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| When Spring Comes - Book Companion |
by Kevin Henkes
Teaching Literacy and Life Lessons
with children's literature ... Read
When Spring Comes by Kevin Henkes tells the story of all the magical happenings when Spring arrives. Your students will love writing about this book with these reading response pages and graphic organizers. These pages allow students to draw and write about their reading. Pre-writing graphic organizers about Spring and Spring template page to make a final draft. Word work is also included; phonics work with rhyming words, story words, abc order and making plurals...adding an s to make the word mean more than one. These pages can easily be assigned for distance learning. There are 32 reader response pages:
- Graphic Organizer for Happy Spring | "What it looks like, smells like, feels like"
- Draw and Write
- Make an Interactive Reading Booklet - read . illustrate. reread! Easy to make and assemble... 2 booklets from one print out
- Vocabulary words for display | place in a writing center for Spring writing
- Word Study | cut and paste rhyming words | ABC order | making plurals
- Handwriting practice
Reading books about Spring leads to excitement and authentic writing for this wonderful season. These pages help students retell the story at home which improves reading achievement. This book is a great read aloud and can be included in your writing center about Spring.
Teacher Tip: Leave this book with the book companion above for your Substitute Teacher. Easy to follow for the substitute teacher and a valuable reading-writing activity for your students when you are away.