First Day Jitters Activities | Mini Rooted in Reading Read Aloud Lessons for Back to School

Description

These First Day Jitters activities are a mini Rooted in Reading unit for First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg. They build classroom community while students practice making predictions.

What’s Included

• Step-by-step read aloud lesson plans for before, during, and after reading
• Comprehension questions for each stage of reading
• Making predictions focus posters and anchor chart
• What’s in My Teacher’s Bag? prediction activity and a book predictions printable
• First day feelings class graph and printable
• Emoji craft with a writing activity
• Design a new book cover extension activity
• First Day Champion ribbons to color and take home
• 48 pages

Ways to Use

• First week of school read aloud
• Morning meeting
• Literacy block lessons
• Building classroom community

Good to Know

You will need the book First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg.

More Back to School Activities

• All About Me Activities Bundle
• Rooted in Reading: We Don’t Eat Our Classmates
• Rooted in Reading: Our Class Is a Family