The Candy Corn Contest: Literacy Unit
Below you'll find printable literacy unit worksheets to use with the book, The Candy Corn Contest by Patricia Reilly Giff. This is one of over 20 books in her Polk Street School series.
In Chapters 1 and 2 the reader learns about Richard, his class, and the sleep-over he is planning. After reading these chapters try to answer this mix of multiple choice and short answer questions.
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Choose the correct definition for each underlined vocabulary word. Words include exciting, shuddered, and crackling.
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This file has vocabulary cards. Cut them apart and fold to make two-sided word cards. Words include: exciting, shuddered, scraped, hurried, and crackling.
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With Thanksgiving approaching, and Richard's sleep-over drawing nearer, Richard has alot on his mind. This activity touches on both of those topics.
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Fill in the missing letters to create a word from the story. After, writethe full word on the line. Vocabulary words include custodian, cheating, and collar.
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Vocabulary words in this card set include: collar, invited, cheating, frowning, and custodian.
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In Chapters 5 and 6 Richard has big plans on how to fix his Candy Corn problem. Use this activity to test your knowledge of those chapters.
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These vocabulary flashcards have the following words on them: knelt, fife, auditorium, strictist, den, crumpled, and sighed.
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This worksheet contains a mix of questions that assit in furthering student comprehension of the novel.
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The words on this set are apron, snorted, suppose, and frowned.
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In the last chapters of the book the reader finally learns what Richard will do about his Candy Corn dilemma. This activity contains a mixture multiple choice, short answer, and fill in the blank questions.
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Read each sentence and choose the correct definition for the underlined vocabulary word. Words include whispered, delicious, and assembly.
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Vocabulary card list features the following words: assembly, grinned, whispered, wondered, and delicious.
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Test your understanding of the book by answering these final questions. Questions are grouped in sections of five and include multiple choice, true or false, and matching.
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Find words from The Candy Corn Contest hidden in this puzzle. Words can be vertical, diagonal, or horizontal.
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The illustrator draws a scene from the assigned chapters. Members of the reading group look at the picture and describe what's going on in the picture.
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The question leader writes open-ended questions to discuss with the reading group.
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The summarizer writes a short summary of the assigned chapters.
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The real life connector tells how certain parts of the story are similar to events that have happened in real life.
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The word wizard finds challenging words from the text and defines them.
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This page can be used as a cover sheet to your students' literature circle packets.
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