Product Description
Narrative Nonfiction Picture Book BUNDLE:
This Narrative Nonfiction Bundle for 1st-3rd grade includes three popular titles with animal themes. With the Common Core Standards emphasizing nonfiction reading and writing tasks, this product will cover a slew of standards for your students. This file contains three product files.
Here are the links for the individual products in my store:
- IVAN: THE REMARKABLE TRUE STORY OF THE SHOPPING MALL GORILLA LITERATURE UNIT
- TARRA AND BELLA: THE ELEPHANT AND DOG WHO BECAME BEST FRIENDS LITERATURE UNIT
- TUESDAY TUCKS ME IN: THE LOYAL BOND BETWEEN A SOLDIER AND HIS SERVICE DOG LITERATURE UNIT
These three files include the following:
Tarra and Bella: The Elephant and Dog Who Became Best Friends, by Carol Buckley is a narrative non-fiction picture book. This literature unit is common core aligned for 1st-3rd grade. This is a true story about an elephant held in captivity for human entertainment. She winds up being transferred to an Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee to live out the rest of her days. An unlikely companion who lives on the sanctuary grounds shows Tarra what true friendship is all about. What a sweet, sweet story!
This packet includes activities in the following areas:
- genre
- character, setting, plot
- sequencing
- opinion writing
- vocabulary
- compare/contrast
- parts of speech
- research
- fact/opinion
- comprehension
- summarizing
- making inferences
- friendship
Answer Keys are included where deemed necessary.
Tuesday Tucks Me In: The Loyal Bond Between a Soldier and His Service Dog, by Luis Carlos Montalvan is a narrative non-fiction picture book. This literature unit is common core aligned for 1st-3rd grade. This non-fiction book was born out of the book Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him, by Luis Carlos Montalvan.
This packet includes activities in the following areas:
- genre
- character, setting, plot
- sequencing
- opinion writing
- vocabulary
- compare/contrast
- letter writing
- research
- fact/opinion
- comprehension
- summarizing
- loyalty activity
Answer Keys are included where necessary.
Ivan The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla by Katherine Applegate is a narrative non-fiction picture book. This literature unit is common core aligned for 1st-3rd grade. This non-fiction book was born out of the its fiction counterpart, The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate.
This packet includes activities in the following areas:
- genre
- character, setting, plot
- sequencing
- opinion writing
- vocabulary
- compare/contrast
- letter writing
- research
- fact/opinion
- comprehension
- summarizing
- empathy activity
Answer Keys are included where necessary.
NOTE: THIS FILE NOW INCLUDES A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!
As of 6/8/21, this product includes a digital option (as well as the no prep printable option). The instructions for utilizing the digital portion appear at the end of the packet.
Technology Requirements:
- A Google Drive account
- If sharing with students, a Drive account that is linked to student Google accounts
- Can be shared/delivered on Google Classroom
- Only need access to Google Drive–no outside links to worry about!
These file can be used with iPads, chrome books, laptops, and desktops as long as your students have access to Google Drive or Classroom on a device. The digital portion of this product is on Google Slides™.
This file contains 97 pages + Google Slides™.
IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT THE TERMS OF USE FOR THIS PRODUCT:
- Purchasing this product gives the purchaser ONE LICENSE to this product. This allows the purchaser the right to reproduce this product for HIS/HER class ONLY. Duplication for an entire team, school, or school district is strictly forbidden. If other teachers would like copies of this product, please direct them to my store.
- You may not reproduce, redistribute, or post this item on a blog or website for download (free or paid). Copying any part of this product (even for a classroom website) is also in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
- You may not modify, copy, or alter this product in any way.
- Please feel free to spread the word about this product via social media or blog post. A link to the product (or my store) is much appreciated.