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Kitten’s First Full Moon Resource Set
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- Grade Level: 1
- Guided Reading Level: I
- Genre: Realistic Fiction
Summary
Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
Come join Kitten on a full moon adventure of ups and downs! After mistaking the full moon for a bowl full of milk, Kitten teaches readers about the merits of perseverance. Through noticing key story elements, students will learn how to infer key details about the kitten’s character, making it easy to retell the story while making connections between their mental images and the illustrations in the text.Watch an online read aloud of Kitten’s First Full Moon on HarperKids here or on Epic here.
Listen to an audiobook of Kitten’s First Full Moon on Epic here.
Teach with Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
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
- Word Work Lesson Plan and Activities for Phonics Rules of the -ch and -tch digraphs
- Interactive Vocabulary Games and Activities
- Running Record Assessment
- Common Core Aligned Comprehension Assessment
- Extension Activities for Early Finishers
- Answer Keys
- Complete Common Core Alignment
- and More!

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Kitten’s First Full Moon Resource Set
Determining Importance with Kitten's First Full Moon
Common Core Alignment:
L.1.6 RF.1.1 RF.1.2 RL.1.1 RL.1.10 RL.1.2 SL.1.1b SL.1.2 SL.1.3 W.1.5 W.1.8
TEKS Alignment:
1.10A 1.10E 1.13D 1.13E 1.1A 1.1C 1.1D 1.6A 1.6E 1.6G 1.6I 1.7B 1.7C 1.7D 1.7E 1.7F 1.8A 1.8B 1.8C 1.9C
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Making Inferences with Kitten's First Full Moon
Common Core Alignment:
L.1.6 RF.1.1 RF.1.2 RL.1.1 RL.1.10 RL.1.7 SL.1.1b SL.1.2 SL.1.3 W.1.5 W.1.8
TEKS Alignment:
1.10E 1.13D 1.13E 1.1A 1.1C 1.1D 1.6A 1.6E 1.6F 1.6I 1.7B 1.7C 1.7D 1.7E 1.7F 1.8B 1.8C 1.9C
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Retelling and Summarizing with Kitten's First Full Moon
Common Core Alignment:
L.1.6 RF.1.1 RF.1.3 RL.1.10 RL.1.2 RL.1.3 RL.1.7 SL.1.1b SL.1.2 SL.1.3 SL.1.5 W.1.5 W.1.8
TEKS Alignment:
1.10A 1.10E 1.13D 1.13E 1.1A 1.1C 1.1D 1.6A 1.6G 1.6I 1.7B 1.7C 1.7D 1.7E 1.7F 1.8A 1.8B 1.8C 1.8D 1.9C
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Synthesizing with Kitten's First Full Moon
Common Core Alignment:
L.1.6 RF.1.1 RF.1.2 RL.1.1 RL.1.10 RL.1.2 RL.1.3 RL.1.4 RL.1.6 RL.1.7 RL.1.9 SL.1.1b SL.1.2 SL.1.3 W.1.5 W.1.8
TEKS Alignment:
1.13D 1.13E 1.1A 1.1C 1.1D 1.6A 1.6B 1.6E 1.6F 1.6G 1.6H 1.6I 1.7A 1.7B 1.7C 1.7D 1.7E 1.7F 1.8A 1.8B 1.8C 1.9C
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Visualizing with Kitten's First Full Moon
Common Core Alignment:
L.1.6 RF.1.1 RF.1.2 RL.1.10 RL.1.3 RL.1.4 RL.1.7 SL.1.1b SL.1.2 SL.1.3 SL.1.5 W.1.5 W.1.8
TEKS Alignment:
1.10C 1.10D 1.10E 1.13D 1.13E 1.1A 1.1C 1.6A 1.6D 1.6E 1.6I 1.7B 1.7C 1.7D 1.7E 1.7F 1.8B 1.8D 1.9C
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Kitten's First Full Moon Extension Activity
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Kitten's First Full Moon Running Record
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Kitten's First Full Moon Common Core Aligned Comprehension Assessment
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Kitten's First Full Moon Word Work - Phonics rules of the -ch and -tch digraphs
Common Core Alignment:
RF.1.3 RF.1.4
TEKS Alignment:
1.2A(iii) 1.2A(vii) 1.2B(i) 1.2B(ii) 1.2B(iii) 1.2C(i) 1.2C(ii) 1.2C(iii)
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Kitten's First Full Moon Vocabulary Connections
Common Core Alignment:
L.1.4a L.1.5c L.1.6
TEKS Alignment:
1.3A 1.3B 1.3C 1.3D 1.7F
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TEKS Alignment
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