Back to School Read-Aloud Activities Bundle: 6 Mentor Text Units for 3rd-5th Grade

Description

These back to school read aloud activities for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade go with six picture books that help you set routines and expectations and build community in the first weeks of school. With the same books, you also teach grammar, reading, writing, and vocabulary.

You get all six units for the price of four.

Books used in this bundle:

• You’re Finally Here! by Melanie Watt
• School’s First Day of School by Adam Rex
• Do Unto Otters by Laurie Keller
• The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
• Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall
• The Magical Yet by Angela DiTerlizzi

The books are not included. They’re listed in the order I suggest teaching them, but any order works.

What’s in each unit:

• A mentor sentence lesson
• An interactive notebook activity to teach or review the grammar skill
• Suggested reading and writing ideas
• Reading activities
• A writing prompt tied to the book’s theme
• Contextual vocabulary activities with tier 2 words from the book
• Links to Google Slides versions of the activities

Grammar skills and reading activities by book:

• You’re Finally Here!: types of sentences. Reading activities on character changes, character traits, and making comparisons.
• School’s First Day of School: possessive pronouns. Reading activities on inferring feelings (show, don’t tell), describing character feelings across the book, and character trait evidence.
• Do Unto Otters: adjectives. Reading activities on using text evidence and character traits.
• The Name Jar: common and proper nouns. Reading activities on summarizing, using text evidence for inferences, and character traits, plus a brainstorm page for the writing prompt.
• Red: A Crayon’s Story: possessives. Reading activities on inferring, theme, and character.
• The Magical Yet: types of sentences. Reading activities on citing explicit evidence, theme, and integrating texts.

Want just one book?

Each unit is also sold on its own. These five are on my shop now: School’s First Day of School, Do Unto Otters, The Name Jar, Red: A Crayon’s Story, The Magical Yet.

This purchase is for one teacher. Please don’t share the files with other teachers. Thank you!

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