Scarecrow by Cynthia Rylant Book Companion Activities

This fall picture book companion is a perfect accompaniment to Cynthia Rylant’s book, Scarecrow. It’s the ideal interactive read-aloud for autumn or for educating your students about seasonal changes, appreciation, the wonders of nature, and personification. Students will love the engaging and fun activities, and you will appreciate the time saved hunting for high-level resources to teach reading concepts that students frequently struggle with.

With 37 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, this resource is ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic ability. Students will investigate characters, identify story elements, determine the theme, sequence events from the story, practice personification, explore and use new vocabulary, discover cause-and-effect relationships, explore plot elements, write poems, investigate imagery, and much more! The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, to encourage students to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and to challenge students to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.

This Resource Includes:

• See, Think, Wonder
• Story Elements
• Cause & Effect (ANSWER KEY included)
• Who is the Scarecrow?
• Character Traits - 2 differentiated versions are included for this activity
• Character Perspective
• Character Summary
• Sequencing
• Plot Map
• Setting Influences the Plot
• Summarizing
• Making Inferences
• Making Connections
• Theme - 2 differentiated versions are included for this activity
• Thematic Statements
• Visualizing
• Symbolism
• Sensory Details
• Seasonal Imagery
• Descriptive Language
• Personification Practice (ANSWER KEY included)
• Personification Poem Brainstorm
• Personification Poem Template
• Reader Response Questions (ANSWER KEY included)
• Vocabulary Matching Cards
• Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle (ANSWER KEY included)
• Vocabulary Word Search Puzzle (ANSWER KEY included)
• Scarecrow ABCs
• Scarecrow Selfie
• Wait… There’s More!
• Book Review
• Design a Book Cover