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3rd - 8th Grade Common Core Make Connections Resources : Page 3

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

Novel Study: The Giver: Pre-Reading Activity

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as they read the first chapters of A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.

Book Study: A Night to Remember: Discussion Guide #1

Students will practice making connections between a text and their real life experiences in this reading comprehension activity.

Making Connections Part 1: Literary Response

After reading Jim Murphy&rsquo;s The Great Fire, help learners make connections between the book and their community with this engaging extension activity.

Book Study: The Great Fire: Natural Disaster Research Project

Children learn about the environmental activist and women's rights advocate Wangari Maathai. Students will read a biography about the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Biography of Wangari Maathai

Use this guide to promote in-depth discussion after students have finished reading chapters 10&ndash;13 of Suzanne Collins&rsquo;s The Hunger Games.

Novel Study: The Hunger Games: Discussion Guide #3

Thinking Routine: Parts, Purposes, and Complexities

Get your students excited about making text connections!

Making Connections Tic-Tac-Toe

Kids will be fascinated by these stories of accidents that turned into huge successes!

Accidental Inventions

After finishing R.J. Palacio&rsquo;s novel Wonder, encourage students to create their own precepts with this creative extension activity!

Novel Study: Wonder: Write Your Postcard Precept

Use these pre-reading discussion prompts to prepare students for reading&nbsp;Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery.

Novel Study: Anne of Green Gables: Pre-Reading Discussion Prompts

Engage readers with an exciting musical extension activity to be completed after they&#39;ve finished reading&nbsp;The Giver by Lois Lowry!

Novel Study: The Giver: Playlist for Jonas

Children are introduced to Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist who got her start at a young age accompanying her mother as she registered African Americans to vote.

Learning About Amelia Boynton Robinson

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read chapters 5-8 of A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.

Book Study: A Night to Remember: Discussion Guide #2

When in Rome, what should visitors do? Let your students become a tour guide to Rome, the historic city in Italy, with this travel brochure activity.

Make a Travel Brochure for Rome

Use this reading guide to encourage thoughtful discussions about the final chapters&nbsp;of Suzanne Collins&rsquo;s The Hunger Games.

Novel Study: The Hunger Games: Discussion Guide #6

In this biography worksheet, children read a passage about Booker T. Washington's life, then follow a series of thoughtful prompts to reflect on what they have learned.

Biography: Booker T. Washington

Encourage thoughtful discussion after students read chapters 19&ndash;23 of Suzanne Collins&rsquo;s The Hunger Games with this helpful discussion guide!&nbsp;

Novel Study: The Hunger Games: Discussion Guide #5

Invite your students to create a travel brochure about Mexico City and pull key facts from the informational text provided.

Make a Travel Brochure for Mexico City

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read the final chapters of&nbsp;The Great Fire.

Book Study: The Great Fire: Discussion Guide #3

Martin Luther King Jr. is honored as one of the key leaders in the civil rights movement. Students will read his biography and find text evidence to support or refute some statements before completing a short writing activity.

Who Was Martin Luther King Jr.?

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students continue reading&nbsp;The Great Fire.

Book Study: The Great Fire: Discussion Guide #2

Practice strategic reading and allow children to monitor their own thinking and make connections between texts and life.

Making Connections Part 2: Literary Response

During this activity, students will learn about Japan's capital city, Tokyo and create their own travel brochure.

Make a Travel Brochure for Tokyo

Your students will be amazed to learn about different types of fungus in this nonfiction reading exercise!

The Fungus Among Us

If your child is reading a novel for school, encourage him to draw parallels to the real world in this fun news scavenger hunt.

Fiction to Fact

About 14 million people visit the historic city of Berlin each year. Give your students the opportunity to study and share historic facts and places in Germany's capital with this brochure exercise.

Make a Travel Brochure for Berlin

Budding researchers will head Down Under to learn about Melbourne, Australia, in this engaging project.

Make a Travel Brochure! Melbourne

After reading a nonfiction text about the history, sights, and people of Vancouver, your student will create their own informational brochure about the city.

Make a Travel Brochure for Vancouver

Students will pick their favorite facts about the city of Prague and create their own travel brochure, complete with a map.

Make a Travel Brochure for Prague

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