Rigorous Reading: The One and Only IvanMaximize your students reading experience by providing activities that foster comprehension and reinforce understanding of literary elements. Activities for each section allow students to process portions of the novel through individual and collaborative exercises that encourage close reading. Suggestions for maintaining Interactive Novel Logs provide students with additional ways to reflect and connect personally with the novel. Students have the

Phonics helps young learners connect the sounds they hear to the letters and words they see

Projects are perfect for Sunday School or Vacation Bible School

Complete answer keys are provided

These activities have been crafted to help kids (by reinforcing the skills they have just learned and introducing the ones they’re about to learn) and parents (by offering easy-to-understand instructions and easy-to-check answer keys)

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These activities along with the inspirational reading passages encourage students to adopt this flexible

and to reinforce familiar knowledge

Student activities feature text-dependent questions that encourage close analysis and call for evidence to support claims

and 4 different writing activities to gauge understanding of concepts

All passages are Lexile-leveled

This resource also includes suggestions for creating and maintaining Interactive Novel Logs to provide students with a place to connect with the literature in ways of their choosing

Follow-up activities help readers with unfamiliar words