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5 Activities for Olive, the Other Reindeer

5 Activities for the Christmas book Olive, The Other Reindeer. These activities are adapted for your special education class.

Olive, the Other Reindeer is the sweet story of Olive the dog who thinks he must be a reindeer!

5 Activities for the Christmas book Olive, The Other Reindeer. These activities are adapted for your special education class.

WHY BOOK COMPANIONS?

Book companions are a fun and engaging way to get students interacting with a read aloud picture book! When I was teaching I had a lot of difficulty finding leveled book companions that would meet the needs of students in my self-contained classroom, so I made my own.

Here’s a look inside the Olive, the Other Reindeer Book Companion

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5 Activities for the Christmas book Olive, The Other Reindeer. These activities are adapted for your special education class.

STORYMAP

The Story map is used to find key elements of the story. I love doing this in the whole group setting on the board as a group. The visuals make this a differentiated activity!

5 Activities for the Christmas book Olive, The Other Reindeer. These activities are adapted for your special education class.

After completing the story map as a whole group, you can break off into small groups.

5 Activities for the Christmas book Olive, The Other Reindeer. These activities are adapted for your special education class.

SEQUENCING

Sequencing is also a great activity to do whole group and then split off to complete individually for review and to check for understanding.

5 Activities for the Christmas book Olive, The Other Reindeer. These activities are adapted for your special education class.

VOCABULARY

Vocabulary is easy to review after the first time reading through the story. After the vocabulary review read through the story again bringing attention to the recently learned vocabulary words.

5 Activities for the Christmas book Olive, The Other Reindeer. These activities are adapted for your special education class.

The vocabulary matching activity is also differentiated with an identical picture match.

5 Activities for the Christmas book Olive, The Other Reindeer. These activities are adapted for your special education class.

COMPREHENSION

To review the story at the end of the week we use comprehension worksheets that are leveled to meet your students needs.

5 Activities for the Christmas book Olive, The Other Reindeer. These activities are adapted for your special education class.

VISUAL CRAFT

Finally, complete a visual craft with your students.

5 Activities for the Christmas book Olive, The Other Reindeer. These activities are adapted for your special education class.

READY TO USE THE BOOK COMPANION?

Grab the Book Companion in the shop here.

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5 Activities for the Christmas book Olive, The Other Reindeer. These activities are adapted for your special education class.

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