When asked to do a read-aloud book study, I chose this book. I was selected for a Scholastic scholarship offer from UT Martin's STEA Chapter as one of the three students to get money for books to go toward your own classroom library. When selecting the book, I chose it before reading it because it is the 2015 Caldecott Medal Winner. I think it has a great story and definitely has great illustration. This book brings imaginary characters to life and connects them with everyday people, like ourselves. For my mini lesson and activity, the class talked about feelings. The students were asked to work with a partner and discuss the feelings in the book: Using sentences from the book and matching the feeling with the sentence. The students were then asked to draw what his or her imaginary friend would look like and what it would be named. Each individual talked about and described his or her imaginary friend to the class. It was such a fun and creative activity.
Here are the standards below, and my imaginary friend that I created:
1.RL.4
Identify words
and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
1.RL.3
Describe characters,
settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
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