Description
A Weekend with Wendell is the perfect ice breaker book to start the year or any time you want to work on classroom community. Kids love Kevin Henkes’ books and relate well to them. This comprehension focused unit will make your interactive read aloud, mentor text lesson, or guided reading lesson purposeful. Your students will love it!
HOW TEACHERS CAN USE THE UNIT FOR A WEEKEND WITH WENDELL:
The unit has before, during, and after activities in both Google Slides TM and PDF, so teachers can model with the color version while students complete the paper/pencil tasks. You can use the activities with whole group, small group, book clubs, or in stations, and you can pick and choose which works best for your standards. Note-the Google Slides TM link is on the second page of the PDF.
WHAT SKILLS ARE INCLUDED IN THE UNIT?
- a schema building (prereading) page about play dates and sleepovers
- tier 2 vocabulary activity
- sequencing events page
- cause and effect relationships
- summarizing with beginning, middle, and end
- story elements
- questioning task cards and response form
- ย Give One Get One
- character traits
- writing about reading
- and a class book.
38 pages in all (1/2 PDF and 1/2 Google Slides)
OTHER RESOURCES YOU MIGHT LIKE:
This unit can be purchased individually or as part of my Kevin Henkes Author Study at a discounted rate. The author study includes the following titles:
TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAIDโฆ
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Bevin Gambillย (TpT Seller) says, “Great packet to pair with this beloved Kevin Henkes story! Easy to prepare and very age appropriate for my second graders! ”
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Cynthia B. says, “My students enjoyed interacting with this great resource for a great book. All of the activities help to enhance the discussion of the book. Thanks for sharing.”
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Jessica A. says, “These activities are so cute and the kids love them!”
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Danielle P. says, “Great extension activities for the book!”
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mary S. –
Good activities! I really like your work.
Kimberly Reed –
Thanks for a great project
Tammy S. –
This is perfect for my mini unit on Wendell! Thanks!
Kate M. –
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Annette L. –
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Jean S. –
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Lynne H. –
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Cynthia S. –
good resource
SALLIE W. –
I will use it tomorrow after reading the book. Thanks so much!
Kristen M. –
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shelly A. –
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Vanessa C. –
good resource
Melissa G. –
Great resource for a fun book! I used this while student teaching. Thanks!
Sunshine Tiger –
Great!
Gina G. –
This is a great resource!!!
Regina M. –
Thanks
Jessica R. –
Thanks!
Andrea W. –
Thank you -great resource!
Danielle P. –
Great extension activities for the book!
Laura King –
Very helpful
Melissa M. –
Great resource!
Susan Siske –
Great resource. Thank you!
Ashley M. –
Great activities!!
Keri Wolfe –
Great Resource!! THANK YOU
Cris S. –
Great!
Kelley C. –
My students loved these activities
Jessica A. –
These activities are so cute and the kids love them!
Terena M. –
Perfect companion to the book
Natasha B. –
Glad to have more additional resources for this text! Thanks!
SecondGradeScoop –
Great resource!
Lydia K. –
Perfect comprehensive companion activity for the book!
Catherine Sites –
Great resource!
Josie M. –
Made my lesson much easier to differentiate.
Haley R. –
Exactly what I was looking for
Sonya J. –
My students really enjoyed having these to do after we read the book.
Tracie S. –
Super resource
Cynthia B. –
My students enjoyed interacting with this great resource for a great book. All of the activities help to enhance the discussion of the book. Thanks for sharing.
Melissa V. –
Great resource. Students enjoyed using it.
Bevin Gambill –
Great packet to pair with this beloved Kevin Henkes story! Easy to prepare and very age appropriate for my second graders!
Rachel H. –
Great book companion
Virtually Anything –
This resource is great for introducing this skill and practicing its use.