The Bear Ate Your Sandwich Comprehension, Word Work, and Vocabulary Lesson Plans

Use The Bear Ate Your Sandwich by Julia Sarcone-Roach 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 Inferences
Making Predictions
Identifying the Author’s Purpose
Asking Questions
Understanding Text Structure

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 Grandfather’s Journey.

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
Word Study Resources

I’ve also included a word study lesson plan and set of activities, because, much like vocabulary, I find that word study works best within context. As a result, I have identified word patterns within trade books and have developed lesson plans and resources based on the word study that can be done with specific books.

The lesson plan and set of resources for Grandfather’s Journey is focused on Compound Words and includes the following:

Lesson Plan
Interactive Activity
Practice Page
Independent Word Work
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
TEKS 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 Grandfather’s Journey
Surprise Sample Resource

In addition to the complete set of balanced literacy resources for Grandfather’s Journey, 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 Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say. 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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