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Narrative Nonfiction Picture Book Activities BUNDLE:
This Narrative Nonfiction Picture Book Activities BUNDLE for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade includes three popular titles with animal themes. These activities cover several ELA standards for your students.
Here are the links for the individual products in my store:
- IVAN: THE REMARKABLE TRUE STORY OF THE SHOPPING MALL GORILLA LITERATURE UNIT
- TARRA AND BELLA: THE ELEPHANT AND DOG WHO BECAME BEST FRIENDS LITERATURE UNIT
- TUESDAY TUCKS ME IN: THE LOYAL BOND BETWEEN A SOLDIER AND HIS SERVICE DOG LITERATURE UNIT
These three files include the following:
Tarra and Bella: The Elephant and Dog Who Became Best Friends, by Carol Buckley is a narrative non-fiction picture book. This literature unit is common core aligned for 1st-3rd grade. This is a true story about an elephant held in captivity for human entertainment. She winds up being transferred to an Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee to live out the rest of her days. An unlikely companion who lives on the sanctuary grounds shows Tarra what true friendship is all about. What a sweet, sweet story!
This packet includes activities in the following areas:
- genre
- character, setting, plot
- sequencing
- opinion writing
- vocabulary
- compare/contrast
- parts of speech
- research
- fact/opinion
- comprehension
- summarizing
- making inferences
- friendship
Answer Keys are included where deemed necessary.
Tuesday Tucks Me In: The Loyal Bond Between a Soldier and His Service Dog, by Luis Carlos Montalvan is a narrative non-fiction picture book. This literature unit is common core aligned for 1st-3rd grade. This non-fiction book was born out of the book Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him, by Luis Carlos Montalvan.
This packet includes activities in the following areas:
- genre
- character, setting, plot
- sequencing
- opinion writing
- vocabulary
- compare/contrast
- letter writing
- research
- fact/opinion
- comprehension
- summarizing
- loyalty activity
Answer Keys are included where necessary.
Ivan The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla by Katherine Applegate is a narrative non-fiction picture book. This literature unit is common core aligned for 1st-3rd grade. This non-fiction book was born out of the its fiction counterpart, The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate.
This packet includes activities in the following areas:
- genre
- character, setting, plot
- sequencing
- opinion writing
- vocabulary
- compare/contrast
- letter writing
- research
- fact/opinion
- comprehension
- summarizing
- empathy activity
Answer Keys are included where necessary.
NOTE: THESE FILES INCLUDE A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!
These products include 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.
These PDF files contain 97 pages + Google Slides™.
Lakisha O –
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Lakisha O –
Can’t wait to use.