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Are you looking for a fun way to start the new year? This bundle is filled with more than a week's worth of fun! First, there is a Yeti themed craft will brighten your students new year. Children can make the yeti craft, write about what they are looking forward to in the new year, and set some pePrice $15.00Original Price $19.50Save $4.50
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Are you looking for some fun activities to ring in the new year? I have bundled two perfect resources just for you. Squirrel's New Year's ResolutionI is the perfect story to read on your first day back from winter break. There are loads of literature connections, word work activities, a fun squirrel resolution craft and many teaching posters to help guide instruction. In addition, there are several writing opportunities. My New Year's Packet will help your students understand New Year's Eve and Day with a mini book that is included. Students will use the mini book to dig deeper and work on reading strategies. There are two fun little crafts, an anchor chart, writing, and word work.
Anchor Text:
- Squirrel's New Year's Resolution by Wright
Colorful Posters:
- Main Idea/Details/Retelling 7 pgs.
- Characters/Setting 8 pgs.
- Questioning Cards 1 pg.
- What do you think a resolution is? Poster
- Predicting Card/Poster
Comprehension Activities:
- Predicting 2 versions
- Main Idea & Details 2 versions
- Features of Fiction
- Story Mapping
- True or False
- Character Senses
- Character Analysis
- Character Trait
- Beginning/Middle/End 3 versions
- Text to Self 2
- Retelling Cut and Paste cards 2 versions
- Cause and Effect Cut and Paste
Writing Activities:
- Class Book Cover Page (colorful)
- Class Book Insert Fill in the Blank Squirrel’s New Year’s Resolution was, My resolution is.
- Web: List of resolution ideas
- Writing Here are my promises and resolutions for the new year
- Retell Prewriting
- Retell Writing (2 different lines of paper)
- My book of resolutions mini book copy 2 per page. Resolutions for school, family, friends and mother earth
Craft:
- Squirrel Craft
- 2 different writing activities for the craft.
Extras:
- Rhyming Page
- Vocabulary Page (resolution)
- ABC Order
- Making Words (new years resolution)
- Syllables
- Word Search
New Year's Packet
Anchor Text
A mini book about the holiday, (copy two per page)
- Digging for Details in the mini book
- Facts I Learned
- Main Idea and Details
- Vocabulary Worksheet
- Opinion Pre-writing and Writing
- Informative Pre-writing and Writing
- ABC order
- Word Search
- Mix-Up
- Syllables
- Asking vs. Telling
- Fact vs. Opinion
- Mini Word Wall
- 2 Crafts
If you like this, you may also like my non-fiction unit on New Years. It pairs well with this story.
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