe, you'll also get a surprise resource to pair with another popular children's book!

I hope that you will enjoy using the BookPagez resources for The Van Gogh Cafe by Cynthia Rylant.

Note: A copy of the book is not included in this resource set. You will need your own copy/copies of the book.

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Products in this bundle:

Asking Questions with The Van Gogh Cafe ($2.50)

Determining Importance with The Van Gogh Cafe ($2.50)

Identifying the Author’s Purpose with The Van Gogh Cafe ($2.50)

Making Inferences with The Van Gogh Cafe ($2.50)

Synthesizing with The Van Gogh Cafe ($2.50)

Understanding Text Structure with The Van Gogh Cafe ($2.50)

The Van Gogh Cafe Vocabulary Connections ($2.00)

The Van Gogh Cafe Word Work (Comparative and Superlative Adjective Suffixes) ($2.00)

The Van Gogh Cafe Assessment Resources ($1.50)

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