Back to School Activities - Reading Comprehension with Picture Books - First Day

Are you looking for no-prep, fun and engaging back to school activities? In this bundle, you will find literacy graphic organizers for 10 back to school books perfect for the first day of school. 

The resources were also created for you to reassure your students about school expectations, routines, making new friends, anxiety and fears. Some books relate to experiences throughout the school year.

The back to school activities include resources for:

• Asking Questions
• Author’s Purpose
• Cause and effect, including games related to cause and effect in the book.
• Character Traits and analysis, including anchor chart labels.
• Discussion questions as a list or individual cards.
• Compare & Contrast; including Venn diagrams
• Inferring and Predicting; including specific book-related scenarios.
• Main Idea and Theme; including examples for the book
• Making Connections (text-to-self, text-to-text, text-to-world)
• Point of View of characters, author and narrator
• Problem and Solution
• Retelling & Sequencing; including visual images
• Summarizing
• Book-related vocabulary activities
• Wring prompts and book-themed writing paper

In this bundle you will find first day of school activities for the following back to school picture books:

⭐️All Are Welcome

This resource helps your students reflect on the importance of diversity and inclusion, building positive friendships and relationships and being proud of who they are, their values and culture.

⭐️A Bad Case of the Stripes

These activities were created for your students to reflect on the effects of peer pressure and being free to make their own decisions without worrying about what others may think.

⭐️The Day You Begin

This resource was created for your students to reflect on the difficulty of entering a room where you don’t know anyone and the courage it takes to share your personal story.

⭐️The Dot

This resource helps your students reflect on having the confidence to give something a go and believe in themselves.

⭐️I Am Enough

These activities were designed for your students to reflect on themes of self-esteem and self-worth, as the book celebrates children for who they are and positive relationships.

⭐️The Invisible Boy

This resource was created for your students to reflect on how one person can make a positive difference to others and how small acts of kindness help others feel valued.

⭐️The Name Jar

The Name Jar activities were created for your students to reflect on being true to themselves, being proud of themselves and how names are a part of their identity.

⭐️The Proudest Blue

These activities were created so your students can reflect on being proud of their identity and culture and what makes them different.

⭐️Red: A Crayon’s Story

The Red: A Crayon's Story activities were created for your students to reflect on being true to themselves, not judging others based on 'labels' and following their own path.

These literacy packs include resources for:

• Asking Questions
• Author’s Purpose
• Cause and effect, including games related to cause and effect in the book.
• Character Traits and analysis, including anchor chart labels.
• Discussion questions as a list or individual cards.
• Compare & Contrast; including Venn diagrams
• Inferring and Predicting; including specific book-related scenarios.
• Main Idea and Theme; including examples for the book
• Making Connections (text-to-self, text-to-text, text-to-world)
• Point of View of characters, author and narrator
• Problem and Solution
• Retelling & Sequencing; including visual images
• Summarizing
• Book-related vocabulary activities
• Wring prompts and book-themed writing paper

This bundle also includes:

1. ANY BOOK Back to School Character Traits Graphic Organizers PRINT/DIGITAL
2. Back to School booklist

Your students will love digging deeper into each book while developing their comprehension skills. The activities are open-ended so they can work at their own level and speed.

Prep is quick and easy... Just print the student pages you need, and you are to deliver fun and engaging lessons! All you need to prepare is the book!

These resources are perfect to use in literacy centers for elementary students. They can also be used for:

• readers and writers workshops
• substitute plans
• small group instruction
• independent work
• assessment

NOTES

• These resources are supplemental products. You can choose the most relevant pages for your needs and the ability and understanding of your students.
• The purple text on the ‘Teacher Notes’ pages is specific to the book. These ideas are my interpretation but will give you a head start.
• The questions and activities are opinion based, so there are NO answer keys. The activities were designed to be open-ended for easy differentiation.
• Please ask any questions before purchasing.

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The back school activities in this literacy resource include:

1. The Dot
2. A Bad Case of the Stripes
3. The Name Jar
4. The Proudest Blue
5. Red: A Crayon's Story
6. The Invisible Boy
7. All Are Welcome
8. I Am Enough
9. The Day You Begin
10. ANY BOOK Back to School Character Traits Graphic Organizers

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