Activities and Options for using PDFs:

1) Download & Print 2-page PDF:

Pre-work:

• Print Printer-friendly (~2 pages)
• Optional: Laminate it

Directions:

• Have students cut it out, sort, and glue story in the correct order.
• (If laminated - have students sort and put it in the correct order & have them show you before moving on).

2) Print PDF without illustrations:

Pre-work:

• Print full-size PDF, no illustrations

Directions:

• Have students draw an illustration that sums up their assigned decodable story
  • Use their illustration to do a comprehension check about what the story is mostly about.

Guiding questions or conversations:

• Compare/Contrast:
  • How is the picture from your story the same as the pictures on LitLab?
  • How is the picture from your story different from the pictures on LitLab?
• Promoting critical thinking:
  • If you created another story and chose the same character, setting, and name what do you think would happen?
  • How does the story change?
  • What is the same about a decodable book on LitLab compared to a physical book that we have in our classroom?
  • What is the difference between a decodable book on LitLab compared to a physical book that we have in our classroom?
• Comprehension:
  • Tell me about this story.
    • What is this story mostly about?
    • If the story were to continue, what would happen next?
    • What is the character like? What character trait(s) do they have? What in the story shows that they have that character trait?
  • Tell me about the picture that you drew.