The Tiny Seed and A Freebie!

Who doesn't love Eric Carle?!  Right?!  I know!  It's always great fun when The Tiny Seed comes up in our Treasures Basal.  Not only do we do a bunch of activities with The Tiny Seed but we explore other Eric Carle books as well throughout the week.

Here is a glimpse at a fun project that the students LOVE!  After reading the story, we work on sequencing.  Students write about what happened first, next, then, last in the story.  We talk a lot about going through the seasons and the order in which the seed becomes a flower.  The students write out the order.  Then, they get to create a picture collage to go with their writing.  We talk about Eric Carle's style of illustrations and we use scrapbook paper to create similar collage like pictures.

The students have a blast and always shout out compliments to each other.  It's a win-win! :)  Here are some of my students' works in progress and finished products!

Click here for some reading response freebies that you could use in your classroom to create this project with your students!

Do you have any other great Eric Carle lessons or ideas?!