Rooted in Reading: Make Way for Ducklings read aloud activities for describing characters by Get Your Teach On

About this resource

Bring character analysis and comprehension together with Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey. This engaging Rooted in Reading unit helps students explore character traits, analyze character actions, and better understand how characters drive a story.

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

Skills Covered

Reading Comprehension

Describing a Character
Characters: Inside and Out
Character Actions

Vocabulary

island
wade
mallard
dither
hatch

Grammar

Verbs

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 Mallard Ducks. Students will respond to text through writing, discussion, and engaging hands-on activities designed to deepen understanding.

Meet the creators

Rooted in Reading

ELA Curriculum

Rooted in Reading is an elementary English Language Arts (ELA) and read-aloud curriculum created by educators Amy Lemons and Katie King.

✓Designed for Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-grade classrooms
✓Centers around a weekly, purposefully-selected picture book.
✓Can be used as a stand-alone curriculum or as a supplement to existing ELA blocks.

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Amy Lemons

Teacher & Curriculum Author

Amy started teaching in 2006 and spent most of her classroom years in 1st and 2nd grade. She has shared lessons and activities with teachers on her blog since 2011, built around hands-on activities and meaningful books.

✓Co-creator of Rooted in Reading, now serving K–3
✓Co-creator of Magic of Math and Write On! with Hope King
✓Taught 1st, 2nd, and 4th grade

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Rooted in Reading: Make Way for Ducklings

Name: Rooted in Reading: Make Way for Ducklings | Reading Comprehension Activities for Describing Characters and Character Actions
Brand: Amy Lemons
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Reading Comprehension Activities for Describing Characters and Character Actionsby Rooted in Reading and Amy Lemons

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Resource details

Resource type: Curriculum Activities
Pages: 75
Number of activities: 20
Grade levels: 1st Grade
Subjects: Reading Vocabulary
Included file types: PDF Zip
Seasonality: Back to School
Created by: Rooted in Reading Amy Lemons
License: One teacher, one classroom
Access: Included with Library membership

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