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Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for Madeline

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Use Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

First published in 1939, Ludwig Bemelmans' Madeline has endured the test of time. Its heroine teaches readers what it means to be fearless. Of all the girls in the orphanage, Madeline is the smallest and the bravest. No tiger, mouse, or trip to the hospital scares her. To Madeline, everything is an adventure! The cadence and rhyming text structure of this book will entertain students as they work to make inferences about characters, use the beautiful illustrations to support visualizing, and look for the text structures Bemelman used to create this classic example of award-winning children's literature.

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Identifying the Author’s Purpose with Madeline

This identifying the author's purpose lesson plan and set of resources makes it easy for readers to explore the choices Ludwig Bemelmans' made while writing Madeline. Students will examine why the author included specific details and identify whether the author wrote this story to inform, persuade, or entertain his reader.

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RF.2.4SL.2.1bSL.2.2SL.2.3W.2.8L.2.6RL.2.2RL.2.7RL.2.10RF.2.3

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2.6I2.13C2.7A2.13E2.7B2.13G2.7C2.7D2.7E2.1A2.8C2.1C2.9C2.1D2.10A2.6A2.10B2.6E2.10C

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Making Connections with Madeline

This making connections lesson plan and set of resources will help readers use what they already know to make connections between Madeline's world and their own. Students will also be asked to qualify how the text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections they make help them as readers.

Common Core State Standards Alignment

SL.2.1bSL.2.2SL.2.3W.2.8L.2.6RL.2.2RL.2.10RF.2.3RF.2.4

TEKS Alignment

2.7A2.7B2.7C2.7D2.7E2.1A2.7F2.1C2.8C2.1D2.13C2.6A2.13E2.6E2.13G2.6I

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Making Inferences with Madeline

Madeline offers readers plenty of opportunities to make inferences. The questions included in this making inferences lesson plan and set of resources will encourage students to notice information in the text and the illustrations and use that information to gain a deeper understanding of what's happening in the story.

Common Core State Standards Alignment

W.2.8L.2.6RL.2.6RL.2.7RL.2.10RF.2.3RF.2.4SL.2.1bSL.2.2SL.2.3

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2.7D2.7E2.1A2.7F2.1C2.8B2.1D2.8C2.6A2.13C2.6E2.13E2.6F2.13G2.6I2.7B2.7C

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Understanding Text Structure with Madeline

Madeline is a smart choice for readers who need to practice identifying text structures while reading. Ludwig Bemelmans' straightforward story and varied use of text structures offer students examples of description, sequencing, cause and effect, and problem and solution. Use this lesson plan and set of resources to help students understand why authors use text structures and why noticing them can deepen comprehension.

Common Core State Standards Alignment

L.2.6RL.2.4RL.2.5RL.2.7RL.2.10RF.2.3RF.2.4SL.2.1bSL.2.2SL.2.3W.2.8

TEKS Alignment

2.8C2.1A2.9C2.1C2.10B2.1D2.10C2.6A2.13C2.6I2.13E2.7B2.13G2.7C2.7D2.7E2.7F

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Visualizing with Madeline

Ludwig Bemelmans' paintings provide readers with the opportunity to compare and contrast their mental images to the illustrations used in the book. This visualizing lesson plan and set of resources encourages readers to notice the specific words that cause them to visualize scences, characters, and events inside the pages of Madeline.

Common Core State Standards Alignment

RL.2.10RF.2.3RF.2.4SL.2.1bSL.2.2SL.2.3W.2.8L.2.6RL.2.7

TEKS Alignment

2.1D2.8C2.6A2.9C2.6D2.10C2.6E2.13C2.6I2.13E2.7A2.13G2.7B2.7C2.7D2.1A2.7E2.1C2.7F

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Comprehension Assessment with Madeline

Use this Common Core aligned comprehension assessment to evaluate students' comprehension of Madeline.

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Running Record with Madeline

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with Madeline. Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.

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Cause and Effect Matching with Madeline

Read Madeline then have some fun matching cause and effect sentences from the book. By using these cause and effect cards, students will demonstrate both their comprehension of the text and their understanding of cause and effect relationships in hands-on and interactive way.

This resource includes matching/sorting cards and a sorting mat for four cause and effect sentences in Madeline. Each cause card is marked with a square and each effect card is marked with a circle, making it easy to support students who struggle with matching cause and effect relationships.

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Cause and Effect Sentence Stems with Madeline

Understanding cause and effect is a key comprehension and language skill. The text structure of Madeline includes several examples of cause and effect relationships, making it easy to use as a springboard for modeling or independent practice.

This simple resource includes four sentence stems. Each sentence stem presents an effect. Students will use what they know about the book to fill in the cause of the effect.

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Writing with Madeline

The BookPagez extension activities are a great way to push student engagement beyond the pages of the text. Try using this activity with early finishers, with students who show a deeper connection with the text, or as a center activity.

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Identifying the Author’s Purpose with Madeline (Spanish)

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Making Connections with Madeline (Spanish)

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Making Inferences with Madeline (Spanish)

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Understanding Text Structure with Madeline (Spanish)

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Visualizing with Madeline (Spanish)

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About the Book

Title: Madeline

Author: Ludwig Bemelmans

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Themes: Award Winners, Friendship

ISBN: 9780670445806

Publisher's Summary:

“In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines the smallest one was Madeline.” Nothing frightens Madeline—not tigers, not even mice. With its endearing, courageous heroine, cheerful humor, and wonderful, whimsical drawings of Paris, the Madeline stories are true classics that continue to charm readers, even after 75 years!

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Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for Madeline