Chrysanthemum book activities

This week we started our Kevin Henkes author study. Our comprehension focus is character traits and comparing characters, so his books are *absolutely perfect* {see what I did there ;)} for that! Ye

Chrysanthemum is a classic book for teaching names, individuality, self-love and confidence! Hand in hand with that, is the important concepts of being accepting and supportive of others as well. I always love to add these concepts into our classroom mission statement that we create together during the first week of school. The skills are easily reinforced with the fun read aloud Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes. I’m excited to share with you the Chrysanthemum activities I use in my classroom.

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Who doesn't love the Kevin Henkes book, Chrysanthemum?The adorable story is perfect for the first day or week of school, counting letters in our name or pockets... discussing how we feel and how to be

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October is National Bullying Prevention Month so I thought it would be a great time to talk about kindness. Recently I posted about creating a kindness wall in my home to promote kind acts. Today’s activity helps kids think about how your words and actions impact other people. I did this activity wi

The read aloud Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes lends itself to reading and writing lessons for first grade second grade third grade fourth grade fifth grade and homeschool kids. This Clutter Free Classroom digital and printable activity packet makes it easy to teach writing with picture books. Grab this book companion resource and start planning fun, engaging, standards-based and differentiated lessons for your students!

I can't believe back to school is just around the corner! With my new art gig, I am really going to miss doing some of my favorite back to school activities! These activities all come from my Back to School Mega Pack! It's 28% the rest of the day (along with everything else in my store!) with promo code BESTYEAR. I always like to start the year with bucket filling. You can read more about it here. I am trying to figure out a way to incorporate it in the art room, because I think it is SO…

A lesson for students to listen to the story Chrysanthemum and complete an activity on using kind words.