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: Map the Story
- In the story, Tom Kitten is saved by a dog named John Joiner.
- John Joiner is a Cairn terrier. Cairn terriers are dogs originating in Scotland, bred to chase quarry around cairns.
- Find the UK on the map of Europe below. Scotland is in the northern part of the island.
Activity 5: Model the Story
- A 'cairn' is a pile of stones stacked atop one another. Cairns are used to mark hiking trails or landmarks or to mark burial plots (Google define).
- Construct your own cairn out of stones (or substitute blocks, Legos, or other items) as shown below.