Frances learns what true friendship looks like when her friend Albert excludes her from a boys‑only baseball game, leaving her feeling left out and frustrated. She decides to host her own special picnic, inviting her younger sister Gloria—whom she had previously dismissed as “too little” to be a real friend. Through the day’s events, Frances realizes that Gloria is loyal, fun, and supportive, and she discovers that sisters can be best friends after all.

This resource includes independent activities, a teacher's guide, and a reproducible student booklet, a story summary, and author biography, plus creative activities.

Expectations include:

• To develop the enjoyment and appreciation of
• To reinforce and strengthen comprehension, word study and creative thinking skills.
• To develop the students' ability to read a selected piece of literature independently.
• To develop oral and written language skills. 

Introduction Includes: 

Teacher Notes:

• Novel Study Organization
  • Summary of the Story
  • Author Biography
  • Teacher Information on Badgers
• Vocabulary Lists by page
  • Ways to use the vocabulary
• Teachers Guide
  • Learning Objectives
  • Preparation of Materials
    • Independent Reading Approach
    • Guided Reading Approach
  • Discussion Questions by page
• Teacher Input Suggestions
• List of Skills
• Student Reading Checklist 

Student Booklet

• Reading Booklet
  • Booklet Cover
  • 8 pages of reading questions 

Novel Extension Activities

• A combination of half page cards and full worksheets 

• Fun with Words Activities
  1. Compound words
  2. Plural words
  3. Alphabetical order
  4. Matching words that go together
  5. Word opposite
  6. Number of syllables
  7. Riddles – matching the answer to the riddle
  8. Words with double letters 

• Fun to Do Activities
  1. Picnic Lunch
  2. Illustrate a picture
  3. Make paper bag puppets or stick puppets
  4. Write words and sentences about a character.
  5. Design a friendship button
  6. Design a greeting card with a poem
  7. Design a friendship certificate
  8. Draw a picture of your best friend and write a story about them

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