Corduroy and Pocket for Corduroy are delightful picture books, which describe the adventures of Corduroy the bear. The worksheets and activities help students comprehend, analyze and creatively interpret the stories.

Your students will love acting out the stories after they color the templates for the paper bag puppets for the charters, including Corduroy, Lisa, Lisa's Mom and the Night Watchman!

Objectives:

• To expose children to the pleasure and enjoyment of books.

• To enhance comprehension in ways other than just recall questions.

• To expand the children's vocabulary.

• To help offer suggestions on ways to respond to the novel.

• To encourage creativity in children.

Introduction includes:

• Story Summaries

• Author Biography

• Teacher Input Suggestions

• Vocabulary List

• Blank Activity Templates

Discussion Questions

• Questions for the both books. 

Student Activities:

• Comprehension Activities

  • Activity 1 – Main Events

  • Activity 2 – Character Web

  • Activity 3 – Responding to Sentences

  • Activity 4 – Time Line 

  • Activity 5 – Sequence Fun

  • Activity 6 – Sequence Fun 

• Creative Writing Activities

  • Activity 1 – Letter to the Author

  • Activity 2 – Make up a Story

  • Activity 3 – Write an adventure story

  • Activity 4 – Retelling a story orally into a recording device

  • Activity 5 – Write and illustrate a cartoon

• Word Study Activities

  • Activity 1 – Look for words that use our senses.

  • Activity 2 – Look for plurals

  • Activity 3 – Verbs

  • Activity 4 – Compounds

  • Activity 5 – Alphabetical Order

  • Activity 6 – Contractions 

• Phonics Activities

  • Activity 1 – The “Sl”Blend

  • Activity 2 – Digraph Fun

  • Activity 3 – Rhyming Words 

• Drama Activities

  • Activity 1 – Dramatize you favorite scene

  • Activity 2 – Write and record a new ending to the story

  • Activity 3 – Make stick puppets and put on a show

  • Activity 4 – Write and record a commercial advertising one of the books

  • Activity 5 – Prepare a pantomime of a scene and act it out 

  • Activity 6 – Write a song about Corduroy and record it

• Art Activities

  • Activity 1 – Paint a picture of the story you like best

  • Activity 2 – Make a paper bag puppet of Corduroy

  • Activity 3 – Make a pocket

  • Activity 4 – Draw a picture with a pencil of you and your favorite thing

  • Activity 5 – Make a diorama

  • Activity 6 – Make a collage 

Pocket Potpourri of Activities

• Activity 1 – Word Search

• Activity 2 – Cross Word

• Activity 3 – Design a book jacket or cover

• Activity 4 – Create a poster

• Activity 5 – Brainstorm and list items that have pockets

• Activity 6 - Design new clothes for Corduroy

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