Valentine's Day Units

I have been busy planning that I have not updated my blog. I just finished a few things on Teachers Pay Teachers.

One of my newer units that I posted recently was There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose by Lucille Colandro unit. I am excited to use this book again as part of my listening center and using the pack in my centers.

During snack (which is before centers) I will introduce the story to my class. They will work on their prediction for the story.

 

After my students listen to the story, they will sequence the events. In my word work center, students will write the words in alphabetical order then read and write the room.

 In my writing center, students will work on their version of the story. We really enjoy making a class book for each story. We like to think of different theme related things the old lady could swallow.

Depending on the day I may review comprehension during reading groups or during my whole group literacy instruction block. Below is one of two comprehension pages.

 

Check out the pack by clicking on the picture. Enjoy :)

There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow

I LOVE that Scholastic has dollar books as part of their Reading Club. This month's dollar book was There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow by Lucille Colandro. I already had one copy of the story and audio cd from Scholastic so I purchased two more copies. I like to have 3 copies of each book for my listening centers. I created a pack to go along with it. Check out my TeachersPayTeachers store.

I use the sequencing cards and sheet as part of my listening center. Below is a picture of my student completing the same sheet but for the book There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Book by Lucille Colandro. You can find that pack in my store too.

We create a class book in our writing center. This is a big hit every month. I do not have one yet for this book.  After students finish working on their page in the class book, they put the vocabulary words from the story in alphabetical order.

During our whole class writing time we label the picture of the snowman. My students always forget to label pictures in their own writing. Afterwards they use the snowman in their writing and have to draw a picture and label it.

In the word work center, students will complete the beginning sounds, ending sounds, and syllable worksheets.