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Making Predictions Lesson Plan and Teaching Resources for Giraffes Can't Dance

Making Predictions Lesson Plan and Teaching Resources for Giraffes Can't Dance

 
Will Gerald learn to dance? Will the animals stop teasing Gerald? Encourage your students to make sensible predictions while reading by using their prior knowledge and the clues from the pictures and text.
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  • Reader’s notebook prompt with optional ‘I Can’ statements
  • Note: This set of instructional resources is for use with the book Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae. A copy of the book is not included in this set of resources.
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Will Gerald learn to dance? Will the animals stop teasing Gerald? Encourage your students to make sensible predictions while reading by using their prior knowledge and the clues from the pictures and text.
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  • Making Predictions lesson plan for Giraffes Can't Dance
  • Making Predictions worksheet and answer key
  • Making Predictions graphic organizer
  • Reader’s notebook prompt with optional ‘I Can’ statements
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Book Title:
Giraffes Can't Dance
Book Author:
Giles Andreae
Grade Level:
2
Genre(s):
Fantasy
F&P Guided Reading Level:
M
DRA Level:
28
Reading Recovery Level:
20, 28
Theme(s):
Bullying, Growth Mindset, Self Awareness, Self Management
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Making Predictions:
RL.2.1, RL.2.3, RL.2.10, RF.2.3, RF.2.4, SL.2.1b, SL.2.2, SL.2.3, W.2.8, L.2.6
Making Predictions:
2.1A, 2.1C, 2.1D, 2.6A, 2.6B, 2.6C, 2.6E, 2.6I, 2.7A, 2.7B, 2.7C, 2.7D, 2.7E, 2.7F, 2.8C, 2.13C, 2.13E, 2.13G
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