Description
Reading activities with popular back to school read aloud books can help establish classroom community and teach procedures. This printable and digital back-to-school read-alouds bundle has been designed to help you meet both of those goals while saving SO MUCH time on lesson planning!
These activities can also help you gauge students’ reading skills within the first few weeks of school.
Contains Book-Aligned Activities for:
- A Bad Case of Stripes
- My Mouth is a Volcano
- The Bad Seed
- The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors
- After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up
- First Day Jitters by Julie Danneburg
Each back to school read aloud books companion in this bundle contains:
- Printable Sticky Notes for the teacher to insert in the book, along with step-by-step instructions for how to print on sticky notes: EASY LESSON PLANNING
- Reading Comprehension Printables Aligned to Common Core: PRACTICE + ASSESSMENTS
- A QR Code Vocabulary Activity: with & without QR Codes included
- Graphic Organizers and Writing Activities
- A Parent Letter that can be sent home to make this book a homework reading assignment
- A Substitute Teaching Letter that gives step-by-step instructions to a sub on how to use this book while you’re out (which means NO EXTRA WORK FOR YOU if you need last-minute sub plans!)
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⭐️⭐️ BONUS ACTIVITIES INCLUDED: ⭐️⭐️
This welcome-back-to-school bundle has bonus activities. They are companions for the following books:
- Back-to-School Rules
- This School Year Will Be THE Best!
- The Recess Queen
- Tattle Tongue
These bonus reading activities for back-to-school are NOT sold separately.
❤️With the BONUS activities, this BUNDLE saves you OVER 30% OFF ❤️
Check out these other amazing back to school products:
- First Day Jitters Read-Aloud Companion Back to School Reading Activities
- Back to School Would You Rather Questions Brain Breaks Get To Know You
- Back to School Task Cards | How to Introduce Back to School Procedures
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Leslie C. –
This is an amazing resource. My favorite part is the sticky notes.
Fifth Grade Fellowship –
This is a great resource and offers a lot of differentiation! Highly recommend!
Mallory A. –
I love using these resources at the beginning and end of the year to review skills.
Amanda W. –
This is a great resource for me to use with books when using picture books in the classroom.
Latavia B. –
I love these!! Thank you so much for creating such an amazing resource!
Xen K. –
Thanks for this great resource! My students loved watching the story of The Bad Case of Stripes on Youtube. The handouts were very engaging and the comprehension worksheets were great. Love the post-it note questions for the story as well. Saved me a lot of prepping for sure! Thank you! 🙂
Penny R. –
A nice easy start to the school year. My class was able to ease into work while starting school.
Julia K. –
Great product! Thank you!
Alison H. –
We enjoyed using this resource as a back to school activity. Great way to ease into 4th grade expectations.
Danielle B. –
Good resource, look forward to using next year, when I can better utilize in person.
Robin K. –
Great for Digital Learning
Michelle G. –
Excellent resource!
Amanda D. –
Love using this product.. Perfect for distance learning and in the classroom!
Katharine H. –
Very helpful resource
Debbie McCully –
My students were very engaged in the story and finding the text that supported their claims. I love rea alouds and these activities really fit the bill for older students.
Martin W. –
Great read aloud resource.
Kaylea Baxter –
Loved this product and so did my students!
Michelle B. –
I loved this to prepare for the first week of school
Kimberly M. –
Great resource to help teach reading skills with read a-louds.
Brenda R. –
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Samantha R. –
Great resource. Cant wait to use these with my class. Thank you.
Alyse Kennel –
Thank you! My kids were highly engaged! Loved the QR code for vocabulary!
Angela Green –
I LOVED this bundle! The best thing was the printable post-it sheets for interactive read alouds! The creator was very thorough. The planning and rigor for these lessons is evident. I am so glad I bought the bundle!