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Jabuti the Tortoise Reader Response Activities teaching resource preview
Folktales & imaginative stories

Jabuti the Tortoise Reader Response Activities

A picture-book companion resource intended to accompany the book 'Jabuti the Tortoise: A Trickster Tale from the Amazon' by Gerald McDermott, offering reading-response activities.

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2–4
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I Love Saturdays y Domingos Read Aloud teaching resource preview
History, biography & communities

I Love Saturdays y Domingos Read Aloud

A picture-book companion resource with 26 print-and-go reading comprehension activities to accompany the book 'I Love Saturdays y Domingos' by Alma Flor Ada.

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2–4
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Jamaica Louise James Interactive Read-Aloud Activities teaching resource preview
History, biography & communities

Jamaica Louise James Interactive Read-Aloud Activities

A large print-and-go interactive read-aloud companion packet for the picture book 'Jamaica Louise James' by Amy Hest, offering a menu of reading comprehension, character analysis, and writing activities.

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2–4
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Book Companion: The Bugliest Bug Read Aloud teaching resource preview
Science & the natural world

Book Companion: The Bugliest Bug Read Aloud

Provide a comprehensive interactive read-aloud companion for the picture book 'The Bugliest Bug' by Carol Diggory Shields, covering comprehension, story elements, character analysis, and a bug-facts bingo game.

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2–4
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Strega Nona Read Aloud Book Companion teaching resource preview
Folktales & imaginative stories

Strega Nona Read Aloud Book Companion

A print-and-go reading-comprehension companion for the picture book Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola, offering 34 selectable activities covering story elements, sequencing, cause & effect, character analysis, and inference/prediction skills.

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2–4
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The Art Lesson Read Aloud Book Companion teaching resource preview
History, biography & communities

The Art Lesson Read Aloud Book Companion

This picture book companion is a complete supplemental resource for the book The Art Lesson by Tomie dePaola. It includes 28 print-and-go reading activities to choose from, making this resource ideal for customizing learning to your student's specific needs and academic abilities. Students will investigate characters, identify story…

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2–4
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (6-10 years) teaching resource preview
Chapter books & performance reading

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (6-10 years)

Provide an illustrated, classroom-framed adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' for independent or read-aloud reading by children aged 6-10.

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1–4
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Zomo the Rabbit: A Trickster Tale Read Aloud Book Companion teaching resource preview
Folktales & imaginative stories

Zomo the Rabbit: A Trickster Tale Read Aloud Book Companion

Use Zomo’s search for wisdom to connect trickster-tale features with character judgment. The organizers support sequencing, retelling and evidence gathering before students tackle the Wanted Poster or Sorry, Not Sorry writing task. Choose activities across several sessions, keeping the book’s illustrations visible as the teacher notes recommend.

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2–4
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Look! Ancient China! | History eBook teaching resource preview
History, biography & communities

Look! Ancient China! | History eBook

An 8-page history eBook that introduces elementary students to ancient Chinese civilization through short, vivid facts about geography, farming, inventions (paper, silk, porcelain, fireworks), the Silk Roads trade routes, the Great Wall, and cultural legacy.

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3–6
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Big Red Lollipop Read Aloud Book Companion Activities for IRA teaching resource preview
Character, theme & author choices

Big Red Lollipop Read Aloud Book Companion Activities for IRA

This companion offers thirty activities to select around a read-aloud of Big Red Lollipop. Students explore predictions, story elements, sequencing, character traits and feelings, theme and perspective. Rubina, Sana and Ami receive individual character pages. Opinion writing and a final book review extend responses, while teacher tips support pacing across multiple sessions. The picture book is not included.

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2–4
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Why the Sky is Far Away: A Nigerian Folktale Read-Aloud Activities teaching resource preview
Folktales & imaginative stories

Why the Sky is Far Away: A Nigerian Folktale Read-Aloud Activities

Companion pages move from predictions and folktale elements to retelling, character studies of Adese and the Sky, inference and theme. Students can complete a vocabulary crossword and an All About Nigeria research page. A final writing project offers planning sheets, plot organizers and lined layouts for an original folktale or origin story. Use alongside the picture book.

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2–4
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Earrings! by Judith Viorst Interactive Read-Aloud Activities teaching resource preview
Character, theme & author choices

Earrings! by Judith Viorst Interactive Read-Aloud Activities

Use Judith Viorst’s Earrings! to spark conversations about what a character wants, how she feels, and how the story unfolds. Students can predict, sequence events, explore character traits, and use details from the words and illustrations to explain their thinking. The companion offers a choice of responses rather than a single lesson to finish at once. Select activities to revisit across several readings, then extend the work with a biography-inspired earring design.

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2–4
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Bigmama's by Donald Crews Read Aloud teaching resource preview
History, biography & communities

Bigmama's by Donald Crews Read Aloud

This companion to Donald Crews' Bigmama's offers a selection of activities for before, during and after a read-aloud. Students can track story events, explore characters and setting, make inferences and connect the family's visits with their own memories. Choose the pages that fit your focus and spread them across several sessions; the teacher notes recommend making the book's illustrations clearly visible during reading.

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2–4
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Never Smile at a Monkey by Steve Jenkins Read-Aloud Activities teaching resource preview
Science & the natural world

Never Smile at a Monkey by Steve Jenkins Read-Aloud Activities

Use the activities alongside Steve Jenkins’s Never Smile at a Monkey to revisit animal facts in several ways. Reading responses, vocabulary puzzles, true-or-false work, and animal comparisons let students return to details from the read-aloud without repeating one task format. Select a few activities for each reading session; word-bank options and the different response formats support varied levels of independence.

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2–4
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Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau Read Aloud Book Companion teaching resource preview
History, biography & communities

Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau Read Aloud Book Companion

The Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau Read Aloud Book Companion This exceptional teaching resource, designed for Grade 2 to Grade 4 students, focuses on comprehension, literature and reading skills development as a unique part of Language Arts learning. Specifically meant to accompany the book Manfish: A Story of Jacques Couveau by…

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2–4
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Read Aloud Book Companion: The Turtle and the Monkey teaching resource preview
Folktales & imaginative stories

Read Aloud Book Companion: The Turtle and the Monkey

This comprehensive supplemental resource serves as the perfect companion to the book The Monkey and the Turtle by Paul Galdone. It offers 31 ready-to-use reading activities, catering to a variety of student needs and academic competencies. From exploring characters, pinpointing story elements, determining themes, plotting story events,…

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2–4
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