Activity 1: Study the Story Pictures
- Before reading or listening to the story, study and describe the pictures accompanying the story.
Activity 2: Recite the Book Information
- Before and after reading or listening to the story, recite aloud the name of the author, the title of the book, and the title of the chapter.
Activity 3: Narrate the Story
- After reading or listening to the story, narrate the events of the story aloud in your own words.
Activity 4: Draw the Story
- Draw two circles for the Island of Tangerina and Wild Island.
- Draw some water around the circles.
- Draw some circles for rocks linking the two islands.
- Draw a whale near the rocks.
- Draw Elmer climbing on the rocks.
Activity 5: Itemize the Story
Study the items Elmer uses in this chapter and discuss how he used them.
- Grain Bag (Elmer hid within from the sailors.)
- Rubber Bands (Elmer used to close the grain bag.)
- Rubber Boots (Elmer put on the boots to walk on rocks.)
Activity 6: Check Off Items on the List
- Check off the items that Elmer used that he brought with him in his knapsack (grain bag, rubber band, rubber boots).