Use Amos and Boris by William Steig to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.
Explore this heartwarming tale about the unlikely friendship between a mouse and a whale. This engaging resource package offers activities that help students strengthen their comprehension skills through Understanding Text Structure, Synthesizing, and Visualizing.
Alongside these comprehension strategies, students will explore adjectives in a fun word work activity and expand their vocabulary with a challenging word list.
For an exciting extension, students can express their opinions in a writing piece that asks, "Who is the bigger hero: Amos or Boris?" This resource encourages critical thinking, creativity, and meaningful connections to the story.