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Fun Classroom Activities

The 20 enjoyable, interactive classroom activities that are included will help your students understand the text in amusing ways. Fun Classroom Activities include group projects, games, critical thinking activities, brainstorming sessions, writing poems, drawing or sketching, and more that will allow your students to interact with each other, be creative, and ultimately grasp key concepts from the text by "doing" rather than simply studying.

1. Tools for the Wild

Examine tools that would be useful in the woods.

2. Take the Controls

Act out taking over an airplane.

3. Draw a Scene

Draw your favorite scene from the book.

4. North Woods Residents

Make a collage of animals that might have been found in the North Woods.

5. Brian's Crossword Puzzle

Create a crossword puzzle based on the story.

6. Go Berry Picking

Collect several types of berries and sample each.

7. Bow and Arrow...
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