"Octopus Stew" Book Companion Activities

Looking for engaging and standards-aligned activities to complement Octopus Stew by Eric Velasquez? This picture book companion is a complete, print-and-go supplemental resource with 58 reading activities designed to meet diverse learning needs!

Students will dive deep into the story by identifying key elements, exploring character traits, making inferences, comparing and contrasting, determining the theme, and more. With activities like retelling, sequencing, cause and effect, and reader response questions, this resource encourages higher-order thinking and helps students strengthen comprehension skills. They will also love creative tasks like designing a book cover, writing diary entries, and imagining social media posts from the characters.

⭐️What’s Included:

• Making Predictions: Students predict the text before reading.

• Judging by the Cover: Students examine the cover and respond to questions.

• Story Elements: Fill in words and pictures for the story's elements.

• Sequencing: Retell and illustrate the story’s key moments.

• Character Traits: Explore and describe traits of main characters.

• Cause & Effect, Problem & Solution: Activities that require critical thinking.

• Reader Response Questions: Thought-provoking questions with text evidence.

• Creative Writing & Art Projects: Diary entries, comic strips, social media posts, book cover designs, and more!

• Research Projects: Long and short research projects on octopuses and sharks with graphic organizers and report templates.

• And More!

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Perfect for independent work, group activities, or centers, this resource will save you time while providing high-quality, engaging lessons that students will love!

Note: Book not included.