Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Miss Malarkey Won’t Be in Today 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 worry and responsibility, this Miss Malarkey Won’t Be in Today picture book by Judy Finchler 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 Miss Malarkey Won’t Be in Today Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of Miss Malarkey Won’t Be in Today. 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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MISS MALARKEY WON'T BE IN TODAY SUMMARY
Miss Malarkey does not feel well at all. She has a terrible fever and needs to call out sick from school. While Miss Malarkey is home sick, she worries about which substitute she has and how her students are behaving. She is so worried, that she ends up going to school even though she feels terrible!
When Miss Malarkey gets to school, she realizes she had nothing to worry about. Her students take care of her and bring her to the nurse. They tell her they have everything under control and she can stay home and rest up.
MISS MALARKEY WON’T BE IN TODAY 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 Miss Malarkey Won’t Be in Today reading comprehension questions focus on:
- analyzing setting
- making connections
- point of view
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- worry
- responsibility
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- common and proper nouns
- contractions
- types of sentences
MISS MALARKEY WON’T BE IN TODAY 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 Miss Malarkey Won’t Be in Today?
- Lexile® Measure: AD340L
- Guided Reading Level: L
- DRA Level: 20
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 2.1
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Judy Finchler. It was illustrated by Kevin O’Malley.
What genre is Miss Malarkey Won’t Be in Today?
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.
