Reading Comprehension: exploring a comprehension strategy such as summarizing, main idea, compare & contrast, character traits, making connections and inferencing

Vocabulary Building: highlighting words from the text to include definitions, synonyms and antonyms, or using context clues for understanding 

Word Mechanics: center-based independent work to review phonics strategies, rhyming pairs, word sort, matching, etc...

Writing Prompt: encouraging writing in descriptive, narrative, how to or informative styles

S.T.E.M. Exercise: a technology based exercise relating to science, engineering or math 

Social Emotional Learning: a character building activity that correlates to the challenges faced in the story 

Whole Group Activity: a group project-based task relating to the story to experience at home or in the classroom 

Think Like An Author: prompting students to put themselves in my shoes to write the next page of Blooming Rose Blasts Off!

Think Like An Illustrator: a black and white, partially illustrated page to embellish and reflect their self-written author page 

Blast Off Bookmarks: a design your own rocket bookmark template to print, along with instructions for adding your own ribbon or yarn tassel 

Learning Objectives: grade level learning objectives for all activities are also listed in the bundle to make lesson planning a breeze

Instructional Videos: select activities also have correlating video clips on our YouTube page to accompany your lesson!