A lesson for students to listen to the story Chrysanthemum and complete an activity on using kind words.
Back to school is here, and what better way to celebrate the first week back than with a Name Celebration! I've put together a week full of fun *EASY* literacy activities that your students CAN do without a ton of one on one assistance from adults. Chrysanthemum is the perfect book is for the first
In our classroom last week we were busy learning about our names and our character trait “acceptance. We read “Chrysanthemum” by Kevin Henkes to launch a discussion on both of the…
Use these Chrysanthemum name activities, name graph and name crafts to practice and compare names in preschool and kindergarten!
Celebrate student names with the book Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes! This blog post for teachers shares fun ideas including a craft activity and engaging discussions. Embrace name recognition and create a welcoming environment where every student feels special.
Use these Chrysanthemum name activities, name graph and name crafts to practice and compare names in preschool and kindergarten!
Chrysanthemum First Day of School FREEBIE and lots of ideas for the book by Kevin Henkes and using it for back to school.
This fun Chrysanthemum craft is perfect to go along with thebook and has several Chrysanthemum extension activities. It has multiple writing options and focuses on students' names. These Chrysanthemum name activities will engage your students and make a beautiful display. There are full and half-page prompts that are lined and unlined. Crafts Color and Cut (Fastest Version) Traditional Craft Optional BME pieces Writing Options Half-page options (Lined and unlined)(Fun font or primary font) Chrysanthemum I Can Write My Name I Love My Name My Friend's Name My Name Full-page options I Love My Name Story Retell In Our Names/Not in Our Names Sort Letters/Numbers Sort Color Version Black and White Version Worksheets Letters/Numbers Sort Color Pencil- Write Name Color by Letter Draw- Problem/Solution Friends Name Autograph Page Adjectives-Bubble Map Character Traits-Bubble Map The unlined pages are perfect for your kindergarten students to draw their responses. This also has extension activities to go along with the story. It focuses on students writing their name and learning their friends' names. This craft is included in a larger product. "Step Into Stories: Chrysanthemum" has this craft and so much more. If you are interested in lesson plans, worksheets, an assessment, anchor chart options, and more... then check out the product below, Step Into Stories: Chrysanthemum
Reinforce letter and sound recognition with these Chrysanthemum name activities and adorable Chrysanthemum name craft for back to school!
Use these Chrysanthemum name activities, name graph and name crafts to practice and compare names in preschool and kindergarten!
Celebrate student names with the book Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes! This blog post for teachers shares fun ideas including a craft activity and engaging discussions. Embrace name recognition and create a welcoming environment where every student feels special.
This resource includes several activities to accompany the book "Chrysanthemum."
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
1-2-3 come Do Some Chrysanthemum Activities With Me “Chrysanthemum” by Kevin Henkes, is one of my all-time favorite back to school books. It’s perfect for a variety of ages, and especially wonderful as an introduction to name activities, as well as discussions about teasing, bullying and “filling buckets”. With that in mind, I enjoyed making a variety of Chrysanthemum-themed activities appropriate for PK-1st grade. I'll be sharing 3 of them in today's blog along with a sweet back to school FREEBIE. Because I like to mix math with literacy, I designed the Chrysanthemum Name Comparison Math Craftivity, where students compare their name with Chrysanthemum’s. I’ve included a simple PK version which can be done as a whole group, with an older elementary buddy, or done as homework with the assistance of a parent. There’s also a template suitable for kindergarten, 1st and 2nd, which involves some easy math, where students can show how they figured out their answer. Use the vowel, consonants and syllable posters to help explain things, then hang up for students to refer to. These can also be used as part of your display, as completed projects make an adorable bulletin board, or hung as a border on a hallway wall. I’ve included 2 “Mixing Math & Literacy” display posters for this as well. For extra pizzazz, punch a hole at the bottom and tie on a yarn "tail", or curl a white pipe cleaner and attach. There are 10 border options to choose from. Give your students a choice, or run off 2-3 of each of the worksheets so you have a nice variety in your display. Girls can add a bow to their mouse, and boys can opt to leave it off if they want. For an added splash of color, mount the worksheet on a variety of colors of construction paper before students glue their mouse head to the top. Next up, is another quick, easy and fun “print & go” name craftivity. I call them "sliders". Simply choose which name slider you want your kiddos to make. There are 6 options. I like my students to get some practice in making choices, so I run all of them off. I’ve included black and white patterns for kiddos to color, as well as templates in color, so that you can quickly and easily make examples to share. Mounting them on construction paper gives a splash of color and makes them sturdier. Run off the boxed “slider strips”, as well as the blank strips and trim. Children color Chrysanthemum, then write their name on the “slider” strip, by writing a letter in each box. If you have PK kiddos who don’t know how to write their name, you can have slider strips already written for them, or provide a name card for them to copy. I’ve included 6 matching name cards if you’d like to use these. Finally, I designed a Chrysanthemum-Inspired Class Name Booklet. At the beginning of the story, her parents explain why they named her Chrysanthemum, so I thought it would be fun to send a note home and ask parents why they chose their child’s name. Parents fill out the worksheet and their child colors it. After everyone has shared their page, collate the contributions, add the cover and you have a very interesting class-made book. Run off the "inside" pages and give children a choice. There are 7 girl-themed pages, plus 7 for boys. I share Dr. Seuss’s story “Too Many Daves”, then include those pages, along with the rose-quote poster in our booklet as well. We make several class books each month. They are always a favorite in our classroom "book" basket, and a big hit with parents at conferences. Adding a school photo to each page makes things extra special. Today's featured FREEBIE is also perfect for back to school. I not only give my students a little surprise treat on the 1st day of school, I do a little something extra special the entire week. For a quick, easy and inexpensive treat bag, fill up a Snack Baggie with Lucky Charms cereal and include my little note. There's also 2 "header" options if you want to put 1 at the top of your bag. Well that's it for today. My mom's visiting from Wisconsin, and I hear her stirring on this beautiful morning, so time to switch gears and go play outside. "Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams." - Hosea Ballou
Use these Chrysanthemum name activities, name graph and name crafts to practice and compare names in preschool and kindergarten!
In our classroom last week we were busy learning about our names and our character trait “acceptance. We read “Chrysanthemum” by Kevin Henkes to launch a discussion on both of the…
Back to school is here, and what better way to celebrate the first week back than with a Name Celebration! I've put together a week full of fun *EASY* literacy activities that your students CAN do without a ton of one on one assistance from adults. Chrysanthemum is the perfect book is for the first
This week we started our Kevin Henkes author study. Our comprehension focus is character traits and comparing characters, so his books are *absolutely
Howdy! Welcome back! Today we read one of my favorite beginning of the year books, Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes. It has become a fav of the kids too. Many of them said they have the book at home or their kindergarten teacher read it to them. I told them that's why books are so special. No matter how many times you read a book, each time is like opening a gift. This time we were going to really think about the main character's feelings and the author's message. As we read the book, I passed around a large paper heart. Each time Chrysanthemum was teased because of her name, we crumpled up the heart. Every time someone did something nice to her, we tried our best to smooth it out. By the end of the story, the heart was a wrinkled mess that could not be smoothed out perfectly. The kids got the connection that our own hearts feel wrinkled and crumpled sometimes when we don't like what someone says. Words do hurt. We then tried to put bandaids on the heart as a way to show that we can own our mistakes and apologize. The heart will probably still be wrinkled, but it is healing. I, then had the kids do a mini version of this in their Reader's Response Journal. Always Use Kind Words! You can find this activity along with a few other things to do with this amazing book if you click here! Including the little heart poem in the center: Before you speak, Think and be smart. It's hard to fix a wrinkled heart. Here's to Happy Hearts! Joyfully! Nancy
Isabella is a spirited girl who enjoys shouting out her thoughts, ideas, and feelings. In fact, she loves using her loud voice so much, it’s earned her the nickname “Decibella!” Young readers will be entertained as they see how Isabella learns the “five volumes” of voice and discovers that different situations require a different tone. Award-winning author Julia Cook uses a fun, yet educational, style to show kids how and when to use their five voices – whisper, 6-inch, table-talk, strong speaker, and outside.
This chrysanthemum book activity works on letter recognition, counting, pre-writing skills while COLORING! Print it free.
With these K - 2 resources you get 5 days of reading lesson plans with all center activities and worksheets included. Click here to see this resource, Monkey business is lots of fun for kindergarten and first grade students. With five days of reading lesson plans, center activities and worksheets your students will love reading about the monkeys and the peddler! Activities include: · Day 1 – Vocabulary and Writing Center– class book · Day 2 – Story Elements whole group, anchor chart, flip book · Day 3 - Retelling whole group, centers and worksheet · Day 4 – Cause and Effect - center activity, anchor chart, worksheet · Day 5- Word Families – center activity and worksheet · Math ·CCvC Words ·Community Helpers Click here to see this resource. Learning names and meeting new people can be tough. Help your students with this wonderful book based unit. Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes is a great back to school unit for names. The Chrysanthemum activities will have your students learning the names of their classmates, spelling their own name, and so much more. Help your students learn names and introduce them to an amazing book at the same time. This book companion for Chrysanthemum includes 5 days of before, during and after reading lessons; center activities for recognizing syllables, sequencing story events and determining more or less; comprehension; vocabulary; writing, all using the book characters or the students' names. Table of Contents ELA • Title, author, illustrator, vocabulary lesson and cards • Flower Friends– writing activity • Sequencing lesson and cards • Syllable lesson, center activity and worksheets • Extra Activities Math • More or Less – lesson, center activity and worksheet • Name Glyph Click here to see this resource. This resource includes a complete one week lesson plan and unit on The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. Each day includes activities for a close reading style lesson of the book. This book study of The Rainbow Fish is a wonderful way to model good reading for your students. Additional literacy and math activities related to the book are also included. Skills in this 5 day lesson plan include: Vocabulary, Writing, Sequencing, Sight Words, Adjectives, Blends, Digraphs and Math (Addition). Center activities and worksheets are also included. The Rainbow Fish Book Study Includes: •Day 1 Lesson Plan with a focus on Vocabulary and Writing •Day 2 Lesson Play with a focus on Sequencing •Day 3 Lesson Play with a focus on Sight Words •Day 4 Lesson Play with a focus on Grammar (Adjectives) •Day 5 Lesson Plan with a focus on Blends and Digraphs •Additional Math Activity with a focus on Addition This resource includes the written lesson plans and all coordinating items including posters, cards, pieces for creating anchor charts, center activities, worksheets and a shape book for the writing center. Click here to see this resource. This 77-page book companion for If You Give a Mouse a Cookie has 5 days of before, during and after reading lessons, center activities and worksheets. The skills included are vocabulary, comprehension, sequencing, sight words, counting, writing and word pairs. This unit combines literacy, and math concepts. Click here to see this resource. This book companion is perfect for first grade or second grade students. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig teaching resource has 5 days of lesson plans which include center activities and worksheets for: •Story Elements, •Vocabulary, •Sequencing, •Who, What, When, Where, Why, How •Summarization, •Vowels, •Class Book, •Comprehension, •Scrambled Sentences Click here to see this resource. The little mouse is trying to hide a red ripe strawberry from a big hungry bear. Find out how he solves his problem with this 69-page book companion with lesson plans. Five days of reading lesson plans include: • Day 1 Before, During, After Lessons – Writing - class book • Day 2 Before, During, After Lessons – Syllables – center activity and worksheet • Day 3 Before, During, After Lessons - Retelling – center activity and worksheets • Day 4 Before, During, After Lessons – Character’s Feelings – center activity, worksheet • Day 5 Before, During, After Lessons – Word Family ed – center and worksheets Extra - worksheets • Upper and Lowercase Letters – center activity • Missing Letters • Tracing • Dot to Dot 1-30 • Mystery Picture Click here to see this resource. This book companion for Giraffes Can't Dance is a 5 day lesson plan about a giraffe named Gerald who wants to dance like the other animals. He meets a cricket who encourages him to learn to dance to his own music. This unit has 59 pages of lesson plans, center activities and worksheets. Table of contents • Day 1 - Before, During, After Reading Plans – Story Elements • Day 2 - Before, During, After Reading Plans – Writing • Day 3 - Before, During, After Reading Plans – Sequencing • Day 4 - Before, During, After Reading Plans – Rhyming • Day 5- Before, During, After Reading Plans – Real/Make Believe • Math – Skip Counting • Extra Worksheets Click here to see this resource. The Gruffalo, written by Julia Donaldson, is a delightful rhyming story that our kids love! We have developed this book companion to compliment some of our literacy objectives. Included skills: Discussion Questions Sequencing Vocabulary Scrambled Sentences Words That Rhyme (but have different spelling patterns) Worksheets: Story Elements Labeling Alphabetical Order Adjectives Writing Wondering Synthesizing Summarizing
After reading the book Chrysanthemum, students will use this activity to discover information about their names. Just like Chrysanthemum, students will figure out that their names are just perfect! Use this activity as a follow up to Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes.
Chrysanthemum book activities unit with reading comprehension worksheets, companion printables, lesson ideas, craft for Kindergarten and First Grade
Use these Chrysanthemum name activities, name graph and name crafts to practice and compare names in preschool and kindergarten!
Names of all sizes will be welcome with this fun, engaging book study. Activities can be used all at once or throughout a theme. Also Includes EDITABLE name plates and name boxes to help your students connect to learning! Includes all the of the following: 4 Vocabulary Anchor Charts-Chrysanthemum, wilted, dreadful, and scarce Student Vocabulary Pages Story Retell Page Name Craft Project Chrysanthemum Poem Happy Heart Class Book Name Graph Pages Name Tower STEM Pages Name Building Activities EDITABLE ITEMS: Full Page Name Mat Half Page Name Mat Letter Boxes for names with 2-14 letters
Make learning fun for your students with Chrysanthemum activities by Kevin Henkes! These back to school activities and worksheets are perfect for kindergarten, first, and second grade students to practice their reading comprehension, writing, and math skills. These activities can be used during whole group instruction, independent work, and center time. Easy-to-use activity sheets with clear directions and answer keys are provided. THIS IS A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD, NO PRINTED MATERIALS ARE INCLUDED! HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL GET… *Story Elements graphic organizer *Character Web for Chrysanthemum *Chrysanthemum can/has/is graphic organizers *Wh Questions graphic organizer *Parts of a Book graphic organizer *Fast Facts about Kevin Henkes *Kevin Henkes fact organizer *School Rules activity *Venn Diagram comparing/contrasting Chrysanthemum and Victoria *My Name activity sheet *Words Matter cut and paste activity sheet *Character Traits Using Text Evidence activity sheet *Examining Parents' Actions using Text Evidence activity sheet *Text to Self Connections activity sheet *Summarizing (beginning, middle, end) graphic organizer *Character Feelings activity sheet *Retelling graphic organizer *Pictures vs. Words graphic organizer *Problem and Solution graphic organizer *Parts of a Book cut and glue activity *Look Who's Blooming in our Class poster *Look Who's Blooming in our Class activity *Friendship Advice letter writing activity *My Flower Creation activity sheet *Flower activity sheet using tally marks *Flower activity sheet creating bar graph with math questions *Math Pattern activity *Word Search *Answer Keys Your students will love completing Chyrsanthemum activities. With the variety of activities and worksheets, your students will be engaged and eager to share their new knowledge learned. Prep is quick and easy... just print the student activity and worksheets and you’re ready for students to practice their reading, writing, and math skills. **After your payment, you will receive instant downloading access to the purchased file which contains 56 PDF pages. Copyright Kraus in the Schoolhouse All rights reserved by Laurie Kraus. Permission to copy for single classroom/personal use only.
Important Note: This product is also included in the full Creative Comprehension Kit for Chrysanthemum! If you already own the kit, then you already own this directed drawing! Spark creativity and foster a love of reading by celebrating your students’ favorite picture books characters! With this resource, you will provide your students with the opportunity to draw Chrysanthemum from this fun read aloud! Pair the drawing with a writing prompt! What’s Included: Detailed Step-By-Step Activity Plan (With Tips for Directed Drawing Success) Step-By-Step PDF Slides (For Projecting) Individual Student Handout (For Centers) Differentiated Writing Prompts: "Chrysanthemum Learns a Lesson," "My Name is Special," "I am Very Special," & "I Can Be a Kind Classmate!" To save big on comprehension resources that support this story, check out Creative Comprehension: Chrysanthemum! You might also be interested in: Creative Comprehension: Back to School Bundle Creative Comprehension: The Food Group Series Bundle (Important Notice: The character clipart bares similarities to the original story, but is not an exact replica. Chrysanthemum was hand-drawn with several differences to the original character and has been adapted using my own design style as to adhere to copyright laws.)
Here are daily lesson plans for the entire Chrysanthemum kindergarten unit! Each daily lesson contains CCSS standards, objectives, procedures, and materials to make your instruction easier. Materials correspond to Chrysanthemum Literacty Activities found in my store. Don't forget to leave feedbac...
Chrysanthemum loved the way her name sounded and looked! This is a great beginning of the year activity to discuss how each child’s name is special. Look at PREVIEW for more information! Enjoy reading Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes to your class or in a small guided reading group! Chrysanthemum is a guided reading level M. Included: 1 page cut and paste 2 page Name Flap Booklet Comprehension Bingo: 6 cards and 16 questions for using in a small group or literacy center Click here to find me on Facebook! Jill Richardson 2015 Buy the Chrysanthemum Bundle and Save! *************************************************************************** Chrysanthemum Bundle! *************************************************************************** Chrysanthemum Bundle Individual Product Links! Chrysanthemum Task Cards! Chrysanthemum book Companion Bingo and Interactive Printable! Chrysanthemum Literacy Center – How many words can you make? Other Back to School Products! *************************************************************************** The Kissing Hand Paired Text! The Kissing Hand Task Cards! Koala Lou Task Cards! Koala Lou Paired Text! Officer Buckle and Gloria Task Cards All About Me Beginning of the Year to the End Reading Choice Board First Grade Make a Birthday Card Literacy Center! ESL Newcomer Alphabet Interactive Printables Counting Crayons Emergent Reader Level B! ESL Newcomer Digraphs! *************************************************************************** Math Back to School! Freebie! Superhero Fraction Bingo! Johnny Appleseed Fraction Bingo! Preschool Number Posters 1-10! ************************************************************************** Certificates and Awards to Use All Year! *************************************************************************** Owl Editable Certificates and Awards! Frog Editable Certificates and Awards Superhero Editable Certificates and Awards *************************************************************************** Customer Tips: How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you. ☺ Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies and product launches: • Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. Voila! You will now receive email updates about this store. ☺ ***************************************************************************
Hi friends! I wanted to share a fun little activity we did this week to go along with one of everyone’s favorite Back to School read alouds! I’ve mentioned before […]
1-2-3 Come Do Some More Chrysanthemum Activities With Me Since my students absolutely LOVE the story "Chrysanthemum" by Kevin Henkes, I've made an assortment of Chrysanthemum-themed activities to practice a variety of standards. Today I'll be featuring 3 of my newest creations. First up, are some Chrysanthemum Number Puzzles. They are a quick, easy and super-fun way for your students to practice sequencing numbers from 1-10, counting backwards from 10-1, as well as skip counting by 2s, 3s, 5s & 10s, plus I’ve added a template for those “toughy teen” numbers as well. There are 7 different Chrysanthemum-themed patterns, each has an example of all of the above templates, with 97 puzzles in all. Some are vertical, while others are horizontal. Pick and choose your favorites to make a collection of choices for your students. Print, laminate & trim the full color options and use as an independent math center. Use the black & white ones, so that students can color & cut up their own puzzle. For an interesting “craftivity” have children glue their puzzle to a sheet of construction paper. Remind them to leave a little bit of a gap between each numbered strip, to create an especially cool mosaic effect. Completed projects make a cute back to school bulletin board. Next up is a set of "Fix the Sentence" cards. These 27, Chrysanthemum-themed sentence cards, are a quick, easy and fun way to review and sequence the story, while practicing capitalization and end punctuation. Read the cards together as a whole group to practice a lot of sight words. Choose a student to come up and using a dry erase marker, circle letters that should be capitalized and then add end punctuation. (period, question mark & exclamation point). You can do this on a whiteboard, with a pocket chart, or pass a card out to each child to correct. For more practice, as an individual activity, have students choose X number of mini cards and rewrite the sentences correctly on the worksheet provided. Afterwards, students can swap their paper with a partner to correct. I've included 2 sizes of mini "fix the sentence" cards for this, which make a nice Daily 5 word work activity too. There are 27 mini cards on one sheet of paper. Simply print, laminate and trim several copies for a class set As an independent center activity, have children arrange the cards in sequential order. To make this activity self-correcting, number the cards on the back. Finally, since my students absolutely LOVE glyphs (Didn't matter what grade I taught and that's lots!) I designed a Chrysanthemum-themed glyph, as a quick, easy and fun way to get to know your new students. while assessing listening and following directions. Since this is one of my report card standards, glyphs also provide a "hard copy" to use as proof that a child does or doesn't. Completed projects make a wonderful back to school bulletin board, as each one will be different! I’ve provided two, Chrysanthemum-themed glyph posters to use for the center of your display. Afterwards, have children pick a partner, and try to guess which glyph is theirs by asking them a few key questions, which will narrow down the field. The featured FREEBIE today is also based on one of my all-time favorite back to school books ("The Kissing Hand", by Audrey Penn). Chester, a little raccoon is apprehensive about going to school 'til his mom kisses his hand, so he can continue to feel her comforting presence, so I thought it would be fun to give my students a few Hershey Kisses in a Snack Baggie after I read the story. I designed 3 "header" tags for the top of your sweet treat. There are patterns with 5 on a page as well as 10. Click on the link to grab your copy and let the smiles begin. The Kissing Hand-Inspired Snack Bag Tags. Well that's it for today. Thanks for popping in. I hope you found something useful. We continue to melt here in Michigan with unusually hot 90 degree temperatures. PTL for air conditioning, so I have energy to get the mountains of stuff done I need to. Wishing you a relaxing day. "Dear Weather, Stop showing off. We already know you're hot!" -Unknown
Chrysanthemum is a wonderful story to read with young students. It is a great way to set the standard of interaction in your classroom. It teaches us to use kind words. If we say mean things, we wrinkle another's heart. Enjoy these two different and engaging activities as you read Chrysanthemum.
This back to school season, try this SEL activity with your students!While reading Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes, students will identify ways in which the characters "wrinkled" Chrysanthemum's heart. By the end, they will learn that you can apologize and smooth the paper heart, but it will never be ...
Not sure what to do the first week of school in kindergarten and first grade? Here are some fun and simple ideas!
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 important and really helps build a positive classroom community. It also really helps cut down on behavior issues! After reading Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes, we would always make our class name graph where we would graph the syllables in our names. Then the kids would make this cute little craftivity about their names! After reading I Like Myself by Karen Beaumont, I would have the kids do this response sheet. This getting to know you activity is always a hit! The kids love making this adorable iPad craftivity, and it's so fun to get to know your new kiddos! (You purchase this craftivity separately from the pack by clicking here). It is really bittersweet leaving second grade after nine years. I am going to miss doing activities like this. But I will say, it is kind of nice not having to get ready for open house, putting names on everything, and all of the other "normal" back to school stuff. However, organizing the art supplies has been quite the task! :) But I am so, soooo excited for this new adventure, and to be able to focus on art all day! I hope you all are finding some great deals at the sale! Be sure to check out my monthly centers! I've got August-October posted. Buy now, save money! Click on each cover to check out each pack of centers!
