The Mitten

Throughout the year we read several plot rich stories with a strong sequence of events that lend themselves perfectly to retelling activities.  Last week we read several versions of the classic tale, The Mitten, and were able to build our comprehension by retelling in different ways.  Children engaged in sequencing the characters in a SMART BOARD activity as well as got to watch short video clips about each animal from the story.  We created a huge mitten outline on the carpet using yarn and used masks to act our the story for each other.  The boys and girls also made their own mittens and animal pieces and practiced retelling the story independently during reading workshop.  They are bringing home these pieces today, have them tell the story for you!