Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Ruby Finds A Worry 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 taking ownership, this Ruby Finds A Worry picture book by Tom Percival 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 Ruby Finds A Worry Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of Ruby Finds A Worry. 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 Ruby Finds A Worry reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
RUBY FINDS A WORRY SUMMARY
Ruby was an ordinary, happy girl until one day she found a worry. It started out very small, but grew bigger and bigger over time. The worry followed Ruby everywhere she went and she thought it might never go away. Rudy stopped enjoying the things she used to love.
Ruby was in the park one day when she noticed a boy sitting alone. He looked sad. The boy looked like how she felt and Ruby realized that other people have worries too. Ruby sat down with the boy and asked him what was on his mind. As he started talking, Ruby noticed his worry began to shrink. She started to talk to the boy about her worry and it got so small it was barely there. While Ruby still gets a worry from time to time, she now knows how to take care of it: by talking to someone!
RUBY FINDS A WORRY 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 Ruby Finds A Worry reading comprehension questions focus on:
- making connections
- ask and answer questions
- identify the main idea
- cause and effect
- identifying theme, message and moral
- author’s purpose
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- taking ownership
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- verb tense
- base words
- compound words
- homophones
RUBY FINDS A WORRY 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 Ruby Finds A Worry?
- Lexile® Measure: AD540L
- Guided Reading Level: N
- DRA Level: 28
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 2.9-3
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Tom Percival. It was illustrated by Tom Percival.
What genre is Ruby Finds A Worry?
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.
