Tacky's Christmas Book Companion and Mentor Text Activities

Students are going to love reading this whimsical story of Tacky the penguin’s Christmas! The book also makes an excellent mentor text for your reading and vocabulary standards. This 55 page book companion is packed full of fun learning activities created to meet the reading, vocabulary, language, and writing standards for grades 2nd-5th.

What's included in the Tacky’s Christmas Book Companion and Mentor Text Activities...
-Story Prediction
-Popping New Words
-Vocabulary Organizer
-Vocabulary Cards
-Vocabulary Matching (with key)
-Context Clues (with key)
-Figurative Language
-Parts of Speech Scavenger Hunt
-Visualization
-Setting
-Point of View (2)
-Describing Characters
-Illustrating the Main Character
-Inferring Character Feelings
-Character Analysis
-Character Traits
-Character’s Challenges
-Make a Tackytree
-Compare and Contrast Characters
-Problem and Solution (2)
-Sequence the Story
-Story Timeline
-Cause and Effect
-Reading Closely
-Beginning, Middle, and End (2)
-Parts of a Story
-Retell the Main Events
-Plot Diagram
-Comprehension Questions
-5 W’s Summary
-SWBST Summary
-Writing Prompts (2)
-My Favorite Part
-Book Review
-Alignments to 2nd – 5th Grade CCSS