Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Mel Fell 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 courage and resiliency, this Mel Fell picture book by Corey R. Tabor 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 Mel Fell Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of Mel Fell. 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 Mel Fell reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
MEL FELL SUMMARY
One morning, Mel the baby bird woke up. Today was the day she wanted to learn to fly. Her siblings, also living in the nest, looked down from their branch. It was quite a drop! Although she was scared, Mel was not going to let that stop her.
As she dropped, she tried to spread her wings but she could not fly. She kept falling- passing the squirrels, the spiders, and the snails. She landed in the water, where suddenly, she flapped her wings. She jumped out of the water, with a fish in her mouth, flying! Reuniting with her family, they celebrated her resiliency and success.
MEL FELL 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 Mel Fell reading comprehension questions focus on:
- retelling
- analyzing character
- author’s purpose
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- courage
- emotions
- resiliency
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- action verbs
- pronouns
- onomatopoeia
MEL FELL 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 Mel Fell?
- Lexile® Measure: AD420L
- Guided Reading Level: K
- DRA Level: 18 – 20
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 2.2 – 2.3
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written and illustrated by Corey R. Tabor.
What genre is Mel Fell?
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.
