This A Letter From Your Teacher on the First Day of School Book Companion comes with a variety of tools to engage your students and help you maximize teachable moments as you explore this text. This beautiful book by Shannon Olsen is a wonderful and heartfelt story to share with your students as you head back to school. Included you will find fun resources that will help you work with your students on making predictions, text structure, setting, main idea, making connections, vocabulary, and more! In addition, you will also receive 12 writing prompts, exit tickets, and a short quiz that include a variety of text-dependent questions and ideas for you and your students to explore. I have include a wealth of activities for you to choose from. Choose the ones that work best for you and your students! Use to Teach the Following Concepts Making Predictions Inferencing Main Idea and Details Theme Sequencing Summarizing Setting Characterization Making Connections Cause and Effect Problem and Solution Vocabulary AND MORE A Letter From Your Teacher on the First Day of School Resources and Activities Morning Greetings Letter Comic A Letter to My Teacher A New Start My Story Predictions Making Predictions (make predictions based on what has been read so far) Listen and Draw Story Elements (character, setting, conflict, resolution) 2 Story Maps Sequencing (beginning, middle, end) What’s the Story About (main idea and details) List of Picture Book Themes Identifying Theme and Supporting Evidence A Letter From Your Teacher on the First Day of School (who, what, where, when, why, how) Drawing the Setting Describing the Setting Main Idea and Story Summary A Lot of Character (identifying character traits) Making Connections (text-to-text, text-to-self, text-to-world) Making Connections (the text says, this reminds me of) Facts and Questions The Best Part Problem Identification and Writing Problem and Solution Sequence of Events (first, next, then, last) Book Summary Writing Book Summary Organizer (somebody, wanted, but, so, then) 12 Writing Prompts (4 opinion, 4 narrative, 4 informative) First Day Jitters Themed Writing Paper Straight from the Text 2 Cause and Effect (1 filled in and 1 blank) Character Response Reader’s Response Picture This Vocabulary 4 Word Study Activities Cover Artist (design a new cover for the book) Book Critic (your thoughts on the book) 3 Thoughtful Exit Tickets A Letter From Your Teacher on the First Day of School Comprehension Questions Book Review Pennant Craft We hope you find these A Letter From Your Teacher on the First Day of School Book Companion activities as you head back to school this school year! Wishing you the very best. Let’s Stay Connected Click HERE to receive fun FREE classroom resources as well as classroom tips and fun teacher hacks from Tied 2 Teaching! Questions or Comments? We welcome all questions or comments! Please feel free to e-mail us at tied2teaching@gmail.com Tied 2 Teaching resource: https://tied2teaching.com/product/letter-from-your-teacher-book-companion/