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DEAR MRS. LARUE: LETTERS FROM OBEDIENCE SCHOOL activities, worksheets & lesson plan ideas
DEAR MRS. LARUE: LETTERS FROM OBEDIENCE SCHOOL activities, worksheets & lesson plan ideas
DEAR MRS. LARUE: LETTERS FROM OBEDIENCE SCHOOL activities, worksheets & lesson plan ideas
DEAR MRS. LARUE: LETTERS FROM OBEDIENCE SCHOOL activities, worksheets & lesson plan ideas
DEAR MRS. LARUE: LETTERS FROM OBEDIENCE SCHOOL activities, worksheets & lesson plan ideas
DEAR MRS. LARUE: LETTERS FROM OBEDIENCE SCHOOL activities, worksheets & lesson plan ideas
DEAR MRS. LARUE: LETTERS FROM OBEDIENCE SCHOOL activities, worksheets & lesson plan ideas
DEAR MRS. LARUE: LETTERS FROM OBEDIENCE SCHOOL activities, worksheets & lesson plan ideas
DEAR MRS. LARUE: LETTERS FROM OBEDIENCE SCHOOL activities, worksheets & lesson plan ideas
DEAR MRS. LARUE: LETTERS FROM OBEDIENCE SCHOOL activities, worksheets & lesson plan ideas
DEAR MRS. LARUE: LETTERS FROM OBEDIENCE SCHOOL activities, worksheets & lesson plan ideas
DEAR MRS. LARUE: LETTERS FROM OBEDIENCE SCHOOL activities, worksheets & lesson plan ideas
DEAR MRS. LARUE: LETTERS FROM OBEDIENCE SCHOOL activities, worksheets & lesson plan ideas
DEAR MRS. LARUE: LETTERS FROM OBEDIENCE SCHOOL activities, worksheets & lesson plan ideas
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This DEAR MRS. LARUE: LETTERS FROM OBEDIENCE SCHOOL Activities and Interactive Read Aloud Resource Book Companion Packet includes lesson plans, reading comprehension questions, vocabulary, grammar, phonics, writing and word study activities with both printable and digital student pages.

Following an interactive read-aloud of the picture book, DEAR MRS. LARUE: LETTERS FROM OBEDIENCE SCHOOL by Mark Teague, choose from the included collection of either printable activities or go paperless and use the digital activities to practice standards-based skills. We've even included editable teaching slides themed to match the book!

 

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

 

◼️READING STRATEGIES

☐ MAKING PREDICTIONS

☐ ANALYZING CHARACTER

☐ POINT OF VIEW

☐ ANALYZING ILLUSTRATIONS

☐ PLOT | PROBLEM - SOLUTION 

◼️GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE CONCEPTS

☐ PROPER NOUNS

☐ PREFIXES

☐ ADVERBS

☐ HOMOPHONES

◼️SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TOPICS

☐ MAKING GOOD CHOICES

 

SUMMARY OF THE MENTOR TEXT:

Mrs. Larue’s dog, Ike, was a very spoiled dog. He would steal food off the counter, chase neighbor’s cats, howl loudly, and he even pulled Mrs. LaRue to the ground and tore her coat. Frustrated with his behavior, she made the decision to send Ike to the Igor Brotweiler Canine Academy. 

Once at school, Ike started writing letters to Mrs. LaRue expressing his dislike for the boarding school. He felt he did not fit in there and did not think his actions were bad enough to have him sent away. Ike described the school as a prison and desperately wanted to come home. He even tried pretending to be sick in hopes of being picked up. When it was clear Mrs. LaRue would not be taking him before the end of the term, Ike decided he would escape. 

He spent some time travelling alone before he started to miss home and Mrs. LaRue. One day when Mrs. LaRue was crossing the street, she forgot to look both ways! Thankfully, Ike had come home just in time to save her from getting hurt! Mrs. LaRue was so happy to have Ike home and was grateful he had saved her. She decided to throw him a party and even made his favorite meal! 

Told in through Ike’s letters home to Mrs. LaRue, choose from the included collection of either printable activities or go paperless and use the digital activities to practice standards-based skills. We've even included editable teaching slides themed to match the book! love this hilarious story about a spoiled dogs problems at obedience school.

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