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THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE activities and lesson plan ideas
THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE activities and lesson plan ideas
THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE activities and lesson plan ideas
THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE activities and lesson plan ideas
THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE activities and lesson plan ideas
THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE activities and lesson plan ideas
THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE activities and lesson plan ideas
THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE activities and lesson plan ideas
THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE activities and lesson plan ideas
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THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE activities and lesson plan ideas

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This THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE 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, THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE by Janet Stevens, 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

☐ ANALYZING ILLUSTRATIONS

☐ MAKING CONNECTIONS

☐ IDENTIFYING THEME | MESSAGE | MORAL

☐ MAKING PREDICTIONS

☐ CAUSE AND EFFECT

 

◼️GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE CONCEPTS

☐ CAPITALIZATION

☐ PREPOSITIONS

☐ COMPOUND WORDS

☐ ANTONYMS

 

◼️SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TOPICS

☐ PEER INFLUENCE

 

SUMMARY OF THE MENTOR TEXT:

Janet Steven’s rendition of the classic fable, The Tortoise and the Hare, makes a great mentor text for students. Hare is constantly teasing Tortoise for being slow at everything he does: eating breakfast, gardening, and going to the store. When Hare challenges Tortoise to a race, Tortoise agrees that he could never win. However, thanks to some support and encouragement from his friends, Tortoise agrees to the race.

Tortoise’s friends Rooster, Racoon and Frog help Tortoise to prepare for the race. When it is finally the day of the race, Hare is off and running before Tortoise can even get started. Shortly into the race, Hare is feeling confident and decides to take a break at Bear’s house for a drink. They are both surprised when they see Tortoise pass by the house. Hare is able to quickly pass Tortoise again and takes another break, this time for snacks at Mouse’s house. When Tortoise passes again, Hare brags that he isn’t worried. He is able to pass Tortoise again in no time.

Feeling tired from all the snacks, Hare decides to take a nap by the pond. However, he wakes up the the sounds of cheering! Tortoise is almost at the finish line. Before Hare can get there, Tortoise crosses the finish line and wins the race!

Tortoise learns that it’s not always about being the fastest. Sometimes, hard work and perseverance pay off.

 

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