Teaching Literature in the Classroom - Books for March

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Book Companion for Old Lady who Swallowed a Clover

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There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Clover, by Lucille Colandro.
Make an interactive reading booklet which provides the opportunity to retell the story, read for fluency and talk about books and reading at home. Over 30 pages to use with this fun book that children love. Talk about make-believe and fiction. Silly and absurd! 

And perfect for St. Patrick's Day! 

Focus skills are:

• ask and answer questions
• interactive reading booklet
• remembering the story events
• learning new words - cards for display
• color and write about the story
• word work
• phonics
• sight words
• cut and paste
• color and write
• teacher directions

This book is a wonderful book to read aloud to young readers who are learning about literacy and books. The jovial characters and rhyme and repetition helps beginning readers become confident and successful.  

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There Was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Clover

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read aloud for your Substitute teacher.  Your students will be engaged with literacy, your Substitute will be grateful for an easy lesson to follow.  You may choose this book or many others listed on my youtube channel.

Have a happy reading day!

 

Books in the Classroom on St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Reading good books that teach literacy and life lessons on 

St. Patrick's Day and everyday.  Read on to find out about Eve Bunting's entertaining book about what exactly leprechauns do.  Frolic through the Irish countryside with a few leprechauns.  Oh what fun! 

Read  That's What Leprechauns Do by Eve Bunting to entertain your students with yet another great choice from the world of Children's Literature.  What exactly do Leprechauns do?  Illustrations by Emily Arnold McCully create the whimsy and jest that are perfect for this story. 

Meet Ari, Col, and Boo as they set out to find their pot of gold at the end of the rainbow ! But like most leprechauns, they find themselves creating quite a bit of mischief along the way. Their antics entertain and delight the reader because, in true leprechaun style,  this trio creates havoc as they frolic the beautiful Irish countryside.   

That's What Leprechauns Do - Book Companion

These pages are created with SPACE for the child writer... so important for writing... creativity and voice.  Young writers will surprise you with their writing if you give them creative space to write their thoughts.  It's more fun for them and it creates 

so many teachable moments for YOU!  

Click the link below to get your book companion for this fun book to read on St. Patrick's Day. 

That's What Leprechauns Do - Book Companion

Easy and fun to do for the Little Learners... You will need green peppers, paint and white paper! 

FREE Reading Resource for responding to your favorite St. Patrick's Day story.  

Free Resource for St. Patrick's Day 4-Square

Find more resources at  MrsQuimbyReads.com  

Sight Word Puzzles - March Theme

Enjoy your reading day!

February Teaching Resources for Elementary Grades

Enjoy your February literacy lessons with teaching resources that engage your students in thinking, reading, writing and math.  Find these and more resources for February HERE

The Day It Rained Hearts, by Felicia Bond. This book is a very sweet story about imagination, creativity and friendship. Cornelia Augusta finds herself in a rainstorm of hearts! What fun! There are 21 pages here to respond in writing to this cute valentine story. It's a favorite and children love to find out who the valentines are for.... book talk notes and teacher notes included. You can easily assign these pages for distance learning and school-at-home. Find these resources HERE

Writing prompts, graphic organizers and cut & paste for Presidents’ Day. 

Three easy-to-read reading passages about 3 famous Presidents; Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln. Also, included is a cover page so your students can make a ‘Presidents’ Day’ Folder.  This resource saves YOU time and you can find yours here

Valentine’s Day bookmarks and ‘no homework’ coupons are the perfect choice for a valentine treat for your class; no sugar added. There are 7 different bookmarks that read ‘Happy Valentine’s Day. Both boy and girl clipart designs. Two designs read: “ I love to read”   Eight different styles of ‘no homework coupons’ . The coupon reads: “Happy Valentine’s Day” This coupon is good for one night of no homework. This is a FREE resource... click HERE

Abraham Lincoln 

Abraham Lincoln Writing Prompts

Three pages to write about Abraham Lincoln. Easy graphic organizer to write a very short biography, page to write what you know about Lincoln and one page to write some important facts and highlights about AbrahamLincoln. You could use these pages after any book about Abraham Lincoln. The biography page includes a space to write his birthplace, birthdate, family, and height. Jot down some important facts about Lincoln's life. Write one question you might have for Lincoln if you met him. Draw a small portrait of Lincoln. Display some of your favorite books about Abraham Lincoln and use these writing pages to create a writing center for February.