"Owl Moon" Book Companion Activities

This winter picture book companion is a wonderful supplemental resource for Jane Yolen’s book, Owl Moon. It’s the ideal interactive read-aloud for winter or for educating your students about having patience, spending time with family, being brave, and appreciating nature. 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 38 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, decipher descriptive language, explore and use new vocabulary, figure out figurative language, explore plot elements, 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:

• QR Code Cards to Read the Story on Epic (4 pages) - Includes 3 different formats to implement the QR codes allowing students easy access to the story.
• Making Predictions
• Story Elements
• Problem & Solution
• Sequencing
• Summarizing Main Ideas (ANSWER KEY included)
• Summarizing
• Study the Setting (ANSWER KEY included)
• Setting Influences the Plot
• Plot Map
• Story Plot
• Character Traits - 2 differentiated versions included for this activity
• Character Change
• Character Development
• Character Summary
• Character Perspective
• Making Connections
• Making Inferences
• Theme - 2 differentiated versions included for this activity
• Thematic Statements
• Visualizing
• Descriptive Language
• Making Sense of the Text
• Sensory Details
• Winter Imagery
• Figurative Language (ANSWER KEY included)
• Reader Response Questions (ANSWER KEY included)
• 2-Writing Prompts
• Vocabulary Matching Cards (color and B&W)
• Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle (ANSWER KEYS included)
• Vocabulary Word Search Puzzle (ANSWER KEYS included)
• Owling ABCs
• Wait… There’s More!
• Book Review
• Design a Book Cover

Need ideas for different ways you can implement these activities?

• Focus on different reading skills each day for targeted instruction and have students complete a corresponding printable to check for understanding.
• During centers, students can independently read the story again and complete an activity that reviews a previously taught concept.
• Work with students on a reading concept they struggle with during guided reading or strategy groups.
• Students work with a partner(s) or in literature circles to complete additional reading activities.
• This resource is for extension read-aloud activities only. The book is not included.