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An Educator's Guide to Jan Brett ActivityAn Educator's Guide to Jan Brett Activity
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Penguin Books
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Pre-K - 3rd
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English Language Arts
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An Educator's Guide to Jan Brett

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Prepare to teach Jan Brett stories by taking a look at this teacher resource, which includes text-based questions, writing assignments, discussion ideas, and vocabulary practice for 18 different stories.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

jan brett, stories, short stories, close reading, compare and contrast, characters

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • After finding the story you are teaching, use the questions and activities to create worksheets, inspire vocabulary exercises, and inform instruction

Classroom Considerations

  • Be aware that this provides a starting point for teaching these stories; you'll need much more preparation for full lessons
  • Note that some stories are paired with long lists of questions and activities, and others come with one or two ideas

Pros

  • The resource lists Common Core standards that apply to the questions, assignments, and other activities
  • Comes with a few graphic organizers and worksheets that you can use with certain stories

Cons

  • None

Common Core

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