See more ideas about kindergarten literacy, book activities and jan brett. Explore jan bretts website for other kidfriendly activities based on the authors books. When finished, mount your mittens on a piece of card stock, patterned paper, or painted paper, if desired. Get 10% off your first order at the scholastic store online when you sign up. Writing activities for the mitten by jan brett mitten. Measuring with mittens and other mitten math activities. Reading activities, the mitten book activities, winter activities, reading tutoring. The mitten includes four different reading level versions plus a wordless version. Perhaps you have heard about our guiding readers reading comprehension units, but you have not tried them yet.
Below ive compiled 10 free printables that you can use with a the mitten book study lets take a look. Did you know that the wellknown story the mitten by jan brett wasnt jan bretts idea. Stack them together and put two staples at the top. The first half of the kit focuses on skills for younger children and the second includes pages for more advanced preschoolers or kindergarteners.
Today we did a miniunit on the mitten by jan brett, one of my favorites. With that in mind, i designed some quick, easy and fun, mittenthemed acti. So anyway, i focus less on christmas and more on winter in general when we return in january. Years ago, i made these story rocks for some fun the mitten activities with my preschoolers. Make cutouts of mittens and write one of the following on each mitten.
The mitten is a beautiful ukrainian folk story that our family first became familiar with through the jan brett version. The mitten reading comprehension unit for kindergarten. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. Check this winter freebie that goes out with jan bretts the mitten book. The mitten book your beginning reader will love to read and color in this adorable mini book printable. Practice reading the high frequency word went in in this book. One mitten activities for kids the resourceful mama. Their job is to draw a picture of that animal going into the mitten and write a sentence describing it. Retell the mitten my classes have always loved using these puppets to retell the mitten by jan brett. Jan bretts wonderful adaption of the ukrainian folktale the mitten makes a great base for a unit on mittens to use during the winter months with your preschool and kindergarten children. I thought i would share with you some of the mitten ideas i have found so if you are considering a mitten unit, you can use some of these great ideas too. These activities are perfect for morning work, literacy, math and writing centers. Readers units are full of resources for a weeklong book study.
Sarahs first grade snippets first grade reading, mitten, literacy. Build vocabulary and concepts of print with these printable mitten making words. Various writing prompts, which require students to make connections, are provided. Free mitten story minibook for kindergarten madebyteachers. Comprehension activities, retelling, crafts, worksheets and more. The final page is blank to allow students to create their own page. Activities for the mitten for preschoolkindergarten. The story text is rich with interesting, colorful vocabulary and it is a perfect choice to use to teach inference to first graders. Help the students notice that the side pictures are a story within a story and will help them predict what is going to happen next.
I did some investigating and found some things online to include with the book and made some of my own all shared below. Free mitten printables and montessoriinspired mitten. Print, cut out the cards and laminate for durability. The mitten curriculum web learning centers for art, drama, play, big book, and science. The mitten writing activity writing activities, teaching. This pack was created to accompany the books the hat and the mitten, both. The mitten reader response writing prompts teacher. Making mittens with the mitten book read and discuss the different animals in the mitten book and then try to make mittens that are alike. The mitten freebies and links first grade blue skies. Since there is considerable overlap between authors and titles for children and adolescents, go to my site for adolescent literature if you do not find what you need on this page. Take time to look at the details in the illustrations. I would highly recommend printing the activities from this set onto cardstock so that they are sturdier for younger hands. The mitten printables you should grab for your preschoolers. The mitten writing center who doesnt love write the room activities.
This set has 16 activities that supplement the book including a mitten sequencing activity, emergent reader, animal writing craft, animal graph, nonfic. These printables were created to use with the mitten by jan brett. This is a mitten activity for beginning writers available free on. Mitten matching bulletin board for preschool a spoonful of learning. This page was scanned for broken links and updated august 26, 2019. I love the mitten adapted and illustrated by jan brett.
Literacy the mitten by jan brett is a terrific book that i could write down for circle time. Pin it the mitten printables includes fun activities to tie in with the story vocabulary words, word tracer cards, a tracer page, sequencing cards, a fun song, beginning sound. This was one of my sons favorite winter books when he was growing up, so naturally, it became one of the books that we read over and over again. The mitten in this technologyintegrated lesson, students respond to listening by answering comprehension questions, retelling the story as a skit, and writing to the author. The mitten teaching ideas, lesson plans, printables, activities a to. The mitten preschool activities paper bag retelling the mi. Read the mitten by jan brett and talk about the book. This week i chose one mitten by kristine oconnell george and couple of fun activities to go with the book. Do you need activities to go with jan bretts book, the mitten. You might want to write the sentence frame on the board to make it easier for them. The mitten tree by candace christiansen a mountain of mittens by lynn plourde missing mittens by stuart j murphy the mitten by jan brett. My students were really into retelling activities, and i wanted to. The mitten lesson plans for teaching reading comprehension skills. Cut the mitten pieces along the solid black lines, and assemble with glue.
Various writing prompts, which require students to. Writing prompt in the beginning, middle, end i can retell the mitten story minibooks read, glue, trace, draw the sentence color the igin words writing prompt using the words from the mitten as a guide the mitten board game a mitten writing prompt readers theater for the mitten. The mitten preschool activities paper bag retelling the mitten by jan brett by class of, a without a class the mitten the animals the, kindersisters the mitten, the mitten unit of math writing amp literacy, quot the mitten quot lapbook a montage. The mitten printable emergent reader for preschool and. However, we hardly have time to do christmas projects and other fun activities. Printables for the mitten by jan brett homeschool creations. See more ideas about winter theme, book activities and preschool activities. The mitten preschool activities and crafts kidssoup. She uses her imagination to come up with lots of creative ways to use one mitten. Winter activities preschool activities the mitten book activities winter fun winter theme before i forget jan brett story retell author studies. So i thought id put together a list of the mitten activities you can use alongside the book. I used free printables to prepare montessoriinspired activities to go with the book perfect for winter or a woodland animal theme. Story sequencing and word cards are included, and the pictures can be colored.
Enjoy a beloved classic holiday story with a free reading of the mitten online plus free activities to do with your kids. The mitten and winter preschool and kindergarten activities, lessons, crafts, and games. I did some investigating and found some things online to include with the book and. Discuss with students other things that they should wear in the winter. Activities and lesson plans for the mitten by jan brett. The mitten writing activity for kindergarten madebyteachers. The mitten practice with retelling the story and with letters and sounds. Students write one thing that will fit in their mitten and draw a picture of it. If you read the mitten by jan brett in your classroom during winter, this set of literacy and math activities are perfect to go along with the book. Click on the link to viewdownload the activities to go with jan bretts the mitten packet. Receive book suggestions, reading tips, educational activities, and great deals. Making mittens with the mitten book read and discuss the different animals in the mitten book and then try to make. I love making a unit out of this book during the winter months.
Teach your first graders about inferring word meaning from context and all about the importance of using strong verbs in writing with two lessons using the mitten by jean brett. The richly illustrated book tells the story of nicki, a young boy who asks for white mittens from his baba grandmother, and promptly loses one, which is explored by several forest animals before it is returned to nicki albeit, a bit stretched out. Its one pack that was a last minute addition to our school time, but one i know we will enjoy. Planning marvelous mitten activities for preschool teach. The mitten free printable book homeschool giveaways. Your kiddos will read the vocabulary word, cut and paste letter tiles to build the word, write the word or a sentence, then. This one simple object, a mitten, offers a lot of fun playful experiences for the girl. On each page draw a picture of another animal who could have crawled into the mitten and tell why the other animals might have let it in. The mitten writing activity for kindergarten kindergarten activities. The mitten teaching ideas, lesson plans, printables. Tell the students to imagine another animal, like a butterfly or a snake, is going to enter the mitten. These fun preschool mitten rhymes and the activities that go with them will leave young children feeling warm and cozy on a cold, winter day. The mitten is in fact an old ukrainian folktale, which features a wood cutter and a variety of animals.
It isnt a montessoristyle book, but its a beautiful, classic childrens story. The mitten activity pack story, crafts and activities. This pack contains activities that will enable your students to learn key elements in the story. In jan bretts version, the main character is a boy named nicki and his lost mitten is visited by a. Story activities by laniers lions the mitten unit i prefer the original visuals this unit is full of fun, handson, engaging, math. Find h undreds of f ree lesson plans and resources for teaching childrens literature grades k6. The kids will love this the mitten printable emergent reader it breaks down the book into an easy reader for young children. You can print and use all the pages or just the ones that you prefer to use. Mitten writing freebie winter classroom, winter preschool. This handson fun pack, containing 10 task cards, is an ideal activity to accompany the book the mitten by jan brett. As you may have seen in my blog post, 8 fun christmas activities for kindergarten, making words is an engaging activity for early language and writing skills.
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