Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for Olivia

Use Olivia by Ian Falconer to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

Let Olivia dance, paint, and play her way into your students' hearts. This lovable pig is one students will want to read about again and again while learning to make predictions, draw connections and understand how authors use different text structures to tell stories.

Explore lesson plans and activities to help you teach with Olivia in the drop down below.

Identifying the Author’s Purpose with Olivia

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Identifying the Author’s Purpose with Olivia

 
Students will love learning about Olivia and her family. Help them to identify the author's purpose by focusing on Olivia's relationship with her family and the ideas the author shares about daily life.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
TEKS Alignment

Making Connections with Olivia

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Making Connections with Olivia

 
Olivia's story is an easy one for students to connect with. Whether they find similarities between their life and Olivia's or can connect her story with other books they've read, students will be able to make meaningful connections to deepen their comprehension of this text.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
TEKS Alignment

Making Predictions with Olivia

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Making Predictions with Olivia

 
Use the story of Olivia's days at the beach, the museum and while playing at home to help beginning readers make predictions. Students will be able to make logical predictions based on their own experiences and prior knowledge of Olivia.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
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Retelling & Summarizing with Olivia

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Retelling & Summarizing with Olivia

 
Olivia offers students opportunities to practice retelling and summarizing. With clear events and a simple cast of characters, beginning readers can easily identify the key story elements within this book.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
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Understanding Text Structure with Olivia

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Understanding Text Structure with Olivia

 
The text structures used to tell Olivia's story are both simple and varied. Students will have plenty of opportunities to name and notice sequencing, description, cause and effect, and problem and solution while reading.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
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Vowels with Olivia

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Vowels with Olivia

 

This word work lesson plan and set of teaching resources use Olivia by Ian Falconer as a springboard for instruction focused on vowels.

By anchoring word study to the text, students will benefit from seeing how bossy R vowels (e, i, and u) are used inside of the text before engaging in both guided and independent practice with words.

Common Core State Standards Alignment
TEKS Alignment

Vocabulary Connections with Olivia

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Vocabulary Connections with Olivia

This set of vocabulary development resources for Olivia 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
TEKS Alignment

Running Record with Olivia

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Running Record with Olivia

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with Olivia. 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.

Common Core State Standards Alignment
TEKS Alignment

Making Connections with Olivia

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Making Connections with Olivia

 
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.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
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Identifying the Author’s Purpose with Olivia (Spanish)

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  • Reader's Notebook Prompt
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Making Connections with Olivia (Spanish)

  • Student Practice Page and Answer Key
  • Reader's Notebook Prompt
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Making Predictions with Olivia (Spanish)

  • Student Practice Page and Answer Key
  • Reader's Notebook Prompt
  • Graphic Organizer

Retelling & Summarizing with Olivia (Spanish)

  • Student Practice Page and Answer Key
  • Reader's Notebook Prompt
  • Graphic Organizer

Understanding Text Structure with Olivia (Spanish)

  • Student Practice Page and Answer Key
  • Reader's Notebook Prompt
  • Graphic Organizer

Making Connections with Olivia (Spanish)

  • Student Practice Page and Answer Key
  • Reader's Notebook Prompt
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About the Book

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Title: Olivia
Author: Ian Falconer
Genre: Fantasy
Themes: Award Winners, Family
ISBN: 9780689829536
Publisher's Summary:
It's everyone's favorite pig...it's OLIVIA! Join Olivia as she... -dresses up -sings songs -builds sand castles -naps (maybe) -dances -paints on walls -and—whew!— ...finally goes to sleep at last.
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