Thelma the Unicorn Book Activities and Craftivity

THELMA THE UNICORN

Thelma the Unicorn by Aaron Blabey is a great great picture book to go with the theme of self esteem, and loving yourself just as you are! Your class will LOVE Thelma the unicorn! This enjoyable read aloud, paired with these book companion activities, will help your students in Kindergarten and First Grade practice important literacy and reading comprehension skills in a fun and engaging way.

THELMA THE UNICORN BOOK ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING IDEAS

Thelma was feeling sad because she really wanted to be a unicorn! Her best friend, Otis, told her that she was perfect just the way she was. But she refused to believe it.

Thelma tied a carrot to her nose to make her look more like a unicorn. A truck carrying pink paint and glitter drove by and the driver thought he was seeing a unicorn...causing the truck to swerve, and the paint and glitter to go spilling out, right onto Thelma! It made her look just like a unicorn.

She became famous! She had people call out to her, try to take her picture, and follow her everywhere. All her dreams came true- but it was at a great cost. She was never left alone. She was chased wherever she went. Some people were not fans, and they were cruel to Thelma.

She had enough! Thelma washed off the paint and glitter and became her regular self again. She was much happier now that she didn't have to pretend to be something she wasn't. She just wanted to be herself!

This book study unit is packed with fun activities that will help your Kindergarten and First Grade students with story elements, making predictions, character traits, making text to self connections, author's purpose, main idea, making inferences, vocabulary, writing, giving opinions and advice, problem and solution, story retell, reading comprehension, and much more!

These activities can be used for whole class instruction, 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!

This Thelma the Unicorn book companion will save you tons of planning time, is no prep, and is great to leave for a sub!

Want to make sure you are hitting the reading standards for Kindergarten or First Grade? This resource includes ELA standards charts for Common Core, TEKS and VA SOL, showing you exactly which skills your students are learning while doing these activities!

THELMA THE UNICORN CRAFT

This Thelma the Unicorn craftivity has students write about what their dreams are. This is a great follow-up activity after reading the book, and the craft makes a fun bulletin board display to showcase student learning.