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Frindle Resource Set
Lesson Plans • Resources • Activities
- Grade Level: 4
- Guided Reading Level: R
- Genre: Realistic Fiction
Summary
Frindle by Andrew Clements
The story of Nicholas Allen and the invention of his Frindle is a highly entertaining choice for Book Club. The story of creativity, determination, and Nick’s war of words will hold students’ attention, making it easy to focus on main ideas and supporting details in the text.
Teach with Frindle by Andrew Clements
This resource set includes everything you need to deliver meaningful reading instruction
- Interactive Lesson Plan for 6 Book Club Meetings Focusing on Main Idea and Supporting Details
- Chapter by Chapter Discussion Guide
- Chapter by Chapter Vocabulary Guide
- Book Club Calendar
- Conversation Prompts
- Expectations for Book Club Anchor Chart / Student Reference Sheet
- Student Self-Evaluation Forms
- Running Record Assessment Tool
- Student Reading Response Guide
- Comprehension Assessment Rubric
- Common Core State Standard Assessment

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Frindle Resource Set
Instructional Overview
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Book Club Management Resources
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Meeting #1: Introduce Main and Idea and Supporting Details
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Meeting #2: Keeping Track of Main Ideas
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Meeting #3: Determining the Main Idea with Evidence from the Text
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Meeting #4: Noticing Supporting Details
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Meeting #5: Main Ideas and the Author's Purpose
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Meeting #6: Identifying the Main Idea of a Text
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Frindle Focus Assessment and Rubric
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Frindle Common Core Assessment
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Frindle Running Record
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Student Resources in Spanish
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Frindle Vocabulary Connections
Common Core Alignment:
L.4.4a L.4.5c L.4.6
TEKS Alignment:
4.3A 4.3B 4.7E 4.7F
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Frindle Common Core Alignment
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Frindle TEKS Alignment
TEKS Alignment:
4.10A 4.10B 4.10C 4.10D 4.10E 4.10F 4.10G 4.13A 4.13C 4.13E 4.13H 4.1A 4.1C 4.1D 4.6A 4.6B 4.6C 4.6D 4.6E 4.6F 4.6G 4.6H 4.6I 4.7A 4.7B 4.7C 4.7D 4.7E 4.7F 4.7G 4.8A 4.8B 4.8C 4.8D 4.9A 4.9B 4.9D(i) 4.9D(ii) 4.9D(iii) 4.9E(i) 4.9E(ii) 4.9E(iii) 4.9F
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