There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover!

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Lucille Colandro once again has the old lady busy swallowing items.

She swallowed a clover begins this story and ends with wishing a Happy St. Patrick's Day.

The rhyme and repeat sequence mades this story wonderful for building vocabulary and recall.

This interactive Google slide resource is perfect for distance learning, a center or even whole group.

If the text is too difficult for some of your students, have everyone on a computer reading together and then interacting OR put it up on you Interactive White Board.

Slides One to Ten are simple text with click and drag.

There was an old lady who swallowed a clover.

She didn't role over.

Click and drag the clover to the old lady's hand.

Slide Eleven:  Vocabulary Picture Match...click and drag

Slide Twelve:  Story Retell...Click and drag

Slide Thirteen:  Shamrock Wishes...Type

Slide Fourteen:  Questions for the Leprechaun...Type

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The Perfect Story for Read and Retell.

Work on expression!

Work on word work, writing, and more!!

12 Colorful Vocabulary Cards for posting

Story Sequence

Vocab Match

Story Retell...color, cut, slide

Cause and Effect

ABC Order

Center Activities

Craft

2 Game boards for partner work

Writing...narrative, informational

 

March...Lion or Lamb? FREE

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How will March come in?

Like a Lion or a Lamb...

These two FREE resources will provide and opportunity for your class to do some comparing, contrasting and predicting.  So much fun!

The interactive Google slides begin with a look at what the "saying" means.

They will type about what they hope happens and why.

Slide Two:  Students will click and drag descriptive words for lion and lamb as well as look at how they relate to the weather.

Slide Three: A cute pom by Lori Hill

Students will click and drag pictures that go with winter and spring.

Slide Four:  Weather sort using vocabulary.

Making predictions.

Paper Pencil Resource

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If today is any indication of how March will come in the lion is certainly roaring.

Cold, windy and we have over 6 inches of snow!!

So sitting by the fire I decided to create this packet for you!

This packet has:

Data Collection...Lion or Lamb

Let's Predict...Writing

Poem...Using text to recall

Weather Sort

Mini Book...Informational text

Graphic Organizer

Final Write pages

 

Kindness Counts

 

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What better month to promote kindness than February.

This interactive Google slide resource is ideal for reviewing with your class ways to be kind.

It promotes these ways to be kind:

respect, care, share, help others

It also includes information on the key three C words:

compliment, cooperate and considerate

Activities include click and drag sorts as well as typing responses.

There are pictures and written examples.

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This resource is filled with activities that promote...KINDNESS COUNTS!

It covers these aspects of kindness: respect, sharing, helping others, caring

The craft includes a boy and girl Kindness Heroes

They connect to writing about how to be a Kindness Hero

This is followed by an activity for teachers to CATCH students being kind. (color and black and white)

There is an anchor chart with a definition of Kindness

Vocabulary Cards are colorful and perfect for posting.

Literature and Activities include:

Mean Jean (bully)

Bear Feels Sick (caring)

Chrysanthemum (name calling/respect)

It's Mine (sharing)

Activities include:

I can care

Things to share

Ways to care connecting to parents

Three ways to help others

Definitions...cooperation, consideration, compliment, smile

Cut and Paste...friend/bully

Make words...friendship

Abc Order

I think your classroom will be a happier place!!

Ben Franklin

 

Ben Franklin was a famous American.

He is known for his writing, inventions, and leadership.

This packets allows students the opportunity to read, write and learn more about this special American Hero.

Perfect for research practice.

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efore beginning the mini lessons I suggest you read this Now and Ben by Gene Barretta.

What an amazing story about Ben Franklin!

There are three activities to accompany this story or that can be used without it.

Lot's of opportunity for reading informational text in 3 different forms.

After reading students can complete the True/False page and highlight the facts in their text.

Creating a timeline helps student's understand the progression of his life.

Opportunities for exploring one of his sayings and creating an invention are included.