Balloons Over Broadway Book Companion - Student Booklet
- PDF
What educators are saying
Description
Looking for a fun way to spend those last few days before Thanksgiving Break while still building in reading strategies and engagement? Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet is the perfect book to read to your students! It is the story of Tony Sarg, the famous puppeteer behind the balloons that rise above the streets of New York City every year on Thanksgiving morning. It will amaze you how many of them know so little about Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
The product includes:
- 6 vocabulary cards
- Questions Guide for before, during, and after reading
- A list of extension activity ideas
- Reading response prompt and rubric
- Student booklet cover
- 19 student booklet pages to choose from (includes differentiated versions)
Targeted Skills:
- Vocabulary
- Sequencing and Summarizing Plot
- Cause and Effect
- Character
- Author's Purpose
- Theme
- Making Connections
- Making Inferences
The time before Thanksgiving is always crazy! This product is very low-prep, so it's a great time-saver. Just print and copy!
Obviously, you will want to have a copy of the book available. I have also found that letting my students explore the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade website is a super engaging way for them to learn more about the tradition.
