Enrichment Activities

Here are some awesome OPTIONAL activities for you to complete at home. They will surely help your mind and imagination get stronger:)

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Time for kids is a great one for current events.

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Prodigy Math, iReady, Newsela, and ReadWorks to complete extra work

If you want to do one of the optional activities below, please create a new Google Doc on your Google Drive and share with me:

FICTION choices:

Who are the characters in this story?
Where does the story take place?
When did it happen?
What was the problem?
How would you describe the main character?
How did the characters solve the problem?
How would you have solved the problem if this was you?
What questions would you ask if you were given an interview with the main character?
What parts of the text would you change?
Predict what happens in the future with these characters.
What was the funniest part of the story?
What was the saddest part of the story?
What is the theme?
How would you summarize the text?
How would you compare this text to another text of the same genre?
What is the main idea of the text?
Compose a song or poem about the main character.
Review the ending of the story.
Design the perfect career for the main character.
What connections can you make between your life and the book? Explain.
Write a letter to a character in the book. What would you say to the character?
If you could step into this story, what is the first thing you would do?
Choose one character and explain why you would or would not want to have him/her as a friend in real life.
Describe the setting(s) in the story. Can you make a connection to the place(s)?
From what you have read so far, what prediction can you make? What makes you think this will happen?

NON FICTION choices:

What is the main idea of what you read?
Give three details to support the main idea.
What are some words you did not know in your text? Use a dictionary to define them.
Does this topic remind you of another topic or text you have read about before?
Write 3 important facts or new information from your text.
Give 2 opinions about the topic.
Copy the part of your text you found to be the most interesting. Explain why it is interesting to you.
What text features do you see within your text? Give some examples.
What new questions do you have after reading this text?
Write a summary about what you read in your text today. Remember that a summary contains ONLY important FACTS.
What are your feelings and/or thoughts about this topic? Explain.

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