Description
Owen and Mzee Activities:
Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and Dr. Paula Kahumbu is a sweet narrative nonfiction story about an unlikely friendship between a tortoise and a hippo. This literature unit has been created for 2nd to 4th grade (2nd graders may need extra support with cause and effect and a few other skills).
The Owen and Mzee activities flip book includes:
- Compare and contrast
- ABC order
- Sequencing
- Characters
- Setting
- Summary
- Vocabulary
- Cause and effect
- First, next, then, and last
Following the flip book pages, you will find no prep activities for:
- Who, what, when, where, why, how?
- Friendship
- Writing a friendly letter
- Researching tortoises and hippos
- Comprehension questions
- A writing prompt
- Answer keys for pages that need them
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 34 pages + Google Slides™.
Marcey C –
perfect
Marcey C –
perfect
Yvette D –
This was helpful but, it could have included more worksheets. thank you.
Yvette D –
This was helpful but, it could have included more worksheets. thank you.
Stacey W –
Great resource for this story!
Stacey W –
Great resource for this story!
Shantel Rivera –
Nice resource for this great book. Tins of material for the money!
Jordan D –
Great for my students receiving special education services.
Dora Diaz –
Helpful
Carole D –
My students loved making the flip book. Very grade appropriate
4th Grade Wonders –
this was a great resource for my remote learners but I know once we return to in person (fingers crossed) I know I can still use this resource for that. I loved that I could pick and choose what activity to assign to my students.
kelly S –
Used this with my kids when we read the story great visuals for my EL students
Veronica Rodriguez –
Perfect activities for SEL. This includes everything needed for this book. A MUST BUY!!
Lisa W –
Used this during summer school to extend our book and the kids really enjoyed this! Thank you!