The Raven Remix Activity Book: 50+ Activities and Games for Decoding, Reading Comprehension, Writing, and Speech

The Raven Remix Activity Book is a companion resource for The Raven Remix: A Mashup of Poe Titles from the HOT ROD Series of Decodable Books Level 3. Access to downloadable PDFs and online games explore over 50+ activities supporting decoding practice, reading comprehension, writing, and speech-language development. Learn how the activities described below fit into the 24 categories of Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy. See the introduction to each section to discover how activities connect to the Science of Reading. Use this resource in person or via tele-education. Developed for teachers, dyslexia interventionists, speech-language pathologists, and parent educators, it promotes collaboration between these groups.

*DECODING, SPELLING, ALPHABET KNOWLEDGE – Work on reading and spelling both words and sentences that include open, closed, and consonant-le syllables. Explore alphabet concepts by solving secret messages written in code.
*ARTICULATION: Explore /s/, /r/ and /l/ sounds in two-syllable words through board games and card decks.
*PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS: Work on sound and syllable deletion. Develop awareness of rhyme, alliteration, rhythm, and stress.
*COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY: Sort words by phonological and semantic features.
*MORPHOLOGY: Explore Prefix RE, Suffixes -ED, -EN, and the Greek combining form GRAPH
*STRUCTURED WORD INQUIRY: Use a Matrix to build Word Sums for the Latin base elements SPECT and SIST
*ETYMOLOGY: Explore the history of Pluto, the name of Poe’s infamous Black Cat.
*VOCABULARY: Build strategies for using context to derive word meaning. Create vocabulary foldables. Play games with definitions, multiple-meaning words, and cat idioms.
*SENTENCE AWARENESS & CONSTRUCTION: Combine short sentences using coordinating conjunctions. Answer WH- questions to build complex sentences. Determine if sentences are complete or incomplete. Examine the difference between a variety of clauses and phrases. Fifteen syntax activities in all.
*PLOT STRUCTURE: Use a storyboard for retells and summaries.
*GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS: Support writing at all levels. Create multi-paragraph essays.
*COMPREHENSION: Learn the PAGES Strategy. Use signal words to determine text type. Practice answering questions using the RACE format.
*CREATE: Explore a variety of engaging creative writing activities including Parroty Parodies and Scary Animals.