Raise your hand if you love the creepy books Creepy Carrots, Creepy Pair Of Underwear, and now the newest book, Creepy Crayon, and love some fun reading comprehension ideas! These books are must read books for October and offer so many great teaching opportunities!
Reading Comprehension: Creepy Crayon
One of the areas that my students struggle with is reading comprehension. Part of this is a language barrier because most of my students speak little to no English. Recognizing this weakness in my teaching and my student’s learning, I wanted something that would really allow us to focus on comprehension. That’s what Read It Up does! It focuses on retelling, story maps, sequencing, vocabulary (HUGE FOR MY KIDS!), and story-specific literacy skills such as problem/solution, compare/contrast, etc. Using this has greatly improved our comprehension of stories and books!
Before reading the story, the class had to make predictions about the book. The predictions were based on the title and the front cover. After reading we revisited our predictions and discussed what actually happened in the story. Making predictions actually helps students understand the story because it helps them focus on what’s happening!
We also do a story map to focus on story elements and identifying the beginning, middle and end of the story.
Kindergarten Comprehension Lessons: Creepy Crayon Snack
We make a Creepy Crayon snack!
Reading Comprehension: Creepy Crayon Art
When we do art projects in our classroom, I model the step and the students complete the step on their own for an authentic product! No templates are used ever!
Reading Comprehension: Creepy Crayon STEM Activity
After reading the story the students are challenged to stack crayons and see how tall they can build their crayon tower!
Kindergarten Comprehension Lessons: Creepy Crayon Costume
And yes, there is a costume! A homemade creepy crayon! I used foamboard, spray paint and construction paper to make my costume!
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