Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Is This Your 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 advocacy and responsibility, this Is This Your Class Pet? picture book by Troy Cummings 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 Is This Your Class Pet? Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of Is This Your Class Pet?. 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 Is This Your Class Pet? reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
IS THIS YOUR CLASS PET? SUMMARY
Arfy visits the local school to read books with students in the library. He wears a helper dog vest and loves his job. On his way back home, Arfy notices a turtle is in the pocket of his vest. He realizes this must be somebody’s class pet. Arfy sets off to find the owner of the turtle and help her get back to her home.
IS THIS YOUR 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 Is This Your Class Pet? reading comprehension questions focus on:
- analyzing illustrations
- sequencing
- making connections
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- advocacy
- responsibility
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- onomatopoeia
- adjectives
- compound words
IS THIS YOUR 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 Is This Your Class Pet?
- Lexile® Measure: AD540L
- Guided Reading Level: N/A
- DRA Level: N/A
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): N/A
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Troy Cummings. It was illustrated by Troy Cummings.
What genre is Is This Your 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.
