RUBY THE COPYCAT READING LESSONS WITH ACTIVITIES

This reading and activity guide is to be used along with reading Ruby the Copycat by Peggy Rothmann. The book is about a girl named Ruby who copied everything Angela, who sat in front of her, did. Everyone started catching on the what Ruby was doing which would help children reading this book make predictions. Eventually the teacher had a talk with Ruby and she stopped copying Angela; however, she started copying the teacher.

Unit includes:

. a video read-aloud

. pre- and post-reading activities

. graphic organizers

. reading comprehension

. writing

. vocabulary work

. cooperative role playing activity.

The writing section includes writing prompts that can be used as a classroom discussion or as an assessment.