Kids' Wings presents 38-pages of activities for touching picture books about homeless dogs that find good homes.
These literature guides may be used orally, as teacher-led, or in small groups with a mentor, and independently with more advanced or gifted students. The books include:
The Stray Dog by Marc Simont, A Caldecott Honor Book,
Before You Were Mine by Maribeth Bolts and
Mutt Dog by Stephen Michael King.
Activities include
- A Muzzle Puzzle, crossword Puzzle,
- Pamper Your Puppy Math
- Seeing the Story, multiple choice comprehension
- Write a New Dog Story, Prewriting and Writing
- readers' theater scripts,
- discussion cards,
- crossword puzzles,
- multiple-choice comprehension activities,
- comparisons,
- logic puzzles,
- What Is a Shelter?
- research,
- composite activities,
- compassion,
- song,
- sequencing,
- comparing names,
- letter editing,
- math in Mutt Dog's steps,
- letter writing,
- addressing an envelope, and
- answer keys.