Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Milk and Juice: A Recycling Romance 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 perseverance and managing emotions, this Milk and Juice: A Recycling Romance picture book by Meredith Crandall Brown 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!
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MILK AND JUICE: A RECYCLING ROMANCE SUMMARY
This quirky and silly tale is a love story between a Milk jug and Juice container on their recycling adventure.
Once upon a time, there lived a Milk jug and a bottle of Juice in a refrigerator. They kept each other cold on warm nights and provided great company. That is… until the bottle was empty! We see the Milk jug out looking for the Juice bottle, but they keep changing as they are being recycled. Finally, they are made into a bench together and they get to live happily ever after.
MILK AND JUICE: A RECYCLING ROMANCE 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 Milk and Juice: A Recycling Romance reading comprehension questions focus on:
- retelling
- author’s purpose
- ask and answer questions
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- emotions
- perseverance
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- dialogue
- exclamation points
- onomatopoeia
MILK AND JUICE: A RECYCLING ROMANCE 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 Milk and Juice: A Recycling Romance?
- Lexile® Measure: N/A
- Guided Reading Level: N/A
- DRA Level: N/A
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): N/A
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written and illustrated by Meredith Crandall Brown.
What genre is Milk and Juice: A Recycling Romance?
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.
