Primary Flourish

Are we really talking January?!  Yep!  I’m here again this month to provide inspiration and resources to help you add sparkle to your January lesson plans! The Missing Mystery is a fun story by Steven Kellogg.  Annie and her dog, Oscar, have had a delightful day playing in the snow – but she soon discovers that she has lost one…

The Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett is the much-loved story of the gingerbread man retold with a delightful twist!  Somebody opened the oven door before the gingerbread man was finished baking and out jumped the Gingerbread Baby! Most of your students have heard the traditional version of the Gingerbread Man.  The included Venn diagram is the perfect organizer to access…

November provides so many fun thematic teaching opportunities!  Books are a great way to introduce standards in other curricular areas.  A Turkey for Thanksgiving is a delightful story about the Moose family at Thanksgiving.  The whimsical illustrations are totally engaging and add a sweet charm to this story. The story begins with Mrs. Moose getting reading for Thanksgiving dinner and wishing…

Scarecrow by Cynthia Rylant is a lovely story about a scarecrow who has other things going on in his head than doing his job of scaring crows away.  We are entertained and challenged to live a little more fully, as the scarecrow does . . . Before you read the story, help the students access their prior knowledge of scarecrows with…