The Good Egg Activities for Reading Comprehension

The Good Egg is an absolutely adorable story that teaches a great message to the readers. This fun book will engage your students as they follow the Good Egg’s journey to finding happiness. The Good Egg activities pack is filled with comprehension strategies to focus on the Common Core State Standards. There are also writing and word work activities. Students will have fun creating the Good Egg craft too. 

$6.00

The Good Egg activities included:

Anchor Text:

  • “The Good Egg” by Jory John & Pete Oswald

Posters:

  • Characters/Setting
  • Main Idea/Details (retelling too)
  • Compare and Contrast Cards

Comprehension Strategies:

  • Predicting
  • Message
  • Venn Diagram with cut and paste cards
  • Point of View
  • Vocabulary with context clues
  • Character Analysis (2 versions)
  • Character Change
  • Story Mapping
  • Main Idea and Details
  • Questions
  • Sequencing Cut and Paste (10 items)
  • Character Trait & Proof 2 pages
  • Beginning, Middle & End 2 versions
  • Text connections

Writing Ideas

  • Idiom…Coloring page and writing what it means 2 versions (What makes you crack & What does it mean to crack)
  • Make a list of kind things (egg’s list & your list)
  • Retell the story (prewriting and writing)
  • What would you do? (prewriting and writing)
  • What do you do when you are stressed out? (prewriting and writing)

Bonus Features

  • ABC order
  • Word search
  • Making words
  • Syllables

*The Good Egg Craft*

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