Animals in Winter: Reading and Writing Thematic Unit: K-1

This is a revised and updated ELA CCSS Aligned Thematic Unit about Animals in Winter. Students will learn about animals that hibernate, migrate, and adapt through a variety of reading and writing activities. There are 3 different leveled Guiding Reading Books, Comprehension Activities, and Writing Activities to meet the needs of all the students in your classroom. Literacy Activities include Capitalization and Punctuation, Initial Sounds, and Short and Long Vowel Sound Activities. Lesson plans are included for each activity. CCSS are included in the first few pages. (B/W copies included)

Table of Contents:
Common Core Standards
Word Wall Picture/Words Cards
Picture/Word Cards: Color and B/W
Trace the Word Labeling Activity
Labeling the Pictures Writing Activity
Picture Writing Activity
Hibernate, Migrate, and Adapt Cards and Activity
Shared Reading Book: “What Animals do all Winter Through”
Early-Emergent Guided Reading Book: “Animals in Winter”
Early-Emergent Color the Pictures Comprehension Activity
Emergent Level Guided Reading Book 1: “Animals in Winter”
“Animals in Winter” Main Idea and Details Web
Emergent Level Guided Reading Book 2: “What Animals do all Winter Through”
1st Grade Comprehension Questions
Hibernate/Migrate/Adapt Picture Cut and Paste Activity
Hibernate/Migrate/Adapt Picture/Word or Word Card Sort and Write
Kindergarten Writing Book: “Animals in Winter” Trace and Write
Kindergarten or 1st Writing Book: “Animals in Winter” Finish the Sentence
1st Grade “Animals in Winter” Write Sentences about the Pictures Writing Book
Opinion Piece Writing Activity: “What Animal Would You Like to be in Winter?”
Student Writing Papers
Our Class Writing about Animals in Winter Book Cover
Write the Missing Animal Activity
Capitalize and Punctuate the Sentences Activity
Initial Sounds Color the Pictures Activity

If you would just like the Shared Reading Book just click on the link below:
Animals in Winter Shared Reading Book

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What Happens in Winter?
Snow Poetry
Wonderful Winter Literacy Centers
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***Please download the Preview file to see sample pages of the Shared Reading Book, the 3 Emergent Readers, the 3 Writing Books, and the literacy activities in this packet. Thank you.

***This product was revised in October, 2015. If you purchased this product before this date please go to your purchase page to download this revised product.