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Why the Sky is Far Away: A Nigerian Folktale Interactive Read-Aloud Activities
This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book Why the Sky is Far Away: A Nigerian Folktale by Mary-Joan Gerson.
With 36 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, this resource is ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic abilities. Students will investigate illustrations, identify story elements, determine the theme, analyze characters, compare & contrast, make predictions, inferences, & connections, answer questions that require them to think beyond the text, and much more!
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. The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, encourage them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
The Treasure by Uri Shulevitz Interactive Read-Aloud Activities
This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book The Treasure by Uri Shulevitz.
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 abilities. Students will practice identifying plot elements, identify characteristics of a folktale, determine the theme, analyze characters, compare & contrast, make predictions, inferences, & connections, answer questions that require them to think within and beyond the text, and much more!
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. The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, encourage them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
Nine-In-One Grr! Grr! Interactive Read-Aloud Activities
This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book Nine-In-One Grr! Grr! retold by Blia Xiong.
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 abilities. Students will practice identifying plot elements, identify characteristics of a folktale, determine the theme, analyze characters, compare & contrast, make predictions, inferences, & connections, answer questions that require them to think within and beyond the text, and much more!
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. The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, encourage them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
Town Mouse Country Mouse by Jan Brett Interactive Read-Aloud Activities
This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book Town Mouse, Country Mouse by Jan Brett.
With 34 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, this resource is ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic abilities. Students will identify story elements, determine the theme, analyze characters, compare and contrast, make predictions, inferences, and connections, answer questions that require them to think within and beyond the text, and so much more!
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. The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, encourage them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
Honey... Honey... Lion! by Jan Brett Interactive Read-Aloud Activities
This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book Honey… Honey… Lion! by Jan Brett.
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 abilities. Students will identify story elements, determine the theme, analyze characters, compare and contrast, make predictions, inferences, and connections, answer questions that require them to think within and beyond the text, and so much more!
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. The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, encourage them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
Comet's Nine Lives by Jan Brett Interactive Read-Aloud Activities
This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book Comet’s Nine Lives by Jan Brett.
With 33 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, this resource is ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic abilities. Students will identify story elements, determine the theme, analyze characters, compare and contrast, make predictions, inferences, and connections, answer questions that require them to think within and beyond the text, and so much more!
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. The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, encourage them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
Berlioz the Bear by Jan Brett Interactive Read-Aloud Activities
This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book Berlioz the Bear by Jan Brett.
With 27 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, this resource is ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic abilities. Students will identify story elements, determine the theme, analyze characters, compare and contrast, make predictions, inferences, and connections, answer questions that require them to think within and beyond the text, and so much more!
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. The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, encourage them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
Rainbow Crow Book Companion and Interactive Read-Aloud Activities
This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book Rainbow Crow by Nancy Van Laan.
With 33 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, this resource is ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic abilities. Students will identify story elements, determine the theme, analyze characters, compare and contrast, make predictions, inferences, and connections, answer questions that require them to think within and beyond the text, and so much more!
Bird Talk: What Birds Are Saying and Why Interactive Read Aloud Activities
This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book Bird Talk: What Birds Are Saying and Why by Lita Judge.
With 25 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, this resource is ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic abilities. Students will apply listening and note-taking skills, investigate the functions and importance of bird feathers, make inferences and connections, learn and apply new vocabulary, identify and gain information using text and graphic features, answer questions that require them to think beyond the text, and so much more!
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. The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, encourage them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
Feathers: Not Just for Flying Interactive Read Aloud Activities
This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book Feathers: Not Just for Flying by Melissa Stewart.
With 24 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, this resource is ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic abilities. Students will apply listening and note-taking skills, investigate the functions and importance of bird feathers, make inferences and connections, learn and apply new vocabulary, identify and gain information using text and graphic features, answer questions that require them to think beyond the text, and so much more!
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. The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, encourage them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
The Barn Owls Book Companion and Interactive Read-Aloud Activities
This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book The Barn Owls by Tony Johnston.
With 41 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, this resource is ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic abilities. Students will identify story elements, determine the theme, analyze elements of poetry, compare and contrast, make predictions, inferences, and connections, answer questions that require them to think within and beyond the text, and so much more!
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. The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, encourage them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
White Owl, Barn Owl Book Companion and Interactive Read-Aloud Activities
This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book White Owl, Barn Owl by Nicola Davies.
With 30 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, this resource is ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic abilities. Students will apply listening and note-taking skills, investigate the facts about barn owls, make inferences and connections, learn and apply new vocabulary, identify and gain information using text and graphic features, answer questions that require them to think beyond the text, and so much more!
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. The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, encourage them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
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Miss Nelson is Back Interactive Read-Aloud Book Companion Activities for IRA
This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book Miss Nelson is Back by James Marshall.
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 abilities. Students will investigate characters, identify story elements, determine the theme, sequence story events, compare & contrast, identify cause & effect, make predictions, inferences, & connections, answer questions that require them to think beyond the text, and much more!
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. The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, encourage them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES:
Making Predictions
Story Elements
Sequencing
Summary
Recalling events in Chronological Order
Story Event Sort
Problem & Solution
Making Inferences
Making Connections
Character Inside & Out
Character Feelings
Character Traits
Character Change
Sketch a Scene From the Story
Setting the Scene
Cause & Effect
Author’s Message
Theme
Details Detective
Thinking About the Text
Thinking Beyond the Text
Before & After
Secret Swap
Wait… There’s More!
Crossword Puzzle (answer key included)
Word Search Puzzle (answer key included)
Apology Note
Book Review
Compare & Contrast
Miss Nelson is Missing Interactive Read-Aloud Book Companion Activities for IRA
This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book Missing is Missing by James Marshall.
With 34 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, this resource is ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic abilities. Students will investigate characters, identify story elements, determine the theme, sequence story events, compare & contrast, make predictions, inferences, & connections, answer questions that require them to think beyond the text, and much more!
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. The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, encourage them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES:
Making Predictions
Story Elements
Sequencing
Summary
Recalling events in Chronological Order
Story Event Sort
Problem & Solution
Making Inferences
Making Connections
Character Inside & Out
Character Feelings
Character Traits
Character Change
Students & Teachers
Sketch a Scene From the Story
Setting the Scene
Author’s Message
Theme
Details Detective
Thinking About the Text
Thinking Beyond the Text
Miss Swamp Seems Suspicious
Before & After
Secret Swap
Wait… There’s More!
Crossword Puzzle (answer key included)
Missing Poster
Book Review
Compare & Contrast
Edwina the Emu Interactive Read-Aloud Book Companion Activities for IRA
This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book Edwina the Emu by Sheena Knowles.
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 abilities. Students will investigate characters, identify story elements, determine the theme, sequence story events, compare & contrast, make predictions, inferences, & connections, answer questions that require them to think beyond the text, conduct research on emus, and much more!
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. The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, encourage them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES:
Making Predictions
Story Elements
Sequencing
Summary
Recalling events in Chronological Order
Story Event Sort
Problem & Solution
Making Inferences
Making Connections
Character Inside & Out
Character Feelings
Character Traits
Character Change
Character Acrostic Poem
Sketch a Scene From the Story
Setting the Scene
3-2-1
Author’s Message
Theme
Thinking About the Text
Jobs for Edwina
Educating Little Emus
Who’s Who of the Baby Emus
Wait… There’s More!
Book Review
Crossword Puzzle (answer key included)
Compare & Contrast
Long Research Project on Emus
One-Page Research Project on Emus
Edward the Emu Interactive Read-Aloud Book Companion Activities for IRA
This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book Edward the Emu by Sheena Knowles.
With 36 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, this resource is ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic abilities. Students will investigate characters, identify story elements, determine the theme, sequence story events, compare & contrast, make predictions, inferences, & connections, answer questions that require them to think beyond the text, conduct research on emus, and much more!
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. The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, encourage them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES:
Making Predictions
Story Elements
Sequencing
Summary
Recalling events in Chronological Order
Story Event Sort
Problem & Solution
Making Inferences
Making Connections
Character Inside & Out
Character Feelings
Character Traits
Character Change
Character Acrostic Poem
Sketch a Scene From the Story
Setting Influences the Plot
Setting the Scene
3-2-1
Author’s Message
Theme
Thinking About the Text
Tomorrow I’ll Be…
The Best Exhibit at the Zoo
Wait… There’s More!
Book Review
Crossword Puzzle (answer key included)
Compare & Contrast
Long Research Project on Emus
One-Page Research Project on Emus
Tacky the Penguin Interactive Read-Aloud Book Companion Activities for IRA
This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester.
With 31 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, this resource is ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic abilities. Students will investigate characters, identify story elements, determine the theme, sequence story events, compare & contrast, make predictions, inferences, & connections, answer questions that require them to think beyond the text, and much more!
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. The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, encourage them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES:
Making Predictions
Story Elements
Sequencing
Summary
Recalling events in Chronological Order
Story Event Sort
Problem & Solution
Making Inferences
Making Connections
Character Inside & Out
Character Feelings
Character Traits
Character Change
Character Summary
Character Acrostic Poem
Sketch a Scene From the Story
Setting Influences the Plot
Setting the Scene
3-2-1
Author’s Message
Theme
Thinking About the Text
My Penguin Name
Dare to Be Different
Before & After
Wait… There’s More!
Book Review
Crossword Puzzle (answer key included)
Word Search Puzzle (answer key included)
Compare & Contrast
Three Cheers For Tacky Interactive Read-Aloud Book Companion Activities for IRA
This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book Three Cheers for Tacky by Helen Lester.
With 31 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, this resource is ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic abilities. Students will investigate characters, identify story elements, determine the theme, sequence story events, compare & contrast, make predictions, inferences, & connections, answer questions that require them to think beyond the text, and much more!
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. The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, encourage them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES:
Making Predictions
Story Elements
Sequencing
Summary
Recalling events in Chronological Order
Story Event Sort
Problem & Solution
Making Inferences
Making Connections
Character Inside & Out
Character Feelings
Character Traits
Character Change
Character Summary
Character Acrostic Poem
Sketch a Scene From the Story
Setting Influences the Plot
Setting the Scene
3-2-1
Author’s Message
Theme
Thinking About the Text
Be a Better Teammate
Dare to Be Different
Cheering Contest Flyer
Then & Now
Wait… There’s More!
Book Review
Crossword Puzzle
Compare & Contrast
Bundle
Bugs and Insects Interactive Read Aloud Activities BUNDLE for IRA
This interactive read-aloud BUNDLE** includes 98 no-prep activities** that are ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic abilities. The included activities were created to be used with the following interactive read-aloud picture books:
*** Bugs A to Z**, by Caroline Lawton
The Bugliest Bug, by Carol Giggory Shields
*** Bugs for Lunch**, by Margery Facklam
When Lightning Comes in a Jar, by Patricia Polacco
You save over 20% off the individual price of each product by purchasing this BUNDLE of interactive read-aloud book companion activities for the text set, Exploring the Natural World: Bugs and Insects.
The included reading activities can be used as a supplemental resource during your interactive read-aloud lessons. Most of the lessons are best suited for students in the 2nd and 3rd grades. However, some of the included activities focus on applying crucial reading skills, digging deeper into the text, and critical thinking, so they will be great for gifted and talented students, enrichment activities, or for any of your students who are ready for a challenge. Quick and easy setup, plus clear student directions, make these activities perfect for centers or substitute days, too!
Students will investigate characters, identify story elements, determine the theme, compare & contrast, make predictions, inferences, & connections, investigate various bugs and insects, conduct research, learn and apply new vocabulary, answer questions that require them to think beyond the text, and much more!
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. The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, encourage them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
You will get TONS of print-and-go activities for each picture book, saving you valuable time you already don’t have to spare.
⭐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 or in literature circles to complete additional reading activities.
This resource is for extension read-aloud activities only. The book is not included.
When Lightning Comes in a Jar Read Aloud Book Companion Activities for IRA
This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book When Lightning Comes in a Jar by Patricia Polacco.
With 28 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, this resource is ideal for customizing learning to your student’s specific needs and academic abilities. Students will investigate characters, identify story elements, determine the theme, practice plotting story events, compare & contrast, make predictions, inferences, & connections, answer questions that require them to think beyond the text, and much more!
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. The activities provided are designed to enable students to apply higher-level thinking skills, encourage them to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to express their own thoughts and/or perspectives.
This Resource Includes:
Making Predictions
Story Elements
Sequencing
Recalling Events in Chronological Order
Summary
Story Event Sort
Making Inferences
Making Connections
Character Inside & Ou
Character Feelings
Character Development
Character Change
Character Summary
Sketch a Scene From the Story
Setting Influences the Plot
Setting the Scene
3-2-1
Author’s Message
Theme
Thinking About the Text
Then & Now
Wait… There’s More!
My Special Memory
Making Memories at the Family Reunion
Families are Special
Dear Patricia Polacco
Book Review
Family Traditions Survey