The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies is a great story to read aloud to your class or use with your small group. This story follows both Evan and Jessie (who are brother and sister) as they dive into the world of running a lemonade stand. Along the way you will read about their grudges, misunderstandings, and competitive nature while also learning some kid-friendly business advice. Today I want to share two activities you can use with your students while reading The Lemonade War: a lemonade craft and a vocabulary booklet.
lemonade war craft booklet
This lemonade craft booklet can be used during or after reading the story. I have included two covers – one has a title and clipart and the other is left blank so students can color it in to make it look like a glass of lemonade. I have also included templates to add a straw and a lemon wedge.
On the inside of the lemonade booklet, students can respond to the text in a variety of ways. There are three different templates to choose from (lined, blank, and a picture/writing combo). These pages would be great for chapter summaries, character studies, book reviews, and more! These lemonade craft booklets can be put on a bulletin board display when finished.
lemonade war vocabulary booklet
Since each chapter title in the story focuses on a business term, these words are perfect to use for vocabulary work! You can also use any other words you find in the story. As students find unfamiliar vocabulary words, you can stop and work on these words together using this vocabulary graphic organizer. When all the pages are complete, you can put them together into a Lemonade Words booklet. I have included a cover for this vocabulary booklet, too!
I have added this lemonade craft and vocabulary booklet to my Free Resource Library. If you aren’t an email subscriber yet, you can sign up here.
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You might enjoy my book companion for The Lemonade War. This resource contains comprehension questions and a vocabulary matching activity for each chapter of the story. There are also several graphic organizers to guide students while reading. You can find my full book companion here:
Happy Teaching!
I would love to get The Lemonade War vocabulary activity. I tried signing up for it but haven’t got anything in my email that says I filled it information.
I just looked into this and it shows that the email was delivered, but not opened. Is there a chance it is in your junk/spam folder? Sometimes school district emails block these messages from being delivered to your inbox. If that doesn’t work, I can try to send the message again.
Storie
Love this craft idea! Signed up as my daughter is reading this as a distance learning project, but the craft didn’t come through. Have checked all spam and isn’t anywhere in my inboxes. Any ideas? Such a cute activity!
Hi Traci,
Are you still having trouble accessing the craft? Everything on my end shows that the emails were sent. If not, please let me know and I can try sending it again.
Thanks,
Storie
Hi! This is super cute! I would love the free resource however the link doesn’t seem to work. Is it possible to email the resource? Thank you so much!!!
Hi Laura,
I just double checked the link and I was able to download the freebie from the Free Resource Library without any problems. Are you receiving any type of error message?
Storie
The link takes me to the resource library but the actual lemonade craft isn’t there. I see 20 other free resources but not this particular resource that I’m looking for. Does that make sense? I’m not sure if there is another place to look or if I’m doing something wrong.
Hi Laura,
So you’re only seeing 20 resources in the Free Resource Library? That’s so strange! Are you accessing the library via computer or phone?
I’ll move the Lemonade War resource closer to the top for now while I look into why all of the resources aren’t showing.
Please let me know if you have any other questions.
Storie