Nate the Great and the Halloween Hunt - Tanya Beers

Tanya Beers

IST571: Children's Literature Lit Kit

Book: Nate the Great and the Halloween Hunt by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

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Tanya Beers

IST571: Nate the Great and the Halloween Hunt by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat - Lit Kit

Title: Nate the Great and the Halloween Hunt

Author:  Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

Lexile Level: 370L

Grade Level: 1st through 4th grade

Age Range:   6 to 9 years old

ISBN #: 044080163X

Lesson for 2nd graders (tied in with Halloween):

A. I will read Nate the Great and the Halloween Hunt by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat to the class.

B. Students will fill out these questions about the reading:

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C. Then students will write two paragraphs about how they would feel to be a detective, solve crime, 

rescue people and/or animals in trouble? Have they already had to do this in real life and how/why?

*The above questions are the only part of this lesson that are not mine.

D. Students will have a PowerPoint lesson about how to find books online at their grade level from 

reputable sources. Students may be at home and need to find a book at their grade level to read at 

their teacher’s request for an assignment in class. They may go to the public library with a parent 

but not know where to begin finding a book on their own; of course they could ask the librarian 

but if they wanted to find it by themselves this may help.

These are websites that give examples of books that are at a second grade reading level:

1.  https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/2nd-grade

2. https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/series-books-and-beyond-

grades-2-3/

3. http://www.scholastic.com/parents/books-and-reading/book-lists-and-recommendations/

ages-6-7

4. https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/best-books-for-second-graders

5. https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/teachers-picks-top-25-

picture-books/

E. At the end of class, I will tell them a ghost story while they have snacks, drinks and some 
Halloween candy.

Learning Standards:

Common Core ELA Reading Standards for Literature K-5 (Grade 2)

2.1. Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate 

understanding of key details in a text.

2.3. Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

2.5 Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces 

the story and the ending concludes the action.

2.11. Make connections between self, text, and the world around them (text, media, social 
interaction).

Learning Goal:

Students will demonstrate their knowledge of the reading through answering questions and 

writing 2-paragraphs about how they feel about the reading.

 

Learning Objectives:

1. Students will have a PowerPoint lesson that details how to find a book 

  at their grade level at the local public library so they have that skill on their own. 
(Psychomotor)

2. Students will write  a 2-paragraph description about how they would feel to be a detective 

like Nate the Great in order to identify with the main character of the book. (Affective)

3. Students will demonstrate their knowledge of the reading by writing down answers to 

the assigned questions about the reading. (Cognitive)

Learning Outcome:

Students will be able to go to the public library and choose a book at their grade level by 

themselves and demonstrate their knowledge of the reading through the question activity and 

written assignment.

Works Cited:

New York State Department of Education. (2011). New York State P-12 Common Core Learning 

Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy. Retrieved from 

 https://www.engageny.org/resource/new-york-state-p-12-common-core-learning-standards-for-
english-language-arts-and-literacy.

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman. Nate the Great and the Halloween Hunt. Yearling, 1989.

Teacher’s Notebook. (2017). Nate the Great and the Halloween Hunt Comprehension Questions.  

Retrieved from http://www.teachersnotebook.com/product/aslyn769/nate-the-great-and-the-
halloween-hunt-comprehension-questions.