The Watermelon Seed Lesson Plans & Teaching Resources Collection

The Watermelon Seed Lesson Plans & Teaching Resources Collection

With colorful illustrations and a lovable main character, students will delight in reading this award-winning story about a crocodile who loves watermelon more than any other food. The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli provides readers with an engaging text that offers readers many opportunities to practice comprehension strategies ranging from predicting to retelling and summarizing.

 

  • Included in this collection
  • 5 comprehension strategy lesson plans and student resources for The Watermelon Seed
  • Comprehension worksheets and answer keys
  • Text-based reader's notebook prompts
  • Word work lesson plan and activities focused on Vowels
  • 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 The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli. A copy of the book is not included in this set of resources.
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With colorful illustrations and a lovable main character, students will delight in reading this award-winning story about a crocodile who loves watermelon more than any other food. The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli provides readers with an engaging text that offers readers many opportunities to practice comprehension strategies ranging from predicting to retelling and summarizing.

 

  • Included in this collection
  • 5 comprehension strategy lesson plans and student resources for The Watermelon Seed
  • Comprehension worksheets and answer keys
  • Text-based reader's notebook prompts
  • Word work lesson plan and activities focused on Vowels
  • 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 The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli. A copy of the book is not included in this set of resources.
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Standard Alignment
Book Title:
The Watermelon Seed
Book Author:
Greg Pizzoli
Grade Level:
1
Genre(s):
Fantasy
F&P Guided Reading Level:
H
DRA Level:
14
Reading Recovery Level:
13, 14
Theme(s):
Award Winners, Laugh Out Loud, Summer
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TEKS
Asking Questions:
RL.1.1, RL.1.10, RF.1.1, RF.1.2, SL.1.1b, SL.1.2, SL.1.3, W.1.5, W.1.8, L.1.6
Making Connections:
RL.1.1, RL.1.4, RL.1.9, 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
Making Predictions:
RL.1.1, RL.1.9, RL.1.10, RF.1.1, RF.1.2, SL.1.1b, SL.1.2, SL.1.3, W.1.5, W.1.8, L.1.6
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
Visualizing:
RL.1.3, RL.1.4, 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
Vocabulary Connections:
L.1.4a, L.1.5c, L.1.6
Word Work:
RF.1.3, RF.1.4
Asking Questions:
1.1A, 1.1C, 1.1D, 1.6A, 1.6B, 1.6E, 1.6I, 1.7B, 1.7C, 1.7D, 1.7E, 1.7F, 1.8B, 1.8C, 1.10E, 1.13A, 1.13D, 1.13E
Making Connections:
1.1A, 1.1C, 1.1D, 1.6A, 1.6E, 1.6I, 1.7A, 1.7B, 1.7C, 1.7D, 1.7E, 1.7F, 1.8B, 1.8C, 1.10E, 1.13A, 1.13D, 1.13E
Making Predictions:
1.1A, 1.1C, 1.1D, 1.6A, 1.6C, 1.6E, 1.6I, 1.7B, 1.7C, 1.7D, 1.7E, 1.7F, 1.8B, 1.8C, 1.9C, 1.10B, 1.10C, 1.10E, 1.13D, 1.13E
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
Visualizing:
1.1A, 1.1C, 1.6A, 1.6D, 1.6E, 1.6I, 1.7B, 1.7C, 1.7D, 1.7E, 1.7F, 1.8B, 1.8D, 1.9C, 1.10C, 1.10D, 1.10E, 1.13D, 1.13E
Vocabulary Connections:
1.7F, 1.3A, 1.3B, 1.3C, 1.3D
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