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A Color of His Own Lesson Plans & Teaching Resources Collection

Use A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

This story of a little chameleon struggling to understand what makes him so wonderfully unique is the perfect anchor text for whole-group or small-group lessons focused on comprehension strategies including how to synthesize, make logical predictions, and make meaningful connections while reading.

Additionally, this collection of teaching resources includes a lesson plan focused on exploring digraphs and diphthongs along with vocabulary development resources and two assessments.

  • Included in this collection
  • 5 comprehension strategy lesson plans and student resources for A Color of His Own
  • Comprehension worksheets and answer keys
  • Text-based reader's notebook prompts
  • Word work lesson plan and activities focused on Digraphs,Diphthongs
  • Interactive vocabulary games and activities
  • Running record assessment
  • Comprehension assessment
  • Skills sheets
  • Resources translated to Spanish
  • Note: This set of instructional resources is for use with the book A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni. A copy of the book is not included in this set of resources.
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Use A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

This story of a little chameleon struggling to understand what makes him so wonderfully unique is the perfect anchor text for whole-group or small-group lessons focused on comprehension strategies including how to synthesize, make logical predictions, and make meaningful connections while reading.

Additionally, this collection of teaching resources includes a lesson plan focused on exploring digraphs and diphthongs along with vocabulary development resources and two assessments.

  • Included in this collection
  • 5 comprehension strategy lesson plans and student resources for A Color of His Own
  • Comprehension worksheets and answer keys
  • Text-based reader's notebook prompts
  • Word work lesson plan and activities focused on Digraphs,Diphthongs
  • Interactive vocabulary games and activities
  • Running record assessment
  • Comprehension assessment
  • Skills sheets
  • Resources translated to Spanish
  • This set of instructional resources is for use with the book A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni. A copy of the book is not included in this set of resources.
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Book Title:
A Color of His Own
Book Author:
Leo Lionni
Grade Level:
1
Genre(s):
Fantasy
F&P Guided Reading Level:
I
DRA Level:
16
Reading Recovery Level:
15, 16
Theme(s):
Friendship, Perseverance, Relationship Skills, Self Awareness, Self Management, Social Awareness
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Identifying the Author's Purpose:
RL.1.2, RL.1.6, RL.1.10, RF.1.1, RF.1.2, SL.1.1b, SL.1.2, SL.1.3, W.1.5, W.1.8, L.1.6
Making Connections:
RL.1.1, RL.1.4, RL.1.9, RL.1.10, RF.1.1, RF.1.2, SL.1.1b, SL.1.2, SL.1.3, SL.1.5, W.1.5, W.1.8, L.1.6
Making Predictions:
RL.1.1, RL.1.9, RL.1.10, RF.1.1, RF.1.2, SL.1.1b, SL.1.2, SL.1.3, W.1.5, W.1.8, L.1.6
Retelling & Summarizing:
RL.1.1, RL.1.2, RL.1.3, RL.1.7, RL.1.10, RF.1.1, RF.1.2, SL.1.1b, SL.1.2, SL.1.3, SL.1.5, W.1.5, W.1.8, L.1.6
Synthesizing:
RL.1.1, RL.1.2, RL.1.3, RL.1.4, RL.1.6, RL.1.7, RL.1.9, RL.1.10, RF.1.1, RF.1.2, SL.1.1b, SL.1.2, SL.1.3, W.1.5, W.1.8, L.1.6
Vocabulary Connections:
L.1.4a, L.1.5c, L.1.6
Word Work:
RF.1.3, RF.1.4
Identifying the Author's Purpose:
1.1A, 1.1C, 1.1D, 1.6A, 1.6E, 1.6G, 1.6I, 1.7B, 1.7C, 1.7D, 1.7E, 1.7F, 1.8A, 1.8B, 1.8C, 1.10A, 1.10B, 1.10C, 1.10E, 1.13D, 1.13E
Making Connections:
1.1A, 1.1C, 1.1D, 1.6A, 1.6E, 1.6I, 1.7A, 1.7B, 1.7C, 1.7D, 1.7E, 1.7F, 1.8B, 1.8C, 1.10E, 1.13A, 1.13D, 1.13E
Making Predictions:
1.1A, 1.1C, 1.1D, 1.6A, 1.6C, 1.6E, 1.6I, 1.7B, 1.7C, 1.7D, 1.7E, 1.7F, 1.8B, 1.8C, 1.9C, 1.10B, 1.10C, 1.10E, 1.13D, 1.13E
Retelling & Summarizing:
1.1A, 1.1C, 1.1D, 1.6A, 1.6G, 1.6I, 1.7B, 1.7C, 1.7D, 1.7E, 1.7F, 1.8A, 1.8B, 1.8C, 1.8D, 1.9C, 1.10A, 1.10E, 1.13D, 1.13E
Synthesizing:
1.1A, 1.1C, 1.1D, 1.6A, 1.6B, 1.6E, 1.6F, 1.6G, 1.6H, 1.6I, 1.7A, 1.7B, 1.7C, 1.7D, 1.7E, 1.7F, 1.8A, 1.8B, 1.8C, 1.9C, 1.13D, 1.13E
Vocabulary Connections:
1.7F, 1.3A, 1.3B, 1.3C, 1.3D
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