The books that you buy several copies of and then give to friends when they have babies?
The ones that you have your kids read when they start reading.
The Paper Bag Princess is one of those books. If you don't already own it. Buy it. Of course, I may be biased because I love dragons, princess, and wish I was born in a castle.
It is a simple enough story that my first grade daughter can read it independently. But it has fun enough graphics that even my fourth grade son will listen to it.
And girl power. Love it. The princess does NOT marry the snotty prince. She is no Disney character who gives up her family and homeland to chase the boy she has never even met before.
I'm not the only one who loves this book too! Miss Speechie posted a companion to this book the same day that I did!
Pages 8-12: Regular past tense instructions, 10 card pairs, 4 special cards, Worksheet/Homework
Pages 13-17: Irregular past tense instructions, 8 card pairs, 4 special cards, Worksheet/Homework
Pages 18-20: Describing card instructions, 12 card pairs (get these FREE by clicking on "Download Preview")
Pages 21-22: Game board
Pages 23-25: Compare and Contrast characters Venn diagrams
Pages 26-28: Perspective taking activities
Page 29: Write/Draw Elizabeth’s plan (higher level thinking, explaining, sequencing)
Page 20-31: Sequencing instructions, 9 sequencing/story retell cards
Pages 32-33: Directions, 8 /k, g/ articulation cards
Pages 34-35: Directions, 8 /l/ articulation cards
Pages 36-38: Directions, 16 /r/ articulation cards
Pages 39-41: Directions, 16 /s, z/ articulation cards
A month's worth of lesson planning done for you here!
Therapy session 1:
Preview the vocabulary.
Read the book.
Therapy session 2:
Play Vocabulary card game.
Fill out the worksheet together (or send home for homework).
Therapy session 3:
Pre-test regular/irregular verbs.
Play Past tense card game.
Fill out the worksheet together (or send home for homework).
Therapy session 4:
Pre-test describing skills with the Word Cards (get these FREE by clicking on "Download Preview")
Use both Word and Describing Cards and Game board to play game.
Therapy session 5:
Compare/Contrast characters with the Venn Diagrams (do 2 and send one home for homework).
Therapy session 6:
Perspective taking from 2 character's point of view (send one home for homework).
Therapy session 7:
Sequencing the story.
Story retell from each student and transcribe for data collection.
Therapy session 8:
Post-test on all previous vocabulary, verbs, and describing cards.
If the kids were also working on articulation, I would also throw in my articulation cards to go along with any and all of the previous activities.
Optional extra activity for the month:
Drawing/Write Elizabeth's plan by brainstorming what she was thinking and why/how she tricked the dragon.
You can buy the entire unit here, or just go and download the free Describing Cards!
I hope you love this book as much as I do! What are your favorite children's books that you will have on your bedside bookshelf, even when your kids are grown and out of the house?
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JW Illustrations, Graphics Factory, and My Cute Graphics
1 comment:
Great unit! I'll have to add this and the book to my wishlist! :) One of my favorite books that still makes me laugh is "The Monster at the End of This Book." It's a Sesame Street Little Golden Classic. Hilarious! (:
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