14 COWS FOR AMERICA activities and lesson plan ideas

This 14 COWS FOR AMERICA 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, 14 COWS FOR AMERICA by Carmen Agra Deedy, 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 SETTING ☐ AUTHOR'S PURPOSE ☐ MAKING INFERENCES ☐ RETELLING   ◼️GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE CONCEPTS ☐ PROPER NOUNS ☐ SUFFIXES ☐ ADJECTIVES   ◼️SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TOPICS ☐ COMPASSION ☐ INDIVIDUALITY ☐ TEAMWORK   SUMMARY OF THE MENTOR TEXT: This empowering story is about a boy named Kimeli and how he returned to his vil