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Use Heckedy Peg by Audrey Wood to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

This suspense driven story of a vengeful witch named Heckedy Peg and the seven children she swindles will keep readers guessing about what might happen next. In order to fully comprehend this text, students will practice skills in determining importance, visualizing, and making predictions.
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Determining Importance with Heckedy Peg

Heckedy Peg is full of action, which means students will need to practice identifying the most important events and details in the story to effectively retell and comprehend the author's message.
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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
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2.7C,2.13G,2.13E,2.13C,2.9C,2.8C,2.8A,2.7F,2.7E,2.7D,2.1A,2.7B,2.7A,2.6I,2.6G,2.6E,2.6B,2.6A,2.1D,2.1C
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Making Predictions with Heckedy Peg

Use the story of a vengeful witch named Heckedy Peg and the seven children she swindles to help readers make predictions about what might happen next.u00a0 This step-by-step mini lesson and student practice page make it easy for you to introduce the importance of making predictions while reading.
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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
TEKS Alignment
2.7B,2.13G,2.13E,2.13C,2.8C,2.7F,2.7E,2.7D,2.7C,2.1A,2.7A,2.6I,2.6E,2.6C,2.6B,2.6A,2.1D,2.1C
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Retelling & Summarizing with Heckedy Peg

Heckedy Peg is an ideal text for supporting students who are practicing retelling and summarizing. This book has a clear storyline and cast of characters. Also, there is a significant problem presented, and readers will easily be able to identify the solution.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
RL.2.2,RL.2.3,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
TEKS Alignment
2.7D,2.13G,2.13E,2.13C,2.9C,2.8D,2.8C,2.8A,2.7F,2.7E,2.1A,2.7C,2.7B,2.7A,2.6I,2.6G,2.6A,2.1D,2.1C
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Synthesizing with Heckedy Peg

Is Heckedy Peg a good witch or a bad witch? Are her initial requests genuine? How do we know? Students will use prior knowledge as well as text and picture clues to draw out meaning and to identify how their thinking evolved throughout the story.
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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
TEKS Alignment
2.7C,2.13G,2.13E,2.13C,2.9C,2.8C,2.7F,2.7E,2.7D,2.1A,2.7B,2.6I,2.6H,2.6B,2.6A,2.1D,2.1C
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Visualizing with Heckedy Peg

Using this lesson plan and set of resources to help readers recognize descriptive text, construct mental images, and compare their mental images with the text images.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
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
TEKS Alignment
2.7C,2.13G,2.13E,2.13C,2.10C,2.9C,2.8C,2.7F,2.7E,2.7D,2.1A,2.7B,2.7A,2.6I,2.6E,2.6D,2.6A,2.1D,2.1C
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Word Work with Heckedy Peg

This word work lesson plan and set of teaching resources use Heckedy Peg by Audrey Wood as a springboard for instruction focused on spelling.

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

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RF.2.3,RF.2.4
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Vocabulary Connections with Heckedy Peg

This set of vocabulary development resources for Heckedy Peg 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.

Common Core State Standards Alignment
L.2.4a,L.2.5a,L.2.6
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2.7E,2.7F,2.3A,2.3B,2.3D
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Comprehension Assessment with Heckedy Peg

Use this Common Core aligned comprehension assessment to evaluate students' comprehension of Heckedy Peg.
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Running Record with Heckedy Peg

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with Heckedy Peg. 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.

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Cause and Effect Matching with Heckedy Peg

Read Heckedy Peg 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 Heckedy Peg. 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.
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Cause and Effect Sentence Stems with Heckedy Peg

Understanding cause and effect is a key comprehension and language skill. The text structure of Heckedy Peg 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.
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Personification with Heckedy Peg

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.
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Determining Importance with Heckedy Peg (Spanish)

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Making Predictions with Heckedy Peg (Spanish)

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Retelling & Summarizing with Heckedy Peg (Spanish)

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Synthesizing with Heckedy Peg (Spanish)

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Visualizing with Heckedy Peg (Spanish)

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Personification with Heckedy Peg (Spanish)

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Title: Heckedy Peg
Author: Audrey Wood
Genre: Fantasy
Themes: Family, Decision Making, Perseverance, Halloween
ISBN: 9780152336790
Publisher's Summary:
A poor mother lives with her seven children, each uniquely named for a day of the week, in Audrey Wood's enchanting picture book Heckedy Peg. When the mother leaves for the market, she lovingly asks each child what special treat they would like her to bring back and cautions them not to let strangers in or touch the fire. However, after she departs, a mysterious and sinister witch named Heckedy Peg arrives at their home. Through trickery and temptation, the witch manages to enter the house and transforms each child into a different type of food that matches their requested treat.

The story's drama unfolds as the mother, guided by her deep understanding of her children and aided by a helpful bird, embarks on a rescue mission into the witch's lair. The mother's love and resourcefulness are at the heart of this tale, as she must identify which transformed food is each of her beloved children. The narrative explores themes of parental devotion, cleverness, and the enduring power of family bonds, all set against the backdrop of a classic fairy tale structure. Rich, evocative illustrations enhance the atmosphere, making Heckedy Peg a wonderful choice for classroom read-alouds, lessons on story structure, or discussions about consequences and problem-solving. Teachers will find it an engaging resource that encourages prediction, critical thinking, and the celebration of maternal love.
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