Lesson Plans for BREEDS OF DOGS level P

After Reading

Comprehending the Text
Ask children to give opinions about the book. Ask: Did the book include your favorite kind of dog? After reading the book, what do you think about sporting dogs? Herding dogs? etc. Did the reading make you think of other questions?

Think Aloud
Reading should make us think about many questions. Some of the answers will be in the book, and some won’t.
What can we do with those questions? Sometimes we will stop and try to find the answer. Sometimes we can write the question down and look for the answer later. Ask: How do we make the decision to stop or look later?

If time allows, go around the classroom and have everyone say one new thing that they learned. Model the following statement. Say: One thing I learned is that Welsh corgis have short legs. (You may have to remind children to limit themselves to one or two sentences.)

Have them complete worksheet 1.

Visual Learning
Compare and contrast several of the pictures of dogs (compare front cover to back cover, and pages 17 to 18). Ask: Do these dogs have any similarities? What is different about these dogs? What do you think makes each dog special?

Encourage children to update the class bulletin board about dogs. Have them identify the breeds of dogs among the pictures as they progress through the book.


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