Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Three Hens And A Peacock 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 jealousy, positive self-talk and self-esteem, this Three Hens And A Peacock picture book by Lester L. Laminack 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 Three Hens And A Peacock Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of Three Hens And A Peacock. 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 Three Hens And A Peacock reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
THREE HENS AND A PEACOCK SUMMARY
Three Hens and a Peacock takes place on Tuckers’ Farm. All is quiet on the farm until one day when a peacock shows up. Not knowing how to live on a farm, the peacock wanders down to the edge of the road. As cars drive by, they are intrigued by his colorful feathers and stop at the farm. This helps business on the farm to grow! However, the hens on Tuckers’ Farm become jealous and resentful of the peacock. They think his job is easy and that they do all the hard work. An old hound on the farm suggests the hens and peacock switch roles. The hens come to realize that the peacock’s job isn’t so easy and learn to respect him. The peacock learns that he is not useless but in fact adds value to the farm!
Students will enjoy this funny and engaging book about a peacock living on a farm. It’s great message of jealousy and understanding others makes it a perfect read aloud!
THREE HENS AND A PEACOCK 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 Three Hens And A Peacock reading comprehension questions focus on:
- making predictions
- making inferences
- compare and contrast
- plot (problem-solution)
- author’s purpose
- cause and effect
- ask and answer questions
- point of view
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- jealousy
- positive self-talk
- self-esteem
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- suffixes
- adverbs
- compound words
- contractions
- apostrophe
THREE HENS AND A PEACOCK 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 Three Hens And A Peacock?
- Lexile® Measure: 590L
- Guided Reading Level: N-O
- DRA Level: 28-30
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 3.2-3.3
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Lester L. Laminack. It was illustrated by Henry Cole.
What genre is Three Hens And A Peacock?
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.
