Showing posts with label reading activities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reading activities. Show all posts

Sunday, February 17, 2013

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?!



Saturday, January 5, 2013

Back from Break Sale!!

It's time to go back to school, so stock on some new units and activities this weekend!!
Saturday, Sunday, and Monday get 20% of my entire TpT store!!


I have some great units and many freebies, too!  Here are a few newbies I'm very proud of:

Reading Response Activities
Click here!!!
This unit includes:
-24 Fiction Reading Response Cards (Questions and Statements to finish)
-12 Nonfiction Reading Response Cards (Questions and Statements to finish)
-Reading Response BINGO card
-Empty Reading Response BINGO card
-18 Reading Response Sheets and Graphic Organizers


Next, be sure to check out my Sequencing Activities
Click here!!!
This unit includes:
-5 graphic organizers/worksheets to go with any story
-2 cut and glue sequence activities with an inference question
-1 blank cut and glue for students to create their own
(possibly even switch with a partner!)
-6 different sequence writing activities


I'd like to have my first little mini giveaway!  I'd like to give away any two units from my store to two people!  All you have to do is follow my blog and leave a comment here telling me you do so!  Then, follow my TpT store and leave another comment here telling me you do so!  (2 comments in all on this post!)  Then, I will pick two lucky random winners on Sunday night!  

Looking for good music to listen to?  Check back tomorrow for some fun tunes! :)  Enjoy the rest of the weekend! :)