➜ Story Mapping Printable identify character, setting, problem and solution ➜ Lesson Planner summary, background info and planning space ➜ Focus Sentences use the book & author's craft as a mentor text to improve writing ➜ Grammar Topics selected to align with the text ➜ Vocabulary Activities with kid-friendly definitions ➜ Social Emotional Learning guidance lesson ideas & discussion topics based on the story ➜ Comprehension Questions categorized by reading strategy text-dependent THIS COLLECTION OF ACTIVITIES and LESSON IDEAS INCLUDES: This story teaches kids the importance of teamwork. They are able to scare off the big fish when it comes to eat them. Swimmy leads them in forming a great big fish by working together as a team. They are hiding in the shade of rocks and weeds to avoid being eaten by a big fish. Swimmy comes across a group of red fish just like the school of fish that he used to belong to. He travels through the sea and runs into many different sea creatures. Swimmy is able to escape because he is the fastest swimmer. The school of fish that Swimmy lives with gets eaten by a tuna fish at the beginning of the story. The story Swimmy by Leo Lionni is about a fish named Swimmy. THIS READING UNIT FOCUSES ON USING THE MENTOR TEXT TO TEACH: We've even included editable teaching slides themed to match the book! This SWIMMY activities and Interactive Read Aloud Resource Book Companion Packet includes lesson plans, reading comprehension questions, vocabulary, grammar, phonics, writing and word study activities with both printable and digital student pages.įollowing an interactive read-aloud of the picture book, SWIMMY by Leo Lionni, choose from the included collection of either printable activities or go paperless and use the digital activities to practice standards-based skills.

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