Help students discover how readers create pictures in their minds with Quit Calling Me a Monster by Jory John! This Kindergarten Rooted in Reading unit includes 5 days of lesson plans and activities focused on mental images, making connections, vocabulary, grammar, and close reading.

Students will practice creating mental images as they read and discover how those images can change as they gather new information from the text.

Skills & Topics Include:

Reading Comprehension

• Mental Images
• How Mental Images Change
• Making Connections

Vocabulary

• toothy
• cackle
• exclaim
• manners

Grammar

• Pronoun: I

Nonfiction Connection

• Teeth

The week includes comprehension lessons and response activities, vocabulary instruction, grammar practice, anchor chart templates, assessments, and Daily Deep Dive mentor sentence activities that help students closely examine sentences for meaning, grammar, and conventions.

Students will also build background knowledge through an original nonfiction reader about teeth and complete engaging activities that connect their learning across the week.