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Retelling & Summarizing Lesson Plan and Teaching Resources for A Color of His Own

Retelling & Summarizing Lesson Plan and Teaching Resources for A Color of His Own

A Color of His Own is an ideal anchor text for a minilesson focused on retelling and summarizing.

With this set of teaching resources you can easily discuss the characters, problems, solutions, and important events in the story with your students. By learning to notice key story elements, students will be able to summarize the book and answer questions about the beginning, middle, and end of the book.

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  • Retelling & Summarizing lesson plan for A Color of His Own
  • Retelling & Summarizing worksheet and answer key
  • Retelling & Summarizing graphic organizer
  • Reader’s notebook prompt with optional ‘I Can’ statements
  • Note: This set of instructional resources is for use with the book A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni. A copy of the book is not included in this set of resources.
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A Color of His Own is an ideal anchor text for a minilesson focused on retelling and summarizing.

With this set of teaching resources you can easily discuss the characters, problems, solutions, and important events in the story with your students. By learning to notice key story elements, students will be able to summarize the book and answer questions about the beginning, middle, and end of the book.

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  • Retelling & Summarizing lesson plan for A Color of His Own
  • Retelling & Summarizing worksheet and answer key
  • Retelling & Summarizing graphic organizer
  • Reader’s notebook prompt with optional ‘I Can’ statements
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Book Title:
A Color of His Own
Book Author:
Leo Lionni
Grade Level:
1
Genre(s):
Fantasy
F&P Guided Reading Level:
I
DRA Level:
16
Reading Recovery Level:
15, 16
Theme(s):
Friendship, Perseverance, Relationship Skills, Self Awareness, Self Management, Social Awareness
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Retelling & Summarizing:
RL.1.1, RL.1.2, RL.1.3, RL.1.7, RL.1.10, RF.1.1, RF.1.2, SL.1.1b, SL.1.2, SL.1.3, SL.1.5, W.1.5, W.1.8, L.1.6
Retelling & Summarizing:
1.1A, 1.1C, 1.1D, 1.6A, 1.6G, 1.6I, 1.7B, 1.7C, 1.7D, 1.7E, 1.7F, 1.8A, 1.8B, 1.8C, 1.8D, 1.9C, 1.10A, 1.10E, 1.13D, 1.13E
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