Trouble Talk by Trudy Ludwig Reading Response and Comprehension Activities
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Are you looking for comprehension activities and social emotional learning extension tasks to go along with the story Trouble Talk by Trudy Ludwig? This story follows a girl named Maya who is struggling to understand why her friend Bailey is always gossiping about everyone. This a great story to read to students to promote positive peer relationships or to reinforce SEL lessons. It lends itself well to use with working on reading skills like point of view, conflict and resolution, making connections and character analysis.
⭐The activities in this set include predicting, summarizing, reflecting, word work, real life extensions, writing activities and much more.
⭐These activities are designed to help students with reading comprehension, while encouraging deeper self-reflection about what it means to be a good friend . This is a great story to encourage a positive classroom environment at the beginning of the school year or anytime students are struggling with the challenges of friendships.
⭐With so many pages to choose from, you will be sure to find activities that are just right for your students. Each skill that is covered includes several options to find activities that will work for your whole group reading lessons or guided reading and writing activities.
⭐The reading response activities are designed for 3rd-4th grade, but can easily be adapted for other ages. See below for details of what is included. Take a look at the preview to see the pages in more detail.
Pre-Reading and Vocabulary Activities
- Predictions- Ask Questions 1
- Take a Picture Walk 2
- Read-Stop-Predict 3
- Other Ways to Say Trouble Talk 4
Story Response and Comprehension
- Discussion Questions 5
- Setting Checklist 6
- Setting Draw & Write 7
- Character Traits Bubble Maps 8-10
- Character Traits Guided Writing 11-12
- Character Compare and Contrast Venn Diagram 13
- Does the Character Change? - Guided Writing 14
- Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then 15
- Story Plot-Graphic Organizer: B-M-E 16-17
- Conflict & Resolution Craw & Write 18
- Conflict & Resolution Map 19
- Exploring Many Themes 20
- Cause & Effect Activities 21-23
- Point of View Responses 24-25
- Author’s Purpose Read and Answer 26-27
- Story Elements Graphic Organizers 28-30
- Story Summary - Short Answer 31-32
- Summarize in Just 3 Words 33
- Book Review 34
Connections and Extension Activities
- Story Reflections - Short Answer 35
- Connections: Text-Self Text-Text Text-World 36
- Connections Focus on Text-Self 37
- Connections Focus on Text-Text 38
- Connections Focus on Text-World 39
- Compare Myself and one Character Venn Diagram 40
- Is it Trouble Talk? Read and Check 41
- What to do when there is Trouble Talk - T-Chart 42
Writing Activities
- Story Summary Lined Paper 43
- After the Story Ends Writing Paper 44
- Write a Friendly Letter to Bailey
- Planner/Graphic Organizer 45
- Final Copy Paper 46
Answer Keys 47-52
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