Clementine Novel Study (Grades 2-4 Unit 1)

This three-tiered novel study for Clementine by Sara Pennypacker can be taught in isolation, or it can be combined with other novel studies from my grades 2-4 units to build a year-long ELA curriculum. This unit is comprised of reading, writing, vocabulary, and grammar instruction.

Here's what you can expect from this resource:

• Teaching guides and answer keys (with a video file walking you through the materials in this novel study)
• Three tiers of teaching
• Tier 1 = Student reading journal comprised of vocabulary, grammar, literary element, and writing instruction. Additionally, this tier ends the novel with a final written project (a creative version included!)
• Tier 2 = Supplemental activities that reinforce concepts and skills from the student journal (use as many of these supplements as you need)
• Tier 3 = Extensions and rabbit trails based on four theme topics from Clementine (12 picture books and accompanying activities related to these themes)
• Explicit grammar instruction
• Nouns
• Similes
• Verbs
• Complete sentences
• Fragments
• Prepositional phrases that answer when
• Prepositional phrases that answer where
• Adjectives
• Explicit writing instruction at the sentence and paragraph levels (with a video file walking you through the writing instruction of this novel study)
• Differentiation ideas

Update (8/25/26): The newest file is an answer key-only for the reading journal pages and some of the supplement pages that you may need answers for. The reading journal answers are already located in the teaching guides, so this is just another format for the answers to those pages!