
We also discovered this sweet little story bracelet reading comprehension activity from Dr. Jean.
We have an abundance of pony beads that we let the kids pick through for this activity. All they need is a pipe cleaner and the called for colored beads to build their own Thanksgiving story bracelet.
We passed out pipe cleaners and a little tub with beads for them to pick through at each table. You may think us having them pick through a giant tub of disorganized beads is teacher lazy...We call it embedded fine motor practice.
Have your students follow along as you read the poem, adding beads as the story unfolds.
We also created a little fill in worksheet to do as a follow up with our class to go along with the poem. We did not write this, but created a Read Aloud Poster for our class. To practice our first grade reading comprehension skills, we retold the story again and had our friends touch each bead as we colored in our squares on the activity sheet.
We even had friends who sported the bracelet for the entire week. Hey, it's jewelry. We totally understand Bling!
Enjoy friends and Happy Thanksgiving to you all!

Yay! Thanks for the freebie! We're doing this next week and I was so happy to see your post on this :)
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teachingiscolorful.blogspot.com
Love it! I'm already planning on using this during my shared reading time tomorrow. What a great idea!!
ReplyDeleteஐRikki
The Hive
I really hope I can pull this together for tomorrow. So cute.
ReplyDeleteI wish I would have found this yesterday!! What a cute idea. Thanks so much for sharing! Your blog is adorable... we're your newest followers.=)
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Sister Teachers
Thanks for the cute freebie!
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Grade ONEderful
Ruby Slippers Blog Designs
My students LOVED this activity! Thank you so much for sharing this! It's going in my folder to use again next year.
ReplyDeleteஐRikki
The Hive
This is such a great idea! Using it!
ReplyDeleteI am not seeing the link to the Thanksgiving bracelet activity. I love that and would like to use it....
ReplyDeleteHi there Lori. Here is the link to the bracelet activity.
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