Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for Oliver Button Is a Sissy

Use Oliver Button Is a Sissy by Tomie dePaola to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

Oliver would rather sing, dance or do artwork than play ball games, which makes him the subject of ridicule among the other kids at school. But, Oliver is steadfast about following his heart and becoming a star, so he learns to tap dance. In addition to the author's clear purpose, this book is a good fit for lessons on retelling and summarizing, making connections and making inferences.

Explore lesson plans and activities to help you teach with Oliver Button Is a Sissy in the drop down below.

Identifying the Author’s Purpose with Oliver Button Is a Sissy

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Identifying the Author’s Purpose with Oliver Button Is a Sissy

In Oliver Button Is a Sissy, the author repeats the main message several times throughout the text. Readers will easily recognize that message early in the book and can practice using text cues to confirm the message as they move through the story.
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Making Connections with Oliver Button Is a Sissy

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Making Connections with Oliver Button Is a Sissy

This is the perfect book for teaching students how making connections can improve comprehension. Most children will be able to connect to a time when they felt bullied because of something that makes them unique, just like Oliver. The overall theme also presents opportunities for text-to-text connections with books like Chrysanthemum or Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon.
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Making Inferences with Oliver Button Is a Sissy

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Making Inferences with Oliver Button Is a Sissy

Oliver wears a brave face, so to fully comprehend the feelings and emotions of the main character, readers will need to practice making inferences throughout this story.
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Retelling & Summarizing with Oliver Button Is a Sissy

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Retelling & Summarizing with Oliver Button Is a Sissy

With a limited cast of characters and a clear problem, Oliver Button Is a Sissy works well to support readers who need additional practice identifying key events and retelling and summarizing.
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Vowels with Oliver Button Is a Sissy

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Vowels with Oliver Button Is a Sissy

This word work lesson plan and set of teaching resources use Oliver Button Is a Sissy by Tomie dePaola as a springboard for instruction focused on vowels.

By anchoring word study to the text, students will benefit from seeing how r-controlled vowels (er, ir, ur) are used inside of the text before engaging in both guided and independent practice with vowels.

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Vocabulary Connections with Oliver Button Is a Sissy

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Vocabulary Connections with Oliver Button Is a Sissy

This set of vocabulary development resources for Oliver Button Is a Sissy 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.

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Running Record with Oliver Button Is a Sissy

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Running Record with Oliver Button Is a Sissy

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with Oliver Button Is a Sissy. 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.

Cause and Effect Matching with Oliver Button Is a Sissy

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Cause and Effect Matching with Oliver Button Is a Sissy

Read Oliver Button Is a Sissy 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 Oliver Button Is a Sissy. 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.

Cause and Effect Sentence Stems with Oliver Button Is a Sissy

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Cause and Effect Sentence Stems with Oliver Button Is a Sissy

Understanding cause and effect is a key comprehension and language skill. The text structure of Oliver Button Is a Sissy 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.

Writing with Oliver Button Is a Sissy

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Writing with Oliver Button Is a Sissy

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.

Identifying the Author’s Purpose with Oliver Button Is a Sissy (Spanish)

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Making Connections with Oliver Button Is a Sissy (Spanish)

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Making Inferences with Oliver Button Is a Sissy (Spanish)

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Retelling & Summarizing with Oliver Button Is a Sissy (Spanish)

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Writing with Oliver Button Is a Sissy (Spanish)

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About the Book

The cover for the book Oliver Button Is a Sissy
Title: Oliver Button Is a Sissy
Author: Tomie dePaola
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Themes: Self Awareness, Family, Self Management, Bullying
ISBN: 9781481477581
Publisher's Summary:
Oliver Button is a sissy. At least that’s what the other boys call him. But here’s what Oliver Button really is: a reader, and an artist, and a singer, and a dancer, and more. What will his classmates say when he steps into the spotlight?
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