Catherine Ami

This lessons plans and activities are based around the book, Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young. It includes: *Lesson Plans and Ideas *How to Assemble a Mini Book *3 Blind Mice Song *Story Retelling Worksheet for Seven Blind Mice *Similes Worksheet for Seven Blind Mice *5 Senses Worksheet *Parts of the Whole Activity *Parts of the Whole Worksheet *Sight Word Cards for Games and Practice *Writing Practice with Sight Words *Student-Create

These games were inspired by Jon Klassen's books, This is Not my Hat & I Want My Hat Back. Both books are great for discussing important topics, such as, trust, revenge, morals, fairness, stealing, etc. Pre-K, Kindy and even 1st graders have been know to have "sticky fingers". I've included a few games, ideas and a worksheet to work on apologies, description, and ownership. Children practicing apologies makes it easier for them when a situation actually arises and they need to apologize.

If you download this, please rate it. Great for reinforcement for grammar labels, reading and having fun at the same time. Comes with 2 worksheets: 1. First one, students fill out on their own. 2. They use the words, nouns, verbs, etc. they chose and put them into the story. Very silly story... just in time for summer! If you try this worksheet, I'd love for you to rate it and leave some genuine feedback! Thank you in advance. For more ideas, lesson plans, and games on Social and Emotio

The story is the same concept as Seven Blind Mice except it’s with ants and “something” has fallen on their ant pile. While the story is written, the object has yet to be decided, this is where the students help finish writing the story. The teacher should get one secret object that will fall on the ant pile. Food can be funny, for example, a hamburger or candy (even the plastic type food works fine). The kids think it’s hilarious. The students and the teachers work together to finish the

Based on the book, ZOOM, by Istvan Banyai, this is a writing prompt lesson helping children connect their successes and challenges with who they are. If you want to know more about the book, you can read a review here. It has 9 writing prompts dealing with the topics of courage, fear, happiness, humor, hurt, challenges, anger and embarrassment. As well, it includes 8 prewriting sheets that are best to be used as a whole class but can be used individually. The last writing prompt is reflec

These worksheets center around the 5 fabulous stories in Frog and Toad are Friends. The worksheets include a focus on emotional literacy, as well include other aspects, such as reading comprehension skills, math, letter writing, story telling components and more. Here is what is included: * Cover and Table of Contents (pages 1 and 2) SPRING STORY * A worksheet that focuses on weather, spring activities, and months. (page 3) THE STORY * Story Retelling Worksheet. The most important comp

These were all the winter games I played in my classes last year and all were a success. I used the winter bingo board for all classes and modified the game to find the students level as I teach different grades. Includes by page: 1. Winter Bingo Game instructions and ideas for different ages. 2. Winter Game Board (large board that can be printed on A3 or A4 sized paper). Much like Chip-O Game where the dividing line in the middle divided for teams or a 2 player game. 3. Word Cards for W

This “All About Me” book works well with the story, “Millions of Cats”, which is a great discussion starter for self-esteem. This booklet focuses on what makes each of us unique. As well, it helps children learn about themselves, identify their good qualities and build their self-esteem. It includes 9 pages (the extra 2 pages are ideas, examples and clarifies any questions that might pop up). These are the topic of each page: The Cover All About Me My Family and Friends What I Love Caution

Whether you’re prepping your students for the experience of a field trip or want to enter an imaginary world, Paper Plane Field Trip is a poem/story that is practical for many types of lessons. Included with it are ideas of how to use it in your classroom or at home. Depending on class size, age and level, this story can easily be adapted to use with kindergarten or 1st or 2nd grade elementary school students. Paper Plane Field Trip is great for: -team building -a class play -to teach and pra

A basic A - Z mini book... folds to half the size of an A4 sheet of paper. It comes with instructions on how to assemble and a cover though you could have the student create their own. There are many ways to use this in your classroom and here are a few ideas how I have used it before. 1. The student picks a word for each letter. Then writes the word in the space provided and draws a picture to remember it. 2. The child can practice writing the letters in the space provided and then dra