My Father's Dragon Instructional Guide: practical lessons for teaching the story

Built for kindergarten through third-grade classrooms.

Product Overview:

You know the story, now make it teachable. Shell Education's instructor guide wraps seventy-two pages of focused, research-based lessons around Ruth Stiles Gannett's tale. Lessons show students how to analyze story elements, practice close reading, and answer text-dependent questions. If you teach kindergarten through third grade, these activities slot into your pacing and save prep time. They mix whole-group read aloud, small-group tasks, and quick independent checks so variety sticks. Picture students explaining motives aloud, circling vocabulary in texts, and feeling quieter confidence at the end of a lesson. It's practical, classroom-ready, and yes, even the reluctant readers get drawn in.

Key Features:

• Lesson Design: Built around the story, seventy-two page lessons teach close reading and text-based vocabulary you can use tomorrow.
• Cross-Curricular Tasks: Activities link literature to research and other subjects so students make concrete connections and practice evidence skills.
• Scaffolded Questions: Thoughtful, text-dependent prompts guide struggling readers while inviting stronger students to dig deeper, trust me.
• Teacher-Ready: Ready-to-use lesson plans reduce prep, include reproducible pages, and fit into quick morning or center rotations.
• Grade Fit: Written for kindergarten through third grade, the guide respects attention spans and supports classroom pacing without fuss.

Quick Specs:

• Brand: Shell Education
• Item#: SHL-40100
• Series: Great Works: An Instructional Guide for Literature
• Format/Type: Printed Book
• Quantity/Pack: 1 Each
• Country of Origin: United States

Picture calmer reading time, hear students explain story elements, and feel the relief of lessons that just work. Would you like to add one to your classroom this week?

For kindergarten through third grade, seventy-two pages, published 2014.