Reading with the Magic Treehouse Study Grades 1-3

Kids love the Magic Tree House Series! Here is a resource to help your students develop the literacy strategies necessary for them to derive meaning from print, read to find new information, and think and write creatively, all using The Magic Tree house chapter books as a springboard.

Includes:Story summaries

Reproducible work sheets for 17 Magic Tree House books

Teacher suggestions

Resource list

Story student reading record

Answer key

Expectations

l. To introduce the students to Mary Pope Osborne, her writings and her style of writing.

2. To encourage reading for pleasure and discussion of reading.

3. To encourage students to research for information about material they have read.

4. To develop literacy strategies necessary to obtain meaning from print.

5. To develop the students' abilities to think and write creatively.

Story Summary and activities for these 17 Magic Tree House Books:Dinosaurs Before Dark

The Knight at Dawn

Mummies in the Morning

Pirates Past Noon

Night of the Ninjas

Afternoon on the Amazon

Sunset of the Sabertooth

Midnight on the Moon

Dolphins at Daybreak

Ghost Town at Sundown

Lions at Lunchtime

Polar Bears Past Bedtime

Vacation Under the Volcano

Day of the Dragon King

Viking Ships at Sunrise

Hour of the Olympics

Tonight on the Titanic