9 Strategies to Use with If You Give a Dog a Donut

If You Give a Dog a Donut Book Companion will help students with activities to understand plot with comprehension questions, games, vocabulary, grammar, fluency, phonics, comprehension strategies, sequencing, writing, and a comprehension test with answer key! If You Give a Dog a Donut Book Companion is great for guided reading or whole group! If You Give a Dog a Donut Book Companion was written by Laura Numberoff and must be purchased separately.

Here are 9 Strategies to Use with If You Give a Dog a Donut:

1.  Roll the dice and play "I Spy a Vocabulary Word" or answer the comprehension question. There is a response sheet if you choose.

2.  Read the book and answer the comprehension questions.  There is also an illustration sheet.

3.  Cut out the comprehension book marks or question cards at the guided reading table and discuss. There is a response sheet as well.

4.  There are many comprehension strategies you can choose from.  I use the one we are working on for the week.  There is a Venn Diagram for Text to Text.  Strategies also included are Text to Self, Text tow World, and Summarize.

5.  More comprehension included events, inferring, visualizing, and questioning.

6.  Fun grammar sheets are included.

7.  You can put a game at your comprehension, or vocabulary station.  This is in color and black and white.  

8.  This is a fun color by vocabulary word. These words are taken from the book.

9.  Finish up with a comprehension test.  Students can look back in the book to find the answers.  Included is a running record if the student can read instructionally, or independently at this level.

For more information about this book, click on the link.

If You Give a Dog a Donut

2 Ways to Use Number Pattern Task Cards!

You won't believe how easy it is to use task cards! You'll find yourself wanting to collect them all!

Number Patterns and Rules Task Cards will help your students learn how to extend numbers with these number pattern task cards. They will also learn how to apply a number rule to the pattern in a fun and engaging game. Students need to know the rule applied to a number pattern. With these task cards, number patterns can be extended by rules +1, +2, +3, +5, and +10.

Here are 2 ways you can use these task cards!

1.  Laminate (optional), cut them up and pop in a game board. Use anything for game pieces and you are ready to go. Roll the dice, move forward, answer the question. First to the end wins!
*Use different color plastic bears, blocks, beans marked with numbers or letters, connector blocks, assorted candy, or the game pieces from the board game you're using!

2.  Put the cards in a rectangle shape. Put those same game pieces at one end, roll the dice, answer the questions. First one to the end wins.  If you don't answer correctly, you go back to where you started.

Most importantly, learn while having fun! Click on the pictures for more information or to purchase these number pattern cards.

17 Ways to Use Graphic Organizers!

Graphic Organizers for Reading and Writing. The graphic organizer for reading is great to help analyze stories you are reading or your students are reading. The graphic organizer for writing would be great for prewriting. See the list below for all the graphic organizers included. There is also a graphic organizer for vocabulary words. If you need a graphic organizer not included, simply send me a suggestion in the question section.

Story Elements: I love these to use with any story to help students discover the characters and setting. There is a place for illustrations for younger students.  Older students may like this element too!
Print on the back to help them summarize beginning, middle and end.

These are great for asking questions before, during, and after reading.

There is a text to self, text to text, and text to world. There is also a KWL chart. Students can organize what they know, what they want to know, and what they have learned.

This KWL chart is organized differently. There is a venn diagram which is great to compare two books! You may also use a Venn diagram for other self connections, or text to world.

Wow! How many ways can you use a four square. This graphic organizer is great for so many things!Click on the picture to see all the ways included!

For more information, please click on this link.

Graphic Organizers for Reading and Writing

9 Ways to Use Tacky the Penguin Book

Tacky the Penguin Book Companion will help students with activities to understand plot with comprehension questions, games, vocabulary, grammar, fluency, phonics, comprehension strategies, sequencing, writing, and a comprehension test with answer key! Tacky the Penguin is great for guided reading or whole group! Tacky the Penguin was written by Helen Lester and must be purchased separately.

Roll the dice, find the vocabulary word. Discuss. 

Roll the dice, answer the comprehension question. 

Respond on the response sheet.

Review the text to find the answer in these comprehension questions.

At the guided reading table, give each student a bookmark. Allow students to find the answer and discuss or write answers on a response sheet.

Make connections, compare and contrast with a Venn diagram, make inferences.

Use questioning, visualization, inferences, and sequencing!

Teach verbs, adjectives, and/or nouns.

Play a game at a station with vocabulary words. There are also 3 more game ideas included in this packet.

If you want, give a running records. This is an N level book. There is also a end of unit assessment.

This can be great for morning work.  Or use as a follow up after the test, or homework.

For more information, click on the link, or any of the pictures above.

A New Year with Friends Book Companion

A Year with Friends Book Companion will help students with activities to understand plot with comprehension questions, games, vocabulary, grammar, fluency, phonics, comprehension strategies, sequencing, writing, and a comprehension test with answer key! A Year with Friends is great for guided reading or whole group! A Year with Friends was written by John Seven and must be purchased separately.

Ring in the New Year With Your Students

Ring in the New Year with Code and Coloring!

There is a Tribe of Kids Book Companion

There is a Tribe of Kids Book Companion will help students with activities to understand plot with comprehension questions, games, vocabulary, grammar, fluency, phonics, comprehension strategies, sequencing, writing, and a comprehension test with answer key! There is a Tribe of Kids is great for guided reading or whole group! See printables below! Click on each picture for more information.