Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Hibernation Station 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 teamwork and self-regulation, this Hibernation Station picture book by Michelle Meadows 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 Hibernation Station Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of Hibernation Station. 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 Hibernation Station reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
HIBERNATION STATION SUMMARY
The story Hibernation Station is about a group of animals that are traveling together on a hibernation train. The animals are all hibernating in one den and it is very squished! They have to snuggle close together.
As they go throughout their journey, a few complaints arise from the animals. The animals learn that they have to work together to hibernate.
HIBERNATION STATION 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 Hibernation Station reading comprehension questions focus on:
- rhyme | rhythm | repetition
- analyzing setting
- author’s purpose
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- teamwork
- self-regulation
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- action verbs
- adjectives
- nouns
HIBERNATION STATION 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 Hibernation Station?
- Lexile® Measure: 440L
- Guided Reading Level: N/A
- DRA Level: N/A
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 1.5
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Michelle Meadows. It was illustrated by Kurt Cyrus.
What genre is Hibernation Station?
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.
