All content contained of the pages within this website is teaching is a work of heart. Jan bretts the mitten can be used to teach sequencing, predicting, and how to retell a story. In this lesson, using the story the mitten by jan brett, students learn how to become good readers by asking questions. The mitten activities and crafts books and giggles.
The hat book study companion literacy activities for kindergarten based on the book. Making mittens with the mitten book read and discuss the different animals in the mitten book and then try to make. Activities to go with the hat by jan brett with images. Today we did a miniunit on the mitten by jan brett, one of my favorites. The mitten reading comprehension lesson plans freebie. And the cute writing activity found here from under the alphabet tree. First off, we read the book and i added a copy of it to our reading station. Activities and lesson plans for the mitten by jan brett. The mitten this is a multilevel kinderreader that retells the traditional story with a twist. Below you will see some things i have tried with my class. See more ideas about winter theme, book activities and preschool activities. This lesson is designed to introduce primary students to the importance of asking questions before, during, and after listening to a story.
Each of our children has enjoyed the mitten whether a board books, a paperpack, or. I did some investigating and found some things online to include with the book and made some of my own all shared below. The mitten lacing, sequencing cards, and putting animals in the mitten. These fun activities that go with the mitten unit are sure to make it a favorite book in any first grade classroom. Free the mitten printable packs totfirst grade winter. A first grade unit the mitten by jan brett is a great book for a first grade unit. My students like retelling the story with different voices.
The illustrations are simply amazing, and there are many activities that can be done to encourage learning as we read. Free mitten printables and montessoriinspired mitten. The mitten teaching ideas, lesson plans, printables. Jan brett literacy activities update and a freebie. Ask the students who was the first animal to go inside the mitten. When finished, place the mitten and picture cards in a literacy center with the book for students to practice retelling with peers. I love making a unit out of this book during the winter months. Lesson plan for early childhood classrooms to teach characters, story sequence, and.
Our engaging readers units are full of resources for a weeklong book study. Penguin activities and videos for kindergarten and first grade. Make a class big book about a class of first graders whose teacher loses their mitten, what happens next. I also like to use the mitten to teach the children how to retell a story. See more ideas about winter theme, jan brett and mittens. I use the mitten to teach sequencing and predicting. The mitten freebies and links first grade blue skies.
This is the first lesson in a set of questioning lessons designed for primary grades. Books by jan brett have been huge favorites in our house, especially her story the mitten. Activities to go with the hat by jan brett use with first grade interventions. First up is a montessori inspired mitten activity for toddlers or young. The mitten lesson plans for teaching reading comprehension skills. So put on those mitten and pick up a warm idea or two. Free mitten blend puzzles this fun learning activity comes iwth 20 blend puzzles to practice l blends, r blends, and s blends for kindergarten, first grade, and. Click on the link to viewdownload the activities to go with jan bretts the mitten packet. Students record the date, title, and rating of each book read. For this activity, i used the put the animals in the mitten mittens pdfs from jan brett and the sequencing cards from the mitten printables kindergarten addon from homeschool creations.