Teacher Resources for November - Primary Grades - ELA - Math

 

Teacher Resources for November - Primary Grades

In November - Book Companion

This book companion is intended for use with the book.

In November, by Cynthia Rylant

Read. Write. Do. Learn. These reader response pages will engage primary readers in literacy skills after reading this excellent picture book about November.

Read aloud In November by Cynthia Rylant.  After reading these pages, your students will be helped with reading comprehension, the author's message, and the point of view. Also, a great way to retell the story, both at school and at home. Diversify instruction when assigning these pages to your students.  Sixteen pages for reader response and writing prompts that allow writing about this book and the author’s message.

Focus Skills Are:

• Complete the sentence page
• 5 senses page about November
• November Facts Page
• Four Things I like about November
• Draw and Write About November
• Write About November with Word Bank and Grammar Check
• Reader Response Pages for Beginning Writers - Draw and Write
• Vocabulary Cards for your 'November' writing center

Bear Says Thanks - Book Companion

Bear Says Thanks by Karma Wilson & Jane Chapman.  This book companion enhances the reading experience. In this story, forest friends help a bear solve a problem. This book entertains readers and listeners and teaches good manners, especially the importance of saying 'thank you'.

This book companion is to be used with the book.

Bear Says Thanks, by Karma Wilson & Jane Chapman.

Read this book aloud and choose this book companion to write about the book.

Focus Skills Are:

• story sequence
• fill-in-blank activity, reading makes sense
• abc order
• recalling story facts
• beginning, middle, and end
• graphic organizer for story elements
• teacher guide for before, during, and after reading

More Teaching Resources for November:

Veterans' Day - Writing Prompts

Thanksgiving Writing Prompts

All About Pumpkins - Literacy and Math

Thanksgiving Math Station - Primary Grades

Pilgrim - Wampanoag Collaboration-Cooperation Group Project

Thanksgiving Story Bracelet

November Reading Challenge with Reading Log

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Parent Conference Forms

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Double-Digit Math

Thanksgiving | Teacher Resources | Elementary School

Magic Treehouse - Bk. No. 27-
Thanksgiving On Thursday

Magic Treehouse - Bk#27 - 

Thanksgiving On Thursday

This teaching resource includes pages for reading comprehension, practicing reading strategies, word work, and illustration after reading Magic Treehouse, Thanksgiving On Thursday by Mary Pope Osborne. 

Chapter-by-chapter comprehension checks allow students to revisit the book to remember story events and details. Use these pages to enhance the reading experience — everything you need to create an excellent literature experience and diversify instruction.

This book companion is to be used with the book,

Magic Treehouse, Bk #27 Thanksgiving On Thursday by Mary Pope Osborne.

Focus skills are:

• story map
• beginning-middle-end
• answer story questions
• short answer
• multiple choice
• make a prediction
• learning new words
• word search
• characters in the story
• write and color
• story events
• story setting
• life lesson taught in the story
• Pilgrim, Native American, Squanto research
• graphic organizers
• Venn diagram
• answer key included

Teacher Ideas:

• Download this resource for your reading groups in November. It contains everything you need for reading instruction and to enjoy the days before Thanksgiving break.
• Leave this excellent book, along with pages from the book companion, for your substitute teacher. 
• Assign the reading and matching reader response pages, chapter by chapter, and share in your literature circle.
• Involve your class in research and class discussions about the Pilgrims, the Wampanoag, Squanto, Priscilla, and the times they lived in. 

For 3rd graders developing reading skills, easy chapter books are a great way to build fluency, comprehension, and a love for reading. Magic Treehouse books are an engaging and standalone series for this age group.

"Magic Tree House" series by Mary Pope Osborne

• Summary: Jack and Annie travel through time and space on exciting adventures.
• Why it’s good: It combines fantasy with historical facts, which enhances comprehension and sparks curiosity about history.

This teaching resource is ideal with small reading groups, independent seatwork, or independent work assignments.

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Halloween Teaching Resources | Teaching Resources for Halloween | Primary Grades

Are You Ready for Some Halloween 

reading, writing, and fun!

Halloween Printables

Halloween Safety Tips

These printable cards are an easy way to teach children safety tips for Halloween. Go over the tips at school or at home, and hand out the cards one by one.

Teach Halloween Safety 

These printable cards will be an easy way to teach children safety tips for Halloween. Go over the tips at school or at home. Handout these printable cards one by one.

Tips include:

• check your costume. Make sure nothing is hanging down where you might catch your foot and cause you to trip
• invite your parents to go with you
• visit homes of your friends and neighbors and people you know
• wear reflectives, glow in the dark or carry a flashlight
• cross at corners where there are lights and crosswalks
• use sidewalks
• look left, look right, then look left again before crossing
• watch for cars turning and backing up
• put your phone away and pay attention
• check all candy | do not eat any candy that is unwrapped or looks suspicious
• safe, happy & fun!

Information for Halloween safety | Keep our children SAFE

Included are 16 Halloween Fun bookmarks 

to keep your students reading!

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Love That Dog | Book Companion | 3rd Grade | ELA

Love That Dog - Book Companion

This complete and engaging literacy unit for Love That Dog [ by Sharon Creech] will save YOU time and engage your students in a meaningful reading experience. Reading responses, graphic organizers, comprehension questions, poetry terms, writing about reading, character traits, pre-reading pages and questions, and end-of-book "thinking questions". This book is a perfect introduction to a unit on poetry. Poetry pages are included in this teaching resource to start this unit. 

This teaching resource is to be used with the book,

Love That Dog, by Sharon Creech.

These writing prompts and graphic organizers

• will enable young readers to make connections to their reading
• will support reading strategies taught
• will improve reading comprehension
• will engage students in literature in a meaningful way
• will introduce the genre of poetry and create opportunities to write poems

What focus skills are included in this teaching resource?

• poetry survey
• characters' words and actions
• adjectives to describe the characters
• learning poetry terms
• ‘thick and thin’ questions
• comprehension questions by each section (month by month)
• problem and solution
• opinion writing
• important story events
• writing poetry
• writing shape poems
• Step away from the text
• pages to share with a reading partner
• summarize the story page
• ‘make a cover’ for your "Love That Dog" folder
• thinking about my reading [before, during, and after]
• gaining a deeper meaning of the book through writing
• learning life lessons in literature

Why do teachers think reader responses are a good idea?

• Keeping a reading journal or writing folder about my reading teaches meaning
• Independent reading and writing about books leads to reading with conviction
• Small reading group assignments bring about meaningful conversations
• Whole-class read-aloud and responding to literature leads to lifelong reading
• Every page can be a springboard for meaningful class discussions
• builds a community of readers and writers
• Sharing pages in literature circles shows high interest and understanding
• Book talks are contagious
• Homework pages are enjoyable

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