Halloween Interactive Read-Aloud Activities BUNDLE

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Looking for engaging and meaningful read-aloud activities to pair with amazing picture books? This book BUNDLE includes 4 interactive read-aloud picture book companions. You will get TONS of print-and-go activities for each picture book, saving you the valuable time you already don’t have to spare.

This BUNDLE includes OVER 100 activities! The included reading activities focus on applying crucial reading skills, digging deeper into the text, and critical thinking. Quick and easy setup, plus clear student directions, makes these activities perfect for centers or substitute days, too!

By purchasing this BUNDLE of all 4 Halloween book companions, you are saving 20% off the individual price of each product!

The included picture books are ideal for the fall months; days or weeks leading up to Halloween, celebrating Dia de los Muertos, or for educating your students about acceptance, inclusiveness, kindness, and greed. Students will love the engaging and fun activities, and you will appreciate the time saved hunting for high-level resources to teach reading concepts that students frequently struggle with.

Students will…

• dig into characterization
• identify story elements
• determine theme
• sequence events
• identify descriptive language
• practice reading the text and illustrations
• determine how the setting affects the plot and character development
• determine meaning and illustrate figurative language
• investigate and analyze symbolism within the illustrations
• analyze symbolism
• conduct research
• and so much more!

Listed below are the book titles and their accompanying activities. 

Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras, by Duncan Tonatiuh

• K-W-L Chart
• Agree / Disagree Pre-reading Activity
• Vocabulary Study
• Word Search
• Reader Response Questions
• Story Elements Graphic Organizer
• Sequencing
• Characterization Graphic Organizers
• Setting Influences the Plot
• Making Connections
• Sensory Details
• Theme
• Story vs Author’s Note
• Wait… There’s More!
• Literary Calavera Poem Writing Activity
• Acrostic Poem
• Calaveras on Instagram
• Biography Report
• Día de los Muertos Research Report
• BONUS FREEBIE! – Día de los Muertos Coloring Book – 35 pages!

Creepy Carrots, by Aaron Reynolds

• See, Think, Wonder
• Story Elements 
• Problem & Solution
• Cause & Effect 
• Character Traits 
• Character Perspective 
• Character Development 
• Story Retell 
• Sequencing 
• Plot Map 
• Summarizing 
• Making Inferences 
• Making Connections 
• Sensory Details 
• Theme 
• Reader Response Questions 
• Vocabulary 
• Synonyms 
• AND MORE!

Bone Soup, by Cambria Evans

• Story Elements 
• Problem & Solution
• Cause & Effect 
• Character Traits 
• Sensory Details 
• Story Retell 
• Sequencing 
• Plot
• Summarizing 
• Making Inferences 
• Making Connections 
• Sensory Details 
• Theme 
• Vocabulary 
• Reading Text & Illustrations
• Comparing Texts
• AND MORE!

Bonaparte Falls Apart, by Margery Cuyler

• See, Think, Wonder
• Story Elements 
• Making Connections
• Problem & Solution
• Cause & Effect 
• Character Traits 
• Making Inferences 
• Story Retell 
• Sequencing 
• Plot
• Summarizing 
• Making Inferences 
• Making Connections 
• Sensory Details 
• Theme 
• Reader Response Questions 
• Vocabulary 
• Silly sayings & phrases
• AND MORE!

The included activities were designed to encourage students to use higher-level thinking skills, require students to provide text evidence to support their thinking, and challenge them to provide their own opinions and/or perspectives.

This resource is for extension read-aloud activities only. The books are not included.

Please check out some of my other picture book companions linked below!!

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