We Don't Eat Our Classmates

WE DON'T EAT OUR CLASSMATES

Have you seen this book We Don't Eat our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins? It is my new favorite back to school read aloud!

Penelope Rex is nervous to start school...and what's worse, her class is filled with children! So she ate them, because children are delicious!

Here are a couple of my favorite pages in this book:

...check out her artwork...

...look where she's pointing :)

WE DON'T EAT OUR CLASSMATES ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING IDEAS

We Don't Eat Our Classmates activities K-1 with book study and companion activities

We Don't Eat Our Classmates is a great book for the beginning of the school year. It shares an important message for students, when they see throughout the story that Penelope has to learn how everyone is the same on the inside. Your students will LOVE Penelope the dinosaur, as she learns how to make friends at school!

I've created a book study filled with companion activities to go with this back to school book that I'm sure your students will LOVE! It's packed with literacy activities that will develop your students' reading comprehension skills by working on:

story mapping

text-to-self connections

opinion pages

comprehension activities

vocabulary activities

problem/solution

writing activities

author's purpose

cause and effect

making mental images

story retell
craftivity
class book

AND MORE!

Here's a sneak peek:

We Don't Eat Our Classmates book study literacy unit Common Core companion activities with craftivity K-1

WE DON'T EAT OUR CLASSMATES CLASS BOOK ACTIVITY

This class book is a fun way for students to write about what you SHOULD do with your classmates :) Students will write and illustrate on their own pages using the templates provided, then assemble the pages into a book and place it in your classroom library. It's sure to be a class favorite!

WE DON'T EAT OUR CLASSMATES CRAFT

We Don't Eat Our Classmates book activities, class book, craftivity for back to school in Kindergarten and First Grade

This writing craftivity has students writing about what they do with their classmates at school. It makes a cute Back to School bulletin board display!

This book study unit can be used as a whole class activity, during small group guided reading time, as individual student work, or as part of a book club. Copy a pack for each student and you're ready to go!