A Bad Case of Tattle Tongue Activities and Lesson Ideas

THIS READING UNIT FOCUSES ON USING THE MENTOR TEXT TO TEACH: ◼️ READING STRATEGIES ☐ making predictions ☐ summarize or retell ☐ plot | problem - solution ☐ identify the main idea ☐ author's purpose   ◼️ SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TOPICS ☐ bullying ☐ teasing ☐ problem-solving   ◼️ GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE CONCEPTS ☐ pronouns ☐ types of sentences ☐ adjectives ☐ prepositions   SUMMARY OF THE MENTOR TEXT: Joshua is constantly tattling, even when he is not involved in a situation. His tattling has become so bad his classmates and friends don’t want to play with him at recess or sit with him at lunch. Joshua’s mother says if he keeps tattling, he will get tattle tongue. That’s when your tongue turns yellow with purple spots and grows so long it doesn’t fit in your mouth! Fearing he will get Tattle Tongue, Joshua doesn’t tell an adult when Billy the Bully is going to beat up Edith. That night, Joshua is visited by the Tattle Prince. Joshua learns that he should have told someone about Billy beca