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Name Games
Students develop a sense of self. They complete several activities involving their name. They disuss what names are useful for safety purposes.
Curated OER
How Much is a Name Worth?
Second graders listen to a read aloud of Yangsook Choi's, The Name Jar. First, they estimate how much their name is worth based on the teacher's example. They assign numeric values to the letters of the alphabet in order to compute the...
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Caldecott Medal Winners
In this Caldecott medal winners activity, students read the list of Caldecott medal winners. Students read the year, book, and author for years 1938 through 2008.
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Moon Phase Stations
Third graders investigate the moon. For this Earth science lesson, 3rd graders discuss the moon phases and how every 4 weeks the moon cycles through these phases.
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Wemberly Worried
Students read the book Wemberly Worried and complete language arts and math activities that go along with the book. In this language arts and math lesson plan, students read the book given and do activities that include connect the dots,...
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Making Connections to Text
Making connections to text is an important skill that students can practice in fun and motivating ways.
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Weekend With Wendell
Students discuss prior knowledge about mice, and read a mouse poem. They listen to the teacher read "A Weekend With Wendell" and discuss Wendell's possible reaction when coming to visit the school media center. Students compose a class...
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A Weekend with Wendell
Students discuss the term prediction. In this language arts lesson, students predict what will happen next by using the turn & talk strategy. Students chart the predictions each one makes.
CPALMS
Cpalms: What's So Great About Kevin Henkes?
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this activity, students will serve as researchers of author/illustrator Kevin Henkes. With prompting, students will read three books by Kevin Henkes. They will recall information from the text to...
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Kevin Henkes' Sheila Rae, the Brave [Pdf]
A reader's theater script for Kevin Henkes' children's book, Sheila Rae, the Brave, is provided on these pages. Eight character roles are needed in this activity.
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Kevin Henkes
This is the official Kevin Henkes website. You can learn all about him, his books, and more on this site.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Kevin Henkes Biography
Learn more about the life and work of Kevin Henkes when you explore this online resource. This site provides a biography of the author and a booklist of his work.
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Owen by Kevin Henkes [Pdf]
A reader's theater adaptation of Kevin Henkes' tradebook, Owen, is provided on this script. Nine character roles are needed in this performance.
Just Books Read Aloud
Just Books Read Aloud: Kevin Henkes: Chrysanthemum
A video of the book "Chrysanthemum", written by Kevin Henkes. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.
Just Books Read Aloud
Just Books Read Aloud: Kevin Henkes: Kitten's First Full Moon
A video of the book "Kitten's First Full Moon", written by Kevin Henkes. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.
Utah Education Network
Uen: 1st Grade Act. 04: Chrysanthemum and Letter Tiles
For this lesson, students will engage in shared reading with the Kevin Henkes' book, Chrysanthemum. Then students will engage in a letter tiles activity that requires them to compare the length of their own names with the name...
Read Works
Read Works: Lesson 3: Comparing and Contrasting Two Characters From a Book
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson plan unit on comparing and contrasting through which young scholars learn how to compare and contrast two items, themselves with a character, and two characters within a text. Lessons use...
Read Works
Read Works: Predicting 1st Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] A two-lesson unit designed to teach students to make predictions and support them with details from the text. Lessons are based on the books Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes and No Roses for Harry! by...
Read Works
Read Works: Sequence 1st Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site provides a series of three lesson plans designed to teach students to recognize and use word clues to put story events into the correct sequence and retell the story accordingly. Lessons are...
TES Global
Blendspace: Chrysanthemum
A seven-part learning module with links to images, videos, and a website to use while reading Kevin Henkes' Chrysanthemum.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Olive's Ocean
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Olive's Ocean" by Kevin Henkes. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
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Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Zebra Wall
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Zebra Wall" by Kevin Henkes. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
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