The Giving Tree | Book Study Activities

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Anita Bremer
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Description

This is a book study literacy unit for The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. The unit is packed with Common Core aligned activities for Kindergarten and First Grade.

This book study unit can be used as a whole class activity, during small group guided reading time, as individual student work, or as part of a book club. Copy a pack for each student and you're ready to go!

THIS UNIT INCLUDES:

STORY ELEMENTS ACTIVITIES

  • student unit cover page
  • story elements
  • making predictions
  • characters in the story
  • story retell
  • can-have-are-need graphic organizers
  • story sequence

MAKING CONNECTIONS ACTIVITIES

  • making mental images
  • opinion page
  • text-to-self connections
  • If I were a tree

WRITING ACTIVITIES

  • writing retell pages
  • writing story prompt

VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES

  • making words
  • vocabulary word search
  • syllable sorting
  • vocabulary word sort
  • alphabetical order

COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES

  • problems and solutions
  • author's purpose
  • main idea/theme
  • fiction and non-fiction story elements
  • true or false comprehension questions
  • reading notes
  • personal response page

LEARNING STANDARDS CHECKLISTS

  • learning standards checklist charts for Common Core, TEKS, VA SOL

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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.
With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).

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