Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for How to Catch a Class Pet 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 problem solving and patience, this How to Catch a Class Pet picture book by Alice Walstead 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!
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- Read a summary of How to Catch a Class Pet. You can find it in the section below.
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HOW TO CATCH A CLASS PET SUMMARY
The story How to Catch a Class Pet is about a group of kids who are so excited for their new school year to start! They heard that all of the classrooms in their new grade have a class pet. When they get to class, they are surprised that all the class pets are missing! The kids decide to all work together and make traps to catch the class pets!
When it is finally time for recess the kids go outside with their traps and try their hardest to catch the pets. When recess is over, they are surprised to find that all the class pets are back in their class! Every class pet is there, except the sneaky dragon.
HOW TO CATCH A CLASS PET 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 How to Catch a Class Pet reading comprehension questions focus on:
- analyzing illustrations
- rhyme | rhythm | repetition
- analyzing setting
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- problem solving
- patience
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- compound words
- contractions
- nouns
HOW TO CATCH A CLASS PET 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 How to Catch a Class Pet?
- Lexile® Measure: N/A
- Guided Reading Level: N/A
- DRA Level: N/A
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 2.7
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Alice Walstead. It was illustrated by Andy Elkerton.
What genre is How to Catch a Class Pet?
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.
