Ciara O'Keefe

This mini unit uses The Snow Globe Family by Jane O'Connor and S.D. Schindler. Winter can be long and this fun activity gives you many options to address the Common Core, beat the winter blues and have a little fun. Included in this mini unit: *A word sort of nouns, verbs, pronouns, and adjectives *A compare and contrast activity between the two families *How does a character's action contribute to the story events *Comprehension questions *Dictionary activity *Narrative writing activity *Opini

Are you looking for a different way for your students to interact with nonfiction? This is a fun way for students to identify some nonfiction text features and practice their graphing skills. The results could be compiled into a class/group graph as well.

An easy to use dictionary practice sheet. Students can practice looking words up in the dictionary and document their findings.