Owl at Home has long been a favorite of the K-2 crowd at school. Written by Arnold Lobel in 1975, it is also one of my favorite read-alouds as a teacher. Now, adults may find the story humorous in parts, but children probably won’t laugh as they do take stories seriously. Lobel is one of my all-time favorite authors.
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I took a Lexile Level class and worked on this book as part of an assignment, so this is a full lesson. The Lexile and Quantile Educator Academy suggested posting the entire lesson on our blogs. Meta Metrics, maybe you have heard of them as many states offer free memberships for educators. Otherwise, the site may be used to find Lexile Levels of books without a membership. Find a Book is easy to use and provides accurate information for preschool through grade 12. Parents may keep on top of their child’s independent reading choices while teachers may use the information to create book lists. Subject and interest areas are included as they are important for motivation to read.
First, there is an information page for those interested in I Can Statements and Essential Questions. Some teachers are required to post these in the classroom.
For the purpose of differentiation, there is a circle the answer comprehension work page. Teachers could read this aloud to more emergent readers, while more advanced readers could work indepenently.
The reading center or small group session could offer a matching vocabulary cards game. These are the word cards.
To match with the vocabulary words, meaning cards are also included. This game might be played like memory after introduction.
A coloring page is included for differentiation or fast finishers. The page could be placed in the art center. Crayons would be best used on copy paper. An extra piece of paper could be placed under the page to help prevent crayon marks on the table when coloring up to the edge.
The vocabulary words may be written for practice on this work page. Teachers may decide whether or not to direct students to color the images.
Fine motor skills need practice in lower grades, so this page has a cut and paste activity. What happens next?
The two sounds of /ow/ are practiced on this page. Does the word sound like the /ow/ in owl or in snow?
I hope some people will find this information helpful in their classrooms, whether at school or homeschool.
Thank you for reading, Carolyn
