Pumpkin Unit Book Study Reading Comprehension Lifecycle, Spookley, & More
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Are you looking for a way to use real children's literature to teach your students guided reading strategies in whole group? This bundle will provide a weekly focus theme and reading comprehension strategy for your whole group guided reading. It is designed for a first grade classroom but can be adPrice $400.00Original Price $748.00Save $348.00
This is a bundle of my Guided Reading with a Purpose units 11-14 that I teach in the month of November. The theme for the week 11 is PUMPKINS. The focus reading strategy is a review of all the skills taught up to week 11. The theme for week 12 is ELECTION. The focus reading strategy is COMPARE AND CPrice $42.00Original Price $75.00Save $33.00
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This unit was created for one week of whole group guided reading and writing. The theme for the week is pumpkins and the pumpkin lifecycle. The focus reading strategy is review of all concepts taught this far in the guided reading with a purpose series. It is a mixtures of 3 fiction and 3 non-fiction stories. Students will review main idea and details, characters and setting, predicting, retelling, comparing and contrasting, fact or opinion, fact and details, and text connections. There are daily lesson plan ideas, anchor charts, literacy connections, sorting activities, crafts and writing connections. In addition, you will receive some pumpkin investigating crafts too. It is all you will need and more to introduce, cover, and teach this concept of pumpkins and their lifecycle.
- There are also blank templates so you can incorporate any book with the literacy connections.
Literature Connections
Nonfiction:
- Pumpkins by Gail Gibbons
- Pumpkin Lifecycle by Megan Mitchell
- Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin Pie by Esbaum
(fact & details, non-fiction, schema, fact or opinion, compare and contrast )
Fiction:
- Too Many Pumpkins by Linda White
- Spookley the Square Pumpkin by Troiano
- How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? By McNamara
(characters, retelling, text connections, main idea and details, & predicting)
Word Work:
- Alphabetizing
- Syllables
- Making Words
- Asking vs. Telling
Pumpkin Lifecycle
- Mini Book- 2 copies per page
- Digital Version included as well
3 Science Investigations
- How many seeds are in a pumpkin?
- Pumpkin Height
- Pumpkin Circumference
- Pumpkin Weight
This is part of a weekly series of units covering different reading strategies throughout the year. Guided Reading with a Purpose MEGA BUNDLE.
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