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In this reading activity, students recreate scenes in the story, using information from the story and their associations with previous experiences to expand their understanding. Good readers use the author’s words and their own experiences to make pictures in their minds as they read a scene.

Strategies/Skills Used

Reading Strategy 5: Make mental pictures.

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(1) Choose students to represent each page of the story in the form of frozen statues.

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Primary
  • Bats at the Library
  • The Bravest of the Brave
  • Taan’s Moons
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