A Letter to Amy by Ezra Jack Keats Activities in Digital and PDF

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1st - 3rd, Homeschool
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My first graders were able to easily engage with many of the pages in this resource. There are many options for how to apply reading skills to story concepts with these digital files.
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Description

A Letter to Amy by Ezra Jack Keats is so sweet. It's time for a birthday party, but Amy's invitation goes missing. Kids will connect to this book with ease and reflect on their own birthdays. This interactive reading activities will draw your students in and help you teach them key literacy skills.

HOW TEACHERS CAN USE THIS UNIT FOR A LETTER TO AMY:

Teachers can pick and choose the activities that best fit classroom and student needs. The activities work well for small group instruction, whole group modeling, for book clubs, and for literacy stations too. It's designed in a Before-During-After format. Please download the preview file for a close look at the activities.

WHAT'S READING SKILLS ARE INCLUDED IN THE A LETTER FOR AMY RESOURCE?

This guided reading unit includes the following:

  • Schema building activity about birthdays
  • Story Vocabulary Graphic Organizer and Word Cards
  • Sequencing story events organizer
  • BME organizer (2nd summarizing option)
  • Questioning Column Notes
  • Birthday retell it
  • Making comparisons between characters (2 pages)
  • Visualizing using story description and character quotes
  • Story Elements Organizer
  • Question Task Cards and Response Form
  • Report Project
  • Birthday Cake Craftivity and Glyph (4 pages)
  • Narrative Writing about The Birthday Party Disaster

54 Pages Total (1/2 PDF and 1/2 Google Slides TM)

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WHAT TEACHERS HAVE HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS BUNDLE:

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Kendra M. says, "Many helpful activities! Thank you!"

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Total Pages
52 (1/2 PDF and 1/2 Google Slides TM)
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Teaching Duration
1 Week
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to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.

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