Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Ruby’s Wish 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 goal setting, this Ruby’s Wish picture book by Shirin Yim Bridges 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’s Wish Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of Ruby’s Wish. 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’s Wish reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
RUBY'S WISH SUMMARY
The story Ruby’s Wish takes place in China a long time ago. Ruby lived in a big house with her wealthy grandfather. He had many wives and therefore had many grandchildren. Unlike other girls in China, Ruby was able to take classes because her grandfather had hired a teacher to come to the house. Ruby was always an impressive student, and even continued with her classes when the other girls stopped going. It was not easy for her to keep up with the boys because she had household duties after school, while the boys were able to play.
One day Ruby wrote a poem about how the boys in the house are treated differently. Ruby’s grandfather was concerned and asked her to explain the poem to him. He learned that Ruby wanted to go to university just like the boys. Later, on Chinese New Year, Ruby’s grandfather handed her a large envelope. Inside was an invitation from a university inviting Ruby to be their first female student. Ruby’s dream of attending university finally came true!
RUBY’S WISH 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’s Wish reading comprehension questions focus on:
- making inferences
- comparing and contrasting
- analyzing character
- analyzing setting
- ask and answer questions
- identify the main idea
- author’s purpose
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- perseverance
- goal setting
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- prefixes
- prepositions
- compound words
RUBY’S WISH 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’s Wish?
- Lexile® Measure: 860L
- Guided Reading Level: T-U
- DRA Level: 44
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 5.5-5.8
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Shirin Yim Bridges. It was illustrated by Sophie Blackall.
What genre is Ruby’s Wish?
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 36 pages long.
