Hedgie's Surprise activities and lesson plan ideas

Our Hedgie's Surprise Activities are now digital for distance learning with editable teaching slides and worksheets based on Jan Brett'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 ☐ summarizing and retelling ☐ analyzing character ☐ plot | problem and solution ☐ asking and answering questions ☐ cause and effect   ◼️ SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TOPICS ☐ problem-solving   ◼️ GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE CONCEPTS ☐ articles ☐ adjectives ☐ time order words ☐ onomatopoeia   SUMMARY OF THE MENTOR TEXT:  One day, the Tomten on the farm got tired of eating porridge for breakfast. He started going into the hen house each morning and taking one of Henny’s eggs. At first, Henny didn’t mind, but then she realized she could never have babies if this kept happening. Thankfully, her friend Hedgie offered to help her