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Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for Julius, the Baby of the World

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Use Julius, the Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

Lilly takes center stage yet again in Kevin Henkes' Julius, the Baby of the World. Her newest adventure is that of becoming a big sister. Lilly finds her new brother disgusting and she isn't afraid to tell the world exactly what she thinks about him. Students will enjoy Lilly's antics while learning to identify important events in the story, infer character emotion, and make connections between Lilly's experiences with a new brother and their prior knowledge.
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Determining Importance with Julius, the Baby of the World

Julius, the Baby of the World offers readers plenty of opportunities to identify key story elements, notice important details about voice, and learn how to use both pictures and text to deepen comprehension. Use this determining importance lesson plan and set of resources to help your students determine importance while reading fiction.
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RL.3.2,RL.3.3,RL.3.5,RL.3.6,RL.3.7,RL.3.10,RF.3.3,RF.3.4,SL.3.1d,SL.3.2,SL.3.3,W.3.8,L.3.6
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3.7B,3.13H,3.13E,3.13C,3.10A,3.8C,3.7G,3.7F,3.7E,3.7D,3.7C,3.1A,3.7A,3.6I,3.6G,3.6E,3.6B,3.6A,3.1E,3.1D,3.1C
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Making Connections with Julius, the Baby of the World

Students will easily connect with Lilly as she learns what happens when a new baby comes. Use this making connections lesson plan and set of resources to help readers call upon their prior knowledge in order to make meaningful text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections.
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RL.3.1,RL.3.3,RL.3.10,RF.3.3,RF.3.4,SL.3.1d,SL.3.2,SL.3.3,W.3.8,L.3.6
TEKS Alignment
3.7C,3.13H,3.13E,3.13C,3.8C,3.7G,3.7F,3.7E,3.7D,3.1A,3.7B,3.7A,3.6I,3.6E,3.6A,3.1E,3.1D,3.1C
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Making Inferences with Julius, the Baby of the World

Kevin Henkes makes it easy for readers to use both text and picture clues to make inferences about Lilly's feelings in Julius, the Baby of the World. Use this making inferences lesson plan and resource set to support readers as they make inferences to deepen comprehension.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
RL.3.1,RL.3.4,RL.3.7,RF.3.3,RF.3.4,SL.3.1d,SL.3.2,SL.3.3,W.3.8,L.3.6
TEKS Alignment
3.7B,3.13H,3.13E,3.13C,3.8C,3.7G,3.7F,3.7E,3.7D,3.7C,3.1A,3.7A,3.6I,3.6F,3.6B,3.6A,3.1E,3.1D,3.1C
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Making Predictions with Julius, the Baby of the World

Use this making predictions lesson plan and set of resources to help students anticipate events and character interactions while reading Julius, the Baby of the World. Students will enjoy tracking Lilly's antics in order to make logical predictions that can be supported by evidence in the text.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
RL.3.1,RL.3.2,RL.3.3,RL.3.10,RF.3.3,RF.3.4,SL.3.1d,SL.3.2,SL.3.3,W.3.8,L.3.6
TEKS Alignment
3.7B,3.13H,3.13E,3.13C,3.8C,3.7G,3.7F,3.7E,3.7D,3.7C,3.1A,3.7A,3.6I,3.6C,3.6B,3.6A,3.1E,3.1D,3.1C
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Retelling & Summarizing with Julius, the Baby of the World

Help your students master retelling and summarizing with this step by step lesson plan and resource set for use with Julius, the Baby of the World. Teach readers how to identify main characters, key details in the plot, and how to examine cause and effect in order to deepen comprehension of this highly entertaining and relatable story.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
RL.3.1,RL.3.2,RL.3.4,RL.3.7,RL.3.10,RF.3.3,RF.3.4,SL.3.1d,SL.3.2,SL.3.3,W.3.8,L.3.6
TEKS Alignment
3.7D,3.13H,3.13E,3.13C,3.8D,3.8C,3.8B,3.7G,3.7F,3.7E,3.1A,3.7C,3.7B,3.6I,3.6G,3.6A,3.1E,3.1D,3.1C
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Contractions with Julius, the Baby of the World

This word work lesson plan and set of teaching resources use Julius, The Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes as a springboard for instruction focused on contractions.

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

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RF.3.3,RF.3.4
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Vocabulary Connections with Julius, the Baby of the World

This set of vocabulary development resources for Julius, the Baby of the World 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.3.4a,L.3.5b,L.3.6
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3.7E,3.7F,3.3A,3.3B
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Comprehension Assessment with Julius, the Baby of the World

Use this Common Core aligned comprehension assessment to evaluate students' comprehension of Julius, the Baby of the World.
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Running Record with Julius, the Baby of the World

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with Julius, the Baby of the World. 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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Writing with Julius, the Baby of the World

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 Julius, the Baby of the World (Spanish)

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Making Connections with Julius, the Baby of the World (Spanish)

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Making Inferences with Julius, the Baby of the World (Spanish)

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Making Predictions with Julius, the Baby of the World (Spanish)

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Retelling & Summarizing with Julius, the Baby of the World (Spanish)

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Writing with Julius, the Baby of the World (Spanish)

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the Baby of the World Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources
Title: Julius, the Baby of the World
Author: Kevin Henkes
Genre: Fantasy
Themes: Family, Self Management, Laugh Out Loud
ISBN: 9780688143886
Publisher's Summary:
When baby Julius is born, his parents think he is just perfect. "Julius is the baby of the world," they chime as they kiss him and admire him. But Lilly is Julius's older sister, and she knows differently. "I am the queen," says Lilly. "And I hate Julius." Poor Julius. And poor Lilly, because her selfish behavior is making her miserable, too. Can anyone persuade Lilly that her brother really is the baby of the world?
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