Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse 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 mindfulness and patience, this Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse picture book by Kevin Henkes 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 Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. 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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LILLY’S PURPLE PLASTIC PURSE SUMMARY
Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes tells the story about Lilly, a young mouse. Lilly adores her teacher Mr. Slinger and wants to be a teacher just like him when she grows up.
One day, Lilly gets new sunglasses and a purple purse with coins in it. She brings them to school and is so excited to share them with her class. However, Mr. Slinger tells her she must wait to share them. Lilly has a very hard time waiting and continues to interrupt the class.
As a result, Mr. Slinger takes her things until the end of the day. Lilly is very angry and writes a mean note to Mr. Slinger and leaves it in his bag. On her way home, Lilly finds a kind note from Mr. Slinger and some treats. Lilly feels very guilty and decides to give a note to Mr. Slinger the next day. That day at school Lilly gets to share her purse and glasses. She is reminded of how much she loves school and Mr. Slinger.
LILLY’S PURPLE PLASTIC PURSE 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 Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse reading comprehension questions focus on:
- summarizing and retelling
- analyzing character
- plot | problem and solution
- asking and answering questions
- identifying theme, message or moral
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- mindfulness
- patience
- forgiveness
- apologizing
- interrupting
- staying on task, focusing, and active listening
- kindness
- making good choices
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- types of sentences
- adjectives
- capitalization
LILLY’S PURPLE PLASTIC PURSE 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 Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse?
- Lexile® Measure: 600L
- Guided Reading Level: N
- DRA Level: 30
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 3.1
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes.
What genre is Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse?
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 32 pages long.
