Description
Memorial Day Activities: Tuesday Tucks Me In Literature Unit
Veteran’s Day Literature Unit: 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 that is perfect for Veteran’s Day.
This Tuesday Tucks Me In activities file now includes a digital distance learning option in Google Slides™. Please refer to the final 7 pages of the file for the link and instructions.
This literature unit is common core aligned for 1st-3rd grade. It was born out of the book Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him by Luis Carlos Montalvan.
This Veteran’s Day 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
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 file contains 38 pages + Google Slides™.
Marie P –
I was looking for an interesting nonfiction book for my first and second grade intervention classes. Tuesday Tucks Me In is PERFECT. You have saved me a lot of time creating activities to supplement the book. Thank you!! The kids are going to love it.
Jane S –
LOVE this book. Can’t wait to use these activities with my 2nd graders.
Tiffany N –
Tuesday Tucks Me in is one of the best children’s picture books I’ve ever come across. It hits the topics of military service, disability, and dogs. This unit is very extensive and covers a lot! I honestly prefer the free resources but I don’t regret paying for this one!
Katrin D –
Can’t wait to use this for Veteran’s Day…thanks!
Olivia G –
Love this!
Tina S –
Great resource.
Tami E –
I read this book with my first graders, and the activities you have created work perfectly alongside it. Thank you so much for sharing this with us!
Lisa Bruning –
Great for my service learning project. Thank
Jessica M –
Wonderful resource!!
Morgan R –
Thank you for these resources! My kids loved the books and the activities in your pack!
Julia W –
Amazing story. Love this unit!
Rebecca S –
Excellent resource for an excellent book!
Virginia C –
Excellent resource for Veteran’s Day
Sara S –
I wanted to have another resource for teaching Veterans Day to my students and I came across this book and resource. Young students love animals and reading the book and using this resource will allow them to better understand Veterans and the holiday that is dedicated to them and their service dogs!
Meghan F –
Great! Thank you!
Tina S –
Great Resource!
Julie M –
Thank you!
Rhonda R –
my students loved this book during veterans week !
Stephanie P –
A fabulous resource to accompany the wonderful book Tuesday Tucks Me In. The kids loved the activities and we even had a therapy dog visit our classroom.. Highly recommend this project.
Simply Sweet Lessons –
This was perfect for a writing activity for a student I was tutoring!!
Christy C –
My students LOVED this book! We used the sequencing page that went with this purchase. It really supported my classroom instruction.
Stephanie Bagley –
A wonderful resource for the book.
Molly Blair –
This is a great unit to use with Tuesday Tucks Me In
La Mochila Primaria –
Super easy to upload on Seesaw. The students loved doing these activities. Thank you!
Sarah Q –
Great companion activities!
Deirdre J –
After seeing this lesson show up in a Veteran’s Day search, I learned about a new non-fiction book to share with my students. Lesson was very engaging.
Kari N –
Wonderful resource!
Teresa M –
My students enjoyed using this resource.
Debbie H –
The story kept their interest and they enjoyed the activities.
Jennifer C –
My students LOVED this book and the paired activities were perfect! Thank you!
Megan Parker –
We really enjoyed this book. The sequence activities were great!
Mollee B –
We did not use the whole packet, but we picked out a few pages to do after we read the story. My fourth graders enjoyed doing the sequencing event, the comprehension questions and the writing page about service dogs. I plan to use this resource every year from now on! Thank you!
Michelle S –
This worked out great! Exactly what I needed. Thank you for taking the time to make this.
Allison T –
I plan to use this for years to come!
Kayla Lopp –
This resource was a little bit to easy for my 4th graders. However, it was thorough and well put together.
Noemi S –
I enjoyed using this resource with my students. They liked learning about service dogs and how they help many veterans!