Manipulatives

When students are reading a book they are given an object in the book that they can just play with. The students can do as they please with the object. For example in the book James and the Giant Peach By Roald Dahl the students are given a peach and they may eat it, feel it, drop it, and make it land on the empire state building model. They have to however find the pit in the center.

When students finish a book they make a replica of a favorite character. The character must resemble the character in the book almost word for word. The student can use paper mache or any material that the teacher provides. If doing the Wizard of Oz the student may make a character of the scarecrow with yarn and fabric.