Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Swings on Strike 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 advocacy and apologizing, this Swings on a Strike picture book by Jennifer Jones 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 Swings on Strike Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of Swings on Strike. 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 Swings on Strike reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
SWINGS ON STRIKE SUMMARY
The story Swings on Strike is about swings at a park that are sick and tired of being mistreated by the children who use them. The children sit on them incorrectly, bend them, twist them, and jump on them. The swings have had enough and are going on strike.
They leave a note for the kids and when the kids read the note they go over to the swings. The kids apologized for how they treated the swings and the swings and children were able to have fun at the playground.
SWINGS ON STRIKE 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 Swings on Strike reading comprehension questions focus on:
- making connections
- cause and effect
- summarizing / retelling
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- advocacy
- apologizing
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- action verbs
- prefixes
- types of sentences
SWINGS ON STRIKE 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 Swings on Strike?
- Lexile® Measure: N/A
- Guided Reading Level: N/A
- DRA Level: N/A
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): N/A
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Jennifer Jones. It was illustrated by Jennifer Jones.
What genre is Swings on Strike?
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 38 pages long.
