"Jabari Jumps" Book Companion | Character Education | Reading Comprehension Packet
A no-prep reading comprehension, writing, and social-emotional reflection companion packet for the picture book 'Jabari Jumps' by Gaia Cornwall.
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A no-prep reading comprehension, writing, and social-emotional reflection companion packet for the picture book 'Jabari Jumps' by Gaia Cornwall.
A group activity teaching students to distinguish information provided by pictures/illustrations from information provided by the words in a text, using 'Picture' and 'Words' paddle signs.
A social skills story and companion activities teaching children to recognize and use friendly verbal and nonverbal communication (voice volume, facial expression, word choice, tone) versus unfriendly alternatives, to build stronger peer relationships.
A take-home early-literacy homework kit built around a shoe theme, designed for parent-supervised activities practicing tracing, matching, counting, and vocabulary with a kindergartener.
An A1-level (beginner) English graded reader picture-book story about a girl named Mia who grows a magic flower through patience and kindness, with a supporting word list and comprehension activities.
A take-home early-math homework kit built around a shopping theme, designed for parent-supervised activities practicing counting money, reading a coordinate/mall map, and writing.
A simple graphic-organizer activity for identifying the main idea and supporting details of any read-aloud text.
Read-aloud companion activity for the book 'Dragons Love Tacos' in which students write an 'I Am' poem from the dragon character's perspective.
A set of open-ended question cards used after reading a story or discussing a topic aloud, to confirm student understanding of key details and story elements and to prompt requesting clarification when something is not understood.
A digital PowerPoint book-study deck for a whole-class read-aloud of 'Creepy Carrots' by Aaron Reynolds, building reading comprehension and story-element skills.
A cross-curricular animal-study unit on raccoons combining nonfiction reading, discussion, crafts, and writing/report activities for young learners.
Teaches the 'Five Finger Retell' strategy for retelling fiction stories by identifying characters, setting, problem, sequence of events, and solution.
A cross-curricular Pre-K/Kindergarten unit combining a short narrative reading passage about a family zoo visit (featuring monkeys, giraffes, and penguins) with follow-up drawing, matching, and maze worksheets.
Assesses students' active engagement in group reading activities, per the evidenced RL.K.10 answer key ('Record student behavior as they read in a small group and respond to what they have read/heard').
A social-emotional learning unit teaching 'whole body listening' (eyes, ears, mouth, hands, feet, brain, heart all engaged), combined with listening games, a mindfulness listening walk, worksheets, and an emergent reader.
Literacy unit built around a class read-aloud of the book referred to as 'Alexander and the Bad Day', with before/during/after reading activities plus a personal-narrative writing and vocabulary component.
A digital (slide-deck) book-study companion for 'Ninja Red Riding Hood,' with a micro-learning lesson including a read-aloud, sequencing, story-element, comprehension and quick-write activities.
Illustrated phonics story ('Let's Go On A Ride', featuring the character Zoggy) that reinforces long vowel sounds, magic e, and vowel digraphs through a narrative, plus a caregiver-guided sound-out and spelling exercise.
Illustrated phonics story ('Zoggy In The Lion Pen') reinforcing long vowel sounds, magic e (silent e), and vowel digraphs through a narrative, plus a caregiver-guided sound-out and spelling exercise.
Teaches recognition of silent letters through a short decodable story and a matched word list, as part of a phonics-based reading scheme.
Early literacy/science unit introducing basic facts about worms through a story, song, finger play, and hands-on activities.
Illustrated phonics story ('Zoggy Is Lost') reinforcing long vowel sounds, magic e (silent e), and vowel digraphs (ee, ar, er, ir, or, ur, oo) through a narrative, plus a caregiver-guided sound-out and spelling exercise.
Illustrated phonics story ('Zoggy At The Zoo') reinforcing long vowel sounds, magic e (silent e), and vowel digraphs (ee, ar, er, ir, or, ur, oo) through a narrative, plus a caregiver-guided sound-out and spelling exercise.
Illustrated phonics story ('Zoggy At The Garden Centre') reinforcing long vowel sounds, magic e (silent e), and vowel digraphs (ee, ar, er, ir, or, ur, oo) through a narrative, plus a caregiver-guided sound-out and spelling exercise.