Skill:

Use pictures and words as clues to make and revise predictions about what will happen next in a story

Activities:

• Storymaker

  Can you predict what will happen next? You can put your own twist on these stories

• What's in the Bag?

  Can you figure out what is in the bag? You get three words to help you choose!

• What will happen next?

  Look at each picture and figure out what will happen next.

• Wordless Books

  Use wordless books to predict what will happen next and to create your own story.

Skill:

Retell a story, including who is in the story, where the story takes place, and important events as they occur

Activities:

• Story Map

  Make your own story--decide who is in a story, the setting, resolution, and conflict.

• Character Scrapbook

  Use this activity to draw a character from your favorite book!

• Character & Story Graphic Organizers

  You can print these workbook pages to help you describe a character in a story.

• Literary Elements Mapping

  Type in the boxes to describe the characters, conflict, resolution, and setting of any story.

Skill:

Create responses to reading through writing, acting, and drawing

Activities:

• Young Writers Workshop

  Use these starters to create your very own stories.

• StoryMaker

  Use the StoryMaker to write your own unique story.

• Illustrate a Story

  Print out a story, read the story, and draw pictures to match. Can you draw a picture of puppies in space?

• Seussville Story Maker

  You can use the characters from Horton Hears a Who to create a story.

Skill:

Understand why authors choose words for particular reasons

Activities:

• Floppy and the Puppies Game

  Can you look at the pictures and choose the right word?

• My Favorite Word

  Watch the video and pick your favorite words!

Skill:

Understand the difference between fiction and nonfiction

Activities:

• Real or Make-Believe

  Help Tina decide if her adventures are real or make-believe.

• National Geographic Stories

  Here you can read nonfiction stories about science, animals, people, history, and more!

Skill:

Summarize the main idea and supporting evidence about a topic from a nonfiction text

Activities:

• Farm Animals

  Meet farm animals like horses, cows, ducks, and even a llama.

• Reading Comprehension

  Read the stories and pick the main idea from a list.

• What’s My Job?

  Can you read what the people in our community do and match the job?

Skill:

Understand the difference between facts and opinions

Activities:

• Binky’s Facts and Opinions

  Can you decide if each sentence is a fact or an opinion?

• Fact or Opinion?

  Check out these games and quizzes about facts and opinions!

• Fact or Opinion Quiz

  Figure out which sentences are facts and which are opinions.