In November Read Aloud Lesson Ideas for Kindergarten and First Grade

In November Read Aloud: Reading Comprehension

If you know me, you know I am a super huge fan of Cynthia Rylant.   Her book, In November, is also one of my all-time favorites.   The illustrations are fantastic, but we also love the opportunity to discuss figurative language.   YES!  Kindergarten and first-grade students can work with figurative language.

We start by slowing down the text and reading it each day.   As you know, our Engaging Readers lessons focus on one book per week.  So we spend most of the week exploring the word choices Cynthia Rylant made.

Students also respond in writing.

Students also write about their favorite part of the book.  These little friends liked the pictures the best. (Me! TOO!)

You can find all of the activities listed above by clicking:

• Reading Comprehension: Engaging Readers November SET TWO

In November Read Aloud:  Video

There is nothing like a book when you are working on close reading, but a video is a great way to supplement the lesson.  Students have the opportunity to hear fluency demonstrated by another reader.   We sure like Awnie’s House!  If you have not already subscribed to her channel on YouTube, you will want to do so now!  Click HERE to see her other recorded books!

In November Read Aloud: Arts and Craft Ideas

We like to put art and learning together.  This torn papercraft is the perfect backdrop for our sentence study!

You can find this sentence study and the activities listed above by clicking:

• Reading Comprehension: Engaging Readers November SET TWO

We also have a few other activities that go well with this book.  This colorful suncatcher is a welcome sight as it turns colder.

And this Thankful card would be a great keepsake!

You can find all of these activities by clicking here:

•  Science, Math, & More November SET TWO

In November: Center Activities

Here are a few center activities that you might like.  We created centers to go with each of the Engaging Readers units. 

You can see this one by clicking:

• Science, Math, & More November SET TWO

It seems like we can always work on numeral writing… am I right?  

You can find this activity and other center ideas in my math and literacy centers units:

• Math and Literacy Centers for November unit.

LESSON PLANS

You may download these lesson plans.  I have used Hello Literacy Fonts (which are free for non-commercial use).  You may want to download her fonts and install them on your computer first.  This way the formatting will not be off.  Naturally, you can change the fonts if you prefer. Download these plans by clicking HERE or on the image below.

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