Bring the fun and whimsy of Beverly Cleary into your classroom with a teaching guide created to accompany the Ramona series. The guide offers several ideas for classroom use, including independent reading, reading aloud, and literature circles. Extension activities address reading, writing, art, and spelling skills.

Concepts

beverly cleary, responding to literature, responding to reading, studying literature, read-alouds, reading aloud, literature circles, independent reading, spelling

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Allow learners to choose their book and at least one extension activity
• Invite pupils to share their finished products alongside a brief summary of the book
• Encourage class members to read additional books in the series or other titles by Beverly Cleary

Classroom Considerations

• The last page includes a movie premiere date and classroom contest that is no longer applicable 
• The duration reflects a completion of one book and activity, but it may differ depending on your reading schedule and amount of activities you choose to assign

Pros

• Provides a list of all the Ramona books written by Beverly Cleary
• Pages are well designed, colorful, and contain illustrations from the books 

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.2.10 RL.3.10 RL.4.10 RL.5.10 W.3.4 W.4.4 W.5.4 L.2.2.a L.3.2.a L.4.2.a L.5.2.a RL.6.10 W.6.4 L.6.2.a