Types of Activities
Listen to the story on tape/as read by the teacher without looking at the text.
Listen to the story and read along.
Listen to the story and put illustrations depicting parts of the story in order.
Read the book silently.
Read the book to a partner, then switch.
Write your favorite words/new words/words starting with A from the story in your notebook.
Write a portion of the story in the workbook.
Answer (or practice asking) simple who, what, when, where, and why questions about the story.
Play pictionary. Divide students into teams. One member of the team draws a picture on the board while team members try to guess what it is within a limited time period.
Speed reading game. Call out a word from the text, then let students race to find it. The first one to find it reads the sentence aloud. A word of caution: this game is rather hard on books.
Have students display the flashcards they made, let them be the teacher and ask the class, "What is this?"
Make up a dance or do actions to the words of the story. A good example of this kind of story is The Foot Book. The text repeats, "Left Foot/Left Foot/Right Foot/Right." Students can get out of their chairs and jump from left to right as suggested by the text.
Do the opposite of dancing. Have students "freeze" a moment of the text by acting out exactly what is described in the text at some specific moment, and holding perfectly still. You could photograph these moments if you have a digital camera.
Do a verbal fill-in-the-blank exercise. As you read, stop at random and have students shout out what word comes next.
Check comprehension of key concepts by asking students to draw pictures. For example, students could demonstrate understanding of the difference between "I like kimchi."/"I don't like kimchi." by drawing two different pictures.
A note about memorization. A lot of students really do enjoy memorizing the books. Allow them to recite what they've memorized in teams. Many students love to show off their English, and feel very proud of being able to produce a minute or so of non-stop English.