Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for The Rabbit Listened 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 feelings and compassion, this The Rabbit Listened picture book by Cori Doerrfeld 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 The Rabbit Listened Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of The Rabbit Listened. 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 The Rabbit Listened reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
THE RABBIT LISTENED SUMMARY
One day, Taylor decides to build a tower with her blocks. It turns out amazing and she is proud of her work, when suddenly her tower is knocked down. First, a chicken comes to see Taylor and suggests that she talk about it, but Taylor doesn’t want to so the chicken leaves. More animals come to visit Taylor and they all have a suggestion for her. When Taylor does not want to try their suggestions, the animals leave.
Finally, a rabbit comes along and sits quietly next to Taylor. The two sit in silence until Taylor asks the rabbit to stay with her. Eventually, Taylor starts talking, then laughing, and using all of the previous suggestions. She decides she is going to rebuild the tower and that it will be amazing.
THE RABBIT LISTENED 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 The Rabbit Listened reading comprehension questions focus on:
- summarize / retell
- comparing and contrasting
- analyzing character
- making connections
- plot | problem – solution
- identifying theme | message | moral
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- feelings
- compassion
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- adjectives
- action verbs
- onomatopoeia
THE RABBIT LISTENED 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 The Rabbit Listened?
- Lexile® Measure: AD450L
- Guided Reading Level: K
- DRA Level: 20
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 2.5
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written and illustrated by Cori Doerrfeld.
What genre is The Rabbit Listened?
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 40 pages long.
