Bring character analysis and comprehension together with Honey...Honey...Lion by Jan Brett. This engaging Rooted in Reading unit helps students explore retelling by using events that occur in the beginning, middle, and end of a story as well as responding to the end of a story. Students will also explore the characters' role in a story. 

Through interactive lessons and meaningful discussions, students will strengthen comprehension skills while building vocabulary and grammar knowledge.

Skills Covered

Reading Comprehension

• Characters' roles in stories
• Retelling a story with BME
• Responding to how a story ends

Vocabulary

• burrow
• hollow
• waddle
• scold
• glide

Grammar

• Singular Nouns

This week-long resource includes 5 days of comprehensive lesson plans featuring comprehension instruction, vocabulary activities, mentor sentence lessons, assessments, anchor charts, and an original nonfiction reader titled African Animals. Students will respond to text through writing, discussion, and engaging hands-on activities designed to deepen understanding.