Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for We the Kids 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 advocacy and conflict resolution, this We the Kids picture book by David Catrow 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 We the Kids Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of We the Kids. 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 We the Kids reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
WE THE KIDS SUMMARY
Learning about Constitution Day? This book dives into the preamble of the document! As the author explains, the Constitution is really a how-to guide with rules on fairness and justice.
Each page takes a phrase from the preamble and is paired with an illustration, depicting on what exactly the words may mean for kids. This text provides a great resource for discussing this historical document, along with how it can be referred to in today’s culture and world!
WE THE KIDS 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 We the Kids reading comprehension questions focus on:
- analyzing illustrations
- asking and asnwering questions
- author’s purpose
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- advocacy
- conflict resolution
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- proper nouns
- comma
- pronouns
WE THE KIDS 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 We the Kids?
- Lexile® Measure: NP0L
- Guided Reading Level: N/A
- DRA Level: N/A
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): N/A
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by David Catrow. It was illustrated by David Catrow.
What genre is We the Kids?
It is a nonfiction 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.
