Students will practice biographical and autobiographical forms of writing: autobiography, biopoem, character traits, classmate biography. Objectives: Write an autobiographical essay that utilizes all components in the writing process. (Prewriting, drafting editing, revision, publishing) Write a biopoem (biographical) that describes key character traits of one’s self. Conduct and write a biographical essay of a classmate using…
“Me” Activities These teaching ideas were shared by members at the A to Z Teacher Stuff Forums. teacherkasey: Read Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes and talk about the children’s names (how did they get them, how many letters are in each, graph number of letters) Make tactile names (write children’s names in glue and have children put macaroni or…
This is a beginning of the year activity for a great alphabet book – Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. Objectives: cut and assemble a coconut tree from construction paper without using a pattern form letters to place on their coconut tree recall and express their favorite part of the story You’ll be able to assess cutting…
Magnetic Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Tree Make a magnetic Chicka Chicka tree for students to practice letter recognition and retelling Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. Objectives: Story retelling and letter recognition Materials: Small coffee cans (metal) Duct tape Brown paint green felt magnetic letters Lesson Plan: Tape together 3 or 4 small coffee cans, stacked on…
Desk tags or nameplates with a school bus and abc-123 back to school theme. Color: Back to School ABC123 Nameplates Black and White: Back to School ABC123 Nameplates
Students fill out papers throughout the year all about themselves to create a portfolio that can be assembled and taken home at the end of the year. Lesson Plan: This is ongoing… I begin the first day of school by passing out a sheet I created titled “Look At Me!” This sheet has topics that the…
To welcome children to school and help them get to know one another. Materials: Book: The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein Big Buttons with a letter of the alphabet written on it, or Hershey’s miniature candies. Lesson Plan: The first activity is called, “I’ll get to know you.” The teacher (ahead of time) tapes either a big…
Learn the basic classroom rules to have a safe and productive year. Materials: paper pencil chalkboard chalk eraser Optional: an old phone Plan: First I talk to the students about the basic classroom rules and why they are so important. Then, we talk about how the classroom is all of ours for 180 days and…
Use this pumpkin writing paper for pumpkin-themed activities and writing lessons. This version has bigger handwriting lines and portrait orientation. You can download it here: Pumpkin Writing Paper with Big Lines
This pumpkin-themed writing paper has handwriting lines and portrait orientation. We also have versions with big handwriting lines, simple lines, and landscape orientation. You can download it here: Pumpkin Writing Paper – Portrait with Lines