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Make Way for Ducklings Activities and Lesson Plans for 2024

Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Make Way For Ducklings 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 a theme of responsibility, this Make Way For Ducklings picture book by Robert McCloskey 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 Make Way For Ducklings Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:

  1. Read a summary of Make Way For Ducklings. 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.
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MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS SUMMARY

Make Way For Ducklings tells the story of two ducks, Mr. and Mrs. Mallard. They are looking for a good place to make a nest and raise ducklings. After flying for a long time, Mr. and Mrs. Mallard are too tired to keep going and land on an island in Boston’s Public Garden. They enjoy swimming in the water and eating the peanuts people throw from the swan boat. However, when they are almost run over by a bicycle, Mrs. Mallard decides they need someplace new. After flying around the city, they land on an island in the river and start to make their nest. Soon after, their eggs hatch and Mr. and Mrs. Mallard are busy caring for their ducklings. When Mr. Mallard leaves to explore the river, Mrs. Mallard stays back and teaches the ducklings. 

When it is time to start heading back to the Public Garden to meet Mr. Mallard, Mrs. Mallard teaches her ducklings to walk behind her in a line. They try and cross the street but there are too many cars! Thankfully, a police officer comes to stop traffic and let the ducks cross. The family reunites in the pond and decides to live there. 

MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS 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 Make Way For Ducklings reading comprehension questions focus on:

  • making inferences
  • analyzing setting
  • analyzing illustrations
  • plot | problem and solution
  • asking and answering questions
  • sequencing

LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS

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

  • responsibility

GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY

  • irregular verbs
  • proper nouns
  • prepositions
  • multiple meaning words

MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS 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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Make Way for Ducklings

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BOOK INFO FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS

What are the reading levels for Make Way For Ducklings?

  • Lexile® Measure: AD710L
  • Guided Reading Level: Q
  • DRA Level: 38
  • Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 4.1 – 4.4

Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?

The book was written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey.

What genre is Make Way For Ducklings?

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 72 pages long.

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