The book A Sick Day For Amos McGee is so popular we knew we had to create a book companion for it! With cold and flu season coming up we figured it was perfect timing. I always read this book to my class as students started getting colds. It is such a sweet book and they always seem to love it! - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
SUMMARY
Each morning, Amos McGee wakes up and gets ready for his work. He takes the bus to the zoo, where is has many friends waiting to see him. Although he is busy, Amos makes time to visit with each one of his zoo animal friends. He plays chess with the elephant, reads to the owl, and runs races with the tortoise. One day, Amos wakes up feeling too sick to go to work. The animals are anxiously waiting for him and start to worry.
Amos is surprised to see his animal friends at his house! They have come to take care of him! The rhino lends Amos a handkerchief when he sneezes, the owl reads him a story, and the penguin keeps his feet warm. After a cup of tea and spending time with his friends, Amos starts to feel better. The friends head to bed so they can get an early bus back to the zoo in the morning.
USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
There are so many skills and lessons you can teach using the book A Sick Day For Amos McGee. Here are a few ideas and there are so many more in our book companion.
- Introduce your students to new vocabulary words as you read.
- Practice summarizing and retelling the story, this is a hard skill for elementary students!
- Have students sequence the events of the story, this helps with comprehension.
- Encourage students to engage in informational writing about one of the animals from the book.
- Write how-to books for things like staying healthy and feeling better when you’re sick.
- Introduce students to parentheses and why they are used.
- Explore past and present tense verbs.
- Discuss the importance of friendship and kindness.
NO-PREP PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES:
If you are looking for “ready to go” activities for the first day of school, be sure to check out the book companion. With it you’ll receive all of the following resources to align with this specific book:
- comprehension questions
- 30 writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
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