Reading Response Pack- January/Winter

If you prefer, you can also purchase this Reading Response Pack at my TpT store

Fill the month of January with these fun, engaging activities!! This pack includes comprehension and writing activities & crafts for 13 popular January/Winter books, including books for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Groundhog Day. Less than $1 per book, plus 2 bonus ones!

Included are:

*Martin’s Big Words* by Doreen Rappaport (can also be used with another book about Dr. King)

-Character Analysis web

-Creative Writing- “My Dreams” sheet- dream for school, community and world

*The Mitten Tree* by Candace ChristiSet product imageansen

-Cause and Effect

-Creative Writing Prompt

*The Missing Mitten Mystery* by Steven Kellogg

-Story Recall and Predicting

-Descriptive Writing

*The Biggest, Best Snowman* by Margery Cuyler

-Sequencing- Beginning, Middle and End

-Procedural Writing- mini-book “How to Build a Snowman” with picture word wall

*Snowmen at Night* by Caralyn Buehner

-Story Recall- Differentiated

-Creative Writing- Design a snowman and write a story about him/her!

*The Snowy Day* by Ezra Jack Keats

-Making Connections

*When Winter Comes* by Nancy Van Laan or

*A Little Bit of Winter* by Paul Stewart

-Creative Writing/Science- brainstorm 5 senses of winter, make flip book

-Creative writing: Acrostic poems for WINTER and SNOW

*Bear Snores On* by Karma Wilson

-Realism/fantasy- Differentiated

-Creative Writing Craftivity- “If I were a Bear. . .” with adorable bear craft.

*Bear Wants More* by Karma Wilson

-Compare/Contrast- Differentiated Venn Diagram

-Fact/Opinion

*Gretchen Groundhog, It’s Your Day!*

-Persuasive Writing- write a letter to Gretchen

-Writing and Craft- Make a prediction and groundhog headband.

*Sneezy the Snowman*

-Retelling pieces for the pocket chart

-Sequencing cut & paste printable

-Craft ideas

BONUS (These were in my Christmas Read-Alouds pack):

*The Hat* by Jan Brett

-Fact/Opinion

-Cause and Effect: Differentiated

*The Mitten* by Jan Brett

-Predicting:Students predict story ending, then record actual ending.

-Sequencing: Color and B&W pictures for retelling the story, along with a recording sheet

-Art: Students draw other things that can blend in the snow

Most appropriate for grades 1-2, but many activities are differentiated, so there is at least 1 activity per book that can be used in Kindergarten.

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