Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Alice and Greta 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 kindness and making good choices, this Alice and Greta picture book by Steven J. Simmons 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 Alice and Greta Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of Alice and Greta. 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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ALICE AND GRETA SUMMARY
The story Alfie is about a girl named Nia and her pet turtle Alfie. The story starts from Nia’s point of view. She loves her turtle Alfie but she thinks that he doesn’t notice the different stories she tells him or dances she teaches him. After a while she forgets about him, until he disappears on her seventh birthday.
The story changes to Alfie’s point of view. Alfie loves Nia and she makes him feel incredibly happy with her stories and dance moves and she always makes him laugh. He escapes on her seventh birthday so that he can find the perfect gift for her. It takes him a long time to find the perfect gift for her, and a whole year goes by. He arrives to her party on her eighth birthday, with the perfect present.
Students will love this cute story about a turtle who truly loves his owner and wants to be able to show it.
ALICE AND GRETA 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 Alice and Greta reading comprehension questions focus on:
- making predictions
- comparing and contrasting
- analyzing character
- plot (problem and solution)
- asking and answering questions
- cause and effect
- author’s purpose
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- kindness
- making good choices
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- synonyms
- prefixes
- adjectives
- time order words
ALICE AND GRETA 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 Alice and Greta?
- Lexile® Measure: AD720L
- Guided Reading Level: P
- DRA Level: 28
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 4
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Steven J. Simmons. It was illustrated by Cyd Moore.
What genre is Alice and Greta?
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.
