Activity 1: Study the Story Pictures
- Before reading or listening to the story, study and describe the pictures accompanying the story.
Activity 2: Recite the Book Information
- Before and after reading or listening to the story, recite aloud the name of the author, the title of the book, and the title of the chapter.
Activity 3: Narrate the Story
- After reading or listening to the story, narrate the events of the story aloud in your own words.
Activity 4: Act Out the Story
- Play the roles of the Dog Catcher, Fido, and Raggedy Ann.
- Act out the Dog Catcher catching Fido and placing him in a pen (you might use a room or a couch as a pen).
- Act out Raggedy Ann freeing Fido from the pen.