Giraffes Can't Dance activities and lesson plan ideas

Our Giraffes Can't Dance Activities are now digital for distance learning with editable teaching slides and worksheets based on Giles Andrade’s book. Read aloud the growth mindset picture book then use the printables or go paperless with Google or Seesaw to practice standards-based skills.   THIS READING UNIT FOCUSES ON USING THE MENTOR TEXT TO TEACH: ◼️ READING STRATEGIES ☐ analyzing character ☐ making predictions ☐ plot | problem and solution ☐ asking and answering questions ☐ rhyme, rhythm and repetition ☐ identifying theme, message or moral   ◼️ SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TOPICS ☐ growth mindset ☐ diversity and individuality   ◼️ GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE CONCEPTS ☐ action verbs ☐ suffixes ☐ adjectives ☐ compound words   SUMMARY OF THE MENTOR TEXT:  Gerald is a giraffe who wants to dance but does not think that he is good at it. When it is time for the Jungle Dance, Gerald becomes sad because he thinks he is a bad dancer. When Gerald tries to dance, the other animals make fun of him an