1-2-3 Come Retell & Sequence a Story With Me
Do you read Lucille Colandro's "Old Lady Who Swallowed...." stories? I pretty much have her entire collection, as my students really enjoy them. They are also perfect for practicing the "sequencing & retelling a story" standards.
Last week I featured "The Little Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat". Today's blog, talks about my newest autumn addition “There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves!”
As with the former, this packet also features a variety of quick, easy & super-fun (print & go) activities.
1. * A whole group sequencing activity with a large, colorful old lady’s head.
For extra durability, print on card stock, then laminate & trim the pieces.
I purposely used ordinal numbers for the tongue, so that you can practice another standard.
Pass out the mini cards (of what the old lady swallowed) to your students.
As you come to that item in the story, the child holding that card attaches it to the old lady's tongue. You can use a magnet, Velcro or glue dot to attach the pictures.
After the "swallowed items" have been placed on the tongue, there are still the larger pieces left.
The old lady sneezes (Ahchoo!), a pumpkin-head scarecrow results, and finally, the last item to be placed on your whiteboard or flannel board is the "Happy Fall!" speech bubble. See photo for how I placed the additional, story telling pieces.
When everything is in place, point to each item and have children retell the story.
They will be excited to transition to making a little old lady of their own. Thus, the packet also includes...
2. * An independent activity with a smaller, black & white old lady, where students color & cut the items that the old lady swallows.
This is a 2-on-a-one-page pattern, to conserve paper & be just the right size for students.
Children sequence, then glue the “picture tiles” to her tongue in chronological order.
So that you can easily diversify your lessons to suit the various abilities & skill levels of your students, I've included a variety of options.
For example, after they have added some color, little ones can simply glue the entire picture strip on the tongue, without cutting and gluing the graphics individually.
There's also a "mixed up" strip for older students to color, cut, sort & sequence, then glue on.
To expedite this, the "boxes" on the tongue, are the same size as their matching picture, plus there are 3 tongue patterns to choose from.
As always, all patterns come in full-color so that teachers can quickly & easily make examples to share, as well as black & white for students to color.
3. * Since completed projects make a terrific bulletin board or hallway display, I’ve included a “Having Fun With the Little Old Lady” poster for some extra pizzazz.
Curling the tip of the old lady's tongue also gives your display some 3D pop.
A variety of versatile worksheets, which can be done as a whole group activity, used in a small reading group, or done individually.
The various options help you easily diversify your lessons.
4. * I’ve also included colorful answer keys.
Worksheets5. * A “Checking for Comprehension” worksheet, where students fill in the blanks using words from a word bank.
6. An “Ask Me a Question” worksheet.
7. * An “Ordinal Number Fun” worksheet, where students label the pumpkin-head scarecrows “parts” with ordinal numbers.
Besides the full-page patterns, there are also 2-on-a-one page pattern options as well.
8. * A “Let’s Sequence The Little Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves” worksheet.
Four different options allow you to easily diversify this activity.
9. * A “Here’s What Happened” writing extension.
10. * For added value, there’s a BONUS activity: “Show Me A Pattern” game/center, which uses the picture tiles.
Print the colorful patterns on card stock, laminate & trim & use in your math/reading center.
The black & white template can be used as an assessment tool, early finishers, or fun homework assignment.
As always, all patterns come in full-color so that teachers can quickly & easily make examples to share, as well as black & white for students to color.
Today's featured FREEBIE is also perfect for fall, and even includes some leaf-themed activities.
These worksheets will help students practice: writing and sequencing numbers, as well as skip counting by 2's, 3's, 5's, and 10's.
I've also included worksheets for counting from 1-120 as well as What's Missing? activities.
Well that's it for today. I hope you found something here you can use.
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