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The Fall Festival by Mercer Mayer Book Companion

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1st - 2nd, Homeschool
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19 pages
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  1. This bundled set of beginning reader book companions will make planning so much easier for the K-1 teachers. The companions include vocabulary and comprehension activities your students can use in Guided Reading Groups, Literature Circles, or with a partner. Titles include the following:Biscuit by A
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I just love the Little Critter books, and this one is perfect for beginning readers! This comprehension focused book companion will help make planning for guided reading or book clubs easy and effective. It incudes a variety of skills to give you more options for close reading and fluency work. Skills are presented in a before, during, and after format, so you have all parts of your reading lesson covered.

WHAT'S INCLUDED:

  • schema builder for fall (alphaboxes)
  • tier 2 vocabulary organizer and word cards
  • making predictions
  • comparing fiction and nonfiction
  • making connections
  • summarizing BME
  • sequencing
  • favorite scene and description
  • questioning task cards and response form
  • column notes on parts of a story

HOW TEACHERS CAN USE THE FALL FESTIVAL UNIT:

The pages can be printed and put under a document camera for group discussion or projected using TPT Easel. Students can work in teams to brainstorm ideas when working in whole group or work on specific skills with the teacher in guided reading groups. Teachers can also use this resource for book clubs for more independent readers.

WHAT OTHER TEACHERS THOUGHT OF MY UNIT FOR THE FALL FESTIVAL:

~These were great activities to use both during group and individual speech/language therapy sessions.

~Great for guided reading!

~Children were able to practice many reading skills with this packet.

~This is awesome for my lower learners in 3rd as well! Thanks much!

OTHER TITLES YOU MIGHT LIKE FOR YOUNG READERS:

Biscuit and the Little Pup

Biscuit Visits the Big City

Biscuit

Follow Me Mittens

Chester

Danny and the Dinosaur

Sammy the Seal

A Horse for Harry's Room

Lois Ehlert Books

Clifford Unit

The Fall Festival

Just Critters Who Care

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Total Pages
19 pages
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Teaching Duration
1 Week
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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide reading of a range of text types.

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