There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves Book Companion · Fall Activities

Looking for There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves activities? Make your fall read-aloud count with 10 no-prep printable pages for kindergarten, first and second grade.
Use them with There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves! by Lucille Colandro for comprehension, sequencing, vocabulary, rhyming and writing, one activity per page.

WHAT'S INSIDE (15-page PDF, color edition + printer-friendly edition)
- Before-reading prediction page (1 page)
- Story map: characters, setting, problem, solution (1 page)
- Story order: 8 picture cards to number in order; no cutting or gluing (1 page)
- Comprehension: 4 multiple-choice questions (1 page)
- Think and write: 2 written-response questions (1 page)
- Story words: 6 kid-friendly vocabulary words with meanings and draw boxes (1 page)
- Retell: beginning, middle and end (1 page)
- Rhyme time: circle the rhyming word for 6 story pictures (1 page)
- Writing prompt with a picture box: build your own scarecrow (1 page)
- Color-your-own scarecrow page with a name line (cutting optional) (1 page)
- Answer key with teacher notes (3 pages)

WHY TEACHERS LIKE IT
- One activity per page, big kid-friendly print
- No answers given away: questions, story map, story order and writing pages have nothing filled in; the Story Words and Rhyme Time pages show one gray example. Every answer is in the answer key
- Original watercolor pictures of the story's fall items; colorful fall pages plus a printer-friendly edition
- K pages work with directions read aloud; grades 1-2 can work on their own

WHO IT'S FOR
- K-2 classrooms during fall read-aloud week (October and November)
- Literacy centers and small groups
- Sub plans and early finishers
- Homeschool and reading tutors

You will need your own copy of There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves!

This is an independent companion resource. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the author or publisher. The book is not included.