writing prompts for The Mitten

1-2-3 Come Do Some More Mitten Activities With Me 

Brrrrrr! It continues to be mitten weather here in Michigan. A chilly 3 degrees this morning! So I'm certainly in the mood to blog about some super-fun mitten-themed activities.

mitten activities, mitten crafts, mitten math, class made winter books, january writing prompts, activites to go with jan bretts the mitten, magic e activities, silent e activities, verb activities, mitten centers, First up is Mm is for Mitten.  My "Dollar Deal" Alphabet Wheels, are a quick, easy & fun way to practice letters, and build the vocabulary needed to give an example of a word, with that beginning sound.

They feature 6 nouns that begin with that letter, and come in black and white, for individual word work, as well as color, so that you can use them as an independent center activity.

I've also included a worksheet where students trace & write the words in alphabetical order

mitten activities, mitten crafts, mitten math, class made winter books, january writing prompts, activites to go with jan bretts the mitten, magic e activities, silent e activities, mitten puzzles, verb activities, mitten centers, Next up are some Mitten Number Puzzles to go along with Jan Brett's story The Mitten.  It's one of my all-time favorite winter stories.

These 42, mitten-themed number puzzles, are a super-fun way for your kiddos to practice sequencing numbers from 1-10, counting backwards from 10 to 1, and skip counting by 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s.

Some of the puzzles are mitten shaped, others are rectangular (horizontal as well as vertical).  Many feature the characters from The Mitten story, so you can combine math and literacy!
 
Since Jan Brett’s story, The Mitten, is a Ukrainian folktale, I’ve also included a map of the Ukraine puzzle. Take a teachable moment to toss in a bit of geography, by having students find the country on a world map or globe.

mitten activities, mitten crafts, mitten math, class made winter books, january writing prompts, activites to go with jan bretts the mitten, magic e activities, silent e activities, mitten puzzles, verb activities, mitten centers, There are colorful puzzles to be used in a center, as well as black & white puzzles, so that your students can make their own.

I did not number the character puzzles, so that students can number each strip according to your directions.
This way you can work on those toughie teen numbers, or counting beyond 100.

Children color the animal and word, cut their puzzle apart, then put it back together.
You can also make these into a mosaic picture as well, gluing the strips on construction paper, leaving a small gap in-between each piece. For an awesome, wintry bulletin board, scatter them on a  blue background, with a few paper snowflakes

mitten activities, mitten crafts, mitten math, class made winter books, january writing prompts, activites to go with jan bretts the mitten, magic e activities, silent e activities, mitten puzzles, verb activities, mitten centers, Whenever I can, I like to incorporate math with literacy, to get more bang for my time.

The mitten-themed emergent reader, is a quick, easy and fun way to have students practice writing skills and end punctuation, along with a variety of math standards.

However, the packet is simple enough, that you can just do the craft portion with PK kiddos, or some of the other activities as a whole group.

I've also included a few worksheets that practice tally marks, addition, skip counting by 5s, subtraction and graphing, as well as data collection and analysis.

You can do them as an independent worksheet, or break students into small groups and have them figure out the answers together.

mitten activities, mitten crafts, mitten math, class made winter books, january writing prompts, activites to go with jan bretts the mitten, magic e activities, silent e activities, mitten puzzles, verb activities, snowflake activities, itten centers, Another sweet mitten-shaped booklet is "Let's Count Snowflakes", which includes a 10-frame emergent reader featuring 30 Dolch sight words.

Students read the sentences, add end punctuation, trace & write the number and number word, circle it in the sequence, tally the amount, then show the set in the 10 frame

Run off the mitten pattern on a variety of colors of construction paper. Students cut & collate the pages of their worksheets, then staple them to the "cuff" of the mitten.

I’ve also included a set of pocket chart cards counting up to twenty, with 2 cover options to make a 1-10 or 1-20 “Itty Bitty” flip booklet as well.

mitten activities, mitten crafts, mitten math, class made winter books, january writing prompts, activites to go with jan bretts the mitten, magic e activities, silent e activities, mitten puzzles, 10 frame activities, snowflake activities, itten centers, For more fun, there are 3 pages of mini snowflake tiles to use as manipulatives to make groups with, as well as a set of lovely snowflake puzzle cards from zero to ten, plus a blank set to program with higher numbers.

Simply print, laminate and trim, to use as an independent math center, or for a variety of games including “Kaboom”.   That game, plus a 3-page tip list of what else you can do with the number cards, is also included in the packet.

mitten activities, mitten crafts, mitten math, class made winter books, january writing prompts, activites to go with jan bretts the mitten, magic e activities, silent e activities, mitten puzzles, 10 frame activities, snowflake activities, itten centers, Today's featured FREEBIE is a quick, easy and fun, Mitten-Snowman craftivity that reinforces letters, plus a bit of math. 

tpt jan saleBy the way, today is a great day to zip on over to TpT, as they are having a site-wide winter sale. (January 20th through January 21st.)

Everything's  20% off, with an additional 10% off with the coupon code: START16

mitten activities, mitten crafts, mitten math, class made winter books, january writing prompts, activites to go with jan bretts the mitten, magic e activities, silent e activities, verb activities, mitten centers, Well that's it for now.  I hope you found something useful here and can make time to check out the TpT sale. Thanks for visiting.

Wishing you a warm and cozy, snuggly kind of day.

 "When there's snow on the ground, I like to pretend I'm walking on clouds." -Ikkaku

1-2-3 Come Read The Mitten and Do Mitten Craftivities With Me!

jan brett activities, activities to go with The Mitten, activities to go with The Hat, venn diagram templates, venn diagram for The Mitten, mitten activities, mitten crafts, ordinal number activities, mitten writing prompts, rhyming actvitities, daily 5 for winter, verb activities, January writing promptsI LOVE the story The Mitten by Jan Brett.  It was also a favorite of my Y5's.  Her illustrations are nothing short of spectacular. 

jan brett activities, activities to go with The Mitten, activities to go with The Hat, venn diagram templates, venn diagram for The Mitten, mitten activities, mitten crafts, ordinal number activities, mitten writing prompts, rhyming actvitities, daily 5 for winter, verb activities, January writing promptsTo see her at work in her studio, click on this YouTube video link.  It's only 3 minutes long and very interesting.  Jan Brett video

A huge thank you to Jan for all of the great ideas on her site: janbrett.com  If you haven't browsed through her site, it's a must see. 

She has all sorts of information about her books, along with lots of activities and graphics to go with them.  jan brett activities, activities to go with The Mitten, activities to go with The Hat, venn diagram templates, venn diagram for The Mitten, mitten activities, mitten crafts, ordinal number activities, mitten writing prompts, rhyming actvitities, daily 5 for winter, verb activities, January writing prompts

Since The Mitten is such a popular story with teachers, I decided to design some things to go along with it. 

The Mitten Activity packet is chock full of all sorts of fun "stuff"  and includes:

  • jan brett activities, activities to go with The Mitten, activities to go with The Hat, venn diagram templates, venn diagram for The Mitten, mitten activities, mitten crafts, ordinal number activities, mitten writing prompts, rhyming actvitities, daily 5 for winter, verb activities, January writing promptsMove Over Please, So I Won't Freeze easy reader booklet, which reinforces lots of Common Core, especially ordinal numbers and verbs. 

Students underline the verbs, circle the capital letters, add end punctuation, trace and write the animal character's name, his ordinal position and an action word (verb) associated with him, then cut & glue the matching animal picture in the box.

jan brett activities, activities to go with The Mitten, activities to go with The Hat, venn diagram templates, venn diagram for The Mitten, mitten activities, mitten crafts, ordinal number activities, mitten writing prompts, rhyming actvitities, daily 5 for winter, verb activities, January writing promptsAlso included is a mitten paper plate pocket "craftivity" students make, to keep all of their mitten-related work in.

  • jan brett activities, activities to go with The Mitten, activities to go with The Hat, venn diagram templates, venn diagram for The Mitten, mitten activities, mitten crafts, ordinal number activities, mitten writing prompts, rhyming actvitities, daily 5 for winter, verb activities, ordinal number activities,January writing prompts+ a set of ordinal number pocket cards

and a Mitten Matching card game, where students match the animal character to the animal's name, or the ordinal number position it had in the story, or all three:

i.e. the word bear, picture of the bear, ordinal number-card 7th-seventh

 There's an jan brett activities, activities to go with The Mitten, activities to go with The Hat, venn diagram templates, venn diagram for The Mitten, mitten activities, mitten crafts, ordinal number activities, mitten writing prompts, rhyming actvitities, daily 5 for winter, verb activities, ordinal number activities,January writing promptsOrdinal number character assessment strip with answer key.

  • + 2 graphing activities
  • 2 mitten writing prompts
  • jan brett activities, activities to go with The Mitten, activities to go with The Hat, venn diagram templates, venn diagram for The Mitten, mitten activities, mitten crafts, ordinal number activities, mitten writing prompts, rhyming actvitities, daily 5 for winter, verb activities, ordinal number activities, January writing promptsand several mitten worksheets, including one that covers rhyming words + more verb-work. (Great for Daily 5 activities.) and finally,
  • A certificate of praise bookmark that can be used to play another game.

Click on the link to view/download the Activities To Go With Jan Brett's The Mitten packet.

jan brett activities, activities to go with The Mitten, activities to go with The Hat, venn diagram templates, venn diagram for The Mitten, mitten activities, mitten crafts, ordinal number activities, mitten writing prompts, rhyming actvitities, daily 5 for winter, verb activities, ordinal number activities,January writing promptsI also designed 3 mitten Venn diagrams, perfect for helping your students practice the concept of comparison and contrast. 

jan brett activities, activities to go with The Mitten, activities to go with The Hat, venn diagram templates, venn diagram for The Mitten, mitten activities, mitten crafts, ordinal number activities, mitten writing prompts, rhyming actvitities, daily 5 for winter, verb activities, ordinal number activities,January writing promptsChildren can compare a mitten to a glove, or The Mitten story to Jan Brett's companion story The Hat; an equally adorable tale, featuring even more animal characters. 

There's also a Venn diagram to compare 2 animal characters.  Click on the link to view/download The Mitten Venn Diagrams.

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"Winter is not a season, it is an occupation." Sinclair Lewis