Three Hens and a Peacock activities and lesson plan ideas

 Our Three Hens and a Peacock Activities are now digital for distance learning with editable teaching slides and worksheets based on Lester L. Laminack'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

☐ making inferences

☐ making predictions

☐ comparing and contrasting

☐ plot | problem - solution

☐ ask and answer questions

☐ cause and effect

◼️ SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TOPICS

☐ positive self-talk

☐ self-esteem

☐ jealousy

◼️ GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE CONCEPTS

☐ suffixes

☐ adverbs

☐ compound words

☐ contractions

☐ apostrophe

SUMMARY OF THE MENTOR TEXT:

Three Hens and a Peacock takes place on Tuckers’ Farm. All is quiet on the farm until one day when a peacock shows up. Not knowing how to live on a farm, the peacock wanders down to the edge of the road. As cars drive by, they are intrigued by his colorful feathers and stop at the farm. This helps business on the farm to grow! However, the hens on Tuckers’ Farm become jealous and resentful of the peacock. They think his job is easy and that they do all the hard work. An old hound on the farm suggests the hens and peacock switch roles. The hens come to realize that the peacock’s job isn’t so easy and learn to respect him. The peacock learns that he is not useless but in fact adds value to the farm!

Students will enjoy this funny and engaging book about a peacock living on a farm. It’s great message of jealousy and understanding others makes it a perfect read-aloud!

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