Are your students so caught up in figuring out what the text says that they forget to enjoy the author's purpose for writing it? This book and lesson plan are perfect for early readers who are working to expand their thinking and explore the author's meaning.

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge is a special story about friendship and the impact it has on our lives. Readers will practice making text-to-self connections to relate to Wilfrid's character and emotions, and they'll practice text-to-world connections to better understand the circumstances between Wilfrid and his friend.

Using the guiding comprehension questions in this lesson plan, students will learn how they can deepen their understanding and enjoyment of a book by making predictions and then seeking information within the text to verify their expectations.

This story presents readers with a theme and setting that are unique for this reading level. Students will still easily relate to the characters, allowing them to firmly grasp the text and summarize it in their own words.

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge is ideal for developing readers who are beginning to test their application and awareness of multiple comprehension strategies. With a small cast of characters, clear events and a slightly more complex theme, readers can focus on their comprehension and how it evolves throughout this text.

This word work lesson plan and set of teaching resources use Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox as a springboard for instruction focused on nouns.

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

This set of vocabulary development resources for Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge 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 Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge.

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge. 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.

Read Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge 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 Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge. 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.

Understanding cause and effect is a key comprehension and language skill. The text structure of Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge 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.