Stick and Stone Book Companion Read Aloud and SEL Activities

Need to work on friendship? Stick and Stone is one of the best mentor text for building friendships and social skills. This comprehensive Stick and Stone Book Companion has loads of options in PDF and Google Slides ready for you and your students.

Why is my Stick and Stone Book Companion the perfect resource for you?

1. Easy to follow format: It is organized in a before, during, and after format. Just pick the activities that work best for you and your students.
2. Time-Saving Solutions: If you want activities for small groups, centers, morning meetings, or for writing, you have all you need.
3. Enhancing Comprehension: The unit includes key comprehension lesson activities including connections, making comparisons, character traits, BME summarizing, and questioning
4. Process Writing: This unit includes a full essay writing sequence in both printable and digital, so it’s easy for you to use. I’ve included guiding questions to help in the drafting process as well as a four square writing organizer to help students prepare to write
5. A Seamless Integration: Whether you’re a seasoned educator or a new teacher, you’ll find this unit aligns with your existing teaching practices and curriculum requirements (Common Core and VASOLs).

HOW CAN TEACHERS USE THE STICK AND STONE BOOK COMPANION :

This interactive bundle includes an emphasis on vocabulary, comprehension activities for group discussion focused on multiple skills, question task cards, and written response options in both DIGITAL and PDF. Your students will LOVE it and will stay engaged whether you use it with small groups, as an interactive read aloud or with your book clubs.

WHAT IS INCLUDED IN MY STICK AND STONE BOOK COMPANION?

The bundle addresses the following skills:

• Making Predictions organizer
• Vocabulary organizers and word cards plus 1 follow up activity
• Making Comparisons between characters organizer
• Making Connections with the Text
• BME organizer
• SWBST organizer
• Sequencing Events
• Cause and Effect Matching
• 12 questioning task cards
• FRIENDS acrostic poem
• Role Playing Cards for morning meeting or post reading discussion
• Essay writing about why Friends Are Important
• Craft Activity

70 pages in all (1/2 PDF and 1/2 Color for Google Slides TM)

HOW IS THE STICK AND STONE BOOK COMPANION ORGANIZED?

The bundle includes 70 pages in length now. 1/2 of the pages are best printed out and 1/2 work best projected or assigned with Google Slides TM. Your students will have the opportunity for learning comprehension skills and strategies and so many other themed benefits. A preview of the unit is attached so please download and preview so you know what you are getting and how it will help you and your students.

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• The Story of Ruby Bridges
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• When Marian Sang
• Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride
• Amazing Grace

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