A video of the book "Chrysanthemum", written by Kevin Henkes. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.

A video of the book "Kitten's First Full Moon", written by Kevin Henkes. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.

A reader's theater adaptation of Kevin Henkes' tradebook, Owen, is provided on this script. Nine character roles are needed in this performance.

In this instructional activity, students will engage in shared reading with the Kevin Henkes' book, Chrysanthemum. Then students will engage in a letter tiles activity that requires them to compare the length of their own names with the...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on comparing and contrasting through which students learn how to compare and contrast two items, themselves with a character, and two characters within a text. Lessons use the books...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A two-lesson unit designed to teach young scholars to make predictions and support them with details from the text. Lessons are based on the books Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes and No Roses for...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This site provides a series of three lesson plans designed to teach students to recognize and use word clues to put story events into the correct sequence and retell the story accordingly. Lessons are...

A reader's theater script for Kevin Henkes' book, Wemberly Worried, is provided on these pages. Ten character roles are needed in this activity.

A lesson that teaches students how to create and analyze a graph using the letters of their name. The lesson uses the book Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes (not included in the lesson plan) to start the discussion.

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A reader's theater script for Kevin Henkes' children's book, A Weekend with Wendell, is provided on these pages. Eight character roles are needed in this activity.

This online lesson uses an interactive activity to teach students how to determine the common and alternative sounds for specific vowel combinations. The words for this lesson are taken from the book "Chrysanthemum," by Kevin Henkes....

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students learn to use titles and supporting details in both fiction and non-fiction texts in order to identify the main idea of the book in this three-lesson unit. The lessons utilize the books Animal...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Designed to teach young scholars to identify the difference between explicit information and conclusions and to make text-to-self and text-to-text connections. Lessons are based on the provided text...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of three lesson plans designed to teach students to identify effects, causes, and the relationship between them. Lessons are based on the books Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes, Why Do You Cry?:...

In this language development lesson using the books by Kevin Henkes English Language Learners learn vocabulary and language structures to express feelings, make text-to-self connections, and practice the reading strategy of analyzing...