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Julian is a Mermaid Activities and Lesson Plans for 2024

Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Julian is 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 individuality, this Julian is a Mermaid picture book by Jessica Love 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 Julian is a Mermaid Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:

  1. Read a summary of Julian is a Mermaid. You can find it in the section below.
  2. 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.
  3. Download the book companion to make lesson planning simple with Julian is a Mermaid reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.

JULIAN IS A MERMAID SUMMARY

While riding the bus with his abuela, Julian sees three mermaids get on. Julian loves mermaids. When he and abuela get off at their stop, he is excited to tell abuela about the mermaids. The two walk home and abuela goes off to take a shower.

While she is in the shower, Julian decides to dress up as a mermaid. He uses the curtains as a tail, leaves from a plant as hair, and even puts on Abuela’s lipstick. When Abuela gets out of the shower and sees Julian, she is surprised. Abuela walks away and comes back with a pearl necklace for him to wear.

She then takes Julian to the beach, where they see a parade of other mermaids. At first, Julian is in awe of what he sees but then he and abuela join the group.

JULIAN IS 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 Julian is a Mermaid reading comprehension questions focus on:

  • analyzing character
  • analyzing illustrations
  • analyzing setting
  • making inferences
  • sequencing

LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS

We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:

  • individuality

GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY

  • pronouns
  • irregular verbs
  • types of sentences
  • nouns

JULIAN IS 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 Julian is a Mermaid?

  • Lexile® Measure: 190L
  • Guided Reading Level: I
  • DRA Level: 16
  • Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 0.8

Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?

The book was written and illustrated by Jessica Love.

What genre is Julian is 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.

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