For 27 years, the world of Ivan the gorilla was a dull cage in a roadside shopping mall. But when he meets Ruby, a baby elephant captured out of the wild.

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Find fun student activities to engage students with The One and Only Ivan like character maps, vocabulary, and more!

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Oh Ivan... We finished the book the week before Thanksgiving, so for a culminating opinion writing activity my students created their own version of Ivan. I took 2 shades of gray construction paper and cut them into 3 different sizes. The dark gray was 9 x 12, the light gray were 9 x 6 and another 4.5 x 6. To create Ivan: 1. The students took their fists and placed it on the top of the dark gray paper. They drew a large half circle around their fist to create Ivan's head. From there we drew…

Illustration for the cover of The One and Only Ivan by Patricia Castelao.

If you haven't read The One and Only Ivan, you are in for a real treat. This post contains several activities to use with the book.

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The One and Only Ivan Novel Study - free resources for this engaging novel by Katherine Applegate - perfect for grades 3-6!