School's First Day of School Lesson Plans & Teaching Resources Collection

School's First Day of School Lesson Plans & Teaching Resources Collection

It’s time for a new school year to begin and everyone is nervous – even the school itself. Told from the perspective of Frederick Douglass Elementary, this back to school read aloud by Adam Rex offers a new perspective on a familiar story. Use this delightful text and paired resource set to engage students and improve comprehension by making inferences, synthesizing, understanding text structure, asking questions, and retelling and summarizing.
  • Included in this collection
  • 5 comprehension strategy lesson plans and student resources for School's First Day of School
  • Comprehension worksheets and answer keys
  • Text-based reader's notebook prompts
  • Word work lesson plan and activities focused on Contractions
  • Interactive vocabulary games and activities
  • Running record assessment
  • Comprehension assessment
  • Skills sheets
  • Resources translated to Spanish
  • Note: This set of instructional resources is for use with the book School's First Day of School by Adam Rex. A copy of the book is not included in this set of resources.
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It’s time for a new school year to begin and everyone is nervous – even the school itself. Told from the perspective of Frederick Douglass Elementary, this back to school read aloud by Adam Rex offers a new perspective on a familiar story. Use this delightful text and paired resource set to engage students and improve comprehension by making inferences, synthesizing, understanding text structure, asking questions, and retelling and summarizing.
  • Included in this collection
  • 5 comprehension strategy lesson plans and student resources for School's First Day of School
  • Comprehension worksheets and answer keys
  • Text-based reader's notebook prompts
  • Word work lesson plan and activities focused on Contractions
  • Interactive vocabulary games and activities
  • Running record assessment
  • Comprehension assessment
  • Skills sheets
  • Resources translated to Spanish
  • This set of instructional resources is for use with the book School's First Day of School by Adam Rex. A copy of the book is not included in this set of resources.
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Book Title:
School's First Day of School
Book Author:
Adam Rex
Grade Level:
3
Genre(s):
Fantasy
F&P Guided Reading Level:
N
DRA Level:
30
Reading Recovery Level:
30
Theme(s):
Laugh Out Loud, Back to School
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TEKS
Asking Questions:
RL.3.1, RL.3.3, RL.3.4, RL.3.10, RF.3.3, RF.3.4, SL.3.1c, SL.3.1d, SL.3.2, SL.3.3, W.3.8, L.3.6
Making Inferences:
RL.3.1, RL.3.4, RL.3.7, RF.3.3, RF.3.4, SL.3.1d, SL.3.2, SL.3.3, W.3.8, L.3.6
Retelling & Summarizing:
RL.3.1, RL.3.2, RL.3.4, RL.3.7, RL.3.10, RF.3.3, RF.3.4, SL.3.1d, SL.3.2, SL.3.3, W.3.8, L.3.6
Synthesizing:
RL.3.1, RL.3.2, RL.3.3, RL.3.4, RL.3.5, RL.3.6, RL.3.7, RL.3.10, RF.3.3, RF.3.4, SL.3.1c, SL.3.1d, SL.3.2, SL.3.3, W.3.8, L.3.6
Understanding Text Structure:
RL.3.5, RL.3.7, RL.3.10, RF.3.3, RF.3.4, SL.3.1d, SL.3.2, SL.3.3, W.3.8, L.3.6
Vocabulary Connections:
L.3.4a, L.3.5b, L.3.6
Word Work:
RF.3.3, RF.3.4
Asking Questions:
3.1A, 3.1C, 3.1D, 3.1E, 3.6A, 3.6B, 3.6I, 3.7B, 3.7C, 3.7D, 3.7E, 3.7F, 3.7G, 3.8C, 3.9C, 3.13A, 3.13E, 3.13H
Making Inferences:
3.1A, 3.1C, 3.1D, 3.1E, 3.6A, 3.6B, 3.6F, 3.6I, 3.7A, 3.7B, 3.7C, 3.7D, 3.7E, 3.7F, 3.7G, 3.8C, 3.13C, 3.13E, 3.13H
Retelling & Summarizing:
3.1A, 3.1C, 3.1D, 3.1E, 3.6A, 3.6G, 3.6I, 3.7B, 3.7C, 3.7D, 3.7E, 3.7F, 3.7G, 3.8B, 3.8C, 3.8D, 3.13C, 3.13E, 3.13H
Synthesizing:
3.1A, 3.1C, 3.1D, 3.1E, 3.6A, 3.6G, 3.6H, 3.6I, 3.7B, 3.7C, 3.7D, 3.7E, 3.7F, 3.7G, 3.8C, 3.8D, 3.13C, 3.13E, 3.13H
Understanding Text Structure:
3.1A, 3.1C, 3.1D, 3.1E, 3.6A, 3.6H, 3.6I, 3.7B, 3.7C, 3.7E, 3.7F, 3.8C, 3.9E(iii), 3.10B, 3.10C, 3.13C, 3.13E, 3.13H
Vocabulary Connections:
3.7E, 3.7F, 3.3A, 3.3B
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