Description

Biscuit and the Little Pup is one of my favorites for beginning readers. This PRINT AND GO unit will help your students get plenty of reading practice as close reading routines are implemented. It’s organized in a BEFORE/DURING/AFTER format for consistent skill modeling and practice.

WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THIS UNIT?

•  prereading schema builder about dogs
•  vocabulary organizer and word cards
•  themed poem
•  story retelling (framed paragraph)
•  visualizing
•  making connections organizer
•  summarizing information (BME)
•  and questioning task cards and response form

HOW TEACHERS CAN USE BISCUIT AND THE LITTLE PUP UNIT:

The pages can be printed and put under a document camera for group discussion or projected using TPT Easel. Students can work in teams to brainstorm ideas when working in whole group or work on specific skills with the teacher in guided reading groups. Teachers can also use this resource for book clubs for more independent readers.

WHAT OTHER TEACHERS THOUGHT OF THIS UNIT:

~My students love using these worksheets related to Biscuit and the Little Pup. The graphic organizer is helpful for the students to organize their thoughts before starting the writing process. The visualizing worksheet was one of their favorite pages!.

~These were a great variety of activities that went along with the story and were great for my students to complete.

~I used this in my small reading groups and they were easy to prepare and use!

OTHER BEGINNING READER UNITS YOU MIGHT LIKE:

• Biscuit Visits the Big City
• Biscuit
• Mittens
• Chester
• Danny and the Dinosaur
• Sammy the Seal
• A Horse for Harry’s Room
• Lois Ehlert Books
• Clifford Unit
• The Fall Festival
• Just Critters Who Care

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