Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for How to Catch a Mermaid 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 goal-setting, patience and sportsmanship, this How to Catch a Mermaid picture book by Adam Wallace 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 How to Catch a Mermaid Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of How to Catch a Mermaid. 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.
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HOW TO CATCH A MERMAID SUMMARY
A young girl wanted to catch a mermaid so she could be her best friend. They could explore, play, and even build a mermaid city!
The girl gathers a team, hits the tide pools, and starts to set a trap. From treasure chests to crowns, the mermaid-catching team was set. That is, until the mermaid outsmarted them! She switched necklaces with rocks, and sharks even came out to scare them off!
The sharks followed the children into a ship, and right before they were doomed, the mermaid came out to save them! They bid her goodbye and returned safely to land.
HOW TO CATCH A MERMAID 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 Mermaid reading comprehension questions focus on:
- analyzing setting
- rhyme, rhythm, repetition
- sequencing
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- goal-setting
- patience
- sportsmanship
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- punctuation
- contractions
- plural nouns
HOW TO CATCH A MERMAID 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 Mermaid?
- Lexile® Measure: 500L
- Guided Reading Level: N
- DRA Level: 24
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 2.7
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Adam Wallace. It was illustrated by Andy Elkerton.
What genre is How to Catch a Mermaid ?
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.
