Up the Wall: Nell's First Climb

Nell freezes halfway up a climbing wall at her friend's birthday party, then makes it to the bell. In 15 short scenes, students learn five climbing words, read a three-part story with a read-aloud button, answer where, why and how questions, highlight what a friend said to help, put the story in order, match causes to effects in other sports, fix capital letters and an irregular past-tense verb, choose kind words for a nervous friend, and finish with a catch-the-safety-gear game. Built for speech-language and grades 3-5 ELA.

• A 3-part story with read-aloud narration
• 5 vocabulary flip cards
• WH, cause-and-effect and inference questions
• Sequencing, matching and highlighting activities
• Grammar practice: capitals and irregular past tense
• A catch-the-safety-gear game

• Answer where, why and how questions about a story using details from the text.
• Explain how a character's feelings change across a story.
• Put story events in order.
• Match a cause to its effect.
• Use capital letters and irregular past-tense verbs correctly.
• Choose encouraging words for a nervous friend.