ELEMENTARY READ ALOUD ACTIVITIES

Elementary read aloud activities are a powerful way for teachers to transform simply reading aloud a picture book to engaging students in an interactive read aloud, while practicing comprehension strategies, grammar concepts, SEL topics, writing skills and new vocabulary. Clutter-Free Classroom's Starts With a Story book companions are no prep activity packets based on popular children's books for 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade that include teaching ideas and printable worksheets. Learn more here!
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Zog Activities, Lesson Plans & Printable Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Hey elementary teachers! The picture book Zog by Julia Donaldson is a quality read aloud to share with your 1st, 2nd and 3rd graders for a resiliency, compassion and individuality lesson. We at the Clutter-Free Classroom knew we had to add it to our Starts With a Story collection, which is a library of book companions filled with lesson ideas, teaching tips and worksheets. Teachers have everything they need to deliver engaging lessons! Learn about this book and the related printable activities!
Your Name is a Song Activities, Lesson Plans & Printable Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Read aloud Your Name Is A Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow to your first, second and third grade students and use these printable activities and worksheets created by Clutter-Free Classroom and teaching ideas to deliver standards-based reading lessons. Your elementary students will love this children’s book, which is great for teaching topics like being respectful, summarizing, character analysis, plot-problem/solution and sequencing. Grab the helpful tips and printables you need here!
You Will Be My Friend Activities, Lesson Plans & Printable Reading Comprehension Worksheets
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Worm Loves Worm Activities, Lesson Plans & Printable Reading Comprehension Worksheets
J. J. Austrian’s Worm Loves Worm is a quality mentor text for teaching flexible thinking, predicting, retelling, plot, sequencing, main idea and inferencing to elementary students in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade. This Clutter-Free Classroom post shares reading lesson ideas, read aloud teaching tips and resource recommendations that are packed with printable worksheets and activities. Simply pair this picture book with the book companion and an anchor chart for engaging lessons! Learn more here!
Wolfie the Bunny Activities, Lesson Plans & Printable Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Calling all 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade teachers! Wolfie the Bunny activities created by Clutter-Free Classroom as part of their Starts With a Story collection are a great companion to Amy Dyckman’s picture book. This mentor text is great for teaching elementary students advocacy, expectations, predicting, retelling and character analysis. Pair the printable worksheets and teaching tips with a quick and easy anchor chart idea to make the most of your reading lesson. Check out this post to learn more!
Wishes Activities, Lesson Plans & Printable Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Hey elementary teachers! The picture book Wishes by Muon Thi Van is a quality read aloud to share with your 1st, 2nd and 3rd graders for a perseverance and compassion lesson. We at the Clutter-Free Classroom knew we had to add it to our Starts With a Story collection, which is a library of book companions filled with lesson ideas, teaching tips and worksheets. Teachers have everything they need to deliver engaging lessons! Learn about this book and the related printable activities!
Wilfred Activities, Lesson Plans & Printable Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Wilfred by Ryan Higgins is part of Clutter-Free Classroom’s Starts With a Story collection, which is a library of printable and digital resources for students in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade. This picture book is great for teaching character traits, cause and effect, making inferences, courage, managing emotions and friendship. Your elementary students will love this read aloud and the related activities, worksheets and lesson ideas that are in the book companion. Scoop them up here!
Who Wet My Pants? Activities, Lesson Plans & Printable Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Read aloud Who Wet My Pants? by Bob Shea to your first, second and third grade students and use these printable activities and worksheets created by Clutter-Free Classroom and teaching ideas to deliver standards-based reading lessons. Your elementary students will love this children’s book, which is great for teaching topics like compassion, character analysis, cause and effect, plot-problem/solution, author’s purpose and sequencing. Grab the helpful tips and printables you need here!
Whistle for Willie Activities, Lesson Plans & Printable Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Ezra Jack Keats’ Whistle for Willie is a quality mentor text for teaching perseverance, goal setting, identifying genre, retelling and making connections to elementary students in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade. This Clutter-Free Classroom post shares reading lesson ideas, read aloud teaching tips and resource recommendations that are packed with printable worksheets and activities. Simply pair this picture book with the book companion and an anchor chart for engaging lessons! Learn more here!
Where the Wild Things Are Activities, Lesson Plans & Printable Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak is part of Clutter-Free Classroom’s Starts With a Story collection, which is a library of printable and digital resources for students in 1st, 2nd or 3rd grade. This picture book is great for teaching the following concepts and ideas: emotions, being respectful, retelling and analyzing setting.Your elementary students will love this read aloud and the related activities, worksheets and lesson ideas that are in the book companion. Scoop them up here!
Where Are You From? Activities, Lesson Plans & Printable Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Calling 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade teachers! These Where Are You From? activities created by Clutter-Free Classroom as part of their Starts With a Story collection are a great companion to Yamile Saied Mendez’s picture book. This mentor text is great for teaching elementary students family, identity, summarizing, plot, sequencing and main idea. Pair the printable worksheets and teaching tips with a quick anchor chart idea to make the most of your reading lesson. Check out this post to learn more!
When We Were Alone Activities, Lesson Plans & Printable Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Are you looking for a read aloud to teach 1st, 2nd or 3rd graders about Orange shirt day? Check out this Clutter-Free Classroom post, which showcases David A. Robertson’s When We Were Alone, a mentor text for teaching Idigenous People Day, as well as reading comprehension strategies like cause and effect, sequencing and author’s purpose. This post shares free tips and ideas specific to this children’s book. Check out the printable activities and worksheets for elementary students too!
When I Was Eight Activities, Lesson Plans & Printable Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Add the read aloud When I Was Eight by Christy Jordan-Fenton to your elementary classroom library! This picture book paired with an anchor chart is great for celebrating Orange Shirt Day, Indigenous People Day and Native American heritage. Check out this Clutter-Free Classroom post, which recommends lesson ideas, printable worksheet activities and book info for 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade teachers. Making predictions, cause and effect and point of view are just some of the topics this text works for!
When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree Activities Lessons & Printable Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Hey elementary teachers! The picture book When Grandma Gives You A Lemon Tree by Jamie L.B. Deenihan and Lorraine Rocha is a read aloud to share with 1st, 2nd and 3rd graders for a theme lesson. We at Clutter-Free Classroom knew we had to add it to our Starts With a Story collection, a library of book companions filled with lesson ideas, teaching tips and worksheets. Teachers have everything they need to deliver engaging lessons! Learn about this book and the related printable activities!
What the Road Said Activities, Lesson Plans & Printable Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Add the read aloud What the Road Said by Cleo Wade to your elementary classroom library! This picture book paired with an anchor chart is great for celebrating the end of the school year. Check out this Clutter-Free Classroom post, which recommends lesson ideas, printable worksheet activities and book info for 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade teachers. Summarizing, making connections, author’s purpose, mindfulness, worry, resiliency and question marks are just some of the topics this text works for!