April Foolishness

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This is one of my favorite stories for April 1st .

Your class will love the characters and the story twist!

There is a paper/pencil version AND Interactive Google Slides.

Best of all they are FREE!

Listen here.

Slide One:  Click and Drag story elements.

Slide Two:  Click and Drag story recall.  (somebody, told, but...)

Slide Three:  Click and Drag create a barnyard hullabaloo!!

Slide Four:  Click and Drag rhyme.

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Who doesn't love some foolishness around April 1st?

April Foolishness by Teresa Bateman is one of my favorite stories to share on this special day.

Here are three activities to share after you read the story with your class that focus on retell, story elements, and favorite part of the story!The three activities can be downloaded as a Power Point or Google Slides.

 

Crankenstein Valentine...a literary companion!!

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Digital learning can be exciting and done right in the classroom in centers or independently as well as at home.

This interactive Google resource is so exciting and fun!

You can either read the story to the class or they can find it using this link to listen to.

After reading the story these activities are perfect for building reflective comprehension skills.

Slide One:  Character Study, A New Name...Type, click and drag

Slide Two:  Text to Self... type

Slide Three:  Word Study...Happy/Cranky... Type, click and drag

Slide Four:  Cause/Effect...Click and Drag

Slide Five:  Story Elements...Click and Drag

Slide Six:  Syllables, Parts of Speech...Click and Drag

Slide Seven:  Let's Sort...Things that made Crankenstine happy/cranky...Click and Drag

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Paper Pencil Resource

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What makes YOU cranky?

For Crankenstein it is Valentine's Day.

Have fun sharing the story with your class and then completing these adorable crafts and activities.

Choices for comprehension:

Cause/Effect

Text to Self

Story Elements

Character Analysis

Choices for Word Work:

ABC Order

Syllables

Parts of Speech

Making Words

Choices for Writing:

Graphic Organizers

Final Write Pages

Pre Writes

Topics...What makes you happy, What makes you cranky, Crankenstein Sensory Writing

Craft to accompany writing.

Happy Valentine's Day !

 

The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett

 

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This is such a wonderful story for the winter and a true twist on Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

Perfect for comparing and contrasting as well as learning about the Arctic.

These interactive Google slides are perfect as a follow up to the story.

I love reading this during our study of Polar Bears.

Slide One:  Story Elements (click and drag)

Slide Two:  Sequence Events (Click and drag)

Slide Three:  What did Aloo-ki say? (Click and drag)

Slide Four:  Compare and Contrast (Click and drag)

Slide Five:  Opinion Write (Type)

Slide Six:  Informational Text/Vocabulary (Click and drag)

How to Catch Santa

 

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Wouldn't it be fun to catch Santa?

This resource was written to accompany the story How to Catch Santa by Jean Reagan and Lee Wildish.

It is interactive and engages students with click and drag and typing activities.

Slide One:  Click and Drag...Would you like to catch Santa?  Type...reasoning for answer.

Slide Two:  If you caught Santa what questions would you ask?  Click and drag from the selection and come up with one of their own.

Using the ideas from the story which would you use to catch Santa.  Click and drag.

Slide Three:  Let's Write..what supplies need and sequence how you would catch Santa.

What is you favorite Santa sound?  Click and drag from the ideas listed.

Slide Four:  When Santa comes to your house what will he see, taste, leave...click and drag using pictures shown.

Slide Five:  Click and drag...Story Elements, Cause and Effect

Perfect for distance learning or a computer center.

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This is the paper pencil resource.

So cute!!

From the author and illustrator of HOW TO BABYSIT GRANDMA AND GRANDPA comes another delightful story...HOW TO CATCH SANTA!

It is perfect for enhancing creative thinking and writing "how to" pieces.

I created a packet filled with activities to support comprehension, vocabulary, writing, and even a little mathematics.

Vocabulary for posting (holiday cards with pictures and color)

Writing...

What questions do you have for Santa?

What would you like to ask Santa?

An opinion page

A "how to" page

Writing final copy pages with differentiated levels of writing pages.

Comprehension...

Roll and discuss (a dice game focusing on comprehension)

Cause and Effect...The children did...so what would happen?

Story Elements

Predict...did they catch Santa?

Summarize...somebody, wanted, but, so...

Word Work...

Parts of Speech

ABC order

Black and White vocabulary cards to match the words (students can color and take home)

Roll and Read...have fun reading words loudly, softly, silly, slowly, quickly

Word Search

Holiday Senses...smell, touch, taste, hear, see

Santa Sounds...reindeer on roof, ho, ho, ho!

What's in Santa's bag...

Text to Self ...make a connection

Mathematics...roll and catch Santa using mathematics (game boards)

'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving!

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This story is a favorite.

It is also a favorite for embedding literacy activities to for students to complete. 

 This Goole Slide resource is interactive!

Listen here.

Slide One:  Story Elements (click and drag)

Slide Two:  Sensory Writing (type)

Slide Three:  Opinion Writing (Click and drag as well as type)

Slide Four:  Character Description...Farmer Mack Nugget

Slide Five:  ABC Order using turkey names

Slide Six:  Story Retell

Slide Seven:  Count tail feathers and match number words (Click and drag)

Slide Eight:  Decorate your turkey

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This story by DAV PILKEY is a delightful read aloud for your class.

It is the night before Thanksgiving and what is going on?

The class is on a field trip and guess what they found?

This story is the perfect springboard for teaching comprehension, writing and word work.

The packet contains:

6 Vocabulary Cards for Posting

Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving:

Story Elements

Favorite Part

Character Descriptions

Opinion Writing...Would a turkey make a good pet

Sequence Writing...What happened on the field trip

Narrative...Thanksgiving

ABC Order...Proper Nouns...Turkey names

Making Words with the letters from Thanksgiving

Using 5 senses to recall story details

Writing:

Class book cover

Paragraph organizer

Graphic organizer (Thanksgiving)

Differentiated final write pages 

Two Math Games for your class to enjoy with a partner!