Frances feels jealous and out of sorts because it’s Gloria’s birthday and not her own, leading her to sulk as the family prepares for the celebration. She watches everyone make decorations and wrap presents, feeling left out and wishing the attention were on her instead. Eventually, Frances decides she should give Gloria a present too, but once she buys the candy, she struggles with the temptation to keep it for herself. In the end, she overcomes her jealousy, gives Gloria the gift, and learns that generosity feels better than holding onto resentment.

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 List
  • 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 

• Working with Words Activities
  1. Match the Antonyms
  2. Making Compound Words
  3. Contractions
  4. Singular and Plural Matching
  5. Alphabetical Order
  6. Root Words
  7. Syllable Fun
  8. Suffix fun
  9. What’s the Missing Vowel Sound?
  10. What’s the Missing Blend?
  11. Does the word need “sh, ch, wh, th”?
  12. Rhyming Time 

• Fun to Do Activities
  1. Printing Birthday Words
  2. Copying the Happy Birthday Song
  3. Design a birthday card with a verse.
  4. Design a birthday invitation.
  5. Survey your classmates to learn their favorite birthday cake.
  6. Write a story about your favorite birthday.
  7. Survey your classmates to learn the most popular birthday month.
  8. Draw a picture of your next birthday cake.
  9. Make a birthday cake collage.
  10. Make a list of birthday games, indoor and outdoor.
  11. Illustrate the part of the story you like best and create a puzzle.
  12. Make a list of good manners to have at a birthday party.
  13. Make a model of the birthday gifts.
  14. Write a story sharing the ways you celebrate your birthday.

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