Making Connections in Fiction Texts Resources

In this social skills lesson plan, students will get to practise identifying how to be a friend. Friendship is an important social skill for year one students to master as they begin to form a new community of peers at school.

Your kids will love learning about setting, characters and events as they listen to a classic tale and play a simple game. This lesson helps students improve their reading comprehension skills while they have fun.

In this lesson, students will learn about how they are different from each other. They will then write about themselves! This lesson would fit in perfect with an "All About Me" theme.

In this social skills lesson, students will get to practise identifying their feelings while thinking about what makes them feel happy. Identifying feelings is an important social skill for year one students to master as they begin to navigate a new social structure, school!

With some help from The Little Red Hen, young readers will have fun enhancing their reading skills while learning about the value of hard work.

In this literacy lesson, students have the chance to explore feelings using The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. They will role-play, answer comprehension questions, and create a craft!

In this dance-infused lesson plan, students will love listening to a story about friendship before they create their very own animal dances with a peer!

Anansi invites his friend Turtle to dinner at his house ... but does he treat him like a friend? In this reading comprehension lesson, your class practices questioning, retelling, and identifying the moral in "Anansi and the Turtle."

Introduce the concept of a main idea to your little scholars using stories about the zoo! Students will help find the main idea and draw a picture to solidify their understanding.

This lesson provides a fun way to combine learning and entertainment. Your kids will have a great time listening to stories and learning about mice.

Penguins are such interesting animals! Help your students practise identifying the main topic and key ideas in a nonfiction text using this fun penguin-themed lesson plan.

Use this lesson plan to introduce, preview, or review the concept of sharing an opinion using a hilarious read aloud text! This can be used as a standalone lesson or with the lesson The Little Red Hen Story Patterns.

Which traits do your students share with their favorite characters? Find out as you introduce new adjectives! This lesson can be used alone or with the lesson plan All About Me: Character Traits.

Discover a new tool for creative assessments and lessons! In this lesson, students will investigate Adobe Spark using Agency by Design thinking routines to help them understand how they can use technology to communicate ideas.

This literature-based lesson teaches students about answering key questions and understanding a character's point of view. It'll have young readers roaring, thumping, and having tons of fun as they imitate story characters.

In this social skills lesson, students will get to practise identifying what to do in times of conflict. Conflict resolution is an important social skill for year one students to master as they begin form new relationships with their classmates.

In this fun hands-on lesson plan, your ELs will love practising retelling a story while learning all about feeling words. Can be used as a stand-alone or support lesson for the **Rainbow Fish** lesson plan.

This lesson helps kindergartners express their emotions about moving to year two. Featuring The Night Before year two by Natasha Wing, it gives young students ample time to introspect, write, and draw.