The Mitten

THE MITTEN BY JAN BRETT

The Mitten by Jan Brett is a student favorite! It's my classroom's top winter read aloud, and we do lots of fun and engaging literacy activities based on this book.

THE MITTEN BOOK ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING IDEAS

In the story, Hedgie the hedgehog finds a mitten in the snow. Since he's cold from the wintery weather, he climbs inside to get warm and toasty. When other forest animals notice what Hedgie has done, they decide to head inside the mitten to warm up too! The animals go into the mitten from smallest to largest, which makes this story great for sequencing...and makes it so funny that they can all squeeze into a regular sized mitten. That is, until a mouse arrives, causing the bear to sneeze...read the book to find out what happens next!

These corresponding activities to go with The Mitten by Jan Brett will provide you with lesson ideas, literacy activities, and crafts for Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade. The unit will enrich your guided reading lessons as students develop their literacy experience and reading comprehension skills while doing activities that are fun and engaging.

These book companion activities foster essential literacy skills, such as story elements, character traits, story retell, writing activities, sequencing events, problem and solution, making text to self connections, making mental images, developing vocabulary, defining the author's purpose, recognizing cause and effect, reading comprehension, and more!

This book study unit can be used for whole class instruction, during small group guided reading time, as individual student work, or as part of a book club. Copy a pack for each student and you're ready to go!

This companion unit wil save you tons of time, is no prep, and is great to leave for a sub!

This guided reading unit includes lots of activities, so you can differentiate to suit your students' learning abilities and needs.

THE MITTEN CRAFT

There are two different crafts included in this pack! One is more simple for non-writers, and the other allows for students to retell the story or write about their favorite part of The Mitten. These craftivities make a great winter bulletin board display, to showcase student learning!