Description
Help catch the dragon with an engaging STEM pulley system challenge, create unique dragon art, or teach a fun, Chinese New Year-themed guided reading unit. This resource reviews multiple comprehension skills through focused worksheets and provides multiple writing extensions with graphic organizers. This book companion unit for How to Catch a Dragon by Adam Wallace and Andy Elkerton is packed full of enriching activities for your students. This unit is perfect for an exciting Chinese New Year-themed learning experience.
Included in this easy-to-implement product:
Comprehension Skill Activities
- Making Predictions
- Text Evidence
- Character, Setting, Plot
- Character Analysis
- Character
- Retell
- Story Elements
- Author’s Purpose
- Sequencing
- Key Events
- Problem and Solution
- Text Connections
- Basic Comprehension
Art:
➙ Dragon Craft & Writing:
- Opinion wiring: “Is it a Good Idea to Catch a Dragon?”
- How-to writing: “How I Would Catch a Dragon”
- Informative writing: “All About the Chinese New Year”
Other:
➙ STEM: Dragon Pulley System Trap (simple machines: Pulley)
➙ STEM:
- STEM graphic organizers
- STEM posters
- STEM directions & materials list
- STEM guiding questions
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