From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Companion

This read aloud companion goes along with E.L. Konigsburg's From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Enhance your students' comprehension of the novel by asking relevant questions and allowing them to respond in their journals.

Edit April 2021: This product is now digital! Re-download to use Google Slides™ OR an updated print version.

The "Read Aloud Bookmark" series was developed out of my need to make read alouds more meaningful. How often do we rush through reading and run out of time to foster higher-level thinking and comprehension? This product will fix that problem!

How does this work?

I've provided 2 questions for each chapter. Simply print the bookmarks on cardstock. In the top left corner, punch a hole in each bookmark and secure together with a ring. Leave this in the novel as you read and refer to it as needed. Alternately, you can print a copy of the bookmark for each student. They can use it with their personal copy of the novel and use the questions as journal prompts!

As students listen, they can also answer the discussion questions in their journal! For each chapter, I’ve provided 2 questions.

• The Jump-Start Question is intended to be read BEFORE you start reading the chapters. These questions allows students to recall events from the previous chapter, make predictions, and build on previous knowledge.
• The Sign-Off Question is to facilitate discussion AFTER reading the chapters. These questions allow students to analyze characters, summarize, sequence events, etc.

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This product is part of my FOURTH GRADE READ THROUGH THE YEAR BUNDLE! View that product here and check out the other included titles below!

*Fish in a Tree

*Esperanza Rising

*The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

*The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

*Frindle

*I Am Malala

*The Wild Robot

*The War That Saved My Life

*From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

I also have MANY other read aloud options!

**Read Aloud Through the Year 3rd Grade Bundle**

**Read Aloud Through the Year 5th Grade Bundle**