Waiting for the Magic by Patricia MacLachlan offers a sweet, funny, family book to enriching and extending your reading of this special story about a family whose daddy leaves home and returns to find that he is replaced by four dogs and a cat! It includes over 38 pages of activities PLUS a 50-page interactive Jeopardy-type game. The activities are perfect for paired, group, or whole class study.

This Kids Wings unit ignites mastery learning and provides lesson planning with handouts or projection on your electronic board!  Activities include:

The Lesson Planning Activity Guide Contains:
The Activity Guide/Lesson Plans Contain:
Pre-reading Discussion Cards
2-Page Readers Theater Introduction
Anticipation Guide
Family Rules
Ballads Using Summarizing Skills
Chapters 1-2: Vocabulary, Prediction Chapter Questions, Quick Write
Crossword Puzzle 
Multiple Choice Comprehension, Chapters 1 and 2
Chapters 3-5: Vocabulary, Prediction Chapter Questions, Quick Write 
Words to Pictures, Visualizing the Story
Use the Clues: Inferencing Evaluation Chapters 3-5
Chapters 6-8: Vocabulary, Prediction Chapter Questions, Quick Write
Multiple Choice Comprehension, Chapters 6-8
Chapters 9-11: Vocabulary, Prediction Chapter Questions, Quick Write
Talk About the Problem, a Discussion Guide
Words to Pictures, Visualizing the Story, Chapters 9-11
Discussing Dogs and Papa, Short Answers, Chapters 9-11
Chapters 12-14: Vocabulary, Prediction Chapter Questions, Quick Write 
Chapter 12: What's an Analogy?
Multiple Choice Comprehension, Chapters 12-14
Chapters 15-17: Vocabulary, Prediction Chapter Questions, Quick Write 
Words to Pictures, Visualizing the Story, Chapters 15-17
Words to Pictures, Chapters 15-17
Chapters 18-20: Vocabulary, Prediction Chapter Questions, Quick Write 
Logic Puzzle: Lula's Outfits
Writing: Changing Points of View
Comparing and Contrasting Books
Writing: Editing a Letter
My Letter to an Author
Answers
PLUS
An Interactive Jeopardy-type game