Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Unicorn Day 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 inclusion, this Unicorn Day picture book by Diana Murray 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 Unicorn Day Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of Unicorn Day. 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 Unicorn Day reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
UNICORN DAY SUMMARY
It’s Unicorn Day, a special day when unicorns get together to play. There are three important rules to Unicorn Day: show off your horn, fluff your hair, and most importantly have fun!
The unicorns get together to sing and dance. They have fun sliding on rainbows, braiding each other’s hair and eating the cupcakes that rain from the sky. While having a glitter fight, one of the unicorns horn is knocking off. The unicorns realize he’s not really a unicorn but a horse! The horse starts to walk away but the unicorns don’t want to lose a friend and ask him to stay.
The fun of Unicorn Day continues. The unicorns celebrate their uniqueness as the party keeps growing. More and more friends enjoy the fun.
Diana Murray’s book, Unicorn Day, is a bright and colorful book with a message of individuality and inclusivity.
UNICORN DAY 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 Unicorn Day reading comprehension questions focus on:
- author’s purpose
- identifying theme, message, and moral
- making connections
- rhyme, rhythm, and repetition
- summarizing/retelling
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- inclusion
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- homephones
- plural nouns
- compound words
- conjunctions
UNICORN DAY 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 Unicorn Day?
- Lexile® Measure: AD520L
- Guided Reading Level: N
- DRA Level: 24-28
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 2.7-2.9
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Diana Murray. It was illustrated by Luke Flowers.
What genre is Unicorn Day?
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.
