Support students in developing a deeper understanding of characters with this thoughtful read-aloud companion for Crow Boy. This resource guides students through analyzing character feelings, actions, and growth across the story while building strong comprehension skills.

With a full week of structured lessons, students will engage in meaningful discussions, respond to text through writing, and practice vocabulary and grammar skills in context. While created for 3rd grade, this resource is ideal for any classroom focusing on character development and story analysis.

Focus Skills:

• Describing Characters
• Character Feelings
• Character Development Throughout the Story
• Vocabulary Development
• Grammar Focus: Synonyms

What’s Included:

• 5 days of lesson plans
• Read-aloud discussion questions
• Student journal prompts
• Comprehension posters + anchor charts
• Fiction and nonfiction reading passages
• Original nonfiction reader: Japan: Land of the Rising Sun
• Vocabulary activities + assessment
• Grammar lessons + assessment
• Daily Deep Dive mentor sentence work
• Comprehension assessment
• Writing extensions + craft/directed drawing