Ryley’s Bronze Medal Presentation! 

   Congratulations!     

Weekly Reading Comprehension Activities

Here are some fun activities for you to do!

1. Complete any questions at the end of the story.
2. Write two questions about the story. Answer the questions.
3. Write about the part you liked best and explain why.
4. Make a WANTED poster for a character in the story.
5. Create a bookmark about the story.
6. Make a diorama showing the setting and characters of the story or one scene you liked.
7. Compose a song or write a poem about the story.
8. Draw a map of the story’s setting. Include rivers, lakes, or where important events took place.
9. Create a game related to the story. Make up your own rules and game cards if needed. Teach others how to play the game.
10. Make finger puppets depicting the characters. Act out some, or all of the story.
11. Create a poster to advertise the story so people will want to read it.
12. Plan a meal for one of the characters of the story. Find or draw pictures of food that a character may like to eat. Glue the pictures to a paper plate.
13. Make up a newspaper with several stories in it about what the characters might do outside of the story.
14. Create one of the characters from the story and attach a speech bubble to it with what the character said (or may say).
15. If it is a play, organize others to act it out and tell the teacher about it.
16. Make up a recipe for some wild food your character might eat.
17. Make up your own parody of the story. Use the story, but make up different characters in a different setting.

Gersain (a fourth grader, forever a room eleven community member) is visiting with his GATE Olympics project. His topic: SHARKS!

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Reading Activities

Reading Comprehension Activities

1. Complete any questions at the end of the story.
2. Write two questions about the story. Answer the questions.
3. Write about the part you liked best and explain why.
4. Make a WANTED poster for a character in the story.
5. Create a bookmark about the story.
6. Make a diorama showing the setting and characters of the story or one scene you liked.
7. Compose a song or write a poem about the story.
8. Draw a map of the story’s setting. Include rivers, lakes, or where important events took place.
9. Create a game related to the story. Make up your own rules and game cards if needed. Teach others how to play the game.
10. Make finger puppets depicting the characters. Act out some, or all of the story.
11. Create a poster to advertise the story so people will want to read it.
12. Plan a meal for one of the characters of the story. Find or draw pictures of food that a character may like to eat. Glue the pictures to a paper plate.
13. Make up a newspaper with several stories in it about what the characters might do outside of the story.
14. Create one of the characters from the story and attach a speech bubble to it with what the character said (or may say).
15. If it is a play, organize others to act it out and tell the teacher about it.
16. Make up a recipe for some wild food your character might eat.
17. Make up your own parody of the story. Use the story, but make up different characters in a different setting.