We Don't Eat Our Classmates | Book Study Activities, Class Book, Craft

This is a book study unit with literacy printables for We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins. The unit is packed with Common Core aligned reading activities for Kindergarten and First Grade. The class book will be a favorite in your classroom library! The craft makes a wonderful Back to School bulletin board display to showcase student learning.

Your students will LOVE Penelope the dinosaur, as she learns how to make friends at school (without eating them!)

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
• can-have-are-need graphic organizers

MAKING CONNECTIONS ACTIVITIES

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

WRITING ACTIVITIES

• writing retell pages
• story writing prompt
• class book cover page and template

VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES

• making words
• 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
• true or false comprehension questions
• story response
• story notes

CRAFTIVITY

• We Don't Eat Our Classmates 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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