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Do You Want To Be My Friend? Resource Set
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- Grade Level: K
- Guided Reading Level: A
- Genre: Realistic Fiction
Summary
Do You Want To Be My Friend? by Eric Carle
Do You Want To Be My Friend? is the story of a little mouse who is looking for a friend. He approaches a horse, a lion, a hippo, and more all while walking beside a mysterious, thick, green line. With very limited text, students will depend on the colorful illustrations to develop comprehension strategy skills. Perfect for students just beginning to make inferences and predictions, and retell and summarize.Teach with Do You Want To Be My Friend? by Eric Carle
This resource set includes everything you need to deliver meaningful reading instruction
- Comprehension Strategy Lesson Plans
- Page by Page Guided Think Sheets
- Text Based Reader’s Notebook Prompts
- Common Core Aligned Comprehension Assessment
- Extension Activities for Early Finishers
- Answer Keys
- Complete Common Core Alignment
- and More!

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Do You Want To Be My Friend? Resource Set
Making Inferences with Do You Want To Be My Friend?
Common Core Alignment:
L.K.1 L.K.5 L.K.6 RF.K.1 RF.K.4 RL.K.1 RL.K.10 RL.K.2 RL.K.5 RL.K.7 RL.K.9 SL.K.4 SL.K.5 SL.K.6 W.K.2 W.K.3 W.K.8
TEKS Alignment:
K.12D K.12E K.1A K.1C K.1D K.5A K.5E K.5F K.5I K.6B K.6C K.6D K.6E K.6F K.7A K.7B K.7C K.8C K.9E
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Making Predictions with Do You Want To Be My Friend?
Common Core Alignment:
L.K.6 RF.K.3 RF.K.4 RL.K.1 RL.K.10 RL.K.4 RL.K.7 SL.K.1b SL.K.2 SL.K.3 SL.K.4 SL.K.5 W.K.8
TEKS Alignment:
K.12D K.12E K.1A K.1C K.1D K.5A K.5C K.5E K.5I K.6B K.6C K.6D K.6E K.6F K.7B K.7C K.8C K.9B K.9C K.9E
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Retelling and Summarizing with Do You Want To Be My Friend?
Common Core Alignment:
L.K.6 RF.K.3 RF.K.4 RL.K.10 RL.K.2 RL.K.3 RL.K.7 SL.K.1b SL.K.2 SL.K.3 SL.K.4 SL.K.5 W.K.8
TEKS Alignment:
K.12D K.12E K.1A K.1C K.1D K.5A K.5G K.5I K.6B K.6C K.6D K.6E K.6F K.7A K.7B K.7C K.7D K.8C K.9E
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Do You Want To Be My Friend? Extension Activity
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Do You Want To Be My Friend? Common Core Aligned Comprehension Assessment
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