My Mouth is a Volcano activities and lesson plan ideas

Our My Mouth is a Volcano Activities are now digital for distance learning with editable teaching slides and worksheets based on Julia Cook's book. Read aloud the picture book then use the printables or go paperless with Google or Seesaw to practice standards-based skills.

THIS READING UNIT FOCUSES ON USING THE MENTOR TEXT TO TEACH: 

◼️ READING STRATEGIES

☐ analyzing character

☐ making connections

☐ author's purpose

☐ plot | problem - solution

☐ cause and effect

☐ identifying theme | message | moral

◼️ SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TOPICS

☐ interrupting

☐ active listening

◼️ GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE CONCEPTS

☐ proper nouns

☐ punctuation

☐ time order words

☐ synonyms

SUMMARY OF THE MENTOR TEXT:

Louis can’t seem to stop interrupting! He interrupts his teachers, his parents, his friends and his sister. When words pop into Louis' head, he feels them slide down his head, onto his tongue, and they erupt out of his mouth just like a volcano! Louis’ interruptions get him in trouble and he gets sent to his room or time out.

When it’s Louis’ turn to be the star student and tell his classmates special stories, two of his classmates interrupt him! Louis can’t believe how rude they were to interrupt his special moment. At home, Louis shares his frustrations with his mother who suggests their mouths might be volcanos just like his. She recommends that when words pop into Louis’ head, he bite down, take a deep breath and breathe the words out. When it is his turn to speak, he can breathe the words back in and share what he wanted to say. This strategy helps Louis become a better listener.

THIS COLLECTION OF ACTIVITIES and LESSON IDEAS INCLUDES:

➜ Comprehension Questions categorized by reading strategy; text-dependent
➜ Social-Emotional Learning guidance lesson ideas & discussion topics based on the story
➜ Vocabulary Activities with kid-friendly definitions
➜ Grammar Topics selected to align with the text
➜ Focus Sentences use the book & author's craft as a mentor text to improve writing
➜ Lesson Planner summary, background info and planning space

➜ Story Mapping Printable identify character, setting, problem and solution

➜ Making Words Activity Page use any word from the book

➜ Focus Sentence copy work, identifying elements of the sentence, rewriting)

➜ Design a New Book Cover demonstrate understanding of the text by creating an illustration

➜ Predicting Activity primary-ruled and wider-ruled versions
➜ Summarizing Somebody → Wanted → But → Then → Finally

➜ Comparing and Contrasting using a Venn Diagram

➜ Cause and Effect analyze how events affect one another

➜ Visualization illustrate visualizations from the story and support thinking with text-based evidence

➜ Making Connections identify text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections

➜ Thematic Writing Paper Use with the Writing Prompts... Makes a Great Bulletin Board

➜ 2 Sequencing Activities First → Next → Then → Last and Beginning → Middle → End

➜ 2 Vocabulary Activities Vocabulary Booklet and Word Mapping

➜ 2 Character Trait Activities listing traits and supporting traits with text-based evidence
➜ 30 Text-Based Writing Prompts 3 prompts for each of the following types of writing:

• narrative
• persuasive / opinion
• descriptive
• expository / informative
• creative / story writing
• procedure / how-to
• list-making
• letter / postcard writing
• poem
• book reviews

INCLUDED DIGITAL ACTIVITIES:

➜ 5 Teaching Slides to use for instruction (add questions, vocabulary, instructions, etc)

➜ 15 Student Pages for use in Google™️ Classroom or as editable files to create customized printables