The pre-reading and vocabulary sections prepare students for the upcoming chapters. Get an idea of what an efficiency expert is like by brainstorming what their goal might be. Identify statements about the Gilbreth's car as true or false. Describe how the children convinced their parents to buy a family dog. Explore the Gilbreth's life view by finding more efficient ways to do things in the classroom. Investigate the life of F.W. Taylor, whose achievements influenced the Gilbreth's work in efficiency. Using a chart, compare the traits of Mr. Gilbreth with another character in the novel. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included.
Each Literature Kit resource:
- is written to grade
- is curriculum based
- is based on Bloom’s Taxonomy
- contains an Assessment Rubric
- contains 3 full-colour overhead transparencies (some printings contain 3 full-colour pages instead of transparencies)
These terrific resources contain Chapter Activities in the form of reproducible worksheets. For each chapter or group of chapters there are Before You Read and After You Read activities.
The Before You Read activities prepare students for reading by setting a purpose for reading. They stimulate background knowledge and experience, and guide students to make connections between what they know and what they will learn.
The After You Read activities check students' comprehension and extend their learning. Students are asked to give thoughtful consideration of the text through creative and evaluative short-answer questions and journal prompts.
Writing Tasks and Graphic Organizers are also included to further develop students’ critical thinking and writing skills, and analysis of the text. Assessment Rubrics are provided as a useful tool for evaluating students’ responses to the Writing Tasks and Graphic Organizers.
An Easy Marking Answer Key is provided with each resource. Marking students’ worksheets is fast and easy with the Answer Key. Answers in the Answer Key are listed in columns that line up with the corresponding worksheet. It’s that simple!
All content is aligned to standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy.