When it comes to reading, it’s all about inferring. Kids can learn how to use clues in a text to understand a character’s thoughts or follow the action, in this book about jumping to conclusions.
This story map will help organize students' retelling of stories while reinforcing the concepts of sequencing, main idea, character traits, and setting.
Use this helpful worksheet to support your students as they develop their question asking skills by pretending to interview characters from beloved fictional texts.
What better way to learn about characters in stories than to become one? In this activity, students take on the role of a character as they act out scenes with a partner.
One way to bring books to life for students is to have them empathize with one of the characters. This fun worksheet engages students in analyzing how a character’s feelings change over the course of the beginning, middle, and end of the book.
Bring books to life by having students create their very own character puppets! When they're finished, students can use the puppets to act out their favorite scenes.
Being able to identify when and where a story takes place is an important skill for young readers. After reading fiction books, check students’ comprehension by having them draw the setting of the story in this fun reading comprehension activity.
Have your little ones test their knowledge of "Rapunzel" with this whimsical story map, which includes space for them to write the problem, solution, setting, and more.