Interrupting Chicken | Read Aloud Companion & Activities | K–3

Bring Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein into your classroom with this K–3 read-aloud companion packed with comprehension, vocabulary, story analysis, SEL, writing, and language activities!

This resource is designed to grow with your students, with differentiated activities for Kindergarten–1st Grade and 2nd–3rd Grade. Use the activities before, during, or after your read-aloud to help students look closely at the story, think about the characters, make connections, and respond to the text.

What’s Included?

Kindergarten–1st Grade

• Story mapping
• I Notice, I Wonder
• Story elements
• The 5 W’s
• Beginning, Middle, End
• Story sequencing
• Fairy tale detective activity
• Comprehension questions
• Character comparison
• Emotional journey
• SEL reflection
• Personal connections
• “Don’t Be an Interrupting Chicken!” activities
• Create your own interruption
• Vocabulary activities
• Syllable practice
• Vowels and consonants
• Vocabulary booklet

2nd–3rd Grade

• Story mapping
• I Notice, I Wonder
• Story elements
• The 5 W’s
• Beginning, Middle, End
• Story sequencing
• Comprehension questions
• Fairy tale connections
• Opinion writing
• Character traits and evidence
• Character analysis
• Character comparison
• Emotional journey and text evidence
• Cause and effect
• Main idea and details
• Author’s purpose
• Personal narrative writing
• SEL and text-to-self connections
• Create your own interruption scene
• Vocabulary activities
• Syllable practice
• Vowels and consonants
• Context-based vocabulary
• Synonyms and antonyms
• Nouns and adjectives
• Word-building activities
• Vocabulary booklet

The activities give students opportunities to draw, write, sequence, explain, compare, make connections, use text evidence, and think more deeply about Little Red Chicken and Papa's experiences.

Use the resource for whole-group read-alouds, literacy centers, independent practice, small groups, early finishers, or as a flexible companion throughout your Interrupting Chicken unit.

Please note: This resource is designed to be used with a copy of Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein. The book is not included.

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