Stella Louella's Runaway Book Interactive Read-Aloud Activities

Teacher guidance recommends selecting activities to match learner needs and spreading the work across a week or longer. Before and during reading, learners make predictions, inspect the cover, and respond to comprehension prompts. After reading, they order important events, compare possible themes, support a choice with text evidence, and consider the author’s message. Additional vocabulary and writing options broaden the study. Exact book passages, assessment items, responses, and personal names are excluded here.

Year groups: Years 3–5
Pages: 44
File type: PDF
Answer key: Included

Updated Aug 27, 2024

Subject: Reading Comprehension, Reading, English
Topic: Reading Comprehension, Reading
Resource types: Activities
Answer key: Included

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About this resource

This picture book companion is a comprehensive supplemental resource for Stella Louella's Runaway Book, by Lisa Campbell Ernst. It includes 34 ready-to-use, print-and-go activities designed to meet the needs of all learning levels. Created with teachers in mind, this resource saves you time while providing students with engaging opportunities to demonstrate their understanding and newly acquired knowledge through interactive read-alouds. The activities cover a range of skills, from basic comprehension to critical thinking.

INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE:

Making Predictions
Judging by the Cover
Story Elements
Sequencing
Recalling Events in Chronological Order
Summary
Story Event Sort
Problem & Solution
Minor Problems & Solutions
Making Connections
Making Inferences
Character Traits (2)
Character Traits (4)
Character Inside & Out
Character Feelings
Character Development
Acrostic Poem
Sketch a Scene From the Story
Setting the Scene
Setting Sequence
Silly Sayings
Character Clues
Thinking About the Text
Thinking Beyond the Text
Theme
Author's Message
Crossword Puzzle
Word Search Puzzle
Missing Poster
Wait... There's More!
Find the Verbs
Find the Adverbs
Book Review
Library Scavenger Hunt

This resource is for extension read-aloud activities only. The book is not included.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Make and revisit a prediction during an interactive read-aloud
Sequence important story events and explain a theme
Support an interpretation with evidence from the picture book

Teaching tips

Select a small group of activities instead of assigning the full set at once.
Revisit initial predictions after reading and ask learners which story evidence changed their thinking.

Skills covered

Read-aloud comprehension — learners respond before, during, and after reading.
Literary analysis — theme and author message are distinguished.
Evidence use — interpretations are supported with story details.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

Interactive read-aloud
Story sequence
Theme and evidence

Topics

Reading Comprehension Reading Upper Primary Reading Picture Book Read-Aloud Activities Interactive Read-Aloud Activities Book Companion ELAR

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Reading Comprehension Reading English Activities Year 5 Year 4

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