Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Knuffle Bunny 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 communication and managing stress and anxiety, this Knuffle Bunny picture book by Mo Willems 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 Knuffle Bunny Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of Knuffle Bunny. 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 Knuffle Bunny reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
KNUFFLE BUNNY SUMMARY
In this story, Trixie and her father have an errand to do and Trixie brings her favorite stuffed animal, Knuffle Bunny. They go to the laundromat and Trixie gets to help her father by putting clothes and money into the machine. As they walk home, Trixie realizes that Knuffle Bunny is missing. She can’t talk yet so she tries to show her father how unhappy she is by crying, but he doesn’t understand.
When they arrive home, Trixie’s mother asks where Knuffle Bunny is and her father finally realizes why she was so upset. The family runs back to the laundromat and looks everywhere for the stuffed animal. When they find it, Trixie is so excited she says her first words, Knuffle Bunny!
KNUFFLE BUNNY 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 Knuffle Bunny reading comprehension questions focus on:
- summarizing and retelling
- making predictions
- analyzing illustrations
- making connections
- plot (problem and solution)
- sequencing
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- communication
- managing stress and anxiety
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- time order words
- prefixes
- capitalization
- prepositions
KNUFFLE BUNNY 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 Knuffle Bunny?
- Lexile® Measure: 460L
- Guided Reading Level: M
- DRA Level: 20
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 2.5-2.6
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Mo Willems. It was illustrated by Mo Willems.
What genre is Knuffle Bunny?
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.
