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Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for The Lemonade War

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Use The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies to turn your read aloud or small group work into a time to improve comprehension and talk about the text in purposeful ways.

The end to summer vacation turns sour when Jessie's big brother, Evan, suddenly wants nothing to do with her. Evan just found out that his little sister will be skipping a grade and has been placed in his classroom for the up-coming school year. Instead of talking about what is really going on, the two begin to battle over making the most money selling lemonade. The struggle for understanding between these two siblings makes The Lemonade War perfect for a Book Club focused on making inferences to deepen comprehension.

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

Instructional Overview

The instructional overview includes instructional background for making inferences, instructional objectives for each of the Book Club meetings, and a list of the materials and preparation necessary to host the The Lemonade War Book Club.

Common Core State Standards Alignment

RL.4.7RL.4.6RL.4.5RL.4.4RL.4.3RL.4.2RL.4.1RL.4.9L.4.6W.4.9L.4.5cL.4.4aW.4.8SL.4.1cSL.4.1bSL.4.1aRL.4.10

TEKS Alignment

4.7E4.9B4.9A4.8D4.8C4.8B4.8A4.7G4.7F4.9D(i)4.7D4.7C4.7B4.7A4.6I4.6H4.6G4.6F4.10C4.13H4.13E4.13C4.13A4.10G4.10F4.10E4.10D4.6E4.10B4.10A4.9F4.9E(iii)4.9E(ii)4.9E(i)4.9D(iii)4.9D(ii)4.6D4.6C4.6B4.6A4.1D4.1C4.1A

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Management Resources

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

Open the The Lemonade War Book Club with an introduction to making inferences. Through the use of real-life examples and an anchor chart, this meeting sets the stage for the making inferences work students will complete over the course of this Book Club.

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Meeting 2

Author Jacqueline Davies provides ample opportunities for readers to make inferences in order to understand the relationship between Evan and Jessie. Students will learn to attend to the characters' thoughts, dialogue, and actions for clues that will help them make logical inferences about what is happening.

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Meeting 3

Making inferences not only helps the reader understand the characters and events of the story better, they also allow the reader to make logical predictions about what might happen next. This The Lemonade War Book Club meeting encourages the use of a graphic organizer to help students track both their inferences and predictions as they read.

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Meeting 4

This final meeting for Jacqueline Davies' The Lemonade War provides time for students to reflect on how the inferences they made while reading helped them understand and enjoy the story more. The culminating activity encourages students to use what they know about the characters to infer the next chapter in the story.

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Vocabulary Connections with The Lemonade War

This set of vocabulary development resources for The Lemonade War 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.4.4a,L.4.5c,L.4.6

TEKS Alignment

4.7E,4.7F,4.3A,4.3B

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Focus Assessment and Rubric

Use this six-question assessment to determine whether or not students understand the key concepts associated with making inferences.

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Comprehension Assessment with The Lemonade War

This 9 question Common Core aligned assessment can be used to determine students' overall comprehension of The Lemonade War and their mastery of the Common Core State Standards.

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Running Record with The Lemonade War

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with The Lemonade War. 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

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

Title: The Lemonade War

Author: Jacqueline Davies

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Themes: Family, STEAM / STEM, Summer

ISBN: 9780618750436

Publisher's Summary:

The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies is a lively and relatable story perfect for upper elementary classrooms. Set during the final days of summer, the novel centers on siblings Evan and Jessie Treski, who are unexpectedly thrown into direct competition when they learn they'll be in the same fourth-grade class due to Jessie skipping a grade. Their different personalities—Evan is socially savvy but struggles academically, while Jessie excels in math but finds social situations challenging—set the stage for a fierce rivalry.

When a misunderstanding leads to hurt feelings, the siblings launch dueling lemonade stands, each determined to outsell the other before school starts. Their friendly competition quickly escalates into a full-blown "lemonade war," complete with marketing strategies, alliances with friends, and even some questionable tactics. Through alternating perspectives, students witness both children's motivations, frustrations, and efforts to outdo one another.

The novel is not only an engaging story about sibling conflict, but also a creative exploration of elementary business concepts such as profit, loss, and entrepreneurship. Throughout, Davies weaves in lessons on communication, empathy, conflict resolution, and the complexities of family relationships. The accessible language and real-world math applications make it an excellent springboard for classroom discussions and cross-curricular projects. Teachers will find The Lemonade War a valuable resource for social-emotional learning and for introducing basic economics in a fun, age-appropriate way.

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Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for The Lemonade War