APRIL FOOL! WATCH OUT AT SCHOOL! activities and lesson plan ideas

This APRIL FOOL! WATCH OUT AT SCHOOL! 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, APRIL FOOL! WATCH OUT AT SCHOOL! by Diane de Groat, 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 CHARACTER ☐ CAUSE AND EFFECT ☐ MAKING CONNECTIONS ☐ MAKING PREDICTIONS ☐ SEQUENCING   ◼️GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE CONCEPTS ☐ COMPOUND WORDS ☐ CONTRACTIONS ☐ PUNCTUATION ☐ QUOTATION MARKS   ◼️SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TOPICS ☐ SPORTSMANSHIP   SUMMARY OF THE MENTOR TEXT: It’s April Fools’ Day and Gilbe