Week One with its BACK TO SCHOOL theme.
Four delightful stories are used. Each day includes complete lesson plans, a welcome activity(to work on while waiting for everyone to arrive and get started) story for guided reading, vocabulary, anchor charts, comprehension activities, word work, writing, themed (week one back to school) activity or craft, math games (related to skills learning in math). Many of the pages offered are differentiated to meet the needs of different academic levels. Everything you need for the day will be included in the resource but the story itself. They can be found in the library or purchased and you can begin your classroom library. The lesson plans focus on the following but the complete book companions are included with a number of choices. So let’s get started!
Day One: First Grade Hooray by Nancy Poydar Focus: School helpers, Story Title, Characters Activity: Scavenger Hunt Comprehension: Emotions, data collection, Whose Worry? Word Work: Making Words (custodian), ABC Order Writing: Interactive Mini Book (The First Day of School) Math Games: Simple Addition
Day Two: Froggy Goes to School by Jonathan London Focus: Rules, How We Get to School, Fiction Activity: Froggy Craft Comprehension: Emotions, data collection, How We Go, Text to Self Word Work: Word Search, ABC Order, Syllables Writing: Classroom Rule, All About Me Math Games: Odd/ Even
Day Three: A Letter From Your Teacher on the First Day of School Focus: What your teacher wants to know, Predictions Activity: Morning Greetings Comprehension: All About Me Poster Writing: A Letter to YOUR teacher Math Games: Greater/Less Than
Day Four: There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books by Lucille Colandro Focus: School Supplies, Fiction Activity: Center for Retell, Backpack Craft Comprehension: Sequencing, Retelling Writing: School Supplies Math Games: Simple Addition
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