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Rally to Read | Changemakers 2025-26 | The Cookie Vote: Pre/Post Activities

Use these activities to accompany your reading of the book on the topic of Wellness: Changemakers: The Cookie Vote.
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Sitting Down To Eat

Sitting Down to Eat

Written by Bill Harley and Illustrated by Kitty Harvill
In Sitting Down to Eat, a young boy's snack time turns into a wild adventure when a parade of large animals, from an elephant to a blue whale, asks to join him.
Pre-K - 3rd
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Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles - Think of That!

Written by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon and Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon

With bold paintings and a simple, rhyming text, Caldecott Medalists Leo & Diane Dillon bring young...

Pre-K - 3rd
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The Cookie Vote

Written by Daniel Bernstrom & Margaret McNamara and Illustrated by G. Brian Karas

Mr. Tiffin’s students are learning how a bill can become a law and are eagerly brainstorming ideas...

Pre-K - 3rd

A Bike Like Sergio's: Memory Match

After reading A Bike Like Sergio's by Maribeth Boelts use this Memory Matching puzzle to help...

A Bike Like Sergio's: Criss Cross

This printable and interactive criss cross puzzle aligns with A Bike Like Sergio's by Maribeth...

A Bike Like Sergio's: Word Search

After reading A Bike Like Sergio's by Maribeth Boelts use this printable and interactive Word Search...

Grandma's Hands: Memory Match

After reading Grandma's Hands, use this Memory Matching puzzle to help students build familiarity...

Grandma's Hands: Word Search

After reading Grandma's Hands by Bill Withers, use this printable and interactive Word Search puzzle...

Grandma's Hands: Criss Cross

This printable and interactive crisscross puzzle aligns with Grandma's Hands by Bill Withers.

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Grandma's Hands

Written by Bill Withers (Contributor) and Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

"Grandma's Hands" is a timeless, universal song originally featured on Bill Withers' 1971 album,...

3rd - 6th
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Kid Innovators: True Tales of Childhood from Inventors and Trailblazers (Kid Legends)

Written by Robin Stevenson and Illustrated by Allison Steinfeld
Moving, funny, and totally true childhood biographies of Bill Gates, Madam C. J. Walker, Hedy Lamarr, Walt Disney, and 12 other international innovators.
3rd - 7th

A Bike Like Sergio's: Guide for Families (en Español)

A Bike Like Sergio's printable guide for families provides hands-on activities and ideas for...

A Bike Like Sergio's: Extension Activities for Educators

A Bike Like Sergio's printable extension activities for educators provides interdisciplinary...

A Bike Like Sergio's: Guide for Families

A Bike Like Sergio's printable guide for parents and families provides hands-on activities and ideas...

A Bike Like Sergio's: Vocabulary Scaffold

A Bike Like Sergio's printable vocabulary scaffold guide pairs 9 challenge words from the story with...

A Bike Like Sergio's: Guide for Educators

A Bike Like Sergio's printable guide for educators provides suggestions for activating student...

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A Bike Like Sergio's

Written by Maribeth Boelts and Illustrated by Noah Z. Jones

Finders keepers, right? When Ruben picks up someone’s lost money, he finds out how hard it can be to...

K - 3rd

What's Your Problem? Graphic Organizer

Use this graphic organizer to determine the problem(s) in the story by looking closely at the story elements (setting, theme, characters).

Titles Can Be Telling Graphic Organizer

Use this graphic organizer before, during, and after reading to make inferences and connections between the character(s), setting(s), and theme(s) in the book.

Time = Parts Graphic Organizer

Use this graphic organizer to help students break down a narrative nonfiction text into parts and identify the main idea of each part.

Indian No More: Discussion Guide

Use this Discussion Guide before, during, and after reading.

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If Kids Ran the World

Written by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon and Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon

All roads lead to kindness in this powerful final collaboration between Leo and Diane Dillon. In a...

Pre-K - 3rd

Leveled Reading Passages Supporting Pecos Bill

This set of leveled reading passages can be used to supplement the book Pecos Bill. This PDF has...

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