The After School Reading Activities series provides a unique collection of reproducible activities specifically designed for practicing of key reading skills in a less formal format. Exercises provide a variety of learning experiences that inspire creativity while encouraging reading comprehension and writing practice. After School Reading Activities features worksheets as well as handson activities that present opportunities for students with different learning styles to benefit from the contents. The activities are designed to be used by individuals, pairs of students, and small groups
LANGUAGE ARTS GRADE After School Reading Activities, Gr About This Book After School Reading Activities focuses on building word skills, vocabulary, and reading comprehension through activities that are enjoyable as well as educational Intended to stimulate interest in reading with approachable, often hands-on exercises, this book is a unique tool to use as extension, enrichment, take-home projects, or as part of your classroom curriculum The age-appropriate and grade-appropriate materials support national reading standards Each activity focuses on an integral word or reading skill, or on pertinent vocabulary The tasks will stimulate students’ creativity while providing practice with important reading skills This book also features a set of flash cards that present high-interest vocabulary and definitions They are sure to become an often-used part of your program Use them in groups or as an individual drill Visit our Web site at www.MHteachers.com IFG99022 ISBN 0-7424-1772-7 After School Reading Activities • Cross-Curricular Activities • High-Interest Vocabulary Flash Cards • Reading Comprehension Experiences 0 After School Reading Activities Grade Published by Frank Schaffer Publications an imprint of Editors: Mary Rose Hassinger, Angella Phebus Published by Frank Schaffer Publications An imprint of School Specialty Publishing Copyright © 2003 School Specialty Publishing All Rights Reserved • Printed in the United States of America Limited Reproduction Permission: Permission to duplicate these materials is limited to the person for whom they are purchased Reproduction for an entire school or school district is unlawful and strictly prohibited Send all inquiries to: School Specialty Publishing 3195 Wilson Drive NW Grand Rapids, Michigan 49544 After School Reading Activities —grade ISBN: 0-7424-1772-7 PHXBK 08 07 06 05 04 03 Table of Contents General Introduction 4–5 Beginning Sounds Book (beginning consonant sounds) Ending Sounds Book (ending consonant sounds) Quiet, Please! (silent letters) Wrap It Up (silent letters) Scooting Along (consonant blends) 10 It’s a Zoo (consonant digraphs) 11 Chew on This (short a) 12 Snappy Tongue Twisters (short a) 13 Game Time (long a) 14 Amazing Tongue Twisters (long a) 15 Examine the Eggs (short e) 16 Number, Please (short e) 17 Seeing the Sea Life (long e) 18 The Long e Beast (long e) 19 Pillow Fight (short i) 20 It’s a Dilly (short i) 21 Wind It Up (long i) 22 Hiding Behind Long i (long i) 23 Rocketing Off (short o) 24 The Short o Doctor (short o) 25 Flying High (long o) 26 Loading Cargo (long o) 27 Marshmallow Magic (short u) 28 Submerging Subs (short u) 29 A Huge Cube (long u) 30 You Can Do It (long u) 31 Through the Woods (long and short vowels) 32 What a Band! (short vowel word families) 33 Word Family Flash Cards (word families) 34–36 Buried Treasure (oi and oy) 37 Clowning Around (ou and ow) 38 Untangle the Threads (vowel digraph—ea) 39 At Dawn (vowel digraph—aw) 40 At the Zoo (vowel digraph—oo) 41 Santa’s S.O.S (soft and hard c) 42 Foot by Foot (soft and hard g) 43 Search and Circle (r-controlled vowels) 44 Creature Feature Art (r-controlled vowels) 45 Tell Me Why (y as a vowel) 46 Down in the Dumps-y (y as a vowel) 47 From the Ground Up (plant vocabulary) 48 When I Grow Up (career vocabulary) 49 Classy Animals (classes of animals) 50 Months of the Year (months) 51 Daily Riddle (days of the week) 52 All in the Family (family vocabulary) 53 What’s in Space? (outer space vocabulary) 54 ©©McGraw-Hill Children’s Publishing School Specialty Publishing What a Ride! (outer space vocabulary) 55 Land and Water (landforms) 56 Landform Riddles (landforms) 57 The Daily News (newspaper vocabulary) 58 For Good Measure (measurement) 59 Technology Tools (computer vocabulary) 60 The Lineup (ordinal numbers) 61 All Around Town (community vocabulary) 62 Menu Mixing (food vocabulary/classifying) 63 Describing Autumn (seasonal vocabulary) 64 Spring Has Sprung (seasonal vocabulary) 65 Warm Up to Winter (seasonal vocabulary) 66 Two for One (compound words) 67 The American Alphabet (country names) 68 Health Helpers (nutrition vocabulary) 69 Transportation Magic Square (transportation) 70 Make It a Magic Square (dinosaur vocabulary) 71 Body Works (human body) 72 Name That Bone (human body) 73 Loosey Goosey (bird names/rhyming) 74 A-maze-ing (vocabulary game) 75 Dictionary Digging (general vocabulary) 76 Play With Words (vocabulary game) 77 Soup’s On (ABC order) 78 ABC Potion (ABC order) 79 All-Time Favorite (classifying) 80 Let’s Play (following directions) 81 Movie Match (main idea) 82 Give Me a Title (main idea) 83 A Letter From Camp (context clues) 84 The Birthday (character analysis) 85 A Toy Story (story details) 86 What Happened? (cause and effect) 87 Who-o-o-o-o’s Afraid? (predicting outcomes) 88 Quiet Reflections (story comprehension) 89 It’s a Fact (fact and opinion) 90 What’s a Moropus? (summarizing) 91 Where in the World? (compare and contrast) 92–93 I Can Do It (analyzing plot) 94–95 It’s Cold Outside (inferencing) 96–97 Tim Teddy’s Morning (sequencing) 98 Swimmers (alike and different) 99 North America (map skills) 100 Encyclopedias (research skills) 101 The Teddy Bear (critical thinking) 102 Flash Cards 103–122 Answer Key 123–128 0-7424-1772-7 After School Reading Activities General Introduction The After School Reading Activities series provides a unique collection of reproducible activities specifically designed for practicing of key reading skills in a less formal format Exercises provide a variety of learning experiences that inspire creativity while encouraging reading comprehension and writing practice After School Reading Activities features worksheets as well as hands-on activities that present opportunities for students with different learning styles to benefit from the contents The activities are designed for individuals, pairs of students, or small groups to use Standards Mastery Although this series is meant to provide practice in a nonthreatening format, activities support many of the NCTE/IRA standards Experience with several genres of writing (including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry) is included within each skill area Activities demand that students use a variety of strategies in order to complete the work Examples of strategies are using prior knowledge, using word identification strategies, and using graphics Students are asked to evaluate and synthesize information and then to communicate it in a variety of ways, from writing brief sentences to filling in a story map to creating pictures to participating in group activities Organization The book is arranged in skill areas as follows: Word Skills Arranged in a progressive, sequential format Letter/sound recognition, digraphs, blends, and more Vocabulary Development High-interest and high-frequency words, including reproducible pages to make flash cards Cross curricular (science, social studies, and math) Reading Comprehension One - and two-page articles Story elements, inferencing, following directions, and more Use As you prepare to make this series a part of your child’s activity schedule, have the following items on hand: ✓ crayons ✓ markers ✓ construction paper ✓ tagboard ©©McGraw-Hill Children’s Publishing School Specialty Publishing ✓ stapler ✓ brads ✓ hole punch ✓ pencils ✓ scissors ✓ glue ✓ library books ✓ reference materials 0-7424-1772-7 After School Reading Activities General Information (cont.) Structure Plan to use the reproducible pages in centers, for independent practice, or with small groups of students Photocopy the pages of flash cards, and devote time to having the students make the flash cards for future use Reproduce the selected pages to provide a variety of activities designed to ensure increased achievement for students while they are having fun Extension Activities The format of many of the activities make them ideal for adapting the type of exercise to other materials Some ideas are as follows: Choose a popular poem or a familiar passage from a story, and have students circle a given letter sound Take the opportunity to expose students to various types of print, such as newspapers, magazines, and brochures Focus on the letter sounds being taught in class, and progress on to the more difficult digraphs, blends, and later word endings and word families Have students write or dictate their own word riddles using vocabulary from a lesson they are currently studying Students should progress from using pictures and drawings in the riddles to using words and sentences The sets of flash cards have many uses: The flash cards are printed back-to-back so they can be removed from the book, colored, laminated, and reused They can also be reproduced so each student has his or her own set Use the cards to increase meaning vocabulary in the theme they are based upon The words can be used in a self-checking quiz situation, or partners can quiz each other Have students reveal either the word or the definition and then give the other side Students should be able to master the words either way The sets of flash cards can be used individually or together One way is to have students choose two cards from each theme and use them in an oral story Another way is to sort the words by category or theme, by syllables, or by beginning sounds The word family cards can be used in a variety of ways These can be sorted by long and short vowel sounds and used to help generate lists of rhyming words for poetry writing or word family spelling lists The flash cards can also be used as the required vocabulary for shape books in certain themes Use the theme-based cards as well as the word family cards for this project ©©McGraw-Hill Children’s Publishing School Specialty Publishing 0-7424-1772-7 After School Reading Activities Name Date _ Beginning Consonant Sounds Beginning Sounds Book Write a Beginning Sounds Poem Book Write a poem for each beginning consonant sound Use the form below Decorate the pages Cut apart Staple together and share with a friend The beginning letter sound B is done for you Bob’s Bike Bob bought a bike, A beautiful bike, With big baskets on both sides They hold baseballs and bats, Books, boxes, and bags Now Bob has no room for rides! ✁ © McGraw-Hill Children’s Publishing © School Specialty Publishing 0-7424-1772-7 After School Reading Activities Name Date _ Ending Consonant Sounds Ending Sounds Book Write an Ending Sounds Poem Book Write a poem for each ending consonant sound Use the form below Decorate the pages Cut apart Staple together and share with a friend The ending letter sound B is done for you It’s a Job Want a job? Scrub the tub Dust the cobweb Plant the shrub Grab an old bib; Wipe out the crib Rub each knob That’s your job! ✁ © McGraw-Hill Children’s Publishing © School Specialty Publishing 0-7424-1772-7 After School Reading Activities Name Date _ Silent Letters Quiet, Please! Add the silent letter to each group of words Then use the words to complete the sentences Add a silent b num _ bom _ lim _ That large tree is about to snap! A blew up the old, empty building My fingers are so cold that they feel Add a silent w _ren _rench _reck Dad uses a to fix the pipe Be careful and don’t my new toy The little flew to her babies in the nest Add a silent k _not _nock _nife on the door before you enter The is very sharp He had a in his new shoelace Add a silent t di _ch pa _ch fe _ch 10 The dog will this stick 11 My pants have a on one knee 12 Let’s dig a deep in the sand © McGraw-Hill Children’s Publishing © School Specialty Publishing 0-7424-1772-7 After School Reading Activities Name Date _ Silent Letters Wrap It Up The letters wr together make the sound of r The w is silent Write wr on each line to complete the words in the Word Bank Word Bank _ench _eck _ong _ap _inkle _ing _ite _ote _ist _en Read or listen to each sentence Write the missing word on the line Use the Word Bank to help you A little made a nest in our tree Use this paper to the gift Jed hurt his when he fell off his bike We went the way, and now we are lost Amy will a thank-you note to Grandma After the water fight, David had to out his wet shirt I will fold your blouse so it does not Mom a list before she went to the store © McGraw-Hill Children’s Publishing © School Specialty Publishing 0-7424-1772-7 After School Reading Activities Animal Words ✁ giraffe rhinoceros flamingo alligator ostrich cobra © McGraw-Hill Children’s Publishing © School Specialty Publishing 115 0-7424-1772-7 After School Reading Activities Animal Words ✁ A large mammal with hooves, thick skin, and two horns on its nose An African mammal with very long legs, a long neck, and hooves A large reptile with short legs and a long tail, body, and snout A large tropical bird with very long legs and a neck that often has pink or red feathers A poisonous snake that, when scared, spreads its skin to look like a hood A large and powerful bird that cannot fly © McGraw-Hill Children’s Publishing © School Specialty Publishing 116 0-7424-1772-7 After School Reading Activities Animal Words ✁ chipmunk penguin chimpanzee tortoise zebra lizard © McGraw-Hill Children’s Publishing © School Specialty Publishing 117 0-7424-1772-7 After School Reading Activities Animal Words ✁ A bird that lives in the cold and does not fly A small brown rodent with a striped back and a flat, bushy tail A turtle that lives on land An African mammal in the ape family that is considered very smart A reptile with rough, scaly skin, four legs, and a long tail A large mammal of the horse family that has a striped coat and short mane © McGraw-Hill Children’s Publishing © School Specialty Publishing 118 0-7424-1772-7 After School Reading Activities Opposite Words ✁ front back over under inside outside © McGraw-Hill Children’s Publishing © School Specialty Publishing 119 0-7424-1772-7 After School Reading Activities Opposite Words ✁ The opposite side of front The opposite side of back Below or beneath Above or higher than The outer side or surface The inner part © McGraw-Hill Children’s Publishing © School Specialty Publishing 120 0-7424-1772-7 After School Reading Activities Opposite Words ✁ huge tiny straight crooked dark light © McGraw-Hill Children’s Publishing © School Specialty Publishing 121 0-7424-1772-7 After School Reading Activities Opposite Words ✁ Very small Very big Bent, curved, or twisted Without a curve or bend Pale in color Not light or pale in color © McGraw-Hill Children’s Publishing © School Specialty Publishing 122 0-7424-1772-7 After School Reading Activities Answer Key Quiet, Please! numb, bomb, limb limb bomb numb wren, wrench, wreck wrench wreck wren knot, knock, knife Knock knife knot ditch, patch, fetch 10 fetch 11 patch 12 ditch Wrap It Up! wrench, wreck, write, wrong, wrap, wrinkle, wring, write, wrote, wrist, wren wren wrap wrist wrong write wring wrinkle wrote Scooting Along 10 swing, scarf, stamp, spider, star, stapler, spoon, sponge, scooter, stitch stamp scooter stitch star scarf stapler swing sponge spoon 10 spider It’s a Zoo 11 shark chimpanzee whippet chicken whale sheep chipmunk white tail cheetah 10 chub Chew on This 12 I—lamp A—hand O—sand E—flag P—cast D—trap T—match Y—lamb U—tracks N—grass H—candy R—mask The part you didn’t eat! Snappy Tongue Twisters 13 • Albert, Allen’s, alligator, an, alley • Ashley, asked, Ashton • Amazon, ants, ambitious • Andrew, Anderson, analyzed, anatomy, antelope • An, anxious, anteater, anticipated, antsy, ant Game Time 14 Across made late page take 10 make ©©McGraw-Hill Children’s Publishing School Specialty Publishing Down name same ate lake game Amazing Tongue Twisters 15 • Amos, amazed, Amy, ailment • ape, able, take, April’s, apron • amiable, ape, ate, angel, cakes • ace, Amos’s, face • maid, made, angel, cake • Amy, ate, haste Examine the Eggs 16 G—tent Y—cent T—desk A—well L—fetch N—belt O—nest S—bell E—sled D—shell R—chest N—jelly None Roosters don’t lay eggs! Number, Please 17 bed bell belt jet web net ten well pen 10 wet 11 hen 12 den Seeing the Sea Life 18 sea neat beam seat read meat eat team mean 10 lean The Long e Beast 19 Across cheese three squeal sheep Down please reach wheat steam Pillow Fight 20 kick sick pig tick lips fins pick, clip sit pink 10 six 11 fit 12 bib It’s a Dilly 21 still fit fix will win hill hit tin bill 10 sit 123 0-7424-1772-7 After School Reading Activities Answer Key Wind It Up 22 kind—blue mile—orange wind—blue mind—blue side—orange find—blue bike—orange fine—orange line—orange time—orange side bike wind time mind 10 kind mile find line fine Hiding Behind Long i 23 Across driving awhile striped drier Down lightning dinosaur smile tied Rocketing Off 24 hip, hop fex, fox lat, lot gat, got reck, rock bux, box seck, sock jib, job pup, pop 10 cab, cob box got lot 10 sock cob hop pop fox job rock The Short o Doctor 25 Across robin doctor drop robber Down block toddler foggy Flying High 26 mow no boat pole cone road rose float stove 10 cold 11 most 12 crow Loading Cargo 27 Across goat cold boat load road Down gold told coat ©©McGraw-Hill Children’s Publishing School Specialty Publishing hold fold Marshmallow Magic 28 cub sub tub puppy gum bus mug duck pumpkin 10 mud Submerging Subs 29 run bus sun fun cut cup sub nut but 10 tub A Huge Cube 30 Across mute fume cute Down mule fuse cube You Can Do It 31 cube cute mule unicorn uniform universe unit mule unicorn 10 cube 11 cute 12 unit 13 uniform 14 universe Through the Woods 32 a—blue a—blue e—brown a—brown i—brown o—blue i—brown i—brown, a—brown u—blue 10 e—blue 11 u—blue 12 o—brown What a Band! 33 band, stand, sand, land, hand, brand, grand Across sand grand Down band brand land hand stand Buried Treasure 37 join moist employ joint boil soybean point pointed joy royal annoy toy soil boy choice voice poison oil broil toilet decoy foil spoil coin 16 true gold coins 124 0-7424-1772-7 After School Reading Activities Answer Key Clowning Around 38 house how out now about down our clown count 10 town Untangle the Threads 39 bread sweater breakfast meadow feather head At Dawn 40 lawn fawn dawn saw paw hawk straw crawl raw yawn dawn, lawn, saw, fawn, hawk, straw, yawn, crawl, paw At the Zoo 41 zoo, kangaroo, Moo, kangaroo, Moo, too moo zoo Across kazoo kangaroo too shoo He loves scrambled eggs! From the Ground Up 48 coat roots sun water carbon dioxide flower stem leaf chlorophyll When I Grow Up 49 cook, book gill, drill grove, stove claw, saw mush, brush cage, stage socket, rocket beads, seeds hen, pen 10 shower, flower Classy Animals 50 Amphibians toad frog newt Boo Down Achoo Santa’s S.O.S .42 Picture shows a camel Foot by Foot 43 Blue words—germ, giraffe, age, cage, stage, ginger, rage, genie, fudge, lodge, ledge, badge, ridge, general, budge, dodge, refrigerator, wage, edge, judge, pledge, porridge, page, wedge, smudge Red words—goat, goes, golf, glue, glad, glow, gone, good, get, gear, gave, again, gone, gab, gift, gate, garage, grip, sag, peg, gown, tag, grass, beg, gray Gloria Jack showed her a shortcut Tell Me Why 46 fly, sky, fly, July, cry, fry, try, why shy July by dry ©©McGraw-Hill Children’s Publishing School Specialty Publishing Down in the Dumps-y 47 blurry heavy story cry candy fly tardy shy dry 10 lovely 11 angry 12 marry 13 penny Fish trout shark eel Birds canary toucan parrot Reptiles turtle lizard snake Mammals bear monkey whale Months of the Year 51 Top Left December, January, February Top Right March, April, May Bottom Left June, July, August Bottom Right September, October, November 125 0-7424-1772-7 After School Reading Activities Answer Key Daily Riddle 52 Sunday Tuesday Friday Saturday Monday Thursday Wednesday All in the Family 53 uncle aunt cousins grandmother grandfather daughter son What’s in Space? 54 moon Earth planets space solar system universe star meteors Technology Tools 60 keyboard (4) monitor (6) printer (7) modem (5) diskette (2) computer (1) hard copy (3) The Lineup 61 fifth, 5th eighth, 8th second, 2nd tenth, 10th first, 1st third, 3rd sixth, 6th fourth, 4th seventh, 7th 10 ninth, 9th crane, kangaroo, giraffe, tiger, koala, zebra, lion, monkey, fox, elephant What a Ride! 55 Mars Saturn Uranus Venus Earth Jupiter Mercury Neptune Pluto All Around Town 62 A—hospital, yellow B—airport, red C—school, green D—movies, orange E—park, purple F—supermarket, blue G—library, brown Land and Water 56 Across continent channel lake 10 ocean Menu Mixing 63 Drinks—water, tea, milk, juice Vegetables—corn, beans, carrot, peas Desserts—pie, candy, cookie, cake Down mountain river Two for One 67 bedtime baseball flagpole raincoat snowstorm bookshelf classroom toothbrush upstairs 10 sandbox 11 necktie 12 sunlight desert plateau peninsula island Landform Riddles 57 peninsula island lake river mountain plain The Daily News 58 Across news editor weather index ads Down sports feature comics For Good Measure 59 Across Celsius ounces inches yard Down: liters centimeters foot pints ©©McGraw-Hill Children’s Publishing School Specialty Publishing The American Alphabet 68 India Mozambique China Ireland France Afghanistan Egypt Netherlands Israel 10 Japan 11 Korea 12 Philippines 13 Germany 14 Canada 15 Poland 16 Puerto Rico 17 Iraq 18 Greece 19 Australia 20 Italy 21 Cuba 22 Vietnam 23 Norway 24 Mexico 25 Kenya 26 Venezuela 126 0-7424-1772-7 After School Reading Activities Answer Key Health Helpers 69 Across energy vitamins fats vegetables grains 10 dairy 11 sleep Play With Words 77 ash spy art pig ant egg six ask she 10 ten 11 cry 12 hen Message: Spring is here Down meat minerals water exercise Transportation Magic Square 70 A = 5, B = 10, C = 3, D = 4, E = 6, F = 8, G = 9, H = 2, I = 18 All ways add up to 18 Make It a Magic Square 71 A = 5, B = 10, C = 3, D = 4, E = 6, F = 8, G = 9, H = 2, I = 18 Body Works 72 Across lungs rest stomach brain oxygen 10 heart Down blood medicine germs bones Name That Bone 73 skull collar bone shoulder blade arm bone breastbone rib backbone leg bone knee bone 10 hipbone Loosey Goosey 74 sparrow canary wren stork dove pheasant turkey loon duck 10 starling 11 robin 12 lark 13 finch 14 puffin 15 eagle 16 quail 17 gull 18 jay 19 owl A-maze-ing 75 baby mother cow hen old boat tree down bird 10 car 11 right 12 egg 13 snort 14 jump 15 home 16 kitten 17 plane ©©McGraw-Hill Children’s Publishing School Specialty Publishing Soup’s On 78 pan bowl drink letter boil right has great warm 10 serve 11 kettle 12 salty 13 fire 14 waiter He was trying to find the right words! ABC Potion 79 always baron control drink flashed hard ketchup lightning monster 10 overhead 11 point 12 rumbled 13 scientist 14 thunder 15 world All-Time Favorite 80 Picture shows sandwich on a blue plate Movie Match 82 A The huge house sits on a hill B It is a cloudy night C The robber is hiding behind the tree D The owl is sitting in the tree E Two children are walking up the hill F The robber’s footprints are easy to see Give Me a Title 83 A Soap Boat The Little Lost Kitten A Letter From Camp 84 forest seven bird singing pancakes and sausages fish The Birthday 85 Answers will vary but may include: happy, glad, surprised sad, mad helpful, kind, nice bossy pleased, nice, happy 127 0-7424-1772-7 After School Reading Activities Answer Key A Toy Story 86 Stories will vary What Happened? 87 a b It was raining his mom got home Who-o-o-o-o’s Afraid 88 Stories will vary Quiet Reflections 89 b c c b a b It’s a Fact 90 fact opinion fact opinion fact opinion opinion opinion fact 10 opinion Where in the World? 92–93 They are all mammals camel—hot and dry whale—ocean polar bear—snowy and cold monkey—hot and wet Swimmers 99 swim, have fins, have teeth lives alone—shark has lungs—dolphins is a fish—shark has gills—shark is a mammal—dolphin North America 100 Canada, United States, Mexico Washington, D.C San Francisco, Dallas, Atlanta, Washington Pacific Ocean Mexico Mackenzie River Encyclopedias 101 T B R M D F N T The Teddy Bear 102 Answers will vary I Can Do It 94–95 Answers will vary Some possibilities include: Beginning—Inez asked Ricardo to enter the baking contest Middle—The cake mix spilled End—Ricardo mixed a new cake mix and was happy he entered the contest It’s Cold Outside 96–97 no no yes no Tim Teddy’s Morning 98 Tim woke up Tim Teddy got dressed Tim brushed his teeth Mama Bear called Tim to breakfast Tim Teddy cleaned his room Answers will vary ©©McGraw-Hill Children’s Publishing School Specialty Publishing 128 0-7424-1772-7 After School Reading Activities LANGUAGE ARTS GRADE After School Reading Activities, Gr About This Book After School Reading Activities focuses on building word skills, vocabulary, and reading comprehension through activities that are enjoyable as well as educational Intended to stimulate interest in reading with approachable, often hands-on exercises, this book is a unique tool to use as extension, enrichment, take-home projects, or as part of your classroom curriculum The age-appropriate and grade-appropriate materials support national reading standards Each activity focuses on an integral word or reading skill, or on pertinent vocabulary The tasks will stimulate students’ creativity while providing practice with important reading skills This book also features a set of flash cards that present high-interest vocabulary and definitions They are sure to become an often-used part of your program Use them in groups or as an individual drill Visit our Web site at www.SchoolSpecialtyPublishing.com ® IFG99022 ISBN 0-7424-1772-7 After School Reading Activities • Cross-Curricular Activities • High-Interest Vocabulary Flash Cards • Reading Comprehension Experiences 0