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Identifying the Author’s Purpose with How the Grinch Stole Christmas
How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a fun, iconic Christmas story, but in its light-hearted approach, it’s sharing an important message about the different feelings people have during the holidays. This book will support early readers who are working to identify author’s messages.
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Making Inferences with How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Why might the Grinch hate Christmas? Why is Christmas time so wonderful for the Whos? This lesson plan works well for readers who need practice making inferences. They can apply their knowledge and observations about a topic they know well--Christmas--to deepen their understanding of how certain characters might be feeling and why.
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Understanding Text Structure with How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss puts several text structures to work in How the Grinch Stole Christmas--description, sequence, problem/solution and cause/effect. This makes it a productive lesson for students who need practice identifying text structures and understanding how text structures affect their comprehension.
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Visualizing with How the Grinch Stole Christmas
How the Grinch stole Christmas is a good book for teaching developing readers how visualizing can enhance their comprehension of a story. Readers will love Dr. Seuss’ magical text descriptions and story cadence, but they’ll have to pay close attention to which words help them visualize. Then, they can use the Grinch’s classic illustrations to double check their understanding.
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas Extension Activity
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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How the Grinch Stole Christmas Running Record
Use this "done for you" Running Record to assess oral reading fluency of How the Grinch Stole Christmas. 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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