Using Parts of a Book Activity, studentsidentify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book to gather information about what they will read.

Using Pictures and Words Matching Activity, students describethe relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear.

Using Story Elements Activity, studentsfind examples of text features and story elements to build their reading comprehension.

Using Telling A Story Activity, students use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events.

Using The Pumpkin Book Unknown Words Activity, students use context clues to figure out unknown words in a text to build their reading comprehension.

Using Unknown Words Activity, students ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.

Using Writing Cards Activity, students write informative and explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

Using Author and Illustrator Activity, studentsname the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text.

Using Author Research Activity, students explore books written by a single author to discuss opinions and ideas of that author.

Using Comparing Books Activity, studentsidentify basic similarities and differences between two texts on the same topic.

Using this Express Your Feelings Character Education Activity, students express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.

Using Finger Spaces Sorting Activity, studentsread the book by following the words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page to build their understanding of the organization of print.

Using I Like Colors Flip Book Activity, students read the emergent reader with purpose and understanding to improve fluency and accuracy.

Using Apples Fact or Fiction Activity, students sort statements of apples into fact or fiction categories.

Using this Dear Valentine Activity, students practice writing names of family and friends by writing Valentines Day cards.

Using Do You Want to Build a Snowman Contractions Activity, students create contractions by creating a snowman with the two word phrase and then contraction.

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Using this Memorial Day Middle Sounds Activity, studentspractice stretching out words and identifying the middle vowel sound.

Using this Frog Facts Activity, students learn about frogs by sorting facts into true or false categories.

Using Slap Shot Hockey Telling Sentences Activity, students practice reading and identifying telling sentences.