Kim Riley

Every year I treat my students to the Peanuts Thanksgiving special. They always enjoy it, but I've found that the "The Mayflower Voyagers", which tells the historically accurate story of the Pilgrims first Thanksgiving is even more popular. It can be found as the "Bonus Feature" on the "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" DVD. This is a little assessment I wrote to test the kids' knowledge of the first Thanksgiving. There are 2 versions: one with a word box and one with a reflection task. Hope you

A cut and paste activity for sequencing major events from the story.

A quick and fun "get to know your students" activity for the first week of school. Can be assigned as a class activity or for homework. I make a point of keeping this worksheet in my students' portfolio until June- not only so I can refer to it, but so they can look back on what they wrote when the school year is over. It is fun for them to see how much they have grown!

No prep activity to supplement the text Alexander Who's Not Going to Move By Judith Viorst

-Character Analysis -Differentiated -No prep

Activities to accompany the book Shy Mama's Halloween by Anne Broyles. A wonderful story about how a Russian immigrant family is introduced to the traditions of Halloween in America. Inferencing Character Change Immigration

A quick and easy organizer to help your students plan a written response about a character.