Don’t add one more thing to your school day—embed the rules and safety lessons you already need to teach into your literacy block!
The beginning of the school year is filled with important conversations about classroom rules, school safety, recess behavior, bus safety, good choices, responsibility, and appropriate voice levels.
But teachers already have SO much to fit into the day!
Instead of stopping your literacy instruction to teach another separate lesson about rules or safety, this bundle helps you teach those important expectations THROUGH engaging read alouds and meaningful literacy activities.
Each resource begins with a familiar story or theme and uses it as the springboard for guided reading, read aloud, literacy, comprehension, vocabulary, word work, writing, discussion, and cross-curricular learning.
Students aren’t just being told the rules.
They’re reading, listening, discussing, thinking, making connections, explaining, writing, and applying what they learn to situations they experience every day at school.
PERFECT FOR YOUR GUIDED READING OR LITERACY BLOCK!
Use these resources during the literacy portion of your day while naturally reinforcing the classroom expectations you’re already working hard to establish.
Rather than thinking…
“When am I going to find time to teach one more lesson about school rules?”
…you can teach those concepts while working on the literacy and comprehension skills already in your plans!
Students can practice skills such as:
story elements • character analysis • cause & effect • recall • sequencing • making predictions • drawing conclusions • vocabulary • word work • writing • making connections • responding to text
At the same time, they’re learning how to become safe, responsible, respectful members of their classroom community.
Six Engaging Themes—One Important Goal!
⭐ Officer Buckle and Gloria
Use this favorite story to explore school safety, rules, responsibility, friendship, and teamwork while building comprehension and literacy skills.
⭐ The Recess Queen
Take your learning outside the classroom with a focus on recess rules, playground safety, friendship, problem solving, and making positive choices.
⭐ What If Everybody Did That?
Help students understand WHY classroom rules matter as they explore choices, consequences, responsibility, and cause and effect.
⭐ The Wheels on the Bus
Connect a familiar song and transportation theme with bus safety, listening, vocabulary, comprehension, writing, and literacy activities.
⭐ Decibella and Her 6-Inch Voice
Help students understand that different situations require different voice levels. Students explore when to be silent, whisper, talk, or use a louder voice while practicing listening, comprehension, vocabulary, and making real-life connections.
⭐ David Goes to School
David’s memorable school day is the perfect springboard for discussing classroom rules, good and poor choices, responsibility, self-control, and how our choices affect others.
From the Story to THEIR School Day
One of the most important parts of this bundle is helping students make the connection between what happens in a story and what happens in their own lives.
Use It YOUR Way!
These resources are designed to give you plenty of choices.
You do not need to complete every activity!
Choose the pages and activities that best meet the needs of your students and use the extras for:
guided reading • whole-group literacy • read alouds • literacy centers • small groups • morning work • writing • partner work • early finishers • math centers • SEL
This makes it easy to differentiate for your students while keeping one engaging theme running throughout your day.
A Perfect Beginning-of-the-Year Literacy Bundle!
During those first weeks of school, you’re already spending time teaching and reviewing expectations.
This bundle allows you to make that time work DOUBLE DUTY!
You’re still teaching the important literacy and comprehension skills your students need—but you’re doing it through stories and activities that reinforce:
Classroom Safety • Classroom Rules • Good Choices • Recess Safety • Bus Safety • Responsibility • Friendship • Cooperation • Voice Control
Don’t teach one more thing—connect the learning!
Bring rules and safety right into your literacy block and give students opportunities to read, think, talk, write, and understand WHY their choices matter.
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