Reading with the Magic Treehouse Study Grades 1-3 - Paperback

by Frances Stanford (Author)

Kids love the Magic Tree House Series! Here is a resource to help your students develop the literacy strategies necessary for them to derive meaning from print, read to find new information, and think and write creatively, all using The Magic Tree house chapter books as a springboard.

Includes:

• Story summaries
• Reproducible work sheets for 17 Magic Tree House books
• Teacher suggestions
• Resource list
• Story student reading record
• Answer key

Expectations

l. To introduce the students to Mary Pope Osborne, her writings and her style of writing.

2. To encourage reading for pleasure and discussion of reading.

3. To encourage students to research for information about material they have read.

4. To develop literacy strategies necessary to obtain meaning from print.

5. To develop the students' abilities to think and write creatively.

Story Summary and activities for these 17 Magic Tree House Books:

1. Dinosaurs Before Dark
2. The Knight at Dawn
3. Mummies in the Morning
4. Pirates Past Noon
5. Night of the Ninjas
6. Afternoon on the Amazon
7. Sunset of the Sabertooth
8. Midnight on the Moon
9. Dolphins at Daybreak
10. Ghost Town at Sundown
11. Lions at Lunchtime
12. Polar Bears Past Bedtime
13. Vacation Under the Volcano
14. Day of the Dragon King
15. Viking Ships at Sunrise
16. Hour of the Olympics
17. Tonight on the Titanic