The Mitten Tree | Book Activities and Craftivity

THE MITTEN TREE

We love the sweet book The Mitten Tree by Candace Christiansen as a winter read aloud, and for guided reading as a literacy activities unit! This book is great to discuss selfless acts and random acts of kindness to people you don't know.

THE MITTEN TREE BOOK ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING IDEAS

An old woman looks out her window to find children playing outside. It's winter, and she notices that some children do not have mittens to wear. She knits some mittens, then hangs them in the tree by the bus stop so that the children will see them as they wait for the bus.

It makes her so happy to see the children taking the mittens off of the tree and putting them on to keep them warm in the winter. The children wonder...where are the mittens coming from?

Her random acts of kindness helped many children keep warm in the winter. Then she notices something strange herself...who is leaving baskets of yarn on her doorstep?

This book companion contains guided reading activities that help connect this engaging read aloud with important literacy skills. The activities in this unit will enrich your reading curriculum as students develop their literacy experience and reading comprehension skills while doing activities that are fun and engaging.

The Mitten Tree book study is packed with activities that foster essential literacy skills, including story elements, character traits, story retell, making text to self connections, writing activities, vocabulary, making inferences, cause and effect, reading comprehension, and MORE!

This book study unit can be used as a whole class activitiey, 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 will save you tons of time, is no prep, and is great to leave for a sub!

THE MITTEN TREE CRAFT

The Mitten Tree craftivity has students thinking about how they could do random acts of kindness for others. This sweet craft makes a great bulletin board display, to showcase student learning.

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