November Reading Challenge inspires your students to read more books in the month of November. November Reading Log will keep record of how many books read. There are 2 challenges for readers; one for beginning readers and another for more experienced readers so it is very easy for your to diversify instruction and reading tasks. Students feel a sense of accomplishment and enjoy good books for the entire month of November and longer! You can grab your November Reading Challenge HERE.Perfect for distance learning or homework assignments!
In November by Cynthia Rylant...
Read. Write. Do. Learn. These reader response pages will engage primary readers in literacy skills after reading this wonderful picture book about November.
16 pages for reader response and writing prompts that give the opportunity to write about this book and the author’s message. These pages can easily be assigned for distance learning and school-at-home. Click below to get your book companion for In November.
Everything you need for your readers to respond to this book,
Arthur's Thanksgiving by Marc Brown. Everyone loves Arthur! and he is the director of his class' school play about Thanksgiving; and he runs into a problem or two. These reader response pages will enhance the reading experience. You might read the book aloud to the entire class, use in a small reading group, or assign to an independent reader. Also included are Thanksgiving bookmarks for your students.
Pete the Cat,
The First Thanksgiving
by Kimberly and James Dean. In this story, Pete the Cat is feeling a bit nervous as he is going to be in his school play about the First Thanksgiving. This book entertains the reader and the listeners with true facts about the First Thanksgiving depicted by a lovable fictional character, Pete, the Cat. The perfect book to teach about the voyage of the Mayflower, the hardships of the Pilgrims and how we have decided to celebrate each year their success to the new world. Teach fact and fiction; as you will discover the many facts about the early Pilgrims but will also recognize wonderful fictional characters. Read this book aloud and choose these reader response pages to enhance the reading experience. There are many pages to choose from and you can easily diversify instruction by choosing those pages that best accommodate your students. Also included is a Pete, the cat, craftivity to make for Thanksgiving. These pages can easily be assigned for distance learning or school-at-home.
Each riddle is a November theme idea and contains many high frequency words. Your students read the riddle, think, and write a sentence that answers the question. Next, they illustrate the sentence that they wrote. This is a motivating writing-reading-thinking literacy activity that you may use for morning seat work, homework, for fast finishers or anytime. This resource includes teacher directions, bin labels and an answer key. Also there are covers if you wish to make an 'November Riddle' booklet. It is appropriate for grades 1 -2 and homeschoolers. Grab your November riddles HERE
This project is a study of Early American life. More specifically, the story of the Pilgrims adventure over to America. Reading and writing about the Pilgrims' adventure encourages collaborative group work. There are materials for 5 groups to study this part of American history --Thanksgiving.
Groups start this project by reading about their part of the story in history.
The 5 groups are:
Old World to New World
Mayflower Journey
Wampanoag Village
Pilgrim Village
Harvest FeastEach group has a reading passage to start. The reading passages include questions for them to explore and find the answers. Included is a graphic organizer to write a paragraph about their topic. Organizer includes topic sentence, interesting details and concluding statement. Also included are other graphic organizers, real photographs from the time in history, illustrations to visualize and learn about the ways and customs of the people. A map of the journey to America. Then students create a diorama or poster board display to represent their part of history.
Presenting their display and reports are the goal of this group project. Also included is
a parent -family invitation, if you wanted to invite families to the class presentations.
This is a high-interest and motivating project. Teacher guidelines and directions are included. It would be helpful if you had other resources i.e. books about the pilgrims and Wampanoag, access to the computer etc. You will need to provide materials for students to create their dioramas or posters. This would be appropriate for Grade 3. Grab this resource for collaborative project on Pilgrims- Wampanoag HERE
Happy November .... reading and writing!
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