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This is a pack of activities that can be used when teaching "The BFG." These are separate activities that complement my other pack, "The BFG- Comprehension Questions." There is also a bundle of both of these packs. Page 2-14: Book Club resources- expecations, group rubric, 5 roles with activity sheets: quote finder, leader, summarizer, illustrator, connector. Page 15-22: Hot Seat resources- questions starter poster, instructions, booklet with title page. (Hot Seat allows the kids to act as if they are a character from the book). Page 23-Theme page Page 24-Health page Page 25-31- Printable journal prompts for Daily Five/whole group Page 32-34- Similie sheets Page 35-41- Writing Project: Write a BFG Sequel, includes instructions, planning page, drafting page, publishing page, rubric This is such a fun way to stretch your novel study/read aloud so that kids can build discussion skills, deeper comprehension, and apply writing skills! Hope you enjoy it! "The BFG" is one of my favourite books!
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'Wonder' by R.J. Palacio is a children's book with enough depth for adult book clubs to enjoy. These questions will help you foster an interesting discussion.
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Included are 49 questions that can be used to complete a book club or literature circle on Sold by Patricia McCormick. These questions can also be used as study guide questions or for a quiz. Enjoy Patricia McCormick? Check out our other products with resources for I Am Malala: I Am Malala Webquest I Am Malala Book Club Discussion Guide You may also enjoy: A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park Book Club Discussion Guide
Included are 49 questions that can be used for a book club, literature circles, or discussion guide. This guide also includes a short summary and thematic discussion. Updated: 8/20/2015 Interested in this product? Be sure to check out the correlating products below: Wonder by R.J. Palacio Vocabulary Wonder by R.J. Palacio Unit Bundle --> Your greatest value! Includes both the discussion questions AND vocabulary, along with 18 formal lesson plans and multiple other resources!
A complete novel study with multiple choice questions for each chapter. The multiple choice questions make for easy grading on the teacher's end. This resource would be great for book clubs, homework, or as a companion while the class is reading the novel whole group.An answer key is provided.
This is a book study unit for the book Upside-Down Magic by Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, and Emily Jenkins. This unit includes resources for: A pre-reading activity Comprehension and response questions for each chapter of the book Character traits and comparisons Plot Mapping the story This unit can be used for a book club, guided reading groups, or for independent student work. For a free sample of this unit, check out the Upside-Down Magic Sample Chapter.
I finally nailed teaching symbolism! Using candy was both engaging and efficient - a major win that students remembered all year long!
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Need Wonder activities for your classroom or home school Wonder teaching resources? We have Wonder lesson plans, Wonder worksheets, and more ideas for book projects, kindness activities for middle school, and diversity lessons to make a great study unit for students using both the novel by RJ Palacio and teaching with movies (including the popular precepts project!).
You might be wondering how to facilitate virtual learning circles. In this blog post, I'll share apps that work best for online book clubs.
This is a complete digital/online unit of work for the novel The Tiger Rising. The PowerPoint slides have fully digital activities with no prep or paper required. All the children need is a reading journal or notebook to record their responses. You can share this unit of work with the children via ...
Mia Mayhem is such a fun series and this book club bundle is perfect to pair with a group of students who read this book together. The discussion questions were created for my own group of students reading this text and they loved the drawing guessing game that went with it. Expand the lesson with t...
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The Indian and the Cupboard Lesson and Activities. Comprehensive curriculum for The Indian and the Cuboard for third and fourth grade unit
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One of my favorite things to do during literacy stations when I'm pulling small groups is to have a few partnerships or groups working on book clubs. Book clubs are special (but not anything that takes a ton of extra prep for the teacher). Kids love book clubs because they get some independence and they get to read and discuss a book like an actual book club. In my first and second grade classrooms, I've used book clubs for the higher readers that had mastered the phonics skills needed at that time or were quite a bit ahead on the phonics front from the rest of the class. The reason I did this was because the other kiddos weren't really ready for their own chapter book and the kiddos struggling with phonics or fluency really needed group time with me working on that the whole 15 minutes or so. So, for the kids that were ready to move on from the phonics and fluency - that's where these comprehension book clubs came in. I've done them with partnerships or groups of 4 working on a book. I would not do more than 4- too many little people in a group to try to get a long and get the work done with. During small group time, I would pull back the kids working on say Cam Jansen. We'd discuss the chapter they read the day before with their partners and also go over the questions and answers. Then, I would assign the next chapter of reading and the next group of questions. The good thing about this is that the check-in only lasts a few minutes. Then, the kids are working independently on their chapter and questions. While they're working independently, I'm able to pull groups that need more time to cover missing skills. You might be asking yourself, where does she get the questions. Well, often I make them up. I go through the book and come up with 3-4 questions per chapter. Then, I put together a little packet/booklet of all of them for the kiddos to work on as they go. See my example below that is now in my TPT store. For Cam Jansen - The Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones Title Page Character Circle Maps Chapter Question Examples Answer Key Be sure to check out my first book club packet on TPT - Cam Jansen - The Mystery of the Dinosaur Do you use book clubs? How do you use them in your classroom? Comment below - I always love to get new ideas and see how other are doing things in their classroom. Follow me on... Bloglovin Facebook TPT Store Instagram
Drita my Homegirl chapter-by-chapter guide. Includes summary, context clues, character traits, setting, comparing and contrasting, comprehension, sequencing, figurative language, theme, and more! A great resource to have students use independently, in small groups (like a book club setting), or a wh...
This bundle contains the background building pre-reading unit, vocabulary activities, Interactive Notebook, and the final projects for the full novel The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart. This is great for use in book clubs, literature circles, or as a whole class novel. The product is specifically designed to meet the needs of ELLs and struggling readers. Thank you! If you like this bundle please consider leaving a review! You can find more resources like these on my website, ESL is My Jam. * Note: Slides for the final projects are interactive. You will receive access to a Google Drive folder and can assign the projects via Google Classroom. The rest of the unit is NOT yet fully Google adapted and interactive. Resources other than the final projects are provided in PowerPoint and PDF forms. *Note: Standards vary based on which activity is used and with which grade level. All targeted standards are included in the product.
This no prep resource is a complete novel study for Alone by Megan E. Freeman. This novel in verse is packed with opportunities to cover a variety of learning standards, while fostering a love for reading! This novel would be a great addition to your poetry unit, literature circles, book clubs, etc. Activities included in this resource: -Author Webquest -Anticipation Guide -Picture Predictions -Vocabulary to Know -What's the Question (comprehension) -Journal Prompts -Diamante Poetry -Acrostic Poetry -Poem Analysis -Postcard -Conflict Cube -Mood Board -Comic Strip -Hexagonal Thinking -Non-Fiction Articles/ Graphic Organizer -Book Review -Book Recommendations *Most slides are fully editable so that you can make each activity work for your classroom! Directions provided for each activity and an answer key is available for 'What's the Question' slides *If you love novels in verse, check out my novel study for The Canyon's Edge.
Check out these teaching ideas for your novel study of Refugee by Alan Gratz. Be sure to grab the unit sample and character trait activity.
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Fourth Grade Rats no prep chapter by chapter guide. Includes summary, context clues, character traits, setting, comparing and contrasting, comprehension, and more! A great resource to have students use independently, small group (like a book club setting), or a whole class packet. ...
I really love to teach guided reading groups. It is always interesting and you really get to see how every student is unique in how they learn and process all the information. I like to see them make progress and move up reading levels and also REALLY comprehend what they are reading on another level. Amazing. I know many teachers may have struggled with this question before like I have...What do I do with those high readers? In second grade they are just not quite ready to start literature circles, but the daily small group guided reading is too slow and boring for them. I try to do something in between. I still want to meet with them to make sure we aren't missing an important piece of their reading instruction, but I also want them to become independent and really connect with their reading. Here are a few ideas that I have used for those readers that are really ready to move beyond the small group guided reading. I create a reading passport for these students. We put their picture on the front. Every time they finish a book, they add the title to their passport. In the passport, they can keep track of how many fiction and nonfiction books they read. This passport can be used for all levels! Reading Passport I meet with the group to introduce their book and have the discussions about predictions, unusual vocabulary, and any connections we might have. Then they go on their own to read as a group to the assigned chapter and complete a portion of their Book Club Notes. We always discuss ahead of time what the expectation is and what portion of the notes I will be looking for at our next meeting. They love the independence and take this very seriously! Book Club Notes I also like to provide something more for some of my other groups that are working above level, but not ready for this much independence. I just continue with our regular guided reading groups, but have them use a small bookmark to add their thinking and summarizing. I have a fiction or nonficiton bookmark. I add this to their book bag and they complete a portion at a time and bring it back to group for our discussions. Reading Groups Book Mark (Fiction) Reading Groups Bookmark (nonfiction) Sometimes I need a few reminders about asking those higher order thinking questions...for all my groups! I like to keep this list of question starters in my guided reading binder to help me remember to push them to think about their thinking! Higher Order Thinking Questions I can't wait to really get to work in my guided reading groups!
I have been working with the above-level reading group during our Tier 2 support time. Some call it RTI, we call it MTSS (Multi-Tiered System of Support). Don't ask. The best part about our tier time is that we can meet with students at their level and keep things interesting for them. I meet with this group 4 days a week and I love every second of it. They love reading! It is so easy to get them involved and excited. If you want to skip ahead to my list of book menus and other great (free) resources, then take a little stroll to the bottom of this page. To start, we all read The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau. We have been talking about electricity in science and it just worked out perfectly. Cross-curricular. Boom. A few had read it before but they had no problem jumping back in and rereading the story. We worked through a few basic story element pieces. Then I assigned each of them a level of the city depending on how far they were in the book and they created it on paper. The bottom level fell apart, so it isn't pictured, which is too bad because they made it three-dimensional and it was really cool! When we finished the book, we developed games that corresponded with the story. I loved seeing their game ideas. Some chose game boards and others decided on other game variations. They used details from the story to develop their ideas and there was so much higher level thinking! They would have played their games all day every day if I let them. I'm such a downer. top left: Emberly, a city based on Ember, with game cards using details from the book top right: City of Ember trivia game bottom left: board game with main characters as game pieces bottom right: I have Who has game Some even continued with the sequel, The People of Sparks, and made their own dictionaries while they waited for the rest of the group to finish their games. Yesterday I started a new project with them. Probably not great timing the week before Thanksgiving when we only have one day next week. Oh well. They just read at so many different speeds that it was getting tricky to keep everyone together. And then I thought...why am I doing that? This group can work independently. I'm letting the students pick any book they would like to read- within reason, although we haven't had any issues with this group. I scoured the web and found a book menu that I really liked from the Round Lake school district in Illinois, so I thought I'd share it. It had just enough complexity for our class time, but was also something they can work on independently with some guidance from me. I put together a short list of my favorite book menus I found along the way. I tried to find a range of age appropriate menus but most are probably for 3rd-6th graders, and all of them are free, so check them out! {the book menu I'm using right now} {Book Review Black-Out} {Complete Four} {Book Report Menu for Multiple Intelligences} {Book Report Choices} {Mystery Menu} {Meaningful Menus} {Blog post about other menu ideas} ....and if you're looking for Scholastic's entire book entitled {30 Non-Fiction Book Reports}, you can find it {here}. ...whoops. Save that somewhere for future use! Quick! During my search I also found a book of forms for {Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom}. It is really great if you have some higher level thinkers in your room! Seriously check these out. You won't be disappointed. During group time we are reading and then they work on whatever project they chose. Each student may be at a different point in their project, but that is the best part! This way they have choice in their reading and what they are making and sharing. Anything to keep them motivated. Any more ideas for small group time (I have 12 in this group) to keep students interested and challenged? Follow RTL On
How to Eat Fried Worms Activities & Resources includes discussion questions, vocabulary, activities, free printables and more!
Shiloh chapter-by-chapter guide. Includes summary, context clues, character traits, setting, comparing and contrasting, comprehension, sequencing, figurative language, theme, and more! A great resource to have students use independently, in small groups (like a book club setting), or a whole class p...
Use Bridge to Terabithia to Teach Character Description This Book Club Bundle for Bridge to Terabithia is an excellent choice for 5th and 6th grade readers who are ready to begin using more sophisticated comprehension strategies. This package includes a Common Core aligned lesson plan and resources designed to support small group reading instruction that focuses on Character Description. Here's What You'll Get: - Interactive Lesson Plan for 6 Book Club Meetings Focusing on Character Description - Chapter by Chapter Discussion Guide - Chapter by Chapter Vocabulary Guide - Book Club Calendar - Conversation Prompts - Expectations for Book Club Anchor Chart / Student Reference Sheet - Student Self-Evaluation Forms - Student Reading Response Guide - Comprehension Assessment Rubric - Common Core State Standard Assessment - BONUS: Spanish translation of Book Club Management Resources for use with Bridge to Terabithia All of the lesson plans and activities included in this package are aligned to the Common Core Standards for fifth grade. I hope that you will enjoy using my resources along with your copy or copies of “Bridge to Terabithia” by Katherine Paterson. If you have any questions about the resources included in this set please email me at [email protected]. It will be my pleasure to reply and help you in any way I can. Thanks for taking the time to check out my products. And don't forget to follow me for updates and to find out when new products are added to my store, here at Teachers Pay Teachers! Take Care, Amy
This resource is a novel study for Amina's Voice written by Hena Khan. This novel study is perfect for guided reading groups, independent work, interactive read-alouds, book clubs, and more! This product is a novel study for Amina's Voice written by Hena Khan. This packet includes: -Comprehension questions for each chapter -Comprehension question answer key -Vocabulary in context graphic organizer (Vocabulary words with page numbers) -3 writing prompts -Character analysis graphic organizers including character feelings and traits -Empathy anchor chart -Sequence of empathy graphic organizer -Sequence of empathy example -Sequence of events graphic organizer -Sequence of events example -Summarizing with SWBST -Theme anchor chart and graphic organizer -Cause and effect anchor chart -Cause and effect graphic organizer -Text connection anchor chart and graphic organizers
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The Friendship War no prep chapter by chapter guide. Includes summary, context clues, character traits, setting, comparing and contrasting, comprehension, and more! A great resource to have students use independently, small group (like a book club setting), or a whole class packet. ...
