Love That Dog Poetry Novel Study | Lesson Plans, Activities, and Assessments

Use Love That Dog by Sharon Creech to strengthen your student’s comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

The resources included in this bundle have been designed with Balanced Literacy in mind. The resources are flexible and can be used for whole group, small group, and independent instruction. So whether you need resources for your literacy centers or guided reading groups, you'll find what you need inside this bundle.

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL GET:

Comprehension Strategy Resources

There are five comprehension strategy mini lessons and resource sets included in this bundle. Each set includes a mini lesson with text-specific questions, guided practice worksheets, strategy graphic organizers, and a text-specific reader's notebook prompt with optional "I Can" statements.

You will get resource sets to teach the following comprehension strategies:

• Making Connections
• Making Inferences
• Synthesizing
• Understanding Text Structure
• Visualizing

Vocabulary Development Resources

The vocabulary resources included in this bundle focus on words that are important for readers to know and understand in order to comprehend Love That Dog.

The vocabulary resources include the following:

• Vocabulary Word List
• Flash Cards (match words to pictures and match words to definitions)
• Interactive Vocabulary Notebook Cards
• Vocabulary Word Games Printable
• Personal Vocabulary Word Bookmark

This set of resources also includes the following:

• Running Record Assessment
• Common Core Aligned Comprehension Assessment
• Extension Activity
• Answer Keys
• Common Core State Standard Alignment
• Spanish versions of the comprehension strategy practice pages, reader's notebook prompts (complete with Spanish "I Can" statements), and extension activities for use with Love That Dog

Surprise Sample Resource

In addition to the complete set of balanced literacy resources for Love That Dog, you'll also get a surprise resource to pair with another popular children's book!

I hope that you will enjoy using the BookPagez resources for Love That Dog by Sharon Creech.

Note: Please note that a copy of the book is not included in this resource set. You will need your own copy/copies of the book.

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Products in this bundle:

Making Connections with Love That Dog ($2.50)

Making Inferences with Love That Dog ($2.50)

Synthesizing with Love That Dog ($2.50)

Understanding Text Structure with Love That Dog ($2.50)

Visualizing with Love That Dog ($2.50)

Love That Dog Vocabulary Connections ($2.00)

Love That Dog Assessment Resources ($1.50)

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