This is Not My Hat

Author: Jon Klassen

Illustrator: Jon Klassen

Genre: Picture book

"This is Not my Hat" by Jon Klassen. Scholastic. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Mar. 2017.

Annotation
This story is about a small fish who steals a hat from a big sleeping fish and brags about how the big fish will never wake up and know he stole the hat. Eventually the big fish wakes up and finds out his hat is missing.

ELA Content Standards
Integrations of Knowledge and Ideas- Grade 1
7.) Use illustrations and details in the story to describe its characters, settings, or events.

How it Connects: The students can talk about the setting of the story. They could also discuss the emotions of the characters (how does the fish feel when he looses his hat) and talk about how the fish gets his hat back.

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas- Grade 1
9.) Identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (eg., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).

How it Connect: Jon Klassen also wrote and illustrated the book I Want My Hat Back. After the class has read both books, the students can discuss the similarities and differences between the plot, character, and setting of the books.

Tier 3 Vocabulary
stole, worry, belong

Classroom Usage
Independent Reading: Read quietly to themselves, work on comprehension.

Small Groups: Discuss the setting of the book. Talk about the characters, and re create characters of their own.

Centers: Split up into four centers
1.) Discuss the characters and their emotions. Talk about how it is not okay to take things that are not yours.
2.) Draw sea creatures and share with the class.
3.) Discuss how they felt when someone took something of theirs.

Differentiation
The following book could be helpful with kids who have dyslexia because it isn't too complex. Each page only has a sentence or two for them to read, so it would be a good beginner book for children who struggle with dyslexia.