Spring Is Here with Fiction and Non Fiction Literature

Ignite curiosity and excitement in your classroom with this versatile resource that combines guided reading and literacy with cross-curricular learning! Designed to meet diverse academic needs, this pack features differentiated lessons that blend science, literacy, and exploration about Spring. Packed with engaging activities and adaptable content, this resource makes learning interactive and fun, ensuring every student has the chance to shine. Perfect for educators looking to inspire curiosity. Purchase this bundle and SAVE!

This delightful story by Will Hillenbrand will delight you and your class. The illustrations are wonderful and the story about Spring Is Here A Bear and Mole Story will open discussion about signs of Spring and opinions on the season. It is also a story of friendship as Mole works to solve the solution of how to wake Bear.

This resource contains: 18 Colorful Vocabulary Cards for Posting Word Work Activities: Syllables, Parts of Speech, ABC Order, Definitions, Word Search, Making Words (hibernation). Comprehension Activities: Text to Self, Sensory (see, hear, smell), Author Purpose, Story Elements, Sequencing, Main Idea, Story Recall. Writing: 3 Differentiated Paragraph Organizers on Spring, Differentiated Final Write Pages, Class Cover for showcasing student writing, 2 Paragraph Organizers on How I Make Breakfast, How Mole Makes Breakfast. Craft: Adorable Mole with overalls. Mini Reader: Informational Text on Spring

Perfect for Guided Reading and the Literacy portion of your day. Students can see how information about Spring can be found in Fiction and Non Fiction stories.

Mud, rain, budding life, and warmer days are all signs that spring has arrived! Engage your students in discovering the wonders of the season with It’s Spring by Linda Glaser and a mini reader filled with engaging informational text. This resource encourages students to share their knowledge, explore new facts, and build literacy skills through guided reading, comprehension, writing, vocabulary, and word work. It also features poetry as a creative way to gather information. Additionally, the packet includes a classroom poll, prior knowledge assessment, a fun craft, and detailed lesson plans.

This resource enhances literacy through informational text centered around a favorite springtime animal—the chick! It integrates a cross-curricular approach, combining engaging literacy activities with an exploration of the chick life cycle. It is complete with lesson plans.

What’s Included:

An 8-page mini reader packed with factual information
A Read for Detail page for additional support
Key vocabulary underlined in the text
Colorful vocabulary cards with real-life images for posting
A vocabulary match-up activity
Word search and Making Words (e.g., domesticated, herbivores)
Writing activities, including graphic organizers and pre/post-writing pages (available in both primary and plain lines)
Differentiated pages for varying student levels
Data collection activity: Would chicks make good pets?
Sequencing cut-and-paste activity

This resource is perfect for building literacy while engaging students in science and critical thinking!

This resource enhances literacy through informational text centered around a favorite springtime animal—the bunny! It integrates a cross-curricular approach, combining engaging literacy activities with an exploration of the bunny’s life cycle. It is complete with lesson plans.

What’s Included:

An 8-page mini reader packed with factual information
A Read for Detail page for additional support
Key vocabulary underlined in the text
Colorful vocabulary cards with real-life images for posting
A vocabulary match-up activity
Word search and Making Words (e.g., domesticated, herbivores)
Writing activities, including graphic organizers and pre/post-writing pages (available in both primary and plain lines)
Differentiated pages for varying student levels
Data collection activity: Would bunnies make good pets?
Sequencing cut-and-paste activity

This delightful Spring Packet is filled with activities to enhance your Literacy and Mathematic Centers as well as fill your room with delightful student crafts and page toppers. The activities should carry you through several weeks of fun filled activities.

It contains:

Colorful vocabulary for posting that include pictures.

5 Stories Fiction and Non Fiction, followed by Comprehension activities:

Last One In is a Rotten Egg Diane DeGroat: idioms, definition, proper nouns, changes in story

There Was an Old LadyWho Swallowed a Chick by Lucille Colander : cause and effect, sequencing, pictures for sequencing and story retell

The Jellybeans and the Big Dance by Laura Numeroff: Character identification, problem identification, author’s purpose,

Max Counts his Chickens by Rosemary Wells: character senses, story recall, prediction

It’s Spring by Linda Glaser: Opinion, Finding facts in literature

Reading Responses for: story opinion, story elements, character identification (these are designed to be used with any story)

Reading for Detail: These activities include text and activities that have the student use the text to respond.

Rabbits, The Egg Hunt, Spring, Chicks

Writing: Paragraphs…rabbits, chicks, spring Graphic Organizers for paragraph development…rabbits, spring Pre Writes and Final Copy Opinion…seasons Letter to friend

Informational Text…Mini Readers: Spring, Rabbits, Chicks, Jellybeans Making a list of Spring items

Word Work and Grammar: Statements Questions Word of the Day…springtime, butterfly Making Words Contractions ABC Order Compound words Plurals Word Endings Synonyms

Antonyms

ee, ea, y Sort and read

Roll a word …

Word Search

Word Scramble

Jellybean Data Collection: Collect Data from friends Collect Data from your collection Sorting Page Graph

Mathematics: Measuring with jellybeans Number Grid with Spring Theme 6 Games focusing on addition and subtraction

Patterns for crafts.

Meet the Good Egg!
He’s truly a good egg—always trying to do the right thing. But being good all the time isn’t easy, especially when the rest of the dozen don’t always behave their best. The pressure to be perfect? It’s starting to crack him!

This delightful story by Jory John is a great pick for Easter and springtime, opening up opportunities to explore themes like behavior, teamwork, and even where eggs come from—from farm to market. Plus, it’s a fun way to spark creativity when decorating the perfect egg!

What’s included in this resource:
Colorful Vocabulary Posters – Great for visual word reinforcement
Word Work – ABC Order, Word Search, Parts of Speech, Definitions, and Syllables
Comprehension Activities – Idea gathering, recall, sequencing, story elements, text-to-self connections, behavior sorting, and author’s purpose
“How To” Writing –