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Diary of a Worm Activities and Lesson Plans for 2024

Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Diary of a Worm 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 empathy and manners, this Diary of a Worm picture book by Doreen Cronin 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 Diary of a Worm Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:

  1. Read a summary of Diary of a Worm. You can find it in the section below.
  2. 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.
  3. Download the book companion to make lesson planning simple with Diary of a Worm reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.

DIARY OF A WORM SUMMARY

The Diary of a Worm gives the reader an inside look into the life of a worm. This story follows the days of the worm through diary entries. The worm is just like human boys and girls. He has a best friend, goes to school, spends time with his family, and enjoys telling jokes and being silly.

 

The worm’s mother reminds him about the importance of the Earth. She teaches him that the Earth provides everything that they need, and that even though worms are small and sometimes people forget they are there, the Earth always remembers.  

 

Boys and girls will enjoy hearing about the life of the worm, and will start to think about the Earth and the important role everyone plays on it. 

DIARY OF A WORM LESSON PLAN IDEAS

Each of our 400+ Starts With a Story book companions come with a teacher’s guide to make lesson planning quick and easy, printable worksheets and digital resources that cover ALL of the standards-based reading comprehension skills.

When it comes to writing lesson plans and finding activities for Diary of a Worm, we’ve already done all of the heavy lifting for you.

We found this book was especially good at teaching the topics listed below.

READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

The text-based Diary of a Worm reading comprehension questions focus on:

  • comparing and contrasting
  • point of view
  • making connections
  • sequencing
  • author’s purpose

LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS

We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:

  • empathy
  • manners
  • taking ownership

GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY

  • plural nouns
  • compound words
  • punctuation
  • time order words

DIARY OF A WORM 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
Diary of a Worm
elementary students pointing at the pictures of a book being read aloud

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BOOK INFO FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS

What are the reading levels for Diary of a Worm?

  • Lexile® Measure: AD510L
  • Guided Reading Level: N
  • DRA Level: 24 – 28
  • Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 2.7 – 2.9

Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?

The book was written by Doreen Cronin. It was illustrated by Harry Bliss.

What genre is Diary of a Worm?

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 40 pages long.

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