Pets Theme Fiction & Nonfiction Read-aloud and Research Unit

$25.00

Help students learn beginning research skills by reading aloud fiction & nonfiction pet-themed books to your kindergarten or 1st grade elementary classes with this editable, easy-to-prep unit.

Grade Levels:
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
adaptable for 2nd Grade

Teaching Duration:
5 or 6 class periods

​​This pets-themed ​read-aloud unit includes a printable​ reading activity booklet, lesson materials, and a lesson plan for 5-6 library class periods.  All items in the product are editable.

By reading aloud to students, you can demonstrate different strategies for reading read ​fiction and nonfiction texts.  If you use ebooks or an online database for the mini-research project, students will also get some experience with reading in different formats.

​This read-aloud and research unit has 24 pages and slides, including:

​8 Printable Response Activities, which are in a 12-page booklet that is printed double-sided on 3 sheets of paper:

  • Editable​ in Microsoft PowerPoint .pptx and Publisher .pub file formats
  • Easy-to-print PDF file format included
  • ​Each half-page of the printable booklet includes a response activity (drawing or short writing) for one of the books.
  • ​The last few pages are a short research section for students to choose a pet to learn about and label the parts of that pet or animal.
  • ​The back page shows related ​book suggestions about pets to read or check out from the library.
  • There are 2 versions of the printable booklet: One for librarians or media specialists to use during library classes, and one for classroom teachers to use as a literacy center or as a whole group read-aloud lesson.

Comprehensive Kindergarten and 1st Grade Lesson Plan, editable in Microsoft Word .docx file format, ​aligned to:

  • ​National Common Core Standards for English Language Arts,
  • ​Pennsylvania Core Standards (ELA), and
  • ​AASL National School Library Standards for Learners (2018).

​​​Printable QR ebook cards for students to scan and access the ebooks with instructions on how to create QR codes to access the ebook links if your library owns them.​

  • The QR cards can be customized in Microsoft PowerPoint according to your needs.
  • Easy-to-print PDF file also included.
  • Access to the ebooks listed below is NOT included. You must purchase them, borrow them, or ask your school’s teacher-librarian to get them for you.

Teacher Notes and Directions (included in the preview) with printing directions to make the booklets and suggestions for grading the activities.

After reading one of the books aloud to the class, students check out new books from the library, and then complete the response activity in their booklet.  During the research classes, students independently read or listen to an informational pet book and label the parts of their chosen pet.

The research section of the booklet is designed to be used with interactive nonfiction ebooks with read-aloud features, but you can substitute with your own informational books or online database about cats, dogs, fish, birds, guinea pigs, and hamsters​ without needing to modify the activities.

 

The pet-themed books featured are: (affiliate links below)

The suggested nonfiction books or ebooks for research are:

(The links above are Amazon affiliate links.  See the Disclosure Policy for more information.)

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For teacher-librarians: You may use this product with all of your classes and students.

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