The level of detail present in this story makes it a good choice for readers who are learning to determine importance. Students will need to decide which events and details are most important to remember in order to retell and identify the author's purpose.

This book is a smart choice for readers who are learning to identify the author's purpose. As the story unfolds, readers will need to apply clues from the text to uncover messages about being careful what you wish for and about the far-reaching impact your actions can have on other people.

When Sylvester discovers a magic pebble, he uses it to grant himself several wishes. But, one of his wishes puts him in an unexpected predicament. Readers will enjoy identifying problems throughout this story and predicting possible solutions for Sylvester.

This book is perfect for supporting a lesson on retelling. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble has a very clear sequence of events and a limited cast of characters. Therefore, readers can focus on identifying the key events and supporting details to construct an accurate summary of this story.

This book and lesson plan are helpful resources for introducing students to the idea of synthesizing in order to fully comprehend a text. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble presents readers with rich detail, several opportunities to identify cause and effect, and multiple meaningful messages. This will require readers to identify and apply a variety of comprehension strategies to fully appreciate this story.

The author of Sylvester and the Magic Pebble uses engaging, descriptive language, and the illustrator provides images that are based closely on the text. This is ideal for readers who are learning how visualizing can enhance their comprehension of a story.

This word work lesson plan and set of teaching resources use Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig as a springboard for instruction focused on syllables.

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

This set of vocabulary development resources for Sylvester and the Magic Pebble 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.

Use this Common Core aligned comprehension assessment to evaluate students' comprehension of Sylvester and the Magic Pebble.

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. 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.

Understanding cause and effect is a key comprehension and language skill. The text structure of Sylvester and the Magic Pebble 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.

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.

Read Sylvester and the Magic Pebble 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 Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. 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.