My fathers dragon activities story
6 Extension Activities for Kids Who Love My Father’s Dragon!
Making Predictions in My Father's Dragon
Activity Overview
Template and Class Instructions
Rubric
Activity Overview
During this read-aloud, students are going to have many predictions or inferences, on what they think is going to happen next.
My fathers dragon activities story
A great idea for a storyboard is to have students illustrate their predictions. Plan on specific stopping points while reading, and have your students predict what will happen. They will illustrate their prediction in a storyboard cell and use evidence from the text or prior knowledge to back up their prediction.
The main focus for the storyboard example below was to predict what Elmer will use from his knapsack.
The story lists exactly what Elmer brought with him on his trip:
- gum
- toothbrush and toothpaste
- a comb / hairbrush
- 6 magnifying glasses
- 2 dozen pink lollipops
- rubber bands
- jackknife
- hair ribbons
- grain sack with the word cranberry
Using this knowledge, and the narrative about the specific animal, one