The Recess Queen activities and lesson plan ideas

Our The Recess Queen Activities are now digital for distance learning with editable teaching slides and worksheets based on Alexis O'Neill's book. Read aloud the Back to School 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 ☐ comparing and contrasting ☐ analyzing character ☐ making connections ☐ plot | problem - solution ☐ author's purpose ☐ rhyme | rhythm | repetition   ◼️ SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TOPICS ☐ friendship ☐ conflict resolution ☐ expectations ☐ making good choices   ◼️ GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE CONCEPTS ☐ plural nouns ☐ action verbs ☐ suffixes ☐ apostrophes   SUMMARY OF THE MENTOR TEXT:   The Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill tells the story of a young girl named Jean. She is the Queen of recess at her school. She is always the one to go first when playing games and will growl at anyone who crosses her. One day, a new student, Kat