FREEDOM SOUP activities and lesson plan ideas

 This FREEDOM SOUP 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, FREEDOM SOUP by Tami Charles, 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 ☐ summarize and retell ☐ author's purpose ☐ figurative language ◼️GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE CONCEPTS ☐ transition words ☐ action verbs ☐ adjectives ◼️SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TOPICS ☐ learning about cultures ☐ taking ownership   SUMMARY OF THE MENTOR TEXT: Each year, Haitian people celebrate the New Year by eating Freedom Soup. The child in the story,