Chrysanthemum book activities

With these K - 2 resources you get 5 days of reading lesson plans with all center activities and worksheets included. Click here to see...

October is National Bullying Prevention Month so I thought it would be a great time to talk about kindness. Recently I posted about creating a kindness wall in my home to promote kind acts. Today’s activity helps kids think about how your words and actions impact other people. I did this activity wi

This week we started our Kevin Henkes author study. Our comprehension focus is character traits and comparing characters, so his books are *absolutely

This week we started our Kevin Henkes author study. Our comprehension focus is character traits and comparing characters, so his books are *absolutely perfect* {see what I did there ;)} for that! Ye

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Sample a day of Rooted in Reading with these lesson plans and activities for Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary, and Grammar!

The read aloud Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes lends itself to reading and writing lessons for first grade second grade third grade fourth grade fifth grade and homeschool kids. This Clutter Free Classroom digital and printable activity packet makes it easy to teach writing with picture books. Grab this book companion resource and start planning fun, engaging, standards-based and differentiated lessons for your students!

1-2-3 Come Have Some Fun With Chrysanthemum And Me I thought I had finished up designing some quick, easy and fun activities to go with the story "Chrysanthemum", 'til I had a request from Erin in Idaho. Her preschool has adopted the "Bucket Filling" program and she wondered if I could tie that concept in with the "Chrysanthemum" story. Great idea Erin, and easy-peasy to do, as the theme of "Chrysanthemum" is all about being kind, and careful with the things you say. Thus "Bucket Filling…

1-2-3 come Do Some Chrysanthemum Activities With Me “Chrysanthemum” by Kevin Henkes, is one of my all-time favorite back to school books. It’s perfect for a variety of ages, and especially wonderful as an introduction to name activities, as well as discussions about teasing, bullying and “filling buckets”. With that in mind, I enjoyed making a variety of Chrysanthemum-themed activities appropriate for PK-1st grade. I'll be sharing 3 of them in today's blog along with a sweet back to school…

Chrysanthemum is a classic book for teaching names, individuality, self-love and confidence! Hand in hand with that, is the important concepts of being accepting and supportive of others as well. I always love to add these concepts into our classroom mission statement that we create together during the first week of school. The skills are easily reinforced with the fun read aloud Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes. I’m excited to share with you the Chrysanthemum activities I use in my classroom.