If you love reading the book There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Frog book by Lucille Colandro, then you will love to use this book to integrate many skills across many subject areas. Let's help you get lesson plans ready to go. Get the Book First, you can grab this book with this book on Amazon. I got my copies of the book through Scholastic Book Clubs for around $4 a book. The cheaper … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Fun in Kindergarten
Of course I love to use literature to meet more educational needs and ideas. Here is the FUN book, I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie. We use this sheet and crayons to complete a listening and following direction activity. I love to record the directions and set the audio file on a CD so this station is independent. It makes my students follow directions the first time and move on. This … [Read more...]
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat {Times Two}
You are never going to believe that that old lady is eating now!Check out this book... There Was an Old Lady Who... you got it... Swallowed a BAT! SEQUENCING ACTIVITIES All our students LOVE the old lady books. And us teachers LOVE using a great book to teach content. Here are the sequencing cards. After we use the sequencing cards to review the book, we use this … [Read more...]
If You Take a Mouse to School
BACK TO SCHOOL IS COMING. Wal-mart is getting stocked... the calendar is counting down... We all know it is coming. One of my best selling products of all times is this unit... If You Take a Mouse to School Unit! which is ideal to use at the start of the year. Let me break this pack down for you... There is a reading comprehension game to play with your students. with tons of … [Read more...]
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell
If you enjoy the book, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell, then we have an extensive learning pack that will make lesson planning a breeze and save you a lot of time. Be prepared for some giggles while you dive into this adorable and funny story. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell Book These books will be adored by every student I've ever met. This is a great series of … [Read more...]
David Shannon Author Study {Part 4}
Our David Shannon Author Study moved focus to the importance of illustrations today. I read the book Alice the Fairy to my class. BUT... I didn't let them look at the pictures. I asked them to lay out on the carpet and keep their eyes closed. {Here is what I got... that didn't show student faces!} Then, we draw a picture to show what we IMAGINE Alice looks like using the words … [Read more...]
David Shannon Author Study {Part 3}
Today we talked about Spencer, the main character from Too Many Toys... another FUN and ENGAGING book by David Shannon. Meet sweet {and spoiled} Spencer! He loves to wear his space helmet and he has the classic BIG mouth! We made his hair inside the helmet and then a mixture of both. I am not sure which one I like better. We played our amazing learning game covering this book and all those … [Read more...]
David Shannon Author Study {Part 2}
Do you adore David Shannon as much as I do!?! After using the book No, David! to discuss titles and book covers, we used the sequel David Goes to School to discuss what happens in the beginning of a book. We recall the story story and write what we remember happened in the beginning. We also practiced drawing our illustrations like David Shannon... using LOTS of colors, filling the … [Read more...]
David Shannon Author Study {Part 1}
Each year my students complete an author study to review all those reading comprehension standards we have worked on all year. Honestly, this study is a joy and so much fun, I am sad every time we send home our finished books. My kinders love learning about David Shannon as an author and illustrator just as much as they enjoy reading his amazing books. We worked on our over two weeks … [Read more...]
Reading Comprehension Game Questions Answered
I guess last week's post about "Write Me Three Questions Answered" got you guys asking, because I had a sweet friend ask me about the Reading Comprehension games I create based on awesome Children's Literature, many of which are now request from you guys. She asked how I use these games and why I feel they are important. LOVE IT... I started creating these games a few years ago because I … [Read more...]
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat
Take a look at my newest activities I am prepping for the upcoming week. We are using a sure-fire hit... There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat We are sequencing the story using these cards and a sequencing sheet. We also played the classroom's favorite reading comprehension game... We also use the word wall and writing prompts to make writing fun! More Old Lady Bat Activities We also … [Read more...]
David Shannon Author Study
Every May, my class does a David Shannon Author Study because I adore David Shannon almost as much as my students do. Before the Common Core rolled out, I felt my kids needed to learn about stories and gain reading comprehension skills to be successful in 1st grade. Hence, we learned through the fun and inspiring David Shannon books. Now that the Common Core is here, this unit ties in … [Read more...]