Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for All Are Welcome 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 feelings and inclusion, this All Are Welcome picture book by Alexandra Penfold 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 All Are Welcome Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of All Are Welcome. 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.
- Download the book companion to make lesson planning simple with All Are Welcome reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
ALL ARE WELCOME SUMMARY
All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold is a sweet story that celebrates diversity and inclusion. Using a rhyming pattern, students will hear about a community of people where everyone feels welcome. The children in the classroom feel safe to be themselves and celebrate their differences as they learn. The story takes us through a school day in this community and we get to see how they make everyone feel at home.
Students will enjoy listening to this rhyming book and discussing community. This is a great story to launch discussions about your own community and inclusion.
ALL ARE WELCOME 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 All Are Welcome reading comprehension questions focus on:
- author’s purpose
- rhyme, rhythm and repetition
- making connections
- identifying main idea
- analyzing illustrations
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- diversity
- feelings
- inclusion
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- plural nouns
- adjectives
- contractions
- commas
ALL ARE WELCOME 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 All Are Welcome?
- Lexile® Measure: AD370L
- Guided Reading Level: K
- DRA Level: 16
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 2-2.1
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Alexandra Penfold. It was illustrated by Suzanne Kaufman.
What genre is All Are Welcome?
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 44 pages long.
