Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for The Wolf’s Chicken Stew 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 patience, this The Wolf’s Chicken Stew picture book by Keiko Kasza 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 Wolf’s Chicken Stew Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of The Wolf’s Chicken Stew. 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 WOLF'S CHICKEN STEW SUMMARY
The main character of The Wolf’s Chicken Stew is a very hungry wolf! He has a craving for chicken stew and is pleased when he sees a chicken walk by him. He decides that this chicken will be perfect for his stew, but first he needs to fatten her up.
The wolf brings the chicken pancakes, doughnuts, and a cake. He leaves them at her door. When the wolf decides the chicken must be fattened up, he goes to eat her.
When wolf gets to the chicken’s house, she opens the door and brings the wolf inside. She tells her chicks that the wolf brought them the food and they jump on him with joy and thank him. The wolf does not eat the chickens, and instead has developed a friendship with them.
THE WOLF’S CHICKEN STEW 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 Wolf’s Chicken Stew reading comprehension questions focus on:
- making predictions
- summarize/retell
- analyzing character
- ask and answer questions
- sequencing
- rhyme/rhythm/repetition
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- feelings
- patience
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- plural nouns
- adjectives
- contraction
- quotation marks
THE WOLF’S CHICKEN STEW 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 Wolf’s Chicken Stew?
- Lexile® Measure: AD570L
- Guided Reading Level: N
- DRA Level: 28
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 3-3.2
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Keiko Kasza. It was illustrated by Keiko Kasza.
What genre is The Wolf’s Chicken Stew?
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.
