This back to school read aloud books and activities BUNDLE includes lessons and social-emotional learning activities for 3 wonderful children's books: All Are Welcome, A Letter From Your Teacher, & Our Class is a Family.
⭐Teach kids to include and celebrate each other, express your goals as a teacher for the new school year, and promote classroom community in kindergarten, first grade, and second grade.
⭐Great for your back to school lesson plans or add to your read-aloud any time of year! Perfect for your storytime, SEL block, morning meeting, whole-class discussions, counselor lessons, sub-plans, and more!
⭐Children will participate in a classroom discussion and book chat, share their ideas in writing, and engage in fun activities that promote social skills and emotional awareness.
❤️This book companion BUNDLE is 25% off and includes:
- 3 book companions (see below)
- a detailed lesson plan for each book that makes teaching simple!
- guided questions for your classroom discussions
- anchor chart ideas to organize your lessons
- writing activities to encourage reflection and kids to respond to a prompt
- 4 FUN follow-up activities for every book (printable & digital included)
- Digital anchor charts, writing templates, and a few digital activities. These are ready in Google Slides for use in Google Classroom.
- Interactive PowerPoint files of the digital templates for use in your preferred platform
3 Back to School Book Companions:
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All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold
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Our Class is a Family by Shannon Olsen
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A Letter From Your Teacher on the First Day of School by Shannon Olsen
✏️LESSONS:
There is a detailed lesson plan for each book, with “Book Chat” cards and questions to guide your discussion before, during, and after reading.
An interactive anchor chart and writing activity are also included, focusing on the social-emotional skills presented in the book and encouraging children to express their thinking.
✏️STORY ACTIVITIES:
Each book has 4 follow-up activities to build upon the book’s social-emotional lesson. A fun variety of activities are included for independent, partner, and small group use.
✏️DIGITAL ACTIVITIES:
Every book companion has a digital anchor chart, writing template, and at least 2 digital activities. These are ready in Google Slides™ for use in Google Classroom™.
✅Check out the preview for a closer look at what this bundle provides: the book lessons, story activities, and digital activities.
❤️Suggestions on How to Use:
- Each lesson starts with a book chat that continues during and after reading a book. There are questions included to guide your discussion.
- Tere is an anchor chart idea provided to enhance the book’s lesson.
- A follow-up writing activity can be used to extend the discussion.
- There are 4 activities for each children’s book. Some include digital options.
- I suggest reading 1 book per week and doing the lesson. Use the extra activities to reinforce the topic the story covers throughout the week.
- Differentiated templates included. Please choose what fits best with your students’ abilities and needs.
- The lessons and activities work great for after morning meetings or end of the day lessons, school counselors and classroom teachers, and children in K-2.
DISCLAIMER: The video links to the read-alouds and supplemental lesson content are subject to change at any time. Proud to be Primary is not the creator of these videos, and therefore the links may be removed by the creators or authors of the content at any time at their discretion. If you find a broken link in the resource, please let us know by leaving a Q&A, and try searching YouTube for an alternate video to watch instead. Read alouds online are also available for teachers via the library website Hoopla.
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