4th Grade Reading Menu May 11th - 22nd

Choose one activity to complete each day from this menu. VCS would love to see your work! You can text a picture to my google voice number or post your work in your portfolio in Class Dojo.

Make sure you include your book title when you send your work to your teacher on ClassDojo!

Write a letter to a friend using at least five different kinds of figurative language in the text.

Create three mathematics story problems for others to solve using a different figurative language descriptor in each problem.

What lesson could you learn from the text you

are reading?

Write a one-sentence summary of the text you read today. (Somebody)

wanted/needed _________ , but

________ , and/so ________ .

Write at least three jokes or puns using one kind of figurative language in each.

Invent something that will help the main character solve the problem in the

story.

Find one challenging word from your text, or find a

word that may be challenging to a person

your age. Explain how to use context clues to define a word. Describe why the word is important to the

story.

Create at least four newspaper headlines using an oxymoron in each.

Did the selection of reading you chose today give you any new ideas about yourself or your

family? Explain in complete sentences.

Predict the outcome if you stopped reading your book

now.

Write a diary entry from the point of view of one of the story’s main characters that they would have written before, during, or after the book’s events. Remember that the character’s thoughts and feelings are very important in a diary.

Create four character trading cards. Remember to include the character’s name, an image, and at least five characteristics for each character.

Create a timeline of events from your book. Include important dates, character introductions, conflicts and resolution, include pictures to represent each event. This would be an ongoing activity that you could begin at the start of a book, and complete as you read.

If this novel had a soundtrack, what would it be? Create song lyrics for your story. Explain your song, and where it would fit in your story plot.

Create a comic strip retelling the story in your own words. Be sure to include all of the important characters, exciting events, conflicts, and resolution.

Create a new book jacket for the novel. Remember to include a summary about the author and an eye-catching cover picture.

Create an acrostic poem using the title of your book. Each word needs to describe your book. Make sure to include the author of your book on your paper.

Create a double- bubble map comparing and contrasting the introduction to the closing.

Make a bookmark. On one side, illustrate the main

character, setting, problem and

solution/resolution of your story. If it is non-fiction, then draw pictures to illustrate 5 facts you

learned from your text.

Think of 5 interview questions to ask

a character in the book.