The Recess Queen | Book Study Activities

This is a book study literacy unit for The Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill. The unit is packed with Common Core aligned activities for Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second 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 is a great book to use as a springboard to talk to your students about how to handle a bully.

THIS UNIT INCLUDES:

STORY ELEMENTS ACTIVITIES

• student unit cover page
• story elements
• making predictions
• character traits
• character analysis
• character comparison
• story retell
• story events
• story clues
• can-have-are-need graphic organizers

MAKING CONNECTIONS ACTIVITIES

• making mental images
• opinion pages
• giving my advice
• text-to-self connections

WRITING ACTIVITIES

• writing retell pages
• writing story prompts

VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES

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

COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES

• problems and solutions
• author's purpose
• main idea/theme
• fiction and non-fiction story elements
• questions about the story
• 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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