Would you give a mouse a cookie, a moose a muffin, or even a pig a pancake? This instructional guide for literature covers five different "If You Give " books, and students will enjoy completing the fun, challenging activities and lessons as they learn to analyze each story. These rigorous, cross-curricular lessons and activities work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to comprehend complex literature and help them understand the significance of each story. This resource is packed with tools to teach students how to analyze story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading and text-based vocabulary, determine meaning through text-dependent questions, and more. This is the perfect way to add rigor to your students' explorations of beginning literature.

If you give a dog a donut, he’ll ask for some apple juice to go with it. When you give him the juice, he’ll drink it all up. Then, before you can say “Woof” . . . Dog is off on a backyard adventure! The exuberant dog who first appeared in if you give a pig a party is now the star of his very own book. Written in the irresistible “If You Give…” tradition, if you give a dog a donut is another home run from the beloved team of Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond.

These assessment questions for the If You Give...Series are modeled after current testing models requiring students to revisit the text for answers. Students have to support their opinions and inferences with examples from the text.

These vocabulary activities for the If You Give...Series incorporate key skills from the Common Core. The activities integrate vocabulary with the study of the texts. Includes text-dependent questions, definitions, and text-based sentences.

Students analyze the If You Give...Series using key skills from the Common Core. Close reading of the text is required to answer text-dependent questions. Included are student pages with the text-dependent questions as well as suggested answers.

Chaos might ensue if you were to give a dog a donut.

These leveled discussion questions about the If You Give...Series require students to read closely, make connections, and share their analyses. Included are leveled comprehension questions and suggested answers.