Arnold Lobel Author Study Activities and Lessons for 8 Titles

This Arnold Lobel Author Study works beautifully for beginning readers. This bundle includes resources for EIGHT TITLES including Mouse Soup, Mouse Tales, Owl at Home, Grasshopper on the Road, Frog and Toad are Friends Frog and Toad Together, Frog and Toad All  Year, and Days with Frog and Toad. They are perfect for introducing your first grade students to Lobel’s work and chapter books.

HOW YOU CAN USE THIS ARNOLD LOBEL AUTHOR STUDY:

Your students will be ENGAGED and LOVE his work too. Each unit is comprehension focused and includes before/during/after activities for each chapter. Your students will be engaged throughout the reading process.

WHAT SKILLS ARE INCLUDED IN THE ARNOLD LOBEL AUTHOR STUDY?

MOUSE SOUP:

• tier 2 vocabulary
• making predictions
• author’s purpose
• genres
• making connections
• summarizing
• sequencing
• “say something”
• character traits
• visualizing
• schema building
• mapping out the plot
• and responding to reading.

OWL AT HOME

• prereading schema building
• making predictions
• questioning
• making connections
• character traits
• narrative elements including sequencing
• cause and effect
• and a final project focused on writing (17 pages).

FROG AND TOAD ARE FRIENDS

• schema building
• tier 2 vocabulary introductions and practice opportunities
• making predictions
• making connections
• summarizing
• author’s purpose-
• cause and effect
• sequencing
• making comparisons
• comparing fiction and nonfiction elements
• narrative elements
• and writing
• AND…a newly added Boom Learning Deck for post reading (19 slides with full audio)

FROG AND TOAD TOGETHER

• ️ story elements
• ️ making predictions
• ️ cause and effect relationships
• ️ questioning
• ️making inferences
• ️summarizing
• ️problem and solution
• ️character traits
• ️and writing about reading with each chapter.

PLUS a 20 card Boom Deck for Digital Learning and Comprehension

DAYS FOR FROG AND TOAD

• Alphaboxes about Frogs and Toads
• Vocabulary for each chapter
• Story Elements Anchor Chart and Organizer
• Making Predictions
• Sequencing Events Cut and Sort
• Questioning Anchor Chart
• Thick and Thin Questions
• Writing about Reading
• Problem and Solution
• Visualizing
• Cause and Effect Anchor Chart and Foldable
• Analyzing Your Book (Author’s Purpose, Genre, and Point of View)

FROG AND TOAD ALL YEAR

• Story Vocabulary
• Winter Words Schema Builder
• Story Elements Anchor Chart and Organizer
• Chapter Summarizer
• Questioning Anchor Chart
• Questioning Fan Project
• Thick and Thin Questions
• Alphaboxes about Summer
• Summarizing Anchor Chart
• Beginning | Middle | End Trifold for The Ice Cream
• What Scares Me/What Surprises Me Schema Builder
• Sequencing Anchor Chart and Foldable
• Family Traditions Organizer
• Main Idea/Evidence
• Writing Response

GRASSHOPPER ON THE ROAD

• Schema builder-ABC brainstorm about insects
• Vocabulary introduction and Word Cards
• I Know, I See, I Wonder
• Story Elements
• Summarizing Anchor Chart and Organizer
• Making Comparisons
• Making Connections
• Story Retelling form
• Character Traits Organizer
• BME organizer
• Discussion Task Cards
• Answer Form
• Narrative Writing-8 pages with step by step activities

MOUSE TALES

• Vocabulary introduction and Word Cards
• Idea splash about wishes
• Character Traits for The Mouse
• BME story summarizer
• Making Connections-Clouds
• Four Square Story Organizer-Clouds
• Story Elements-Very Tall Mouse and Very Short Mouse
• Sequencing Chart and Organizer-The Mouse and the Winds
• Main Idea and Supporting Questions-Journey
• Fiction vs Nonfiction Evidence-The Old Mouse
• I Know, I See, I Wonder-The Bath
• Story Elements-The Bath
• Discussion Task Cards for all chapters
• Answer Form
• Narrative Writing-8 pages with step by step activities

WHAT OTHER TEACHERS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT MY ARNOLD LOBEL AUTHOR STUDY & UNITS:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Brenda A.says, “Perfect resource for our first author study of the year!”

ARNOLD LOBEL AUTHOR STUDY

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Dolores Seidel (TpT Seller) says, “Great resource with lots of wonderful activities for each book! Thank you!”

ARNOLD LOBEL AUTHOR STUDY

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Teresa Stouffer says, “A comprehensive unit for a wonderful book. My first graders will love this!”

MOUSE SOUP

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Rocking Our Way Through K (TpT Seller) says, “Wow! This is perfect for my first graders that are reading above level as a guided reading group. The questions and focus skills are varied and right on target! Thank you so much for an exceptional product!”

OWL AT HOME

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Christina M. says, “I am using this in my guided reading group and it is very easy to follow along with. I am pairing this resource with another resource for comprehension questions and I find that these go above what is just in the book. Nicely done!”

FROG AND TOAD ARE FRIENDS

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Amber F. says, “I needed a book report activity for the beginning of the year. I was going to be gone on leave for the first three weeks. I used this for my students to do during those weeks while I was gone. This was perfect because all the sheets are easily explained and they had no problems completing them without me. Its a great resource!”

DAYS WITH FROG AND TOAD

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