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A Sick Day for Amos McGee Lesson Plans & Teaching Resources Collection

Use A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

Amos McGee is a busy zookeeper who visits each of his animal friends - on time, every day. One day, Amos McGee wakes up sick and stays home in bed. His animal friends are worried about him so they take the city bus to visit Amos. Philip C. Stead's pacing and Erin E. Stead's quiet illustrations make this timeless read aloud the perfect choice for minilessons focused on comprehension strategies including how to ask meaningful questions, make predictions, and synthesize. Additionally, this collection of teaching resources includes a lesson plan focused on r-controlled vowels along with vocabulary development resources and two assessments.

  • Included in this collection
  • 5 comprehension strategy lesson plans and student resources for A Sick Day for Amos McGee
  • Comprehension worksheets and answer keys
  • Text-based reader's notebook prompts
  • Word work lesson plan and activities focused on Vowels
  • 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 Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead. A copy of the book is not included in this set of resources.
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Use A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

Amos McGee is a busy zookeeper who visits each of his animal friends - on time, every day. One day, Amos McGee wakes up sick and stays home in bed. His animal friends are worried about him so they take the city bus to visit Amos. Philip C. Stead's pacing and Erin E. Stead's quiet illustrations make this timeless read aloud the perfect choice for minilessons focused on comprehension strategies including how to ask meaningful questions, make predictions, and synthesize. Additionally, this collection of teaching resources includes a lesson plan focused on r-controlled vowels along with vocabulary development resources and two assessments.

  • Included in this collection
  • 5 comprehension strategy lesson plans and student resources for A Sick Day for Amos McGee
  • Comprehension worksheets and answer keys
  • Text-based reader's notebook prompts
  • Word work lesson plan and activities focused on Vowels
  • 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 Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead. A copy of the book is not included in this set of resources.
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Book Title:
A Sick Day for Amos McGee
Book Author:
Philip C. Stead
Grade Level:
2
Genre(s):
Fantasy
F&P Guided Reading Level:
M
DRA Level:
28
Reading Recovery Level:
20, 28
Theme(s):
Award Winners, Friendship, Relationship Skills
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Asking Questions:
RL.2.1, RL.2.10, RF.2.3, RF.2.4, SL.2.1b, SL.2.1c, SL.2.2, SL.2.3, W.2.8, L.2.6
Determining Importance:
RL.2.2, RL.2.7, RL.2.10, RF.2.3, RF.2.4, SL.2.1b, SL.2.2, SL.2.3, W.2.8, L.2.6
Making Predictions:
RL.2.1, RL.2.3, RL.2.10, RF.2.3, RF.2.4, SL.2.1b, SL.2.2, SL.2.3, W.2.8, L.2.6
Synthesizing:
RL.2.1, RL.2.2, RL.2.3, RL.2.4, RL.2.5, RL.2.6, RL.2.7, RL.2.10, RF.2.3, RF.2.4, SL.2.1b, SL.2.2, SL.2.3, W.2.8, L.2.6
Understanding Text Structure:
RL.2.4, RL.2.5, RL.2.7, RL.2.10, RF.2.3, RF.2.4, SL.2.1b, SL.2.2, SL.2.3, W.2.8, L.2.6
Vocabulary Connections:
L.2.4a, L.2.5a, L.2.6
Word Work:
RF.2.3, RF.2.4
Asking Questions:
2.1A, 2.1C, 2.1D, 2.6A, 2.6B, 2.6E, 2.6I, 2.7B, 2.7C, 2.7D, 2.7E, 2.7F, 2.8C, 2.13A, 2.13C, 2.13E, 2.13G
Determining Importance:
2.1A, 2.1C, 2.1D, 2.6A, 2.6B, 2.6E, 2.6G, 2.6I, 2.7A, 2.7B, 2.7C, 2.7D, 2.7E, 2.7F, 2.8A, 2.8C, 2.9C, 2.13C, 2.13E, 2.13G
Making Predictions:
2.1A, 2.1C, 2.1D, 2.6A, 2.6B, 2.6C, 2.6E, 2.6I, 2.7A, 2.7B, 2.7C, 2.7D, 2.7E, 2.7F, 2.8C, 2.13C, 2.13E, 2.13G
Synthesizing:
2.1A, 2.1C, 2.1D, 2.6A, 2.6B, 2.6H, 2.6I, 2.7B, 2.7C, 2.7D, 2.7E, 2.7F, 2.8C, 2.9C, 2.13C, 2.13E, 2.13G
Understanding Text Structure:
2.1A, 2.1C, 2.1D, 2.6A, 2.6I, 2.7B, 2.7C, 2.7D, 2.7E, 2.7F, 2.8C, 2.9C, 2.10B, 2.10C, 2.13C, 2.13E, 2.13G
Vocabulary Connections:
2.7E, 2.7F, 2.3A, 2.3B, 2.3D
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