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Here’s George, walking on our line with his head in his book!
Posted on September 27, 2013 by chris lunney jaffe
Weekly Reading Comprehension Activities
Posted on September 5, 2013 by chris lunney jaffe
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.
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Miss Beth from the La Quinta Library visits us!
Posted on May 30, 2013 by chris lunney jaffe
Wow! What an exciting Summer Reading Program for us 🙂
Miss Beth reminds us our public library is open every day.
The special Reading Program begins Thursday, June 13th.
“Thursdays at Three” will have performers, wild animals, puppeteers, and a magic show.
Free Books! Earn Points, Activities, Win Prizes!
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