Description
Ivan The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla Activities:
Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla by Katherine Applegate is a narrative non-fiction picture book.
With various literacy activities and a flip book, this easy-to-use literature unit is standards aligned for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade. It was born out of its fiction counterpart, The One and Only Ivan.
This literature companion includes activities in the following areas:
- Genre
- Character, setting, plot
- Sequencing
- Opinion writing
- Vocabulary
- Compare and contrast
- Letter writing
- Research
- Fact and opinion
- Comprehension
- Summarizing
- Empathy
Answer Keys are included where necessary.
NOTE: THIS FILE INCLUDES A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!
This product includes a digital option (as well as the no prep printable option). The instructions for utilizing the digital portion appear at the end of the packet.
This PDF file contains 47 pages + Google Slides™.
Kathleen S –
i used some of these for a school wide reading initiative we did using The One and Only Ivan
Kathleen S –
i used some of these for a school wide reading initiative we did using The One and Only Ivan
Jessica A –
A great resource for my classroom, I can easily adjust it for some of my grade 1 students
Jessica A –
A great resource for my classroom, I can easily adjust it for some of my grade 1 students
Jill S –
Great resource.
Jill S –
Great resource.
Susan S –
loved it!
Susan S –
loved it!
Myrna Osuna –
These is a great way to show comprehension during the reading of The One and Only Ivan.
Myrna Osuna –
These is a great way to show comprehension during the reading of The One and Only Ivan.
Brady’s Education Store –
My students loved this, it went great with the book
Kate Summers – KS Curriculum –
My students used various parts of this resource to help us in our narrative nonfiction unit. I paired this resource with a read aloud of the matching picture book. Was able to differentiate based on student needs with this resource.
Teachin’ 20 –
I used this for summer school on Zoom. It was so easy to screen share and assign on Seesaw!
Dora F –
My students are English Learner and have a difficult time to reading and comprehension and vocabulary This resource is a great practice reading comprehension skills and interacting with text.
Kelly Barnhart –
Thanks for your hard work!
Dora Diaz –
Helpful
Lindsay E –
This resource is perfect if you are reading The One and Only Ivan to your students. This resource is so useful and has so many engaging activities for students to do during and after the reading of the novel.
Christine Townsend –
Thank you
Tracey L –
Great resource using a great text.
Kacy’s Korner –
This is a great resource! Thank you so much!!!