Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Rulers of the Playground will love this post. It includes tons of information about the book that is helpful when you are planning your read aloud lesson. For example, it includes the book summary, reading levels, and length of the book. This will help you determine if this book is right for your class.
With themes of conflict resolution and apologizing this Rulers of the Playground picture book by Joseph Kuefler is a favorite in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms. It will be a big hit in your classroom too!
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RULERS OF THE PLAYGROUND SUMMARY
The story Rulers of the Playground is about a boy named Jonah who decides he wants to rule the playground and be king. He claims the slides as his territory and the other kids pinky promise to obey him. Another girl, Lennox, realizes that she also wants to rule the playground and claims the swings as her territory and makes the other kids promise to obey her.
Now Jonah and Lennox are king and queen and they each want to be in charge of more and more areas until the whole playground is taken over and no one wants to play with them.
Jonah and Lennox decide that it isn’t fun to rule and they apologize to the kids and stop being king and queen. Now everyone can play on the playground together.
RULERS OF THE PLAYGROUND 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 Rulers of the Playground reading comprehension questions focus on:
- analyzing illustrations
- summarize/retell
- analyzing character
- author’s purpose
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- conflict resolution
- apologizing
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- common and proper nouns
- pronouns
- quotation marks
RULERS OF THE PLAYGROUND 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 Rulers of the Playground?
- Lexile® Measure: 400-425
- Guided Reading Level: J
- DRA Level: 18-20
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 2.2-2.3
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written and illustrated by Joseph Kuefler.
What genre is Rulers of the Playground?
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 48 pages long.
