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.

GATE & High Achievers “Olympics”

September 25, 2012

Dear Parents,

Every year, we invite all GATE and high-achieving students at John Adams Elementary School to participate in our GATE Olympics Program. There are three medal categories for students:  six for a bronze medal, eight for a silver medal, and ten for a gold medal. An awards assembly and display of projects is held the first week of June, before the end of the school year. It is always interesting and enjoyable to see the work that the students have done to enhance their learning.

Please see attached list of project ideas. For example, if your child is doing a science fair project, participating in Math Field Day, and not receiving any behavior citations for the year, they already have three activities done. We look forward to hearing from you soon and helping guide your child with suggestions and ideas.

Thank you for your interest and support in your child’s learning.

Your Child’s Teacher,

Mrs. Christine Lunney Jaffe
Third Grade
Room Eleven