Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for What the Road Said 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 mindfulness, worry, and resilience, this What the Road Said picture book by Cleo Wade 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 What the Road Said Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of What the Road Said. 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 What the Road Said reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
WHAT THE ROAD SAID SUMMARY
A young girl is walking when she thinks about doing things differently. She wants to make a change, but seems hesitant. The Road tells her to be brave and to be strong. As the girl continues to question about these decisions on the path, the Road reminds us that the most important thing is to keep going.
This beautiful story is told by a poet and activist, partnered with beautiful illustrations that will engage readers of all ages. This story shares that we are all capable of making the best decisions for ourselves and that it is important to take risks.
WHAT THE ROAD SAID LESSON PLAN IDEAS
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When it comes to writing lesson plans and finding activities for What the Road Said, we’ve already done all of the heavy lifting for you.
We found this book was especially good at teaching the topics listed below.
READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
The text-based What the Road Said reading comprehension questions focus on:
- retell
- making connections
- author’s purpose
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- mindfulness
- worry
- resilience
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- question marks
- commas
- proper nouns
WHAT THE ROAD SAID 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 What the Road Said?
- Lexile® Measure: 560L
- 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 Cleo Wade. It was illustrated by Lucie de Moyencourt.
What genre is What the Road Said?
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 40 pages long.
