Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Wolfie the Bunny will love this post. It includes resource recommendations, teaching ideas, and information about the book.
With themes of advocacy and expectations, this Wolfie the Bunny picture book by Ame Dyckman is a favorite in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms. You and your students will love it too!
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WOLFIE THE BUNNY SUMMARY
Wolfie the Bunny is about a bunny named Dot and her family who find a baby wolf bundled on their doorstep. Dot’s parents take in Wolfie and raise him as their own child but Dot is skeptical. She keeps telling her parents and anyone that will listen that Wolfie is going to eat them all up. She doesn’t trust him.
Then one day Dot and Wolfie go to the Carrot Patch to get more food. They run into a bear and the bear takes Wolfie to eat him. Dot stands up for Wolfie and tells the bear that she is going to eat him up. She scares the bear away and saves Wolfie. Dot changes her mind about Wolfie and finally calls him her brother.
WOLFIE THE BUNNY 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 Wolfie the Bunny reading comprehension questions focus on:
- making predictions
- summarize/retell
- author’s purpose
- analyzing character
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- advocacy
- expectations
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- action verbs
- contractions
- quotation marks
WOLFIE THE BUNNY 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 Wolfie the Bunny?
- Lexile® Measure: AD280L
- Guided Reading Level: 16 – 18
- DRA Level: K
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 1.7
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Ame Dyckman. It was illustrated by Zachariah O’Hora.
What genre is Wolfie the Bunny?
It is a Comedy and Humor 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.
