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Kindergarten critical thinking literature resources under $5
Balloons Over Broadway Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Have a classroom Thanksgiving Day Parade! Make learning fun with this Thanksgiving STEAM challenge in which students design their very own Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon! An excellent companion activity to the fall read aloud book Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet.Not only do students design the balloon, but as an added challenge they must create a device to keep it floating in the air!Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is t
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K - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
3 STEP STORY PICTURE SEQUENCING ACTIVITY KINDERGARTEN SEQUENCE OF EVENT CARDS
3-STEP SEQUENCING CARDS (78 TOTAL) INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE! (26 SEQUENCING SETS EACH CONTAINING 3 CARDS)Children will love these 3-step sequencing cards! The cards are color coded to help sort cards belonging to the same set. A sorting mat is also included so that kids can place their cards on it as they sequence the cards. These sequencing cards will help develop children's thinking skills.All you have to do is print the resources on cardstock paper and cut out. Shuffle the required cards
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PreK - K
Also included in: STORY SEQUENCING PICTURE CARDS AND WORKSHEETS SEQUENCE OF EVENTS BUNDLE
Nursery Rhymes Printables - Story Retelling Worksheets - NO PREP
These 12 NO PREP nursery rhymes printables will make your story retelling and sequencing review fun! These worksheets are fantastic for preschool and kindergarten because your students will build fine motor skills when they color, cut and paste events from the story to recreate the nursery rhyme in the correct order.Each worksheet features one nursery rhyme and 4 events to cut and paste in sequence. The worksheet also includes a copy of the nursery rhyme for reference.Featured Nursery Rhymes:♥
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PreK - 1st
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Comparing Fiction and Nonfiction | Fiction vs Nonfiction
Teach your students fiction vs nonfiction using this Comparing Fiction and Non-Fiction Resource! This resource includes fiction and nonfiction teaching posters and whole group sorting activities you can use to build an anchor chart that students can refer to as they learn the differences between fiction and nonfiction. You'll also get a variety of fiction vs. non-fiction student printables that can be used in literacy centers, for homework, or as an assessment. After you build a fiction vs.
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Also included in: Fiction and Nonfiction Activities Bundle
Story Map Graphic Organizers + FREE Spanish
Support your beginner writers with these visual graphic organizers. They can be used to help students remember what to include and how to organize their story. The first organizer helps students brainstorm the key elements, while the second one helps them further plan the sequence of events. You can print them back to back to use together, or single sided to be used as needed. This resource was created by Nikki and Nacho - previously known as Nicole and Eliceo.TEACHER-FRlENDLY FEATURESThis resou
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K - 3rd
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2D Shape Pattern Block STEM Challenge Cards
The perfect addition to your morning STEM tubs, these challenge cards ask students to make a variety of different 2D shapes from pattern blocks. Ideal for building visual discrimination skills as children have to rotate and flip smaller shapes to create the new shape.Focus shapes included - triangle, square, rectangle, rhombus/diamond, hexagon, trapezoid. Perfect to use as an invitation to play in the Early Years, as math centers or even as a cross-curriculum literacy center for early readers to
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K - 3rd
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The Pigeon Has To Go To School Book Companion and Craft
The Pigeon Has To Go To School Companion and Craft! This is by far my favorite Mo Willems book for Back to School! I created this pack as a companion to the book, a set of 11 writing activities and the templates for the craft to go along with the book. See the preview for details of the pages!
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: Growing Book Companion Craft Bundle Mega-Pack
Halloween Witch Room on the Broom Craft
Room on the Broom for all!This adorable Little Witch is a great follow up craft to the book: "Room on the Broom" by: Julia DonaldsonShe will look great on a bulletin board or in a school hallway, and she is a great addition to all of your Halloween and Fall crafting and Classroom decor! Included:All pattern pieces with and without detailed edges.Instructions & Materials Needed pageTwo options: broom and cauldron to pair with the witch.Writing activity includedSequencing activity includedLab
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Grades:
PreK - 2nd
3-D Shapes Activity with Monsters (Geometry Math Craft for Elementary)
This fun elementary craftivity will get kids excited about 3-D geometric shapes while incorporating art into the classroom. This product includes 7 different shape (monster) templates (both in color and as line art for the student to color) and 3 accompanying worksheets. Please open my preview file to view everything that is included. This activity can also foster teamwork when students work together in groups of two to assemble their 3-D shape monsters.Save Money, buy the bundle! Monster Themed
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: 2-D & 3-D Shapes Monster Bundle
Spookley the Square Pumpkin Book Companion
This is a great little pack to extend your pumpkin unit using the book, Spookley, the Square Pumpkin by Joe Troiano. The book is an adorable story with a meaningful lesson about being different. The pack includes the Square Pumpkin Craft pattern and 13 writing printables. Check my blog: First Grade Blue Skies for a full description and preview…or click on PREVIEW below the pictures. *The pack is supplemental material and does not replace the book!
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Growing Book Companion Craft Bundle Mega-Pack
Halloween Craft | Room on the Broom | Witch | Writing & Retelling Activities
These adorable stick puppets were created to be a companion to the story "Room on the Broom" by Julia Donaldson.Story Retelling Puppets:Your students will love retelling this story with the story retelling puppets. Each student will color and cut out their puppets (a craft stick can be added to characters). They will glue the broom to a brown paper bag ... the characters can be stored in the bag when they are finished retelling.Magnetic Board Pieces:I have also included a set of characters in c
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PreK - 1st
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Goldilocks STEM Activity - Goldilocks and the Three Bears STEM Design a Bed
Goldilocks and the Three Bears STEM: Design a New Bed for Goldilocks! What do you get when you combine fairy tales and STEM? A fun, hands-on STEM tale! This fairy tale with a twist guides students through the engineering design process to create a new bed for Goldilocks. The storybook can be read aloud together. Students will complete it as they work through the STEM activity.⚙️ The STEM Activity ⚙️Your students will help Baby Bear build Goldilocks a new bed of her own! In this story, there is a
Grades:
K - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
Interrupting Chicken Activities Self Control Activities
A book companion for Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein. Packed full of activities, crafts, and worksheets that teach students the important social skill to not interrupt. Get maximum engagement with a comprehensive story structure craft, A Little Red chicken manners craft and so much more!If you have purchased my Into Reading 1st Grade Tri-fold and Comprehension Growing Bundle you already have access to this! You can also click here and purchase this in my Social Emotional Learning Bundle
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: HMH Into Reading First Grade Activities, Crafts, YEAR long Bundle
LEGO Challenge Task Cards {Great for STEM or fun building!}
I am really excited to show you some cute, older-kid friendly LEGO Challenge Task Cards! These are bright, colorful, and can appeal to older students without looking too primary. Don’t’ have LEGOs? That’s okay! These can be used for any building materials you may have—unifix cubes, plastic Flake Discs (Amazon), Bunchems (Amazon or Target), Wiki Stix, pipe cleaners, play-dough, etc. Get those kids engineering and manipulating. They work great as an independent station for special education, a STE
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PreK - 8th
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Turkey Trouble! Literacy Activities
After reading the children's book Turkey Trouble, by Wendi Silvano your kiddos can do these fun worksheets to respond to the book. Activities included in this packet: -Sequencing and character cards in color to help teach your kiddos sequencing. These cards can be used in a pocket chart, to create an anchor chart, or can be put in a center. -Sequencing cut and paste-Character drawing-Character traits activity-Story Plot-Setting-Favorite part of the story!-Design a disguise for Turkey-Writing act
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Turkey Book Bundle- Wendi Silvano's Turkey Books {Turkey Trouble}
Sneezy the Snowman Read Aloud Lessons - Snowman Craft - Reading Comprehension
These Sneezy the Snowman read aloud lesson plans and story comprehension activities will engage your students all week long and include a snowman craft!Our interactive read-aloud lesson plan is designed to be taught over multiple lessons. This allows students an opportunity to dive deeper into the text, make connections to the characters and events and most importantly, fall in love with the story.Each lesson provides students a different purpose for revisiting the text, talking about it and res
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K - 1st
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Kinderbykim's I Love my Shoes retelling Packet
This pack includes 4 retelling activities to go along with Pete the Cat I Love My White Shoes and Pete the Cat Rocking in My School Shoes. This set includes two retelling crowns, one for I Love My Shoes and the other Rocking in My School Shoes, a mini book for practicing sight words and one to one word practice. A retelling craft and I love my school shoes photo template and name writing sheet. I hope your children have as much fun with these activities as mine do!Kimberly Jordano
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PreK - 1st
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Creepy Carrots Book Companion
This is a great little pack to extend your Halloween or Fall season using the book, Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds. The book is a fun read that students love. The pack includes the Creepy Carrots Craft pattern and 16 writing printables. Check my blog: First Grade Blue Skies for a full description and preview…or click on PREVIEW below the pictures. *The pack is supplemental material and does not replace the book! If you are looking for the Creepy Crayon Book Companion, Click HERE!
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Creepy Book Companion Bundle
Jack and the Beanstalk Fairy Tale Activities Sequencing and Retelling Craft
My students really look forward to our Fairy Tale Unit. Among their favorite fairy tales is Jack and the Beanstalk. To help them sequence and retell the story, I designed this super-fun beanstalk craft.So that you can quickly and easily make an example to share, I’ve included full-color patterns, as well as the black & white ones for students. Before displaying, have students partner up, taking turns explaining what the setting is and who the characters are, then retelling the tale using the
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K - 2nd
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Thinking Thursday
Are you looking for a fun way to get your children thinking outside the box? Try a Thinking Thursday. You can do these whole group, independent practice, or even as morning work. This is a great way to get your kids using their imagination!*Capital and lower-case letters*Numbers 1-20 in 2 different fonts*20 shapes*a blank set with no Thinking Thursday at the top so you can use any day of the week *a set with just lines so students can write their own sentences *1 page to use to create your ownPl
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PreK - 3rd
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Finish the Drawing/Early Finisher/Time Filler/Creativity
This "Finish the drawing" activity is the perfect way for your students to express their creativity! I love using this as a time filler, fun Friday, etc.! It is so interesting to see all of the different ways they can finish the picture.This set includes 43 pages.
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PreK - 6th
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Christmas Activities | Olive the Other Reindeer Christmas Book Companion
This Olive, the Other Reindeer literature guide provides opportunities for your students in grades K-2 to think critically and creatively through a variety of lessons. This product includes both a print and digital version (Google™ Slides) of this book study. Be sure to check out the preview to see everything included in this unit! THIS OLIVE, THE OTHER REINDEER BOOK STUDY INCLUDES:A pre-reading wondering about the book activityMaking predictions activity using the cover of the bookComprehensio
Grades:
K - 3rd
Eric Carle Reading Response Journal--Author Study for K-2
Kids enjoy Eric Carle books---the fun characters and the beautiful illustrations. This unit provides a response journal for your students during your Eric Carle author study.Included in this unit are journal response pages for twelve Eric Carle books. Most books have two response choices. Typical responses include text to self connections, beginning/middle/end, and problem/solution. Please see the preview file for page examples. Books included are:*The Very Hungry Caterpillar*Pancakes, Panca
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K - 2nd
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Love Monster Read Aloud - Valentine's Day Activities - Reading Comprehension
These Love Monster reading comprehension activities are a fun way to encourage friendship and celebrate Valentine's Day.Our interactive read-aloud lesson plan is designed to be taught over multiple lessons. This allows students an opportunity to dive deeper into the text, make connections to the characters and events and most importantly, fall in love with the story.Each lesson provides students a different purpose for revisiting the text, talking about it and responding to it.To teach these les
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K - 2nd
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