The Mitten

 This week and next week, we are spending some time with one of my very favorite wintertime stories...

 

We started out this week by reading the story and doing a little book talk.

The children took turns rolling our story cube and answering questions about different aspects of the story. Each question gave the children the opportunity to reflect on the story and give their opinion about a certain part or piece of the story.

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 "Tell about your favorite Character."          "Tell about your favorite illustration."

  "Tell about your favorite part."                  "Tell about what might happen next."

 "Tell about why you liked or disliked the   story. Why?"      "  Tell about words you learned."

 

                                                                              

After our book talk, we worked together as a class to complete a graphic organizer about the story.

 Our "Story Elements Butterflies"

Both of these activities were great introductions to story elements. We learned several great vocabulary words: plot, character, and setting. This is information that we will use as we move on in Kindergarten as well as First Grade. We are also getting used to organizing our information using different types of graphic organizers, which will be HUGE in First Grade!

We will continue next week with more great activities to broaden our understanding of The Mitten!