Picture Book Companions for PK and K

The students really love picture books.  Take advantage of their enthusiasm by extending the story with these book companions.

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Pre-k and kindergarten students love Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse! You can use this book to teach/practice many math and literacy skills.

With these fun and engaging reading lesson plans, center activities and worksheets students will:

• Write a Class Book

• Learn Vocabulary

• Retell the Story

• Practice Initial Sounds

• Explore Character’s Feelings

Extras activities are:

• Money

• Color Sorting

• Dot to Dot

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This 79-page book companion for Zoo Looking by Mem Fox, has 5 days of before, during and after reading lessons, center activities and worksheets. The skills included are vocabulary, comprehension, letter identification, rhyming words, counting, writing and sorting.

This unit combines literacy, science and math concepts.

•Day 1- Title, author, illustrator, vocabulary lesson and cards

•Day 2- Vocabulary & Comprehension

•Day 3- Rhyming Words – center activity and worksheets

•Day 4- Letter Identification - center activity and worksheets

•Day 5- Science/Sorting - center activity and worksheet

•Counting center activity

•Writing center activity

•Science center activity

•Puzzles center activity

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A young knight and his dog must prepare the dragons for their day. Will they have the same morning routine as your pre-k or kindergarten students? Waking Dragons is a fun book to read and work with. With this 71-page book companion, you get 5 days of lesson plans, center activities and worksheets.

Skills covered are:
• Day 1 - Vocabulary - center and worksheet
• Day 2 - Daily Routines - center and worksheet
• Day 3 - Sequencing – center and worksheet
• Day 4 - Homophones– anchor chart, center and worksheet
• Day 5- Rhyming – center and worksheet

Extras
• Student Reader
• Worksheets
• Antonyms

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This 4 day unit covers the book Corduroy by Don Freeman includes everything you need to teach close reading style lessons to your class. Your students will not only be introduced to wonderful literature, but they will also learn to think like a good reader. Perfect for Pre-K and Kindergarten students! This 65 page resources includes your lesson plans and and cross-curricular activities in ELA, Math, Science and Social Studies.

The Corduroy Book Study Unit Includes:

• Day 1 Lesson Plan with a focus on Vocabulary and Writing
• Day 2 Lesson Play with a focus on Comprehension and Making Connections
• Day 3 Lesson Play with a focus on Sequencing
• Day 4 Lesson Play with a focus on Compound Words

Additional Activities related to the book include:

• Handwriting practice
• Math - Numbers to 20 (counting, missing numbers, ordering numbers)
• Social Studies - Needs and Wants
• Science - Comparing and Classifying Animals

This resource includes the written lesson plans and all coordinating items including posters, cards, pieces for creating anchor charts, center activities, worksheets and a shape book for the writing center.

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“Who made this mess?’ asks the mouse who is the main character in Mouse Mess by Linnea Riley. This rhyming story is a great book to read to your pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students. With five days of reading lesson plans, center activities and worksheets your week will be easy and fun.

Activities include:

· Day 1 – Vocabulary and Writing Center– class book

· Day 2 - Real and Not Real whole group, centers and worksheet

· Day 3 - Retelling whole group, centers and worksheet

· Day 4 - Rhyming Words - center activity, poster, worksheet

· Day 5- Initial Sounds – center activity and worksheet

· Math

o Counting Sets

o Dot to Dot

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Leo’s father was very worried that Leo hadn’t “bloomed” yet. His mom told him to be patient that Leo would bloom when he was ready. Your kids will have fun with Leo as they interact with this 89 page book companion. Five days of lesson plans include:

• Day 1 - Before, During, After Reading Plans – Writing – class book

• Day 2 - Before, During, After Reading Plans – Vocabulary - worksheet

• Day 3 - Before, During, After Reading Plans – Sequencing – center and worksheet

• Day 4 - Before, During, After Reading Plans – Verbs – anchor chart, center and worksheet

• Day 5- Before, During, After Reading Plans – Scrambled Sentences– center and worksheet

Extras

• Student Reader

• Letter Identification

• Syllables

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The Hat by Jan Brett is a great book for your pre-k and kindergarten students..
This product is full of ideas to use with this classic.
All center activities are meant to be taught in a small group before being introduced into a center.
Included in this product:
❄️3 Days of Lesson Plans which include before, during and after reading suggestions, whole and small group instruction ideas, vocabulary suggestions and much more!
❄️Vocabulary suggestions with Word Wall Cards.
❄️Anchor Chart to go along with the lessons with the clip art to decorate your charts
❄️Center Activities (or small group)
❄️Writing Center Activity with color and black and white options
❄️ Hat Matching Activity
❄️Word Families has 3 word families at, og and ock. Clip-It cards and worksheet extension.
❄️Whole and Small Group instruction suggestions for making predictions, word work
❄️Ordinal Numbers Activity
❄️Pocket Chart activity for whole group/center time for sequencing story events and retelling

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Do your kindergarten and preschool students love to paint? If so they will love this Mouse Paint resource of book activities. Five days of reading lesson plans with center activities and worksheets will be a big hit in your classroom.

Skills include:

• Vocabulary
• Color Words
• The letter and sound of Mm
• Retelling
• Sight Words
• Student Readers