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Cactus Hotel Read Aloud Book Companion Activities for IRA teaching resource preview
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Cactus Hotel Read Aloud Book Companion Activities for IRA

Students make predictions, fill in story elements, sequence events, make inferences and connections, draw before/after and habitat scenes, write additional pages, complete a cut-and-paste timeline, and answer a bingo-style research challenge about the saguaro cactus.

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2–4
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Ella Fitzgerald Skit-Scat Raggedy Cat Book Companion Activities teaching resource preview
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Ella Fitzgerald Skit-Scat Raggedy Cat Book Companion Activities

Students make predictions, identify story elements, summarize, analyze cause and effect, sequence a timeline, analyze character traits/development/perspective, make inferences, identify theme and figurative language, answer reader-response questions and writing prompts, analyze quotes, research a biography, respond to a…

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3–5
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Rainbow Crow Interactive Read-Aloud Activities teaching resource preview
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Rainbow Crow Interactive Read-Aloud Activities

Complete reading comprehension activities tied to a teacher read-aloud of the book, including identifying story elements, making predictions, sequencing and retelling events, analyzing character traits/feelings/development, comparing and contrasting, making inferences and connections, and writing a summary.

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2–4
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Our Big Home: An Earth Poem Interactive Read-Aloud Book Companion Acti teaching resource preview
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Our Big Home: An Earth Poem Interactive Read-Aloud Book Companion Acti

Students complete activities keyed to the read-aloud, including making predictions, a KWL chart, a matching activity on Earth resources (sun/soil/rain/wind/air), word scrambles, a 'Who Am I?' matching-and-drawing activity, a 3-2-1 reflection, text-based comprehension questions, an imagery/figurative-language identification activity, an…

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2–4
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My Papi Has a Motorcycle Read-Aloud Activities and Book Companion teaching resource preview
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My Papi Has a Motorcycle Read-Aloud Activities and Book Companion

Students complete a mix of activities: answer reader-response questions, fill in a story-elements graphic organizer, complete a plot map, retell the story's beginning/middle/end, analyze character traits/dialogue/actions for Daisy or her Papi (character trait pages, character trait showcase, character summary with 5-event timeline),…

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3–5
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Author, A True Story by Helen Lester Interactive Read-Aloud Activities teaching resource preview
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Author, A True Story by Helen Lester Interactive Read-Aloud Activities

Students make predictions, fill in story elements, sequence and retell events, write a summary, sort story events by category, make connections and inferences, analyze the character (traits, feelings, development, change), sketch a scene, identify settings, determine the author's message and theme, answer text-based questions, write a…

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Tar Beach Book Companion | Reading Mini Unit teaching resource preview
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Tar Beach Book Companion | Reading Mini Unit

Read a vocabulary list and complete a crossword; read a nonfiction passage about the George Washington Bridge and sequence historical events from it; design, build, and test a paper bridge (STEM challenge) and complete a lab/reflection form; solve measurement word problems (unit conversion and addition).

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Two Mrs. Gibsons Read Aloud Book Companion Activities for IRA teaching resource preview
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Two Mrs. Gibsons Read Aloud Book Companion Activities for IRA

Students make predictions, identify story elements, sequence and summarize events, sort story events, make inferences and connections, analyze character traits/feelings/change, compare and contrast characters, write an acrostic poem and paragraphs, complete a vocabulary crossword, research a related topic, rate the book, and fill in a…

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I Need a Hug: Language-Literacy Book Companion Packet teaching resource preview
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I Need a Hug: Language-Literacy Book Companion Packet

Engage in a picture walk and repeated readings of the book, identify and write the letter 'i', use core/fringe vocabulary word strips (including AAC-style aided language input), sequence and retell the story with cut-out props, answer WH comprehension questions, complete letter-identification, rhyme-exclusion and rhyme-generation…

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Bugs A to Z Read Aloud Book Companion teaching resource preview
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Bugs A to Z Read Aloud Book Companion

Complete a selection of activities such as matching bugs to descriptions, unscrambling words, sorting bugs by movement type, determining fact vs. fiction, true/false statements (with corrections), creating bug trading cards, matching butterflies to descriptions, and crossword puzzles; separately, play a bug-fact bingo game.

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How to be a Hero | Book Companion Activities | Digital Book Study teaching resource preview
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How to be a Hero | Book Companion Activities | Digital Book Study

Follow the read-aloud, type/write/draw answers to sequencing and character-analysis organizers, drag-and-drop matching and fill-in-the-blank activities, complete a story-elements diagram, answer true/false questions, sort main idea vs. detail, and write a short summary paragraph about being a hero.

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2–5
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Frogs by Seymour Simon Interactive Read-Aloud Activities teaching resource preview
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Frogs by Seymour Simon Interactive Read-Aloud Activities

Make predictions before reading; match vocabulary words to descriptions and draw/color frogs (Who Am I?); unscramble words from book details (Word Scramble); sort true statements from made-up ones (Fact or Fiction); fill in supporting details for main ideas; answer true/false questions and correct false statements; create frog fact…

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2–4
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Four Feet, Two Sandals Book Companion | Reading Mini Unit teaching resource preview
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Four Feet, Two Sandals Book Companion | Reading Mini Unit

Students learn book-related vocabulary (as-salaam alaykum, Ramadan, refugee, relief worker, shalwar-kameez) through a small-group picture-story game, complete a personal-narrative writing prompt from a character's point of view, watch videos and complete a map activity locating the top 5 refugee-origin countries (Syria, Afghanistan,…

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2–4
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Book Companion for 'The School Bus Driver from the Black Lagoon' teaching resource preview
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Book Companion for 'The School Bus Driver from the Black Lagoon'

Engage in shared reading (picture walk, repeated readings), identify a target letter (b) in isolation and within words, practice writing the letter, use core/fringe vocabulary word strips with AAC systems, retell the story using cut-out sequencing pictures, answer multiple-choice comprehension questions, complete rhyme and vocabulary…

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How Chipmunk Got His Stripes Interactive Read-Aloud Activities teaching resource preview
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How Chipmunk Got His Stripes Interactive Read-Aloud Activities

Students complete a large menu of activities tied to the read-aloud: making predictions, a folktale checklist and folktale-tidbits questions, story-elements boxes, sequencing/chronological retelling, a Somebody-Wanted-Because-But-So summary organizer, a 3-panel comic recall, story-event sorting, making connections and inferences,…

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2–4
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The Treasure by Uri Shulevitz Interactive Read-Aloud Activities teaching resource preview
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The Treasure by Uri Shulevitz Interactive Read-Aloud Activities

Complete a variety of activities: identify folktale characteristics, fill in story-element and plot diagrams, sequence and summarize story events, analyze a character's actions/feelings/development, make predictions/inferences/connections, compare and contrast, write letters in character, solve a crossword puzzle, and plan/write an…

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2–4
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Ada Twist, Scientist | Book Companion Activities | Digital Book Study teaching resource preview
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Ada Twist, Scientist | Book Companion Activities | Digital Book Study

After the read-aloud, students type/write/draw or drag-and-drop answers directly on interactive slides: sequence beginning/middle/end events, identify story elements (characters, plot, setting, conflict, resolution), answer true/false comprehension questions, sort main idea vs. detail, complete word-bank fill-in-the-blank sentences, and…

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2–5
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Aunt Flossie's Hats and Crab Cakes Later Book Companion teaching resource preview
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Aunt Flossie's Hats and Crab Cakes Later Book Companion

A reading comprehension book companion for the picture book 'Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later)' by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard, offering a menu of print-and-go activities covering story elements and comprehension skills.

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2–4
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You Get What You Get | Book Companion Activities | Digital Book Study teaching resource preview
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You Get What You Get | Book Companion Activities | Digital Book Study

Students complete a beginning/middle/end sequencing activity, describe a character's sensory experience, identify story elements (characters, plot, setting, conflict, resolution) via drag-and-drop or typing, judge true/false statements, sort main idea vs. detail statements, fill in missing words in comprehension sentences, and write…

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1–4
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