Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Rescuing Mrs. Birdley 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 problem solving, this Rescuing Mrs. Birdley picture book by Aaron Reynolds 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 Rescuing Mrs. Birdley Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of Rescuing Mrs. Birdley. 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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RESCUING MRS. BIRDLEY SUMMARY
Miranda Montgomery is an expert on animals and loves Nature Joe episodes. She has learned a lot from watching his shows and when she sees her teacher Mrs. Birdley at the grocery store, she know Mrs. Birdley is lost and away from her natural habitat. Miranda must return Mrs. Birdley to school and builds many traps to capture her.
When Miranda is finally able to capture Mrs. Birdley, she brings her back to school and locks her back in her habitat. The next day she sees her principal at the home improvement store and is thankful she has experience returning teachers to where they belong.
RESCUING MRS. BIRDLEY 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 Rescuing Mrs. Birdley reading comprehension questions focus on:
- making predictions
- sequencing
- analyzing character
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- perseverance
- problem solving
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- adverbs
- common and proper nouns
- pronouns
RESCUING MRS. BIRDLEY 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 Rescuing Mrs. Birdley?
- Lexile® Measure: AD710L
- Guided Reading Level: N/A
- DRA Level: N/A
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 3.2
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Aaron Reynolds. It was illustrated by Emma Reynolds.
What genre is Rescuing Mrs. Birdley?
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.
