This set of lesson plans, resources, and activities is for use with stick and stone by beth ferry. Jan 3, 2017 stick and stone is a great book about being a good friend. The new pals head off on an adventure and discover that friendship really rocks. This is a wonderful tool for you and your child to see how god works with us in mysterious ways. Begin a discussion about sinking and floating by placing a stick and a stone in water. The awardwinning big fun first grade workbook presents a unique approach to firstgrade learning that blends puzzles and lessons in one fun activity book.
Every classroom needs this book and these activities. The kinderart club features standardsbased art lessons which are designed to work in small or large group settings, with a range of ages from 5 to 11 years. Its a very simple book with a very important lesson about friendship and kindness, and, by golly, its cute. Need we say its the start of a wonderful friendship. These schoolhome links provide families with an extra opportunity for learning at home. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first. Stick and stone are each alone, and each are lonely until a pinecone comes along. It is because of these and the magic treehouse series that my son now claims to love chapter books.
Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity. Parents will find a variety of content to appeal to kids with a broad range of learning styles, plus an introduction that gives helpful tips on how to combine fun with early learning activities. Stick and stone book extension led stick, happy friendship, sticks and. There are opportunities for discussions about bullying, as well as perseverance and friendship. But when stick gets stuck, can stone return the favor. Hold up a small stick and a stone and ask students to predict whether each object will sink or float. The expressions and mannerisms of the villagers change throughout the book. Stick and stone activities 2nd grade activities, kindergarten activities, writing. Use this lesson plan, worksheet, and graphic organizer to support your students reading of stone soup. These retelling sticks are so much for the kids to create and use as they retell the story in their own words. My students need a variety of justright level sports books, 14 titles, including tae kwon do, froggy plays soccer, time for tball and allies basketball dream. Start by choosing no more than six pages from whatever book you and your child have chosen. Each workbook includes more than 40 readytoreproduce practice pages. Math ideas for the classroom wendy mcdonald 20200401t21.
Read stick and stone by beth ferry and enjoy some stick and rock play, math and. Stick and stone by beth ferry is the focus of this noprep printable literature unit for kinder, 1st, and 2nd grade. First grade emergency school closure pacing guide these assignments will be counted towards your childs grade in each subject area. After reading the book, the children chose either a stick or a stone from a basket. There are so many picture books and chapter books with themes like. Join her as she finds out that creating something magnificent means making mistakes along the way. It can be used for whole group, small group, and independent instruction which makes these resources a smart choice for literacy centers or readers workshop. Stick and stone are each alone, and each are lonely until a pinecone comes along and makes fun of stone. Free online teaching resources and strategies to inform 1st and 2nd grade students. I did not realize how many of our kindergarten goto books he has illustrated. Explore classroom activities, puzzles, teacher resources and enrichment. Stick and stone have energy, emotion, and personality to spare and share a story of kindness and friendship that all will enjoy.
Big fun first grade workbook highlights for children. This book is part of the read for success collection. Yes, marigold did shrink lacey clench to the size of an insect. Along comes pinecone, who makes fun of needles stone. I tried to include activities that will reach kindergarten students up to 2nd grade most appropriate for the first half of 2nd grade. We want high interest sports books for our class to excite boys and girls about reading. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Kindness lessons and activities teaching with haley oconnor. With a subtle antibullying message even the young will understand, stick and stone have energy, emotion, and personality to spare and share a story of kindness and friendship that all will enjoy. Student activities the teacher store book clubs book fairs. Pinecone also provides an opportunity to have a meaningful discussion about bullying.
This sticks and stones lesson plan is suitable for prek 4th grade. In the story, stick and stone become friends and stick up for one another when they are bullied and help each other out of sticky situations. You cant go wrong with this set of books, good for young boys or girls equally. Science and nature books for 1st graders help first graders learn about the natural world around them. Stick and stone is a brilliant picture book for students aged 4 7. Stick and stone hardcover picture book, april 7, 2015. Stick and stone readalouds for kindergarten and first grade that meet all of the core standards. Check out our favorite books for first graders that are recommended by our panel of childrens book experts to enthrall, teach, and inspire your child. Give students the targeted, skillbuilding practice they need with these standardsbased books.
After reading it, we realized the rhyming text and illustrations work. From fractions to algebraic functions, wikki stix are mistake free which makes math less intimidating and more fun. Students create first grade soup and bring in the ingredients needed for the soup. The stick and the stone childrens book home facebook. This worksheets will improve kids learning and thinking skills. The first time we see them, they appear angry, cautious and untrustworthy. Join the stone and the stick together using a piece of string 2. This classic features the escapades of frog and toad, an adorable.
Stick and stone are on their own, until a chance encounter with a boorish bully pine cone, inspires stick to stick up for stone. It was fun to talk with the students about the phrases and complete the phrase meanings activity. Week 2 remote learning resources and strategies grades 12. Please make sure that they are completed one day at a time week of april 27th subject day 1 monday 427 day 2 tuesday 428 day 3 wednesday 429 day 4 thursday 430 day 5 friday 51 reading 40 minutes 20 minutes. Grade 1 printable worksheets, free kids activity sheets. Starting april 1 join scholastic and the library of congress for dav pilkey at home. They love the book even more once they start to understand the humor in the story. When stick rescues stone from a prickly situation with a pinecone, the pair becomes fast friends. Activity sheets, lesson plans, and more, covering all subjects and themes. Allow students to choose their own vocabulary words with word up. At first it was just cute and adorable, but as shes gotten older and kids have gotten. When youve finished your journeys, youre ready for the daily reading quest. This book list will not only spark their curiosity about creatures as varied as beetles, sea turtles, and polar bears, but also offer important lessons about becoming an involved citizen. Resources developed by teachers and curriculum specialists, vetted by scholastic.
Easytofollow directions and fun exercises motivate students to work on their own. Harry kindergartenall about kindness a better world color your world. For classroom or athome use, this exciting resource provides invaluable reinforcement and practice for math skills such as. This book follows a young girl and her best friend as she attempts to create the most magnificent thing. Common core curriculum guide english language arts. Clouds by anne rockwell, how long or how wide a measuring guide by brian p. The schoolhome links first grade activities provided in this kit are keyed directly to reading activities that teachers typically do with children in school. Stick and stone childrens books by tom lichtenheld. Stone soup 3 of 6 second grade questions for interpretation. Kindness rules the day, and humor, rather than obvious lessonteaching, moves the story along.
But stick defends stone, pinecone leaves, and stick and stone become the best of friends. Esl video story book stone age boy read by teacher sabina. I tried to include activities that will reach kindergarten students up to 2nd grade. Week 1 remote learning resources and strategies grades 12. Later, when adversity in the form of a hurricane enters the picture, it is stones turn to come to sticks aid. A direction pagea visual chart that corresponds to the booka simple postreading writingdrawing activitycheck out my back to school read aloud activity bundl. In this literature and math activity, 1st graders read the book and list the foods that were used in the soup. Later, when adversity in the form of a hurricane enters the picture, it is stone s turn to come to stick s aid. Painting cookies is a fun way for your child to exercise his fine motor skills and be creative at the same time. Using the sticks and stones adage, students write a sentence describing a hurtful act on a gray piece of paper, crumple it to resemble a rock, and discuss that the wrinkles never go away. Make copies of each of these pages, and then cut them in between the picture and the. They also need a sony bloggie camera to fuel their interest and excitement about learning to read. Together you can get creative and have fun with some of your favorite characters from dog man and captain underpants.
May 12, 2015 stick and stone by beth ferry this sweet new book about an unlikely friendship between stick and stone is perfect for any primary classroom. My firstgrade son loves these books, as did his brother when he was in the first grade. The story stick and stone is the perfect book to use with this lesson. Highinterest, sports books for first grade readers. Stick and stone interactive readaloud the core coaches. Print free first grade english, maths, science, general knowledge printable worksheet. Our craft and structure text dependent questions really helped us dive deep into the text. In this character development activity, students discuss verbal and nonverbal bullying.
Friendship activities for kids in first grade firstieland. The sticks and stones were numbered and the students had to find their friend. A direction pagea visual chart that corresponds to the book a simple postreading writingdrawing activitycheck out my back to school read aloud activity bundl. Science and nature books for 1st graders greatschools.
Stick and stone is a sweet story all about friendship. Stick and stone reading comprehension activities ccss bullying. So, you dont need to plan multiple activities, regardless of the grades you teach. Stick and stone and sticks and stones rubber boots and elf shoes. Stick and stone readalouds for kindergarten and first grade that. Stick and stone houghton mifflin harcourt written by beth ferry. Use number rocks for hands on numeral and quantity activities funaday. May 12, 2015 stick and stone by beth ferry this sweet new book about. Weve lined up 9 activities you can do with your little people after reading this book. Strange things are happening at dunwiddle magic school, and the upsidedown magic class is getting blamed. The kids in upsidedown magic know their magic is a little out of control. A no prep back to school read aloud activity based on the book stick and stone.