Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Ada Twist, Scientist will find this post helpful. It includes resource recommendations, free teaching ideas, and information about the book. You’ll have everything you need to deliver engaging interactive read aloud lessons based on this story.
With themes of patience, perseverance, grit, problem solving, goal setting and making good choices, this Ada Twist, Scientist picture book by Andrea Beaty is a favorite in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms. It will be a big hit in your classroom too! Learn more about this book below!
Engage Your Students with Ada Twist, Scientist Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of Ada Twist, Scientist. You can find it in the section below.
- Check out the teaching ideas for reading comprehension strategies, grammar topics and social emotional learning skills that can be taught using this children’s book.
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ADA TWIST, SCIENTIST SUMMARY
The book, Ada Twist, Scientist is about a little girl who is very curious. She wonders about the world around her and tries to find answers to her questions, specifically, what the cause of a bad smell might be.
As she conducts experiments to answer her questions, her parents get very frustrated with her. Eventually the whole family gets involved with Ada’s curiosity and they work together to find answers to Ada’s questions.
This story is sure to inspire young readers to ask questions about the world around them and find answers to their own questions. Students will enjoy the fun illustrations, rhyme and humor throughout this book.
ADA TWIST, SCIENTIST LESSON PLAN IDEAS
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We found this book was especially good at teaching the topics listed below.
READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
The text-based Ada Twist, Scientist reading comprehension questions focus on:
- making predictions
- comparing and contrasting
- analyzing character
- analyzing illustrations
- making connections
- asking and answering questions
- author’s purpose
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- patience
- perseverance and grit
- problem solving
- goal setting
- making good choices
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- contractions
- punctuation
- quotation marks
- synonyms
ADA TWIST, SCIENTIST ACTIVITIES
You’ll receive all of the following resources aligned to the story:
- comprehension questions
- 30 writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
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BOOK INFO FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS
What are the reading levels for Ada Twist, Scientist?
- Lexile® Measure: AD550L
- Guided Reading Level: N
- DRA Level: 28
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 3
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Andrea Beaty. It was illustrated by David Roberts.
What genre is Ada Twist, Scientist?
It is a fiction book. You may want to check out our genre activities or read our blog post, How to Teach Genre to Elementary Students.
How many pages are in the book?
The story is 32 pages long.
