During Reading Activities

Choose one activity to complete while you are reading your book.
Timeline
Create a timeline as
you read the story.
Include at least 5
events.

Sketch Notes

Book Activities

Instead of writing notes, Complete 3 activities

sketch/draw main ideas that are included in the
and any important
book.
information as you read
your book.
Date completed: ____________

Date completed: ____________

Character Columns
Choose a character
from the story and give
examples for what the
character sees, does,
feels, and thinks.
*Take template from
folder

Date completed: ____________

Character Sketch

Open Mind

Choose a character
Draw any symbols,
from the story and fill in words, or images
the character sketch
bouncing around in the
template.
mind of one character
in the story.

*Take template from

folder

*Take template from

folder

Date completed: ____________

Date completed: ____________

Date completed: ____________

Five Senses

Vocab Columns

Making Connections

Write a section of text

for each of the five
senses on the chart.

List words from the

book in each column on
the chart.

Write about events or

characters in the story
and how they relate to
your life.

*Take template from

folder

*Take template from

*Take template from

folder

folder

Date completed: ____________

Date completed: ____________

Date completed: ____________

Open
Mind

Nombre: ___________________________________ Fecha: ______

Ttulo: __________________________________________________

Choose one character from

your book. As you read,
write down things the
character is thinking about.

Character
Sketch

Nombre: ______________________________ Fecha: ______

Ttulo: _____________________________________________

Choose one character from your book. As you read, write adjectives to describe
the character in the body. On the side, write the characters ideas, feelings, and
actions that s/he does.
Ideas

Sentimientos

Descripcin
(Adjetivos)

Acciones

Nombre: _____________________________ Fecha: ______

Making
Connections

Ttulo: _____________________________________________

As you read your book, write about events/people in the story and how they relate
to or remind you of your life. Write about one thing you have in common with the
book and one thing that is different.

En el libro

En mi vida
DIFERENTE
EN COMN
En el libro
En mi vida

Five Senses

Nombre: __________________________________

Fecha: ______

Ttulo: __________________________________________________

As you read the book, copy a section of text that includes each sense.
Ex: If a character is eating something, write about it in the gusto (taste) section.
La vista

(ver)

El olfato

El odo

(oler)

(or)

El gusto

El tacto

(saborear)

(tocar)

Nombre: __________________________________

Character
Columns

Fecha: ______

Ttulo: __________________________________________________

Choose a character from your book. As you read, write down what the character sees, does, thinks, and feels.

Qu ve?

Qu hace?

Qu piensa?

C
mo se siente?

Vocab Columns

Nombre: __________________________________

Fecha: ______

Ttulo: __________________________________________________

Choose approximately 15 words that you think are important to the story. As you read, write the words in the
appropriate columns in the chart below.
Ive heard the word, but
I dont know the word at
I dont know what it
all.
means.

I can guess the

meaning from context.

I know the meaning!

(Do not include words in
the vocab flaps of your
book!)