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Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for Mercy Watson to the Rescue

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Use Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo to turn your read aloud or small group work into a time to improve comprehension and talk about the text in purposeful ways.

Mercy Watson to the Rescue is a fun and silly tale about a pig who unwittingly saves the day. The diverse cast of characters in this humorous story provides an ideal backdrop for readers learning about point of view. Author Kate DiCamillo writes in such a way that readers can easily engage with the text and use this Book Club resource to practice portraying different characters while reading aloud, distinguishing different characters' points of view, and identifying which character's point of view is most like their own.
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Instructional Overview

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Instructional Overview

The instructional overview includes instructional background for point of view, instructional objectives for each of the Book Club meetings, and a list of the materials and preparation necessary to the Mercy Watson to the Rescue Book Club.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
  • L.2.4aRL.2.7L.2.5aRL.2.10L.2.6RF.2.3SL.2.6RF.2.4SL.2.1aSL.2.1bRL.2.1SL.2.1cRL.2.2SL.2.2RL.2.3SL.2.3RL.2.5W.2.8RL.2.6
TEKS Alignment
  • 2.10D2.6E2.8A2.10E2.6F2.8B2.13A2.6G2.8C2.13C2.6H2.8D2.1A2.13E2.6I2.9A2.1C2.13G2.7A2.9B2.1D2.7B2.9C2.6A2.7C2.10A2.6B2.7D2.10B2.6C2.7E2.10C2.6D2.7F
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Management Resources

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The management resources include a Book Club Calendar, conversation prompts, Student Self-Evaluation forms, Reading Response Board (with optional Common Core alignment), and an Expectations for Book Club anchor chart.
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Meeting 1

Kick off the Mercy Watson to the Rescue Book Club with an interactive activity to focus students on point of view. Explore how people can be shown the same object, but come away with very different impressions of what they saw. Then, apply this concept to the characters in Kate DiCamillo's story.
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Meeting 2

Your readers may already be familiar with the concept of "putting themselves in someone else's shoes", but what does that mean when applied to the characters in a story? Using Kate DiCamillo's Mercy Watson to the Rescue, students will practice reading aloud from various character's "shoes" to help them better understand the character's actions, words, and/or feelings during events in the story.
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Meeting 3

Now that readers have gotten to know the characters in Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo, they can easily demonstrate their ability to distinguish varying points of view by anticipating how the characters would respond to some "silly" situations.
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Meeting 4

This final Mercy Watson to the Rescue Book Club meeting provides time for students to reflect on which character's point of view is most like their own. Once identified, students will then complete a culminating activity that highlights their learning related to point of view as a result of their participation in this Book Club.
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Vocabulary Connections with Mercy Watson to the Rescue

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Vocabulary Connections with Mercy Watson to the Rescue

This set of vocabulary development resources for Mercy Watson to the Rescue 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 practicing how to categorize words, students will develop the vocabulary necessary to comprehend this story and many others.

Common Core State Standards Alignment
  • L.2.5aL.2.6L.2.4a
TEKS Alignment
  • 2.7E2.7F2.3A2.3B2.3D
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Focus Assessment and Rubric

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Use this six-question assessment to determine whether or not students understand the key concepts associated with the point of view.
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Comprehension Assessment with Mercy Watson to the Rescue

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Comprehension Assessment with Mercy Watson to the Rescue

This 9 question Common Core aligned assessment can be used to determine students' overall comprehension of Mercy Watson to the Rescue and their mastery of the Common Core State Standards.
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Running Record with Mercy Watson to the Rescue

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Running Record with Mercy Watson to the Rescue

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with Mercy Watson to the Rescue. 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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Management Resources - Spanish

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Management Resources - Spanish

The management resources include a Book Club Calendar, conversation prompts, Student Self-Evaluation forms, Reading Response Board (with optional Common Core alignment), and an Expectations for Book Club anchor chart.
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About the Book

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Title: Mercy Watson to the Rescue
Author: Kate DiCamillo
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Themes: Laugh Out Loud
ISBN: 9780763645045
Publisher's Summary:
To Mr. and Mrs. Watson, Mercy is not just a pig — she's a porcine wonder. And to the portly and good-natured Mercy, the Watsons are an excellent source of buttered toast, not to mention that buttery-toasty feeling she gets when she snuggles into bed with them. This is not, however, so good for the Watsons' bed. BOOM! CRACK! As the bed and its occupants slowly sink through the floor, Mercy escapes in a flash – "to alert the fire department," her owners assure themselves. But could Mercy possibly have another emergency in mind — like a sudden craving for their neighbors' sugar cookies? Welcome to the wry and endearing world of Mercy Watson — an ebullient character for early chapter-book readers in a series that's destined to be a classic.
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