There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell Book Activities

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There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell is the hilarious rhyming story about the crazy old lady that will leave your students laughing!

5 adapted activities for There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell. These activities are adapted for special education.

WHY BOOK COMPANIONS?

Book companions are a fun and engaging way to get students interacting with a read aloud picture book! When I was teaching I had a lot of difficulty finding leveled book companions that would meet the needs of students in my self-contained classroom, so I made my own.

Here’s a look inside the There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell Book Companion

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5 adapted activities for There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell. These activities are adapted for special education.

STORYMAP

The Story map is used to find key elements of the story. I love doing this in the whole group setting on the board as a group. The visuals make this a differentiated activity!

5 adapted activities for There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell. These activities are adapted for special education.

After completing the story map as a whole group, you can break off into small groups.

5 adapted activities for There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell. These activities are adapted for special education.

SEQUENCING

Sequencing is also a great activity to do whole group and then split off to complete individually for review and to check for understanding.

5 adapted activities for There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell. These activities are adapted for special education.

VOCABULARY

Vocabulary is easy to review after the first time reading through the story. After the vocabulary review read through the story again bringing attention to the recently learned vocabulary words.

The vocabulary matching activity is also differentiated with an identical picture match.

5 adapted activities for There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell. These activities are adapted for special education.

COMPREHENSION

To review the story at the end of the week we use comprehension worksheets that are leveled to meet your students needs.

5 adapted activities for There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell. These activities are adapted for special education.

VISUAL CRAFT

Finally, complete a visual craft with your students.

5 adapted activities for There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell. These activities are adapted for special education.

READY TO USE THE BOOK COMPANION?

Grab the Book Companion in the shop here.

Grab the Book Companion on TPT here.

You can find the book here. (affiliate link)

Looking for another book companion? Check out How to Catch an Elf

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