Teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Spring Stinks will love this post. It includes resource recommendations, free teaching ideas, and information about the book.
With a theme of compromising, this Spring Stinks picture book by Ryan Higgins is a favorite in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms.
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- Read a summary of Spring Stinks.
- 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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SPRING STINKS SUMMARY
All of the animals in the forest are excited about spring, except for Bruce. His rabbit friend Ruth is excited to share all the smells of spring with Bruce, however, he is less than excited.
Ruth brings Bruce around the forest having him smell the flowers, grass, trees, and even a wet moose! She collects the smells in Bruce’s basket. Finally, she thinks of something bears like to smell, honey! However, the bees end up chasing and stinging Bruce, cementing his belief that spring stinks.
Students’ favorite character, Bruce, is back in this hilarious spring story!
SPRING STINKS 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 Spring Stinks reading comprehension questions focus on:
- analyzing character
- analyzing setting
- making connections
- sequencing
- summarizing | retelling
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- compromise
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- irregular verbs
- types of sentences
- adjectives
- punctuation
SPRING STINKS 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 Spring Stinks?
- Lexile® Measure: 175
- Guided Reading Level: F
- DRA Level: 8
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 1.4
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written and illustrated by Ryan Higgins.
What genre is Spring Stinks?
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.
