Tic-Tac-Toe Reading Choice Board

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Tic-Tac-Toe Reading Choice Board

Directions: After reading the story, complete three activities to complete a TIC-TAC-TOE. Mark your choices with X’s or O’s and staple your completed work together.

VOCABULARY
Write a fairy tale using each of this week’s vocabulary words. Illustrate your story. / VOCABULARY

Use the dictionary to look up the meanings of these words. Write the definitions, use them in sentences and illustrate each.

unexpected landmark adjust tease / PLOT AND THEME
What happens at the end of the poem? What is the theme, or big idea, of this poem?
GRAMMAR
Write a postcard to your friend who has moved away. Describe the things you will miss doing together. Use adverbs that tell when or where. Write at least 5 sentences. Draw a picture of you and your friend on the front of your postcard. / WORKING WITH WORDS
Fold a paper in half. Label one side oi and one
side oy. Find at least 10 oi words and 10
oy words to write on the correct side. Choose
six words to use in sentences.

illustrate your sentences.

/ COMREHENSION
Think about the story. Has anything like this ever happened to you or someone you know? What would you say to someone who is moving and does not want to move? Write at least 6 sentences. Illustrate your work.
COMPARE AND CONTRAST
How do the boy’s feelings about the move differ from his mother’s feelings? Answer in complete sentences and illustrate your work. / INFERRING
Why does the boy want the men to go away? How do you think you would feel? / RESPOND AND RETELL
Fold a paper into thirds. Draw a picture of the beginning, middle and end of the story. Write three sentences about each part of the story in the box with the picture.