Literacy activities to accompany Maureen Wright's Barnyard Fun. Perfect for April Fool's Day and a deep dive into children's literature with surprise endings! Blackline copies included! Predicting, story elements, story map, BME, character traits, main idea, author's purpose, theme, summarize, sequence of events with transitional words, cut and paste sequence of events, can-has-is, persuasive writing, opinion writing, retelling, compare and contrast, anchor charts, KWL, ABC Order, illustration s