DIARY OF A SPIDER Diary of a Spider by Doreen Cronin is a fun read aloud for First Grade and Second Grade! Your students will love learning about life as a spider, and using these reading companion activities with the book will help them practice important literacy and reading comprehension skills as they dig deeper into the story!  DIARY OF A SPIDER BOOK ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING IDEAS Being a spider is not easy! You need to watch out for vacuum cleaners, people with big feet, and Daddy Longlegs. It's fun to scare tiny bugs and people using water fountains at the park. Spider has so ..read more

THERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO SWALLOWED ... Kids LOVE Lucille Colandro's book series There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed ... The books are so silly and are great for making predictions and story sequencing! These read alouds cover every theme, holiday, and season, too. Using these books in your classroom, paired with these companion activities for every book in the series, will help students practice important literacy and reading comprehension skills in Kindergarten and First Grade. THERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO SWALLOWED BOOK ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING IDEAS This book companion unit includes fun ..read more

WE'RE ALL WONDERS We're All Wonders by R.J. Palacio is a great book to use in your First Grade and Second Grade classroom when talking about themes of inclusion, kindness, acceptance, and celebrating individual differences. This read aloud, paired with these companion activities, will help students dig deeper into the text as they practice literacy and reading comprehension skills.  WE'RE ALL WONDERS BOOK ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING IDEAS Auggie is a young boy who knows he doesn't look like everybody else. He often gets teased or talked about behind his back. This makes Auggie sad. He ..read more

THE FROG PRINCE I just wanted to share some fun learning activities that we did in Second Grade to go along with the Fairy Tale: The Frog Prince. We started by reading several versions of the fairy tale. Then we did a story map of the fairy tale: We discussed the characters in the fairy tale and made note of their character traits: We made several text to self connections: This fun writing activity has students writing about what would happen if, instead of the frog changing into a prince, the princess turned into a frog! :) Students shared their opinions: We did some reading ..read more

TODAY IS MONDAY Today is Monday is a great read aloud to use when teaching about days of the week and sequencing. This picture book is a traditional folk song. Your Kindergarten and First Grade students will love the Today is Monday song, and what foods are eaten on each day of the week! TODAY IS MONDAY BOOK ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING IDEAS In Today is Monday, different animals are featured eating a different food for each day of the week. The text is a very catchy song, and your students will learn the days of the week as they sing along!  This book companion unit pairs with Toda ..read more

DON'T TOUCH THAT FLOWER! Don't Touch That Flower by Alice Hemming is a fun read aloud for spring! This book is great to use for a spring plant theme, to teach your Kindergarten and First Grade students about plants and how to care for flowers. Don't Touch That Flower features the characters Squirrel and Bird from our fall favorite read aloud The Leaf Thief. These literacy companion activities for Don't Touch That Flower will help your students dig deeper into the book as they engage in reading comprehension activities and a fun craft!  DON'T TOUCH THAT FLOWER BOOK ACTIVITIES AND ..read more

GREEN SHAMROCKS Looking for a St. Patrick's Day book that doesn't involve leprechauns, rainbows, and gold coins? Green Shamrocks by Eve Bunting is the read aloud you need! Students in Kindergarten and First Grade will love how Rabbit plants shamrocks for the St. Patrick's Day parade, and the mystery of where they went after the storm! GREEN SHAMROCKS BOOK ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING IDEAS Rabbit is excited. It's almost St. Patrick's Day! He decides to plant some green shamrocks. He takes good care of them, tending the seedlings until they are grown. One morning he checks on the shamrocks to ..read more

BEAR FINDS EGGS Bear Finds Eggs is a new read aloud by Karma Wilson, and it's perfect for spring! Your Kindergarten and First Grade students will love joining Bear and his friends as they search the forest for eggs. They will also love these book activities that go with the story! BEAR FINDS EGGS BOOK ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING IDEAS Bear and his friends are walking throught the forest, where they notice nests filled with eggs. Bear leaves gifts for the soon-to-be chicks at each nest they find. But when they meet Meadowlark, they are on a mission to find her missing eggs. Each time they fi ..read more

OWL AT HOME Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel is a fun chapter book read aloud for guided reading. Your First Grade and Second Grade students will love Owl, the main character of each chapter, and the sweet, silly things he does while at his home. OWL AT HOME BOOK ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING IDEAS Owl at Home is a beginning reader book. It is divided into short chapters, all about Owl and the silly, sweet things he does. This engaging story, paired with these reading companion activities, will help students have fun as they learn important literacy skills. This book study unit is packed with ..read more

LOVE MONSTER Love Monster by Rachel Bright is a sweet book to use around Valentine's Day. This read aloud is great for Kindergarten and First Grade, and these reading activities will help your students with their literacy learning! LOVE MONSTER BOOK ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING IDEAS Poor monster! He is funny-looking and googly-eyed in a world of cute and fluffy things. Monster is lonely, so he heads out in search of someone to love him just the way he is. Monster searches all over and has no success. It's when he stops looking for love, that it finds him! These Love Monster book compani ..read more