Reading ActivitiesFind a comfortable place and read to yourself, a sibling, a parent, or a stuffed animal. Read for at least 30 minutes. After reading a book, create a bookmark. On the front, write the title of the book and the author, and draw a picture representing an important event from the book. On the back, write about this important event or give a summary of the book. |
After reading a book, choose one of the following prompts, write your response on a sheet of loose-leaf paper or in a notebook, and share it with a family member or friend:
- Where and when does the story take place? What clues in the story helped you know this?
- Is this book fiction or nonfiction? How do you know?
- What is the genre of this story? What clues in the story helped you know this?
- Who are the main characters in the story? Why are they important to the story?
- Could the characters in this story exist in real life?What makes you think that?
- Who is telling the story? What clues in the story helped you know this?
- What happens in the beginning of the story?
- What are the important events in this story?
- What is the problem in this story?
- How does the problem get solved? How does the story end?
- Was the author trying to persuade, inform, or entertain the reader? How do you know?
- What does the author want you to understand after you have finished reading the story?
- Do you think the title was a good one for the story? Why do you think that?
- What language did the author use to help the reader visualize __________________?
- How is this story like other stories this author has written?
- What other story does this story remind you of? How does that connection help you to understand the story better?
- How are you alike and different from the main character in the story?
- How did this story make you feel? When have you felt this way in your real life?
- How does what you know about this genre help you understand the story better?
- What other books have you read with similar characters or themes? How does this connection help you understand the story better?
- What lessons(s) did you learn from the story that will help you in your real life? Explain.
- What is the message or lesson of this story?
- Why do you think the character acted like he/she did?
- How was the setting the author chose important to the story?
- What do the character's words and actions tell you about him/her?
- What is the mood or tone of the story? What makes you think that?
- How did the character change during the story?
- What character traits did the character have? What clues (text evidence) makes you think that?
- What questions do you still have? What are you wondering?
- What would you like to ask the author or one of the characters?
- What would you like to know more about?
- If you reread this story, what would you be trying to figure out the second time?
- What is the main idea of the story?
- Retell the story to someone in your family.
- What do you want to remember after reading this story?