THE INVISIBLE BOY activities and lesson plan ideas
Trudy Ludwig's book, THE INVISIBLE BOY, is the focus for each of the lessons, activities, comprehension questions, discussion prompts, vocabulary words, no-prep worksheets, and writing prompts that are included in this thorough, standards-aligned resource. It was designed to be used as an interactive read aloud with LOTS of follow-up activities to choose from, but the printables also make great sub plans!
IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE CCSS, TEKS, and VA SOL STANDARDS LISTED BELOW THAT ARE COVERED IN EACH OF THE STARTS WITH A STORY BOOK COMPANIONS, THIS PRINT AND GO ACTIVITY PACKET FOCUSES ON THE FOLLOWING:
► READING SKILLS & STRATEGIES:
- INFERENCES
- ANALYZING CHARACTER
- ANALYZING ILLUSTRATIONS
- MAKING CONNECTIONS
- IDENTIFYING THEME | MESSAGE | MORAL
► SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING SKILLS:
- FEELINGS
- FRIENDSHIP
- COMPASSION
► GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE TOPICS:
- PRONOUNS
- COMPOUND WORDS
- TIME ORDER WORDS
- PUNCTUATION
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THE INVISIBLE BOY by Trudy Ludwig
Brian feels invisible because the other boys and girls do not include him. He doesn’t get invited to birthday parties that everyone else is invited to, and they don’t include him during games at recess. They even ignore Brian at lunchtime.
One day a new student, Justin, becomes a part of Brian’s class. Some of the students make fun of Justin’s lunch, but Brian does not. He draws Justin a picture to make him feel better and writes that he thinks Justin’s lunch sounded delicious. Justin thanks Brian for the drawing and compliments his artwork. When it is time to pick partners for a group activity, Brian wants to work with Justin, but so does another boy. Justin includes Brian and says they can all work together. Brian also sits with them at lunch, and because of Justin’s kindness, he does not feel invisible anymore.
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