Mercy Watson BUNDLE of Book Companions and Comprehension Materials

Get all of my MERCY WATSON book companions in this BUNDLE! These chapter book companions have a consistent layout, so your students will feel confident and be able to complete the materials independently. There are several levels of difficulty included, so you can pick the right fit for your classroom needs! I have created these materials so that you can have conversations with your students about the plot, setting and characters after each chapter. And... encourage them to make predictions about what will happen next.

*There is one comprehension game included with this bundle...for the book Mercy Watson Something Wonky This Way Comes-and I will be adding five more of those to this bundle...one for each of the other books in this set!

Here is a detailed description for one of the companions:

Use these materials with the Mercy Watson series/book Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig by Kate DiCamillo. You will get over 100 pages of differentiated materials to use with the story.
This book study was designed with materials that can be used for each chapter as well as materials that could be used before and after reading. The concepts cover many common core standards for 1st-2nd grade.
Includes:

• chapter comprehension *respond by writing answers to each of the questions about the chapter
• answer key for each of the chapter comprehension pages
• cut and glue text sequencing
• sequencing with text *write the number to sequence the story events
• teacher ideas pages
• cause and effect
• Wh Questions *who, what, where and when
• comprehension cut and glue activity pages: includes one for each chapter *respond with cut and glue picture answers...perfect for your emerging readers and writers and easy to differentiate!
• story map
• Chapter reflection/predict what will happen next: differentiated options for drawing/writing response.
• Character details
• Visualize
• Predictions
• Before and After reading
• New Ending
• Favorite Part
• Syllable Count
• Fun Stuff: Decorate the hat for Mercy
• Making Connections: Eugenia Lincoln's phone/Our phone
• Making Connections *Mercy Watson's favorite food/My favorite food
• book review page *be the critic and share your rating for the book!
• social emotional connections: after reading a situation sentence from the book, children will think about how Mercy may have felt when this happened. They will respond by choosing a "pig emotion face" AND explain why they feel this way by writing a few sentences including sharing evidence to support their answers!
• true or false *perfect for checking for understanding at the end of the book!
• BME activity pages
• Look at the illustration/Describe what was happening in the story: 2 printables

Each chapter will have 4 printables:

1. Read and Answer with cut and glue picture answers (read the question and use the picture "answers" to cut and glue) *15 activity pages
2. Comprehension Question page with spaces to write and respond *15 pages
3. Answer Key for each comprehension page *15 pages (you can also use these answer key pages for a sub lesson...so they have questions ready to go along with the answers for each chapter)
4. Alternate Printable *15 pages with various activities to follow-up after each chapter

You will also get:

1. What happened in this chapter? printables that can be used with any of the chapters...includes 3 levels of difficulty: draw, write with plain lines, write with dashed lines
2. What happened in this chapter? What do you think will happen next? 3 different layout options

As a former Title reading teacher, I always see the need for lots of differentiation in the lower elementary grades and I hope this assortment of activities gives you lots of options for the "right fit" for each of your students! See the preview for aa closer look at what is included!

Here is what teachers are saying about my Mercy companions:

"I love using these with my class. The consistent set up for the chapters make it easy for my students to understand. We use the page for each chapter with picture choices and the page for students to summarize what happened at the end of the chapter and predict what will happen next. Thank you so much!"

"My students were able to be engaged and participate in all of the provided activities with this resource in one way or another. They enjoyed the book so very much and having this resource helped them to be able to show how much they comprehended and connected with the text. THANK YOU!!!"

"This was perfect! Mercy Watson was my first attempt in my grades 3-6 special education class to dip our toes into chapter book read-alouds. Previously we had only done short picture books. Not only did my students LOVE the book, but these activities were perfect for my students. I liked that I could use it with my kids no matter what their skills were because there was a variety of activities. Having the cut and paste questions were very helpful, and kept my students engaged. Some students needed help cutting of course, but having the clear choices and only a few questions on the page was perfect. They also liked completing the drawing page that went with each chapter."

Chapter books in first grade, novel studies, literacy circles, small group reading activities, comprehension activities, Chapter Book read aloud time, Differentiated Reading Materials, Reading Chapter Books in First Grade, Second Grade, Plot, Setting, Characters, Social Emotional Connections, Comprehension Games