ANANSI THE SPIDER activities and lesson plan ideas

This ANANSI THE SPIDER Activities and Interactive Read Aloud Resource Book Companion Packet includes lesson plans, reading comprehension questions, vocabulary, grammar, phonics, writing and word study activities with both printable and digital student pages. Following an interactive read aloud of the picture book, ANANSI THE SPIDER by Gerald McDermott, choose from the included collection of either printable activities or go paperless and use the digital activities to practice standards-based skills. We've even included editable teaching slides themed to match the book!     THIS READING UNIT FOCUSES ON USING THE MENTOR TEXT TO TEACH:   ◼️READING STRATEGIES ☐ ANALYZING SETTING ☐ MAKING PREDICTIONS ☐ SUMMARIZING   ◼️GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE CONCEPTS ☐ COMMON AND PROPER NOUNS ☐ ADJECTIVES ☐ QUOTATION MARKS   ◼️SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TOPICS ☐ CONFLICT RESOLUTION ☐ TEAMWORK   SUMMARY OF THE MENTOR TEXT: Anansi the Spider is a West African folktale that takes place in Ghana. It tells the sto