Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for The Relatives Came 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 transitions and family, this The Relatives Came picture book by Cynthia Rylant 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 Relatives Came Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of The Relatives Came. 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.
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THE RELATIVES CAME SUMMARY
The relatives in The Relatives Came travel a long way from Virginia to visit with their family. When they get there, everyone is very excited to see each other. There is lots of hugging, laughing, and smiling.
The relatives stay for many weeks and their family welcomes them into their home. The relatives do many things during their visit such as tend the garden, fix items, and play music. The relatives and their family are sad when it is time for them to go, but know that they will be back again next summer.
Students will enjoy this story about what happens when relatives visit, and will make connections to their own lives and their families.
THE RELATIVES CAME 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 Relatives Came reading comprehension questions focus on:
- visualizing
- making connections
- ask and answer questions
- sequencing
- author’s purpose
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- transitions
- family
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- pronouns
- possessive nouns
- suffixes
THE RELATIVES CAME 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 Relatives Came?
- Lexile® Measure: AD940L
- Guided Reading Level: V – W
- DRA Level: 44
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 6.4 – 6.7
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Cynthia Rylant. It was illustrated by Stephen Gammell.
What genre is The Relatives Came?
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.
