Tacky the Penguin Book Companion Activities
Are you looking for a snowy day read aloud? Tacky the Penguin is a fun mentor text and this book companion packed with reading comprehension worksheets and craftivities is perfect! Included are story elements activities, story sequencing, compare and contrast graphic organizer, author’s purpose, popsicle sticks puppets, teacher notes and much more! Build key skills such as summarizing, sequencing, inferencing, comparing and contrasting. A completely no prep resource…simply add Tacky the Penguin (digital narrative link provided)!
Suitable for:
- First Grade
- Second Grade
- Third Grade
- Fourth Grade (extra-lined paper provided for differentiation)
- Sub Plans
This resource consists of the following worksheets, activities and craftivities:
- Mentor Text Lessons
- Teacher’s Notes
- ‘My Reading Comprehension’ Activity Book (front cover)
- Digital Story Link
- Story Sequencing Activity
- Story Map Graphic Organizer
- Venn Diagram (Compare/Contrast 2 characters)
- I Can Visualize (US spelling)
- I Can Visualise (UK spelling)
- This Reminds Me Of… (self-to-text connection)
- Extra-lined writing paper for differentiation
- 2 Things I Wonder About The Book…
- My Favorite Part (US spelling)
- My Favourite Park (UK spelling)
- Extra-lined writing paper for differentiation
- Postcard to a Character
- Design A New Front Cover
- What Is The Author’s Message?
- Character Craftivity (b/w) – Retell story using character puppet popsicle sticks
- Character Craftivity (color) – Retell story using character puppet popsicle sticks
- Extra-lined writing paper for differentiation
Core aligned reading comprehension skills covered in this resource:
- Self to Text Connections
- Visualizing
- Summarizing
- Questioning
- Making Inferences
- Stating Personal Opinion (identifying favorite part)
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