RUBY THE COPYCAT: READING LESSONS WITH ACTIVITIES

Ruby the Copycat is a fun story that portrays a "copycat". Children seem to love to tease with this term and this is a great story to show how it feels to be someone who copies

Ruby the Copycat is a children's book by Peggy Rathmann about a young girl named Ruby who copies everything her classmate Angela does. Through the story, Ruby learns the importance of being true to herself and embracing her own unique qualities.

The book is a great resource for teaching young children about individuality and self-confidence. Reading lessons with activities are designed to engage children with the story and its messages.

This ready-to-use reading lessons 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.