There Was an Old Lady Swallowed a Chick

There Was an Old Lady Swallowed a Chick: Easter causes all sorts of problems for me at school. It is the holiday that can’t decide when it should come!

There Was an Old Lady Swallowed a Chick

My Easter tub at school is PACKED because sometimes Easter is early when we are working on addition. Sometimes Easter is late and we are working on subtraction. Sometimes Easter is right before Spring Break or during Spring Break and we have to {almost} skip it.

Oiy… Easter… why can’t be you like Christmas, Saint Patrick’s Day, or Valentine’s Day and stick to the SAME date each year? I am lucky to have one week after Spring Break to have some Easter FUN with my little wonderfuls…

There Was an Old Lady Swallowed a Chick Reader

So here are some of the There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick activities we will be completing next week. During our Daily 5 time, we will be using this reader. My students have to read through the book and fill in the blanks. Some little wonderfuls will sound out the words while others may need the word wall for assistance.

Since there are pictures for the words on each page, this process is pretty easy during the last part of the year. When they are done filling in their books, they read them to me.

There Was an Old Lady Swallowed a Chick Writing

 We also use this word wall and various writing prompts to write about the story. We are working on writing three sentences about a topic using capital letters to start the sentence and punctuation at the end. We also play this reading comprehension game during our reading groups times.

There Was an Old Lady Swallowed a Chick Reading Comprehension Game

It is a class favorite each time we pull out a reading comprehension game. I wonder if my students even know they are practicing ALL their reading comprehension standards in the form of a game? Ummm… I am not telling them this is learning…  they just think it is FUN! And shouldn’t learning to BE fun?

There Was an Old Lady Swallowed a Chick Sequencing

We also have the chance to work on sequencing skills and vocabulary with this sequencing sheet.  Is this hard? Nope! My students are more than capable to sequence and order things to 9. Can they use resources to help them? Sure!

I encourage effort first, then resources. Some students pull out a reader or the There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick for help. They can also use these sequencing cards we order on our pocket chart during the calendar to help.

 Here is my There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick Literacy Unit. Check it in this bundle.