Naturally, you can change the fonts if you prefer. You may want to download her fonts and install them on your computer first. I have used Hello Literacy Fonts (which are free for non-commercial use). We have added differentiated centers to the Science, Math, and More Units. You can find all of the activities above by clicking: Reading Comprehension: Engaging Readers October SET TWO Leonardo the Terrible Monster Math and Literacy Centers Here is another directed drawing example from Ms. For Leonard the Terrible Monster, we had a directed drawing. Each week, we include a related craft or art project. These awesome pictures were sent to me by a teacher who uses our Engaging Readers. First-Grade Leonardo the Terrible Monster Writing: I love the “slobber!” Ha! Here are a few student response pages for visualization. Reading Comprehension Student Response pages Here is the chart as a result (photo credit: Deanna Jump). Students worked on examining the character. Not only could you use this book for reading comprehension lessons, but Leonardo would also make a great set of lessons for drawing and writing about characters with detail in writers workshop! His expressions are precious! Leonardo the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems is such a fun book! We knew we had to include it in our Engaging Readers lesson plans! The pictures are perfect! Reading Lesson Ideas for Leonardo the Terrible Monster NOTE: This blog post contains affiliate links, but the ideas are my own. Leonardo & Sam received its world premier streaming via the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in March, 2021.Leonardo the Terrible Monster Lesson Plans for kindergarten and first-grade! Kerry and Sam will need to make a big decision: will they be friends or will they be controlled by their fears?Īdapted from the beloved children’s books by Mo Willems, and realized through mind-bending puppetry, DIY cinema, music, and an original score by critically-acclaimed multimedia artists Manual Cinema, Leonardo & Sam tells the story of a monster who longs to be scary and the big decisions about identity and empathy that we all must make. Will Leonardo finally get his chance to scare the tuna salad out of an unsuspecting human? Or will it be the start of an unlikely friendship? The plot thickens when this pair meets Kerry and Frankenthaler, an even scaredier-cat and her monster friend. Then Leonardo finds Sam, the most scaredy-cat kid in the world.

He tries so hard to be scary, but he just…isn’t.

*THE TERRIBLE MONSTER AND THE MOST SCAREDY-CAT KID IN THE WHOLE WORLD, RESPECTIVELY

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