Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for The Hallo-Wiener

Use The Hallo-Wiener by Dav Pilkey to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

This is the story of a dog named Oscar. Oscar is half-a-dog tall and one-and-a-half dogs long. Because of his unusual size, Oscar gets made fun of - a lot. So when Oscar's mother makes him dress up as a hot dog in a bun for Halloween, Oscar's problems go from bad to worse. Students will laugh out loud as they learn about text structures, use picture clues to make inferences, determine importance, and make predictions about events in this fun Halloween read aloud.

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Determining Importance with The Hallo-Wiener

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Determining Importance with The Hallo-Wiener

Use this determining importance lesson plan and set of resources to support readers as they identify important events and details in Dav Pilkey's The Hallo-Wiener.
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Making Inferences with The Hallo-Wiener

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Making Inferences with The Hallo-Wiener

Dav Pilkey's play on words in The Hallo-Wiener gives students the opportunity to make inferences about word choice. Use this making inferences mini lessons and set of student resources to teach readers how to make inferences using the text and picture clues to deepen comprehension.
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Making Predictions with The Hallo-Wiener

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Making Predictions with The Hallo-Wiener

With just the right amount of suspense, The Hallo-Wiener makes it easy for students to practice making predictions. This step-by-step mini lesson guides students to make predictions about story events and character behavior.
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Synthesizing with The Hallo-Wiener

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Synthesizing with The Hallo-Wiener

Being bullied is never easy. Luckily Oscar, the under-dog, comes out on top in this fun Halloween story. Use the text and mini lesson to teach students how to track the ways in which their opinion of the characters change from the beginning of the book to the end.
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Understanding Text Structure with The Hallo-Wiener

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Understanding Text Structure with The Hallo-Wiener

Dav Pilkey's use of text structures in The Hallo-Wiener provides students with lots of examples of each text structure. Use the text and mini lesson to teach readers how to notice each text structure and enjoy the story of Oscar and his unusual Halloween.
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Synonyms with The Hallo-Wiener

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Synonyms with The Hallo-Wiener

This word work lesson plan and set of teaching resources use The Hallo-Wiener by Dav Pilkey as a springboard for instruction focused on synonyms.

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

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Vocabulary Connections with The Hallo-Wiener

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Vocabulary Connections with The Hallo-Wiener

This set of vocabulary development resources for The Hallo-Wiener 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 The Hallo-Wiener

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Running Record with The Hallo-Wiener

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with The Hallo-Wiener. 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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Cause and Effect Matching with The Hallo-Wiener

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Cause and Effect Matching with The Hallo-Wiener

Read The Hallo-Wiener 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 The Hallo-Wiener. 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.
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Cause and Effect Sentence Stems with The Hallo-Wiener

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Cause and Effect Sentence Stems with The Hallo-Wiener

Understanding cause and effect is a key comprehension and language skill. The text structure of The Hallo-Wiener 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.
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True or False with The Hallo-Wiener

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True or False with The Hallo-Wiener

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.
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Determining Importance with The Hallo-Wiener (Spanish)

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Making Inferences with The Hallo-Wiener (Spanish)

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Making Predictions with The Hallo-Wiener (Spanish)

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Synthesizing with The Hallo-Wiener (Spanish)

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Understanding Text Structure with The Hallo-Wiener (Spanish)

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True or False with The Hallo-Wiener (Spanish)

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About the Book

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Title: The Hallo-Wiener
Author: Dav Pilkey
Genre: Fantasy
Themes: Halloween, Perseverance, Decision Making, Bullying, Relationship Skills, Self Awareness, Family, Self Management, Friendship, Laugh Out Loud
ISBN: 9780439079464
Publisher's Summary:
Oscar is a little dog with a big problem -- he gets more tricks than treats because other dogs tease him all the time. But one brave act on Halloween makes Oscar a Grade-A hero, proving that a little wiener can be a real winner!
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