Description

Included in this Sideways Stories from Wayside School novel study are a variety of Common Core aligned reading responses and comprehension activities for every chapter. These responses check students’ understanding, as well as provide them a focus for reading. Students will need access to the book as they work on the reading pack, as they are required to support their thinking with text evidence.

Online Learning:  This novel study now includes Google Slides for online learning, compatible with Google Classroom. The link to the slides is found on the second page of the resource.

Included in the download:

• Strategy pages for making connections, predicting, and asking questions
• Common Core alignment page
• Interactive notebook pages for analyzing characters, chapter summaries, and author’s message
• Google Slides for online learning
• Complete answer key

Students will:

• make connections
• ask questions
• make predictions
• infer
• note details
• draw visualizations
• compare and contrast
• write chapter summaries
• determine character traits
• use details to support the main idea
• complete a story map
• identify and explain problem and solution
• work with personification
• be introduced to irony
• order events into the correct sequence
• complete character trait maps
• complete a book recommendation

Happy Reading!