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This bingo card offers 25 literature-based activities for first graders reading Madeline. Activities span creative projects (Paris maps and French flag coloring), character exploration (comparing bedtime routines, exploring themes of helping others), Bible passages on order and compassion, and math problems tied to story concepts. Use this as a choice board for independent reading practice, homeschool unit completion, or enrichment activities after finishing the book.

Subject:
English / Language Arts
Topic:
Literature
Grade Level:
1st Grade
Updated July 2024

Word List

  • Print and color the French flag and add to your journal
  • Print out a map of Paris, France, and find the places listed on the second-to-last page in the book, and paste in your journal.
  • Print out a picture of each place in the list on the second-to-last page in the book and make a collage, add this to your journal
  • Print out a map of France and find the Seine river. Trace the river North to the English Channel and paste in your journal
  • Watch a video documentary on the building of the Eiffel Tower. Draw a picture of the tower in your journal.
  • Find the pairs of rhyming words in the story and write them down in your journal
  • Write down the steps in your bedtime routine and compare to the steps in the story
  • Find the appendix and stomach on a diagram of the human body and paste into your journal
  • Complete "Math: Beginning Grouping and Dividing Skills" on p. 50 of FIAR. Draw or take a picture for your journal.
  • Complete "Math: Relative Size and Degree" on p. 51 of FIAR. Draw or take a picture for your journal.
  • Complete "Math: Symmetry" on p.51 of FIAR. Draw or take a picture for your journal.
  • Make a list of things you can do for someone who is ill or confined at home
  • Read Genesis 1 & 2 and respond in your journal how God orders the universe
  • Read Numbers 2 and respond how God tells Moses the arrangement of the 12 tribes encampment around the tabernacle
  • Read Luke 9:14 and respond how Jesus orders the people in groups of 50
  • Read Psalm 37:23 and Psalm 119:133 and respond how the Lord orders our steps
  • Read Philippians 4:8 and respond how we can recognize good things
  • Read Proverbs 1:10 and respond how the Bible teaches us to turn away from evil and reject peer pressure.
  • Write a paragraph about when you have resisted peer pressure to do the wrong thing
  • Read Hebrews 5:14 and respond how you can practice Biblical principles to train in discernment
  • Read Colossians 3:12 and respond how we are called to act with compassion
  • Read Matthew 9:36 and respond how Jesus has compassion on us
  • Read 1 Peter 3:10-12 and respond how the girls in Madeline turn away from evil and towards the good
  • Find the land assigned to the 12 tribes of Israel on a map
  • Read Revelation 21:12 and draw a picture of what you read in your journal

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