"Bonaparte Falls Apart" Book Companion Activities

This picture book companion is a fantastic supplemental resource for interactive read-aloud lessons using the book Bonaparte Falls Apart, by Margery Cuyler. It’s the perfect read-aloud for the days or weeks leading up to Halloween or for teaching your students about friendship and kindness. Students will love the engaging and fun activities, and you will appreciate the time it saves you looking for high-level resources to teach reading concepts that students often struggle with.

With 26 print-and-go reading activities to select from, this resource is ideal for personalizing instruction based on your student’s needs and academic capabilities. Students will dig into characterization; identify story elements; determine the theme; sequence events from the story; gain and apply new vocabulary; find cause-and-effect relationships; practice elements of plot; and so much more! The included activities were designed to encourage students to use higher-level thinking skills, require students to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to provide their own opinions and/or perspective.

This Resource Includes:

• See, Think, Wonder Pre-reading activity
• Story Elements - 2 differentiated versions are included for this activity
• Making Connections
• Character Traits - 3 differentiated versions are included for this activity
• Problem & Solution
• Cause & Effect - 3 differentiated versions are included for this activity (ANSWER KEYS included)
• Making Inferences
• Theme - 3 differentiated versions are included for this activity
• Thematic Statements
• Retell the Story (ANSWER KEY included)
• Sequencing
• Plot Map (ANSWER KEY included)
• Summarizing
• Wait… There’s More!
• A Bone-a-fide Book Review
• Vocabulary Matching Cards
• Sayings and Phrases Matching Cards (COLOR and B&W)
• Silly Sayings (ANSWER KEY included)
• Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle (ANSWER KEY included)
• Vocabulary Word Search Puzzle (ANSWER KEY included)