A Sick Day For Amos McGee activities and lesson plan ideas

Our A Sick Day for Amos McGee Activities are now digital for distance learning with editable teaching slides and worksheets based on Phillip C. Stead's book. Read aloud the picture book then use the printables or go paperless with Google or Seesaw to practice standards-based skills.   THIS READING UNIT FOCUSES ON USING THE MENTOR TEXT TO TEACH: ◼️ READING STRATEGIES ☐ making predictions ☐ summarize and retell ☐ analyzing illustrations ☐ ask and answer questions ☐ sequencing ☐ cause and effect   ◼️ SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TOPICS ☐ friendship ☐ kindness   ◼️ GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE CONCEPTS ☐ verb tense ☐ plural noun ☐ parenthesis   SUMMARY OF THE MENTOR TEXT: Each morning, Amos McGee wakes up and gets ready for work. He takes the bus to the zoo, where he has many friends waiting to see him. Although he is busy, Amos makes time to visit with each one of his zoo animal friends. He plays chess with the elephant, reads to the owl, and runs races with the tortoise. One day, Amos wakes up fe