The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear

Have any of you been as glued to the TV as much as I the past two weeks?  I have been watching the Olympics morning, noon and night and even have my students excited about it :)  Like our Olympians I strive for perfection and even thought one of my units at TPT has a rating of 4.0 I knew it wasn't my best so I have redone it while watching the Olympics.

In your class library do you have a copy of The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry and The Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood?  If so, you need to see this and if not that's okay too (I've explained below).

I loved many of the activities in this unit including inferring, mental image, antonyms, alphabetical order and sentence scrambles but really wanted to add a story retell rope.

Now I said that if you didn't have a copy of the book that it was not a problem and that's because I found a video on YouTube!!!!!!!  Even though I have the book I also show this :)

You'll find my unit HERE at my TPT store.  I'll also send a copy to the first 3 people who comment on this post who do not have a copy.  If you already own it you can re-download for free in your purchases section of TPT.

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Enjoy what's left of your weekend!!!!

Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Christmas

My firsties and I have been spending some time working on story retelling.  I'm trying to get them to remember to include many story elements including - setting, characters, events, problem and solution.

One of my favorite Christmas stories is Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Christmas so I decided to make a Christmas retelling light string.  I'm thrilled with how it turned out.

Doesn't Instacollage make it look festive?

I have placed each of the story elements on a Christmas bulb for a little festive flare.  Since I am in the generous Christmas spirit, I have posted this item for free at my TPT store.  Just click on the picture below to get your copy ;)

If you like story retell ropes, and you like Corduroy Bear you might want to check out this past post.

Have a great week!!!!

Corduroy update!

Please see a new post from Feb. 2018 HERE

I am a huge fan of Corduroy by Don Freeman and love to use the story in my classroom.  Retell is such a huge part of grade one so I have added a story retell rope to my Corduroy unit. 

The good news - if you already own it you can redownload the unit over at TPT for free.

Students will use the retell rope to tell about the setting, characters, problem, beginning, middle, end and solution.  I included color and black and white piece in addition to a smaller students size version and an anchor chart.

These activities coordinate with my Spin (or Roll), Tally and Graph math work station.

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Don't forget I have some Corduroy freebies available too!  Just click on the pages below to download :)

I hope you're enjoying the long weekend!  I know I am !!!!!
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