➜ Visualization illustrate visualizations from the story and support thinking with text-based evidence ➜ Cause and Effect analyze how events affect one another ➜ Comparing and Contrasting using a Venn Diagram ➜ Summarizing Somebody → Wanted → But → Then → Finally ➜ Predicting Activity primary-ruled and wider-ruled versions ➜ Design a New Book Cover demonstrate understanding of the text by creating an illustration ➜ Focus Sentence copy work, identifying elements of the sentence, rewriting) ➜ Making Words Activity Page use any word from the book ➜ Story Mapping Printable identify character, setting, problem and solution ➜ Lesson Planner summary, background info and planning space ➜ Focus Sentences use the book & author's craft as a mentor text to improve writing ➜ Grammar Topics selected to align with the text ➜ Vocabulary Activities with kid-friendly definitions ➜ Social Emotional Learning guidance lesson ideas & discussion topics based on the story ➜ Comprehension Questions categorized by reading strategy text-dependent THIS COLLECTION OF ACTIVITIES and LESSON IDEAS INCLUDES: This is a great story to get students excited about writing and discuss the challenges that come with the writing process! The owl loves the story and the two are happy to have one another as friends.

His story ends up being about her, and how she was brave enough to come and sit next to him. Once the story is finally finished, the owl comes and sits next to Rocket for the first time. Overtime, she moves down the tree branch by branch. As Rocket adds to his story, he reads it to the owl. She does not come down to listen to his story, instead listens from the tree. This inspires him to write about the nest he saw in a tree.Īs Rocket works on his story, he meets the owl that lives in the tree.

On his walk, Rocket smells pine needles and feathers.

With his teacher's suggestion, Rocket takes a walk looking for inspiration. However, when it comes time to write, he doesn’t know what to write about. One day, Rocket decides he is going to write a story with all the new words he has learned. When he finds a new word, he brings it back to class, writes it down and adds it to their collection. Rocket has also been collecting new words. His teacher, the yellow bird, reads them books at school. THIS READING UNIT FOCUSES ON USING THE MENTOR TEXT TO TEACH: We've even included editable teaching slides themed to match the book! This ROCKET WRITES A STORY Activities and Interactive Read Aloud Resource Book Companion Packet includes lesson plans, reading comprehension questions, vocabulary, grammar, phonics, writing and word study activities with both printable and digital student pages.įollowing an interactive read aloud of the picture book, ROCKET WRITES A STORY by Tad Hills, choose from the included collection of either printable activities or go paperless and use the digital activities to practice standards-based skills.

Rocket writes a story