Second Grade Close Reading for Nerdy Birdy Tweets by Aaron Reynolds. Reading comprehension ideas with student response activities. Grammar, vocabulary, and a cute craft too! Nerdy Birdy Tweets by Aaron Reynolds is a new favorite of mine! Nerdy Birdy discovers the world of Tweetster and quickly learn a good lesson about friendship. Take a look at the five-day lesson plan for 2nd grade in our Engaging Readers Unit for January. Second Grade Close Reading Lessons: Nerdy Birdy Tweets Problem ... continue reading...
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I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More Read Aloud
Read alouds are a wonderful resource to use in the classroom. They allow students to hear a fantastic story. Additionally, teachers can work on so many literary skills throughout one book. However, a key aspect involves engagement. Students need to be interested in the story to focus on skills, such as characters, vocabulary, and predictions. Thankfully, the I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More read aloud will create excitement in every student! The fun book and the Engaging Reader Lesson Plans will ... continue reading...
Catch That Cookie Lesson Ideas
Second Grade Reading Lessons for Catch That Cookie! This fun gingerbread version of the book provides an excellent and engaging close read and writing response activity for your 2nd-grade classroom. Fun craft too! Catch That Cookie by Hallie Durand is a great book about a boy who doesn't believe that gingerbread men can run away. Check out this fun book and second grade reading lessons found in Engaging Readers 2nd Grade. Second Grade Reading Lessons: Catch that Cookie Day 1 Start your ... continue reading...
St. Patrick’s Day Math and Literacy Activities
Wouldn’t it be nice to find a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow? While it is not actually possible, the excitement this would cause is coming alive in the classroom! However, many students are looking forward to building leprechaun catchers or pinching people not wearing green during St. Patrick's Day. No matter what the excitement is over, it will be essential for teachers to create engaging St. Patrick’s Day Math and Literacy Activities. By doing this, student excitement for St. ... continue reading...
Ideas for a Kindergarten Earth Day Lesson Plan
We know how much kindergarteners love holidays! We can almost feel the excitement in the room as the calendar inches closer to holidays like Halloween or Christmas. However, there are other holidays that our young kindergarten students likely haven’t heard of before. Earth Day is one of these important holidays! I’ve put together a list of ideas for a kindergarten Earth Day lesson plan to help you introduce this holiday to your class. What is Earth Day? Earth Day is celebrated every ... continue reading...
5 Lesson Ideas for Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly and a FREE FILE!
5 reading lesson ideas for Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly. K-2 Reading Comprehension lessons, responding to literature, and a FREE FILE! Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly Reading Lesson Ideas This book is a fun story about a first grader who makes a name for herself after a class field trip to learn about butterflies! A great book to use during science when learning about butterfly migration and metamorphosis. We've planned out 5 reading lessons for you to print and teach! ... continue reading...
Big Hungry Lion
The entire environment transforms when students listen to a classroom read-aloud. Suddenly, the book brings magic and adventure to the classroom. Instead of a crazy trick, students experience a story evolving with rigorous vocabulary, deep comprehension, and personal connections. For instance, Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion is an incredible way to expand learning through an enjoyable story. Additionally, the Engaging Readers Read Aloud Lessons ensure students truly absorb so much learning ... continue reading...
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Activities & a Freebie
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Activities for Back to School. Kindergarten and first-grade classroom ideas with a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom directed drawing, science, and writing! Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is simply one of those books that is perfect for back to school time. See how we use this book throughout the week! Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Activities: Reading Ideas I always seem to start the year off with Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, I bet you do too! But just because it is the ... continue reading...
American Symbols Activities and Resources for Kindergarten & First Grade
American symbols activities and resources. Informational texts, anchor charts, crafts, science experiments, emergent reader, math games, writing activities, and more! American Symbols Activities Teaching about American symbols can be lots of fun and students learn about important pieces of our history! These lesson ideas and resources are perfect for engaging students in the study of American symbols. Chit Chat Messages: American Symbols Chit chat messages are perfect for shared ... continue reading...
St. Patrick’s Day How to Make Leprechaun Punch
March?!? Seriously, how is it already March? This year is flying by! I thought I'd share a few of my favorite things to do for St. Patrick's Day. It doesn't get any better than Leprechaun punch and Leprechaun glyphs! YUMMY and ADORABLE! In Unit 3 of our Writing Through the Year unit we teach students the process for Procedural (How-To) Writing, and throughout the year we continue to work on How-To pieces to record our experiences as a class. First, we talked about the ingredients that ... continue reading...
Opinion Writing for kindergarten and first grade
Opinion writing in kindergarten is one of those things, in my opinion (see what I did there) is best done spirally. We certainly introduce writing for a reason as a unit of study. However, we want the students' understanding of opinion writing to grow as their transcription skills grow. Recently Deedee worked in a kindergarten class and tested our new Opinion writing unit! She started by asking the question... Students wrote their opinion on a slip of paper and placed it on the ... continue reading...
Busy Bunnies Directed Drawing and Writing FREEBIE
Spring Directed Drawings free file with a writing activity. These are perfect for Easter! Your kindergarten and 1st-grade students will love this! Shoo!!! Please forgive me for not blogging in a while. I know that I'm supposed to be smack dab in the middle of a book study but my life has been CUH-RAZY the last few weeks. I promise to catch up on all of the chapters that I've missed soon! (pinkie promise!) As a peace offering, I made a quick Directed Drawing/Writing activity and I ... continue reading...
Writers Workshop Helper (Free File)
This writers workshop helper-free file is just for you and it is perfect for kindergarten and first-grade! Let's take a closer look inside! Writers Workshop Helper On the cover, we have a few reminders! We have tips on how to spell words. There is an editing checklist. You will also find a student-sized anchor chart that helps students when they think they are done. Inside there is a sound chart for digraphs and blends. There is a place for a student ... continue reading...
Name Activities for Early Learners
Carol Lyons once said, “The most powerful and effective way for children to begin learning the complex process of learning about letters is by working with their own names." This quote does an incredible job of explaining how important one's name is. When meeting students for the first time, one of the first questions asked is, “What’s your name?” Teachers work so hard to remember all of the names as quickly as possible. This shows teachers care about them for who they are and enjoy getting to ... continue reading...
Phonological Awareness Digital Activities for Kindergarten & 1st Grade
Phonological Awareness digital activities to practice rhyming, syllables, letter sounds, word concepts, onset & rime, and sounds in words. Phonological Awareness Digital Activities Interactive phonological awareness digital activities for Boom Learning, Seesaw, and Google Slides are here! Students will love practicing foundational skills to support their learning and development towards reading success. From rhyming to syllables to sounds in words, you can feel confident that students ... continue reading...
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