Back to School literature circles

Jennifer Hier at Early Learning Ideas - Preschool

Alphabet Word Wall Letters and Word Cards - ABC Letter Sound Wall Words Template

Created by

Are you looking for a simple alphabet word wall with letter headers and word cards or a sound wall for your kindergarten, preschool, or pre-k classroom? This simple word wall template includes letters and words and even gives you the flexibility to customize your classroom word wall with your own word cards, name cards, etc.will help you teach alphabet letters and sounds. Teachers love that the simplicity of the printable word cards and letter headers let kids focus on the important information

Subjects:

Back to School, English Language Arts, Handwriting

Grades:

PreK - K

Types:

Word Walls, Printables, Literature Circles

CCSS:

RF.K.1a

, RF.K.1b

, RF.K.1d

, L.K.1b

Also included in: Alphabet Activities Uppercase & Lowercase Letter Identification & Sounds BUNDLE

Alphabet Activities Uppercase & Lowercase Letter Identification & Sounds BUNDLE

Created by

Jennifer Hier at Early Learning Ideas - Preschool

Find a variety of hands-on letter identification and sounds activities for your kids in this money-saving bundle. Whether you use a letter of the week or a no letter of the week method to introduce uppercase and lowercase letters and sounds to your students, this set will give everything that you need to provide repeated exposure and a variety of ways to practice letters throughout the school year. This set of printable alphabet activities is perfect for early literacy activities, alphabet rev

Subjects:

Back to School, Phonics

Grades:

PreK - K

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles, Centers

CCSS:

RF.K.1a

, RF.K.1b

, RF.K.1d

, L.K.1a

, L.K.2c

We Don't Eat Our Classmates Back to School Activities

Created by

My Fabulous Class

We Don't Eat Our Classmates is my favorite back to school activity. It is a Read Aloud about a dinosaur's first day of school. She feels nervous that she won't make any friends. When she gets to school, she eats her classmates! This book is perfect for back to school and reviewing classroom expectations and in rules in the spring. I have included several activities so that you can use the book in the fall and spring, if you wanted to. It is great for building a positive classroom community. It c

Subjects:

Back to School, Close Reading, Writing

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles, Lesson

CCSS:

...

Also included in: Classroom Community Interactive Read Alouds Back to School

Fiction & Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Graphic Organizers: Main Idea Theme

Created by

Kelly Benefield

Help support reading comprehension and discover all the graphic organizers you need with 240 reading response graphic organizers for fiction and nonfiction. You and your students will love these easy-prep and easy-to-use graphic organizers for fiction and nonfiction filled with graphic organizers for story elements, main idea, theme, compare and contrast, and more.This resource is filled with a variety of graphic organizers that are designed to be used with any book or text. The unique designs a

Subjects:

Back to School, Informational Text, Reading

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Printables, Graphic Organizers, Literature Circles

CCSS:

RL.3.1

, RL.3.2

, RL.3.3

, RL.3.4

, RL.3.5

...

Junie B. Jones Novel Study for ANY book PLUS Flip Books

Created by

BookishViolet

For ANY Junie B. Jones book: This bundle includes a novel study BURSTING with pages you can use for any of Junie B.'s adventures AND an option filled flip book packet that can also be used for any book. The vocabulary, comprehension and extension materials included apply to Junie's kindergarten as well as first grade adventures. There is a bundle of all Junie B. Jones books listed here. Less than $1.00 per book unit! This packet includes differentiated options for a variety of abilities a

Subjects:

Back to School, Literature

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Printables, Literature Circles

Dog and Donuts Craft | Back to School | Class Book and Writing Activity

Created by

Little Kinder Bears

Back to School Craft!This craft can be used at the beginning of the School year for back to school or can be used at anytime during the school year.Everyone loves the story "If You Give A Dog A Donut" by Laura Numeroff. I created this dog and donut craft as a follow up craft after reading the story. He is cute, whimsical and looks great on a bulletin board or in school hallway. Included with the craft:I have included all pieces for the dog and donut, they can be traced or pattern can be used o

Subjects:

Back to School, Literature, Writing

Grades:

PreK - 2nd

Types:

Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas, Literature Circles

Elephant & Piggie | Mo Willems | Book Companion Craft

Created by

Little Kinder Bears

Everyone loves Elephant & Piggie!These adorable and fun book characters are a great resource for your book study of Mo Willems. His fun characters Gerald and Piggie are loved by kids and teachers alike. These two crafts would make a great end of author study activity.They look adorable when paired together and would look great on a classroom bulletin board.Included with this craft:Picture of Craft.Instructions pageMaterials needed pageAll Pattern pieces for elephantAll Pattern pieces for P

Subjects:

Arts & Music, Back to School, Literature

Grades:

PreK - 2nd

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, Literature Circles

If You Take A Mouse To School

Created by

The Speech Attic

Book companions make great speech therapy tools and this book by Laura Numeroff is a great book for your back to school lesson plans. Your students are sure to enjoy listening to all the fun things this little mouse does at school. This packet was developed for preschool to 1st grade to utilize in speech therapy. It is 72 pages and targets sequencing, comprehension questions, vocabulary, basic concepts, and much more. This packet is a companion to the book. You will need to purchase the book s

Subjects:

Back to School, Special Education, Speech Therapy

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

The Good Egg Craft Read Aloud and Activities

Created by

Back to School, English Language Arts, Reading

Enrich your favorite read aloud with The Good Egg by Jory John Interactive Read Aloud! Students will love the read aloud and be able to apply their knowledge in the extension activities, crafts, and writing prompts centered around the book's theme of worry and helping others.Get all current interactive read alouds H A L F off with the Interactive Read Aloud ENDLESS Bundle! More Jory John Interactive Read Alouds + Crafts:The Bad Seed Craft + Interactive Read AloudThe Good Egg Craft + Intera

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

CCSS:

RL.K.1

, RL.K.2

, RL.K.3

, RL.K.4

, RL.K.7

...

Also included in: The Bad Seed Good Egg Cool Bean Sour Grape Smart Cookie Couch Potato Activities

The Smart Cookie Craft Read Aloud and Activities | Confidence

Created by

Back to School, Balanced Literacy, Reading

Engage your students in a rigorous interactive read aloud with the book The Smart Cookie by Jory John. Students will love the read aloud and be able to apply their knowledge in the extension activities and writing prompts centered around the book's theme of creativity and confidence.Get all current interactive read alouds H A L F off with the Interactive Read Aloud ENDLESS Bundle! All future interactive read alouds will be added for F R E E ! This interactive read aloud is included in the May

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Back to School, EFL - ESL - ELD, English Language Arts

Also included in: May Interactive Read Aloud Bundle | End of the Year Activities Bulletin Board

Editable Name Practice Mats for Magnetic Letters

Created by

A Teachable Teacher

Quickly and easily create custom magnetic letter name mats for your students with these editable magnetic letter mats! This is perfect for name practice as students use magnetic letters to build their name over the mat.What do I need?*Class List*Adobe Reader (free program)How does it work?*Open the PDF file*Type your students' names in the list*30 custom name building mats will instantly autofill*Print, cut, and use (over and over again)You can use first names or last names. Better yet, you can

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Back to School, Early Intervention, Special Education

Social Story Making Green & Red Choices (Editable) Book Special Education PCS

Created by

Creative Learning 4 Kidz

Our Making Green and Red Choices social story is designed to help children learn about making positive choices in a simple, engaging, and visual way that makes the information easier to understand.With this social story, children will learn how to identify positive and negative choices through the use of the colors green and red. Green choices are positive and helpful, while red choices are negative and potentially harmful. This distinction is easy for children to understand and remember, making

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 2nd

Types:

Scripts, For Parents, Literature Circles

Also included in: Social Stories Growing Bundle (52 Books) Special Education Autism PCS

Bitmoji Bookmarks

Created by

Teach Create Motivate

These adorable and relatable bookmarks are sure to make your kids smile! Use them as gifts, prizes in your class store, or classroom behavior incentives! A How To Use Guide is included in the resource to help you with making and inserting your Bitmoji Avatar into the editable bookmark template! *NO Bitmojis ARE INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE. This is meant to be personalized with any image of your choice!FIle is an editable PowerPont File_______________________________________________________________

Subjects:

Back to School, End of Year, Reading

Grades:

2nd - 7th

Types:

Printables, Literature Circles

Also included in: Bitmoji Bundle: Student Awards, Class Rules Posters, Bookmarks, Welcome Cards

Pout-Pout Fish and The Bully-Bully Shark Interactive Read Aloud

Created by

My Fabulous Class

Have you read Pout Pout Fish and the Bully Shark? All the fish in the school yard are afraid of the bully-bully shark. But, the fish stand up to the bully learn how to share the playground.It is a wonderful book for back to school. It talks about being a kind friend and following rules. This Book Companion includes♥ Think, Pair Share Comprehension questions♥ 5 days of Lesson Plans♥ Vocabulary words with pictures, definitions, and sentences♥ Writing prompts♥ Picture sorts for being a kind fr

Subjects:

Back to School, English Language Arts, Literature

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles, Lesson

Also included in: Classroom Community Interactive Read Alouds Back to School

Survivor - An Introduction to Discussion and Textual Evidence

Created by

Reading with the Rebels

Welcome to the game of Survivor! This introductory lesson is perfect for any collaborative classroom and utilizes text annotation, finding textual evidence, forming an opinion based on text, and respectful debate all in one fun activity! The Game:Students must determine 5 plane crash survivors to be rescued immediately and 5 to stay and attempt to survive on the island.What's included?Slides to accompany the lessonA student-facing worksheetA full lesson plan with objective and common core standa

Subjects:

Back to School, English Language Arts, Social Studies - History

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Activities, Games, Literature Circles

CCSS:

...

The Bad Seed Craft Interactive Read Aloud and Activities | Positive Mindset

Created by

Back to School, English Language Arts, Reading

Engage your students in a rigorous interactive read aloud and craft with the book The Bad Seed by Jory John. Students will love the read aloud and be able to apply their knowledge in the extension activities and writing prompts centered around the book's theme of a positive mindset.Get all current interactive read alouds H A L F off with the Interactive Read Aloud ENDLESS Bundle! All future interactive read alouds will be added for F R E E ! Now a part of the Interactive Read Alouds Bundle!

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Back to School, English Language Arts, Speech Therapy

CCSS:

RL.K.1

, RL.K.2

, RL.K.3

, RL.K.4

, RL.K.7

...

Also included in: April Read Alouds Interactive Read Aloud Activities Earth Day Spring Crafts

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed A Book: Speech & Language No Print Digital

Created by

Jenna Rayburn Kirk

There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Book: Speech and Language Activities. This download includes a book companion Interactive No-Print PDF and Print Option. For distance learning and teletherapy. You might also be interested in my Old Lady BOOM cards! The perfect interactive companion! Check them out here. This 37-page activity pack is perfect for speech or language. The activities included are also appropriate for literacy centers and whole class activities. Printable: Retelling: Cut out the o

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 3rd

Types:

Activities, Literature Circles, Centers

Also included in: Back to School Bundle for Speech Therapy

Following Rules at School (Editable) Social Story Book Special Education

Created by

Creative Learning 4 Kidz

Our Following Rules at School Social Story is designed to help children understand and navigate the rules and expectations at school.This social story about school rules uses a combination of easy-to-understand language and illustrations to help your child feel more prepared and confident about the rules they need to follow at school.It is a simple yet effective social story that mentions listening to the teacher, keeping hands and feet to self, raising hand to ask a question, using a quiet voic

Subjects:

Back to School, Special Education, Speech Therapy

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Back to School, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing

Also included in: Social Stories Growing Bundle (52 Books) Special Education Autism PCS

Gingerbread Man Loose in the School: Back to School Mini Unit

Created by

Erin Eberhart Lynch

**My TOP selling unit!! Updated March 2017* This unit is a great way to introduce your students to the school and it's faculty and staff! After reading The Gingerbread Man is Loose in the School, students will have a great time doing the following activities: Gingerbread Man glyph/patterns Classroom book/Cover Retelling bags/pieces Teacher retelling set Gingerbread Man scavenger hunt Gingerbread Man coloring sheet Gingerbread Man graph Gingerbread Man character WS 3 "Practice Cutting" WS Compar

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Literature Circles, Lesson

Solar Eclipse 2024, Writing, Reading, Crafts, Research, Vocabulary, & Class Book

Created by

Hilary Statum - Pencils to Pigtails

Study the 2024 Solar Eclipse with this unit full of exciting activities, research guides, page topper crafts, writing prompts, adorable crafts, class books, party ideas, editable parent letters, and so much more! This resource was designed for 3rd - 6th graders to celebrate and study Solar Eclipses. This is the perfect resource for a variety of grade levels! ***THIS is an updated version as requested by my followers for 3rd - 5th graders. I designed this resource with 3rd - 5th grade in mind - t

Subjects:

Astronomy, Back to School, Writing

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Literature Circles

CCSS:

RL.3.1

, RL.4.1

, RL.5.1

, RL.6.1

, RI.3.10

...

NGSS:

5-ESS1-2

, 4-ESS1-1

Also included in: Solar Eclipse 2024 Bundle, Activities, Writing, Crafts, Worksheets, & Centers

Literature Circle Roles - Detective Themed

Created by

Teaching and so Fourth

Your students will love literature circles with this detective theme. This product includes: The following 5 detective themed literature circle roles: 1. Word Detective 2. Sketch Artist 3. Text Detective 4. Debriefer 5. Dispatcher * Getting started directions *Job description posters and recording forms *Accountable Talk Magnifying glass *Badges for students to wear

Subjects:

Back to School, English Language Arts, Reading Strategies

Grades:

3rd - 8th

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Literature Circles

Our Class is a Family Interactive Read Aloud | Back-to-School Activities

Created by

Back to School, Balanced Literacy, Literature

Engage your students in a meaningful interactive read aloud with the book Our Class is a Family by Shannon Olsen. Students will love the read aloud and be able to apply their knowledge in the extension activities and writing prompts centered around the book's theme of creating a classroom family.Get all current interactive read alouds H A L F off with the Interactive Read Aloud ENDLESS Bundle! This resource is included in the September Interactive Read Aloud Bundle! Get this and other high-int

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types: