Bring meaningful reading instruction and classroom community together with this Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker Interactive Read-Aloud resource! Designed to pair with the book Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker by Christianne Jones, this resource provides everything you need to guide students through thoughtful comprehension, discussion, and response activities centered around learning a lesson and being a good listener.

Students move through activities before, during, and after reading, allowing them to make connections, discuss the text, determine the lesson Lacey learns, and apply that lesson to their own classroom community.

What’s Included:

• Interactive Read-Aloud Lesson Plan
• Before, During, and After Reading activities
• Before Reading Question Cards
• Book discussion and comprehension questions
• Learning a Lesson focus materials
• Four short stories for practicing how to determine the lesson of a story
• Pre-reading journal and writing activity
• Good Listener focus poster
• Interactive Being a Good Listener anchor chart
• Listening skills labels and visuals
• Reading response activities
• Lacey Walker directed drawing and craft
• Written response focused on the lesson Lacey learns

Build Reading Comprehension

Before reading, students make personal connections and think about people they enjoy talking to. They are also introduced to the skill of learning a lesson from a story through four short practice stories.

During the read-aloud, discussion questions encourage students to think about Lacey’s experiences, actions, and changes throughout the story while determining what readers can learn from her.

After reading, students respond to the text and explain the lesson Lacey learns through a creative reading response and craft.

Build Classroom Community

Take the lesson beyond reading comprehension with activities focused on being a good listener. Students discuss and model what good listening looks like, including listening to the speaker, waiting for a turn, thinking about the speaker’s words, asking questions, and keeping their bodies ready to listen.

Together, students can build the interactive Being a Good Listener anchor chart, creating a classroom reference you can revisit throughout the year.

This interactive read-aloud makes it easy to use a favorite picture book to teach important reading comprehension skills while encouraging thoughtful discussion, positive classroom habits, and a strong classroom community.

Please Note: The book Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker is not included and will need to be purchased or borrowed separately.