Story Companion Activities for the book "There Was an Old Astronaut Who Swallowed a Moon" by Lucille Colandro

Fun and Engaging Activities for Sequencing, Answering Questions, Matching, Writing, and Retelling!

Includes 1 PDF Containing:

• Choice Board with Built-In Sentence Strip (The Old Lady swallowed _____.)

• 7 Picture Choices of the items the Old Lady swallows: the moon, a star, a planet, a comet, a meteoroid, a rocket, a satellite

• Background Scene to make a Planetarium

• 8 Space pieces for the scene (optional-use with magnet tape and a cookie sheet)

• Sequencing Worksheet in Color and Black and White. Number the pictures 1-7

• Cut and Place Activity Sheet in Color and B/W. Cut out the pictures, match them to the written words, then place (or glue) into the numbered chart to sequence the story and discuss vocabulary.

Target:

Answering What Questions in a sentence: "What did the Old Lady Swallow?"

Sequencing: Cut out and put the story pictures into a simple numbered chart

Writing Numbers: 1-7

Matching: Pictures to Words

Fine Motor Skills: Picture manipulation, Writing

Retelling: Use the Background Scene and Pieces to act out the story!

Have Fun!