Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Frederick 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 perseverance and individuality, this Frederick picture book by Lio Lionni 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 Frederick Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of Frederick. 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 Frederick reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
FREDERICK SUMMARY
The story Frederick is about a family of mice that are preparing for winter. Frederick’s family gathers nuts, corn, wheat and straw to have food for winter. Frederick has a different idea of what he thinks is necessary for winter.
Frederick gathers sun rays, colors, and words for the winter time. When the food finally runs out, his family is shocked to learn that the things Frederick gathered are incredibly helpful.
FREDERICK LESSON PLAN IDEAS
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When it comes to writing lesson plans and finding activities for Frederick, 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 Frederick reading comprehension questions focus on:
- summarize/retelling
- analyzing character
- point of view
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- perseverance
- individuality
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- adjectives
- quotation marks
- types of sentences
FREDERICK 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 Frederick?
- Lexile® Measure: 590L
- Guided Reading Level: M
- DRA Level: N/A
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 3.1
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Lio Lionni. It was illustrated by Lio Lionni.
What genre is Frederick?
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.
