Flat Stanley | Book Study Activities

Help your students dig deep into their reading with this book study literacy unit for Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown. The unit is packed with Common Core aligned reading activities for First Grade and Second Grade.

Your class will LOVE Flat Stanley in his original adventure!

WAYS TO USE THE BOOK ACTIVITIES

• for whole class learning
• during small group guided reading time
• as individual student work
• as part of a book club
• homeschool instruction
• leave for a sub

Copy a pack for each student and you're ready to go!

WHAT TEACHERS LOVE

• differentiate to suit your students' learning abilities and needs
• saves planning time
• standards based learning
• great to leave for a sub
• no prep - print and go

THIS UNIT INCLUDES:

• cover page
• story elements
• making predictions
• character traits
• character analysis
• character comparison
• my favorite character
• can-have-are-need graphic organizers
• text-to-self connections
• making mental images
• evidence from the text/questions for each chapter
• who said it?
• writing response activities
• story events
• story clues
• story retell
• vocabulary comprehension
• vocabulary word search
• syllable counting
• alphabetical order
• making words
• design a book cover
• making inferences
• fiction and non-fiction story elements
• cause and effect
• problems and solutions
• giving my opinion
• giving my advice
• author’s purpose
• main idea/theme
• favorite part of the story
• story response
• favorite book in the series
• book recommendation
• reading notes
• learning standards charts for Common Core, TEKS, VA SOL

LEARNING STANDARDS COVERED:

Common Core

• RL.1.1, RL.1.2, RL.1.3, RL.1.7
• RL.2.1, RL.2.2, RL.2.3, RL.2.5, RL.2.7

TEKS

• 1.6.B, 1.6.C, 1.6.D, 1.6.E, 1.6.F, 1.7.A, 1.7.B, 1.7.C, 1.7.D, 1.7.E, 1.7.F, 1.8.A, 1.8.B, 1.8.C, 1.8.D, 1.10.A
• 2.6.B, 2.6.C, 2.6.D, 2.6.E, 2.6.F, 2.7.A, 2.7.B, 2.7.C, 2.7.D, 2.7.E, 2.7.F, 2.8.A, 2.8.B, 2.8.C, 2.8.D, 2.10.A

VA SOL

• R.1.9.c, R.1.9.d, R.1.9.e, R.1.9.f, R.1.9.g, R.1.9.h
• R.2.7.a, R.2.7.b, R.2.7.c, R.2.d, R.2.e, R.2.f, R.2.g, R.2.h

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