Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for Baloney, Henry P.

Use Baloney, Henry P. by Jon Scieszka to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

Henry P. Baloney's out-of-this-world story about why he's tardy for school will engage intermediate-level readers while also supporting effective practice in retelling and making inferences.

Explore lesson plans and activities to help you teach with Baloney, Henry P. in the drop down below.

Making Inferences with Baloney, Henry P.

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Making Inferences with Baloney, Henry P.

Henry P. Baloney is very clever, and he frequently makes up words to color his story. Students will have the opportunity to practice making inferences as they use context clues to fully comprehend this book.
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Retelling & Summarizing with Baloney, Henry P.

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Retelling & Summarizing with Baloney, Henry P.

Baloney, Henry P. is uniquely perfect for a lesson on retelling and summarizing. This book is actually a retelling of a story by the main character about why he's tardy for school. Readers can model their own retelling after the main character's use of the strategy.
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Understanding Text Structure with Baloney, Henry P.

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Understanding Text Structure with Baloney, Henry P.

Readers will learn to use more than just words to make meaning with Baloney, Henry P. Students must also pay attention to the layout of the text as well as the picture clues in order to fully comprehend what they read.
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Parts of Speech with Baloney, Henry P.

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Parts of Speech with Baloney, Henry P.

This word work lesson plan and set of teaching resources use Baloney, Henry P. by Jon Scieszka as a springboard for instruction focused on parts of speech.

By anchoring word study to the text, students will benefit from seeing how past tense verbs are used inside of the text before engaging in both guided and independent practice with past tense verbs.

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Vocabulary Connections with Baloney, Henry P.

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Vocabulary Connections with Baloney, Henry P.

This set of vocabulary development resources for Baloney, Henry P. highlights the words that are most important for students to know and understand while reading the book.  Through engaging in fun word games, matching words to definitions and pictures, and practicing how to categorize words, students will develop the vocabulary necessary to comprehend this story and many others.

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Running Record with Baloney, Henry P.

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Running Record with Baloney, Henry P.

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with Baloney, Henry P. Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.

Cause and Effect Matching with Baloney, Henry P.

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Cause and Effect Matching with Baloney, Henry P.

Read Baloney, Henry P. then have some fun matching cause and effect sentences from the book. By using these cause and effect cards, students will demonstrate both their comprehension of the text and their understanding of cause and effect relationships in hands-on and interactive way.

This resource includes matching/sorting cards and a sorting mat for four cause and effect sentences in Baloney, Henry P.. Each cause card is marked with a square and each effect card is marked with a circle, making it easy to support students who struggle with matching cause and effect relationships.

Cause and Effect Sentence Stems with Baloney, Henry P.

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Cause and Effect Sentence Stems with Baloney, Henry P.

Understanding cause and effect is a key comprehension and language skill. The text structure of Baloney, Henry P. includes several examples of cause and effect relationships, making it easy to use as a springboard for modeling or independent practice.

This simple resource includes four sentence stems. Each sentence stem presents an effect. Students will use what they know about the book to fill in the cause of the effect.

Writing with Baloney, Henry P.

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Writing with Baloney, Henry P.

The BookPagez extension activities are a great way to push student engagement beyond the pages of the text. Try using this activity with early finishers, with students who show a deeper connection with the text, or as a center activity.

Making Inferences with Baloney, Henry P. (Spanish)

  • Student Practice Page and Answer Key
  • Reader's Notebook Prompt
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Retelling & Summarizing with Baloney, Henry P. (Spanish)

  • Student Practice Page and Answer Key
  • Reader's Notebook Prompt
  • Graphic Organizer

Understanding Text Structure with Baloney, Henry P. (Spanish)

  • Student Practice Page and Answer Key
  • Reader's Notebook Prompt
  • Graphic Organizer

Writing with Baloney, Henry P. (Spanish)

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Henry P. Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources
Title: Baloney, Henry P.
Author: Jon Scieszka
Genre: Fantasy
Themes: Perseverance, Adventure, Back to School, Laugh Out Loud
ISBN: 9780756954949
Publisher's Summary:
The twisted team that gave the world Squids Will Be Squids and The Stinky Cheese Man now delivers a whole lot of Baloney. Henry P. Baloney. Henry is an alien schoolkid who needs to come up with one very good excuse to explain why he is late for szkola, again. Otherwise, his teacher Miss Bugscuffle promises, it's Permanent Lifelong Detention. Henry's tall tale of his lost zimulis-received from deep space by Jon Scieszka-is told in at least twenty different Earth languages and graphically recreated in Lane Smith's out-of-this-world illustrations. The unbelievable trip into Henry's wild universe may be the most original excuse ever for being late for szkola. Or it might just be Baloney. Henry P. Baloney.
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