First Grade Jitters | Book Study Activities, Craftivity, Class Book

This is a book study literacy unit for First Grade Jitters by Robert Quackenbush. The unit is packed with Common Core aligned activities for Kindergarten and First Grade. The craftivity makes a wonderful bulletin board display to showcase learning.

This book study unit can be used as a whole class activity, during small group guided reading time, as individual student work, or as part of a book club. Copy a pack for each student and you're ready to go!

Some of your students may relate to being jittery about starting school!

THIS UNIT INCLUDES:

STORY ELEMENTS ACTIVITIES

• student unit cover page
• story elements
• making predictions
• character traits
• character analysis
• story retell
• story events
• story clues
• can-have-are-need graphic organizers

MAKING CONNECTIONS ACTIVITIES

• making mental images
• giving my opinion
• giving my advice
• text-to-self connections
• If I were in first grade...

WRITING ACTIVITIES

• writing retell pages
• story writing prompts
• class book

VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES

• making words
• vocabulary word search
• syllable sorting
• vocabulary word sort
• alphabetical order

COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES

• making inferences
• problems and solutions
• author's purpose
• main idea/theme
• fiction and non-fiction story elements
• true or false comprehension questions
• story response
• story notes

CRAFTIVITY

• Snapshot of My First Day craftivity

LEARNING STANDARDS CHECKLISTS

• learning standards checklist charts for Common Core, TEKS, VA SOL

MORE BACK TO SCHOOL BOOK STUDIES

Miss Nelson is Missing

Junie B Jones First Grader at Last

The Day the Crayons Quit

Howard B Wigglebottom Learns to Listen

The Recess Queen

Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse

A Bad Case of Tattle Tongue

You’re Finally Here

David Goes to School

Chrysanthemum

The Kissing Hand

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