Boris and Bella characters, lessons learned, Halloween activities

Boris and Bella is a BOOtiful story which can teach young readers how to watch the character for theme changes. It's an awesome read aloud for our Halloween activities. This resource is now ready for distance learning too!

Bella Legrossi (the messiest monster in Booville) and Boris Kleanitoff (the tidiest monster in Booville) were neighbors who rubbed each other the wrong way. Kids will have fun listening to this Halloween story to find out if these two could ever be friends.

By using the signpost strategy (Notice and Note Strategies for Close Reading by K. Beers and N. Probst), students can gain a better understanding of key elements in fictional text.

When looking at the characters and major events, you can lead the class to see how these changes can affect the character over time. (This is the beginning of awareness for: character motivation, plot, conflict, foreshadowing ‘predictions’, and big life lessons or themes.) Questions that will lead your students to their very own ‘Ah- Ha’ moments are included.

Follow up activities include:

Anchor Charts (to post & refer to during lesson)

Read Aloud Questions for teacher

Follow up questions for students

Vocabulary practice…looking at word choice

Graphic Organizers to look at Character Traits & Major Events

Sentence frames

Ghoulish Slime…just for fun!

***Please Note: Easel Activity is ONLY LOCATED on the PRODUCT PAGE. There are NO LINKS on your "MY PURCHASES" page (there are also links to Easel Activities at the very top of every page). 

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This book can also be found in the following bundle:

A Book Companion Bundle

Read Aloud Series:

Mr. Peabody's Apples ....Characters, lessons learned, & graphic organizers

Weslandia...Characters, lessons learned, & graphic organizers

Other Halloween theme Resources you may enjoy:

Halloween Math DOUBLE TROUBLE addition group scoot

Boris and Bella Characters, lessons learned, Halloween activities

Bats Close Reading , Informational text, annotation to show text evidence

The 'Haunted Verbs'....words in action....Fall & Halloween Fun Activities

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