Description

My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother is one of Patricia Polacco’s most popular books. This EASY TO USE comprehension focused unit includes before/during/after activities that will engage your students and help them focus on key literacy skills.

HOW CAN TEACHERS USE YOUR MY ROTTEN REDHEADED OLDER BROTHER UNIT?

It works well for guided reading, as mentor text lessons, for partner reading, and even for some stations with the printable and digital options. It makes planning easy and teaching clear and concise.

WHAT ACTIVITIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE MY ROTTEN REDHEADED OLDER BROTHER UNIT?

This unit includes the following activities:

• Schema Builder about Siblings
• A webquest exploring the life of Patricia Polacco
• Vocabulary building activities
• Author’s purpose studies
• Making Predictions
• Making comparisons
• Character analysis
• Writing opportunities related to skills
• Visualizing
• Analyzing plot, character, and setting
• The Next Competition Class Book
• Questioning Task Cards/Response form

HOW THE MY ROTTEN REDHEADED OLDER BROTHER UNIT IS ORGANIZED?

The unit includes 46 pages of activities (23 in each format). You can pick and choose the parts you want to use and the order. However, my units are organized in a before, during, and after format. I typically project the part of the lesson I’m using to demonstrate my expectation and assign either the digital or print version for completion.

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Nancy C. says, “Perfectly aligned to standards and easy to implement! Thank you! ”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mary Russell says, “This a great resource for using this book and provides different comprehension strategies as well as higher order thinking skills! I love Patricia Polacco books and this was a great help!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Monica A. says, “This is an added resource to my author study on Patricia Polacco. Thank you for the addition! I appreciate your skills, time and creativity!”

OTHER PATRICIA POLACCO UNITS YOU MAY ENJOY

• Chicken Sunday
• Bully
• My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother
• Thunder Cake
• The Keeping Quilt
• The Bee Tree
• Junkyard Wonders
• Just Plain Fancy
• When Lightning Comes in a Jar
• Christmas Tapestry
• For the Love of Autumn
• Mr. Lincoln’s Way
• Patricia Polacco Lapbook
• Thank You Mr. Falker

To get them all, purchase the Patricia Polacco Author Study Bundle.

PATRICIA POLACCO AUTHOR STUDY IN DIGITAL AND PDF

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