Make your interactive read-aloud meaningful, engaging, and easy to plan with this Truman Reading Lessons & Activities Pack, created to pair with Truman by Jean Reidy!
This cross-curricular resource goes beyond basic reading comprehension by incorporating reading, vocabulary, grammar, science, and math into one engaging book study. With ready-to-use lesson plans, focus posters, discussion questions, student activities, an informational reader, and a directed drawing, you can use the resource for several days of instruction or choose the activities that best fit your classroom needs.
Reading Skills & Comprehension
Students will practice:
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Activating schema and prior knowledge
- Participating in pre-reading discussions
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Making inferences using schema and text clues
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Identifying and describing character traits
- Building vocabulary
- Responding to comprehension and discussion questions
- Using details from the story to support their thinking
What’s Included
- Ready-to-use lesson plans
- Before, during, and after reading activities
- Discussion question cards
- Reading comprehension printables
- Focus posters
- Vocabulary activities
- Character trait activities
- Making inferences activities
- Grammar lessons and printables
- Tortoise nonfiction reader
- Science activities
- Math activities
- Directed drawing
- Student writing and response activities
Science Integration
Extend the story into informational reading and science with a study of tortoises! Students use the included nonfiction reader, The Truth About Tortoises, to learn important facts about tortoises while practicing informational reading skills.
Activities incorporate identifying key facts and learning about the life cycle of a tortoise, making it easy to connect your literacy and science instruction.
Grammar Practice
Continue the learning with grammar activities focused on parts of speech. Students work with:
Teacher lesson plans, focus posters, and print-and-go activities are included to make grammar instruction easy to incorporate into your read-aloud.
Math Activities
The resource also includes 3 Truman-themed math activities with 5 levels of each activity, allowing you to choose the version that best meets your students' needs. Skills include word problems, number order, and even and odd numbers.
Use this resource to supplement your existing curriculum, build a complete interactive read-aloud, add something special to a Fun Friday, or even help prepare engaging sub plans. With reading, writing, grammar, science, and math all connected to one memorable story, students can build skills across the school day while staying connected to a book they love.
Please note: The book Truman by Jean Reidy is not included and will need to be purchased separately.
