The book has pages on the mole, rabbit, frog, owl, badger, fox, wolf, wild boar, bear, cricket, and mouse. The first half of the kit focuses on skills for younger. The mitten is a wellknown folktale that has been retold and illustrated by. The student will be able to recall characters and details from a story. So put on those mitten and pick up a warm idea or two. You can explore your creative movement with all the different animals, you can use unpitched pe. Retelling our own version of the mitten book in preschool.
In this story sequencing lesson, students participate in an interactive read aloud of jan bretts, the mitten. The mitten by jan brett is a wonderful book for music education. The mitten was a retelling of a ukrainian winter folktale. The first half of the kit focuses on skills for younger children and the second includes pages for more advanced preschoolers or kindergarteners. Your winter lesson plans just wouldnt be complete without jan bretts classic childrens tale, the mitten or an appearance of it, at the very least.
The activity also includes ordinal words to match up to the pictu. Its one pack that was a last minute addition to our school time, but one i know we will enjoy. Many animals take refuge in the lost mitten until it breaks. At least one more version of the mitten story, such as the mitten by alvin tresselt. Students will retell the story as they recall the sequence of the animals as they appear in the story. I would highly recommend printing the activities from this set onto cardstock so. The mitten sequence cards updated 12014 by erin from. There are 9 full sized pages in this product, but each individual student book will be 18 halfsized pages long. Jan bretts the mitten can be used to teach sequencing, predicting, and how to retell. Download the mitten printables pack even and odd number sorting. I enjoyed the illustrations more than the folktale itself. As always, if youre looking for story sequencing activities to go with your favorite picture book, leave me a comment. Its about a young boy named nicki, who loses his mitten in the snow and his lost mitten becomes a host to a lot of different forest animals. Free mitten printables and montessoriinspired mitten.
Last week we had our mini unit on the mitten by jan brett, and we began with reading it whole group. Here, she uses the kidssoup sequencing cards for the childrens classic story the mitten. The mitten sequence game pre kprimary 1 of 1 students cut out animals and place them on a numbered place on a path leading to the mitten. After reading the book, the mitten, by jan brett, use these animal cards to teach your prek kids vocabulary, recall, and story sequencing. Write the names of the animals on the mitten, in sequence, for children to see. It isnt a montessoristyle book, but its a beautiful, classic childrens story.
The activity also includes ordinal words to match up to the pictures, as well as a recording sheet for additional practice or to set this activity up at a center with a pocket chart. Sequencing the mitten lesson plan for kindergarten 2nd. Have your class listen to the mitten by jan brett and participate in guided practice with sequencing events. Modeling how to sequence events by brainstorming the. These printables were created to use with the mitten by jan brett. This book has always been a favorite of mine especially when i was a kid. The bear sneezes, and all of the animals pop out of the mitten, causing it to sail in the air just as nicki is about to give up. A classic ukrainian folktale retold and stunningly illustrated by brett, the mitten follows the adventures of. This activity was updated january 2014 with new clip art, fonts, and the added. I have a copy of the mitten from 1992 with a lovely inscription from my parents.
I read this one to my little girl who enjoyed the animals and the snow. Begin the lesson by reading aloud the story the mitten by jan brett. The mitten is a beautiful ukrainian folk story that our family first became familiar with through the jan brett version. Pin it the mitten printables includes fun activities to tie in with the story vocabulary words, word tracer cards, a tracer page, sequencing cards, a fun song, beginning sound. One of the most versatile of these resources is the set of sequencing cards. Practice reading the high frequency word went in in this book. The story goes through a series of events in which several animals gather into the main character nickis mitten. Click the download button and then print it when youre ready to use it. The mitten is a wellknown folktale that has been retold and illustrated by several childrens authors and illustrators. Grabbing the mitten triumphantly, he takes it back to his grandmothers house. The final page is blank to allow students to create their own page.
The cards can also be used for other activities and games, such as rhyming, beginning sounds, counting and more. One favorite is retold and illustrated by jan brett g. This year we are using the book for a week of preschool work for ladybug and i am using jolanthes the mitten printable packs, my own printables above and a few new ones i made for her. Bretts website for other kidfriendly activities based on the authors books. The mitten sequence cards updated 12014 kindergarten. The mitten sequence cards jan brett this board has a great pic of a mitten in masking tape on the floor and the kids add pictoys to the mitten as the teacher reads the story.
Kidssoup offers many resources to use with your students when including this story in your curriculum. Explore internet resources and information using websites bookmarked by the teacher. The richly illustrated book tells the story of nicki, a young boy who asks for white mittens from his baba grandmother, and promptly loses one, which is explored by several forest animals before it is returned to nicki albeit, a bit stretched out. I use the mitten to teach sequencing and predicting. Here are a few ways you might work with your kiddos to recount the story. The mitten is a ukrainian folktale retold by jan brett. As you read about an animal in the story, attach it to the stick until they are all in the. After reading, draw a large mitten on the chart paper. Teach your first graders about inferring word meaning from context and all about the importance of using strong verbs in writing with two lessons using the mitten by jean brett. While there are many other book themed activities you and your kiddos can explore together, one thing the story is great for is working on sequencingretelling skills. I thought it was a creative touch to add the mitten windows which allowed you to catch a glimpse of what was going on inside or outside of the cottage. As an alternate idea, you can use the smaller squares to the right to sequence the story using a paint stick.
Then, choose one or more of these the mitten printable activities to extend the learning. Allow them to sequence the story as you read the book again. The pieces are held in a white constuction paper mitten for the children to take home and retell. Printable book a printable book for early readers about the ukrainian folktale called the mitten. A series of animals discover the mitten and snuggle in to stay warm. Discuss the authors use of different kinds of sentences to interest a reader or listener and communicate a message. Story twiggles interactive online books for preschool and kindergarten. I love making a unit out of this book during the winter months. They will use this knowledge to write their stories about animals. Story sequencing activities for the mitten kidssoup. This lesson uses bretts book the mitten and is designed for first grade. Murphy the main focus of these lesson plans is jan bretts book the mitten. Printables for the mitten by jan brett homeschool creations.
The story text is rich with interesting, colorful vocabulary and it is a perfect choice to. The activity also includes ordinal words to match up to the pictures, as well as. Then we created an anchor chart and discussed the elements of the story. I recommend printing the cards on card stock paper and laminating them. In this wintry episode of nook online storytime, author jan brett reads the mitten. Cut the cards apart and have your child sequence them in the order that the animals go into nickis mitten. I thought this book would be great, but the text is completely different and he doesnt like it and i dont like it. This winter, be sure to read jan bretts the mitten with your kids. Pin it the mitten printables includes fun activities to tie in with the story vocabulary words, word tracer cards, a tracer page, sequencing cards, a fun song, beginning sound cards, counting activities and more. You might also use the stapled shapes as another way for students to show their understanding of story elements.
What follows is a delicious repetitive sequence, in which the mitten becomes the home of many animals who go inside and snuggle togetherrabbit, mole, hedgehog, fox, even a bear fit themselves into its warm space. I love the mitten adapted and illustrated by jan brett. The mitten story sequence the mitten book activities. Free jan bretts the mitten story sequence activities. Dramatic and sweet, this book will evoke warm and cozy feelings in readers any time of the year. Ill add it to my growing list of books to sequence. My toddler loves that book but isnt very careful with it. Deep in the woods on the coldest day of winter a little boy drops his mitten. The mitten by jan brett freebie preschool books, book. This is a great project to use with my book the mitten these files are quite large and download slowly, but i hope that youll be pleased by the quality. The mitten sequence cards jan brett this board has a great pic of a mitten in masking tape on the floor and the kids add pictoys to the mitten as the teach free the mitten printables. They work as a group to determine the main events and how to sequence the other.
Next we completed a mitten sequence cut and paste activity. Mitten character sequence cards to accompany the book, the mitten by jan brett. An ala notable book horn book fanfare awardwinning author alvin tresselt retells the traditional ukrainian folktale in his most popular childrens book, the mitten. Comprehensive lesson plan for the mitten by jan brett. See more ideas about mitten, winter preschool, book activities. It goes through a sequence where a variety of forest animals come across this cozy mitten and squeeze their way in.
If so, theyre going to love this the mitten story printable and handson activity. The missing mitten mystery by steven kellogg the mitten tree by candace christiansen snowshoe hare by dee phillips missing mittens by stuart j. Free mitten story minibook for kindergarten madebyteachers. The story is about a mitten that is lost by a young boy. If you give a mouse a cookie by laura joffe numeroff, the very hungry caterpillar by eric carle, if you give a moose a muffin. All content contained of the pages within this website is teaching is a work of heart. You can print and use all the pages or just the ones that you prefer to use. Literary elements in jan bretts the mitten students will analyze such literary elements as plot, causeeffect relationships, sequence, and prediction in jan bretts the mitten. Fun visuals and text from jan bretts book with added sound effects.
Mitten flip book the smaller mitten shaped book pages can be used as the task card suggests. Challenge students to recall the order in which the animals appeared in the story. This differentiated lesson teaches provides a handson lesson for teaching sequencing using a popular childrenas book, the mitten by jan brett. Attach velcro dots to the paint stick and dots to the back of the squares. This sequencing the mitten lesson plan is suitable for kindergarten 2nd grade. Students will write about some of the characters and events in the book. To accommodate them, the mitten stretches and stretches. Use the the mitten even and odd number sort game to have your. Finally bears sneeze sends the mitten flyingonto nikkis hand. We count and compare the characters, make a flow chart to sequence the characters and use jann bretts character color page to color and cut out. Below you will see some things i have tried with my class. Enjoy a beloved classic holiday story with a free reading of the mitten online plus free activities to do with your kids.
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