TicTacToe Reading Connections

1^st Grade

Reading/Writing Connections

§ Using the MY STORY REPORT Connection Worksheet, tell us about your story.

• Use a shoe box to make a diorama of one part of your book. Write the title, the author, and the illustrator somewhere on the diorama.

• Draw a picture of your favorite part of the book. On the picture, write the title, the author, the illustrator, and one or two sentences telling about your picture.

• Use the STORY WEB Connection Worksheet to tell us about the setting, main characters, problem, and the solution of your story.

• Make an ABC book. Write the title, the name of the author,and the illustrator on the cover of your book. Draw one thing about the story or the characters for each letter of the alphabet.

• Draw-and-Tell a Flip Book of the important things that happened in your book in the order in which they happened. On the front cover of the book, write the title, the author’s name, and the illustrator’s name.

• Make a sock puppet of the most important character (main character) in the story. Attach the title of the book, the author’s name, and illustrator’s name to the puppet.

• Using the BEGINNING-MIDDLE-END Connection Worksheet, tell us about your story.

• Write a different ending for your story. Tell the title of your book, the author, and the illustrator.

• Make a book jacket showing something about your book that would make other people want to read it. On the front of the book jacket, put the title, the author and the illustrator of the book.

• Using the BOOK REPORT Connection Worksheet, tell us about your book.

• For your Animal Information Book,use the K-W-L Connection Worksheet and tell us what you already know about the animal, what you want to know about this animal, and what you learned about this animal.

• Use the NON-FICTION REPORT for your Animal Information Book.

Technology Connections

• Create a Word document and write the title, the author, and illustrator of your book. Write one good sentence telling about your book. Add a graphic which relates to your book.

• Create a Power Point with at least 4 slides about your book. On the first slide, tell the title, the author’s name, and the illustrator’s name.

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