Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Chrysanthemum 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 bullying peer pressure, jealousy, this Chrysanthemum picture book by Kevin Henkes 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 Chrysanthemum Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of Chrysanthemum. 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 Chrysanthemum reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
CHRYSANTHEMUM SUMMARY
Chrysanthemum loves her name until she goes to school. The students in her class make fun of her for having such a long name and for being named after a flower. At the end of the story, Mrs. Twinkle, the music teacher, defends Chrysanthemum by telling the students she too is named after a flower. The students then start to envy Chrysanthemum’s long name and meaning of her name.
Students will enjoy this story about being true to yourself and loving who you are.
CHRYSANTHEMUM 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 Chrysanthemum reading comprehension questions focus on:
- analyzing character
- point of view
- making connections
- 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:
- bullying
- peer pressure
- jealousy
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- adjectives
- contractions
- interjections
- punctuation
- quotation marks
CHRYSANTHEMUM 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 Chrysanthemum?
- Lexile® Measure: 570L
- Guided Reading Level: N
- DRA Level: 28
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 3 – 3.2
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Kevin Henkes. It was illustrated by Kevin Henkes.
What genre is Chrysanthemum?
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.
