A LETTER FROM YOUR TEACHER ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL activities and lesson plan ideas
A LETTER FROM YOUR TEACHER ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL activities and lesson plan ideas
A LETTER FROM YOUR TEACHER ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL activities and lesson plan ideas
A LETTER FROM YOUR TEACHER ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL activities and lesson plan ideas
A LETTER FROM YOUR TEACHER ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL activities and lesson plan ideas
A LETTER FROM YOUR TEACHER ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL activities and lesson plan ideas
A LETTER FROM YOUR TEACHER ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL activities and lesson plan ideas
A LETTER FROM YOUR TEACHER ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL activities and lesson plan ideas
A LETTER FROM YOUR TEACHER ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL activities and lesson plan ideas
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A LETTER FROM YOUR TEACHER ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL activities and lesson plan ideas

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This A LETTER FROM YOUR TEACHER ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL Activities and Interactive Read Aloud Resource Book Companion Packet includes lesson plans, reading comprehension questions, vocabulary, grammar, phonics, writing and word study activities with both printable and digital student pages.

Following an interactive read aloud of the picture book, A LETTER FROM YOUR TEACHER ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL by Shannon Olsen, choose from the included collection of either printable activities or go paperless and use the digital activities to practice standards-based skills. We've even included editable teaching slides themed to match the book!

 

THIS READING UNIT FOCUSES ON USING THE MENTOR TEXT TO TEACH:

 

◼️READING STRATEGIES

☐ ANALYZING ILLUSTRATIONS

☐ POINT OF VIEW

☐ AUTHOR'S PURPOSE

☐ MAKING CONNECTIONS

 

◼️GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE CONCEPTS

☐ PRONOUNS

☐ EXCLAMATION POINTS

☐ CONJUNCTIONS

 

◼️SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TOPICS

☐ EMOTIONS

☐ TEAMWORK

☐ GROWTH MINDSET

 

SUMMARY OF THE MENTOR TEXT:

This uplifting story is written by a teacher to her incoming students. She shares that she cannot wait to get to know each student and what makes them unique. She looks forward to creating memories, and conquering challenges together.

She is excited to hear about everyone’s summer breaks, whether they traveled or did fun things at home. The teacher then shares her goals, from teaching math to showing students how to be empathetic. She hopes her class will develop resilience and kindness, and most of all, a community!

 

THIS COLLECTION OF ACTIVITIES and LESSON IDEAS INCLUDES:


 Comprehension Questions categorized by reading strategy; text-dependent
 Social Emotional Learning guidance lesson ideas & discussion topics based on the story
 Vocabulary Activities with kid-friendly definitions
 Grammar Topics selected to align with the text
 Focus Sentences use the book & author's craft as a mentor text to improve writing
 Lesson Planner summary, background info and planning space

 Story Mapping Printable identify character, setting, problem and solution

 Making Words Activity Page use any word from the book

 Focus Sentence copy work, identifying elements of the sentence, rewriting)

 Design a New Book Cover demonstrate understanding of the text by creating an illustration

 Predicting Activity primary-ruled and wider-ruled versions
 Summarizing Somebody → Wanted → But → Then → Finally

 Comparing and Contrasting using a Venn Diagram

 Cause and Effect analyze how events affect one another

 Visualization illustrate visualizations from the story and support thinking with text-based evidence

 Making Connections identify text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections

 Thematic Writing Paper Use with the Writing Prompts... Makes a Great Bulletin Board

 2 Sequencing Activities First → Next → Then → Last and Beginning → Middle → End

 2 Vocabulary Activities Vocabulary Booklet and Word Mapping

 2 Character Trait Activities listing traits and supporting traits with text-based evidence
 30 Text-Based Writing Prompts 3 prompts for each of the following types of writing:

  • narrative
  • persuasive / opinion
  • descriptive
  • expository / informative
  • creative / story writing
  • procedure / how-to
  • list making
  • letter / postcard writing
  • poem
  • book reviews

INCLUDED DIGITAL ACTIVITIES:

➜ 5 Teaching Slides to use for instruction (add questions, vocabulary, instructions, etc)

➜ 15 Student Pages for use in Google™️ Classroom or as editable files to create customized printables