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There are several different things that you can do to engage a student in a story. First you can do Pre activities. You can go on a book walk. Look through the book and ask the students what they think is going to happen. You can describe the cover or the pictures. Asking questions can help students to learn how a story develops. During the story you can use a book box, bring out items that are in the story. A glass of milk, a cookie, a napkin, etc. anything that is in the story that you can make tangible for students. You can also do this in the preactivities and have students to make sure to look for the items. In the post activities you can ask questions, have them tell you what happened 1st, 2nd, 3rd. You can use a graphic organizer to have students make sense of vocabulary words that are in the story. You can make all these items cross curricular and use them throughout the day to make sure that students continue to think about it.