Winter Write the Room, The Hat, and More Winter Literacy Fun

THE HAT JAN BRETT

In December we enjoyed The Mitten and this week we read another winter favorite, The Hat by Jan Brett. My Kindergarten students just LOVE these wintery Jan Brett books! Here are some literacy companion activities that we did using The Hat and this book unit:

THE HAT BOOK ACTIVITIES

WRITE THE ROOM

Students worked with vocabulary words while matching the story words to the pictures that are posted throughout the classroom. This scavenger hunt type of lesson is a great way to incorporate some active learning!

CHARACTER SORTING

In these activities, students recall what characters are in the story (and sort which characters are NOT in the book).

STORY SEQUENCING

Students practiced sequencing the story as they cut and paste the characters in the order in which they appear in the story The Hat.

CRAFTS

This craftivity fosters discussion about the book, allows students to make text-to-self connections, and makes a sweet bulletin board! The second craft option allows for more writing, where students can retell the story or write about their favorite part. Students love to see their work on display, to showcase their learning!

Our new round of Literacy Activities began this week as well:

WINTER WRITE THE ROOM

 Students searched the room for wintery words and copied them down on their page.

Write the Room Pack can be found {here}

THE HAT LISTENING CENTER

RAINBOW WRITING

Find it {here}

HANDWRITING BOOKS

 Students get practice printing and copying words using these handwriting books.

READ/WRITE/BUILD

This activity is a freebie I found {here} at Ms Mentzer's Kindergarten Class.

Students read the sight word, write it, then cut and paste the letters to 'build' each word.

find the center rotation signs {here}