First Day Jitters activities and lesson plan ideas

Our First Day Jitters Activities are now digital for distance learning with editable teaching slides and worksheets based on Julie Danneberg's book. Read aloud the picture book then use the printables or go paperless with Google or Seesaw to practice standards-based skills.     THIS READING UNIT FOCUSES ON USING THE MENTOR TEXT TO TEACH:  ◼️ READING STRATEGIES ☐ making predictions ☐ visualizing ☐ making connections ☐ author's purpose ☐ analyzing character ☐ analyzing illustrations   ◼️ SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TOPICS ☐ feelings ☐ positive self talk   ◼️ GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE CONCEPTS ☐ contractions ☐ action verbs ☐ multiple meaning words ☐ compound words   SUMMARY OF THE MENTOR TEXT: The story First Day Jitters, tells the story of Sarah, who is very nervous for her first day of school. Her dad tries to get her out of bed and Sarah says she is not going. She is worried about starting her new school and not knowing anyone. As Sarah gets ready for school the more nervous she becomes, ev