Here are 4 activity sheets to print and use after you’ve read Stellaluna, by Janell Cannon, to your students. Comprehension Sheet – This sheet asks students to draw and write about their favorite part and answer some questions related to story. Answer Key is included Venn Diagram – a page where the students Compare and Contrast bats to birds. Story Map #1 – Students use words and/or pictures to fill in the characters, setting, problem and solution of the story. Story Map #2 – Students use words and/or pictures to fill in the characters, setting, beginning, middle, end, and moral of the story.

Have your students write to your apple orchard, apple pie, farm truck, farmer’s market, apple picking, Johnny Appleseed and more prompts this fall. Or, place copies of these at your Literacy Center for students to write on their own topic of choice! Each design is available in 3 different writing line options to meet the needs of your students. Includes 27 pages in 9 different designs: Farmer’s Market with children clip art - 3 writing line options. Farmer’s Market without children clip art - 3 writing line options. Apple Orchard - 3 writing line options. Johnny Appleseed - 3 writing line options. Apple Picking with tree and ladder - 3 writing line options. Fresh Apples with sign - 3 writing line options. Apple - 3 writing line options. Apple Pie - 3 writing line options. Farm Truck - 3 writing line options.

Here are some Bat Research Activity sheets to print and use. Great to go along with your picture book study of Stellaluna. KWL Chart – This sheet asks students to write what they Know, what they Want to Know and what they Learned about bats. Bat Research Pages – In this poster project, students research what bats look like, their diet, habitat and interesting facts. They then cite their sources. Includes: Flying Fox Bats, Fruit Bats, Vampire Bats and a Generic Bat Research Page.

**Use these Tall Tale Character Poem Activity Sheets during your class study of Johnny Appleseed or Tall Tales Unit. **Great poetry activity for literacy/poetry center or your substitute file. I’ve included pages to walk your students through the writing process, sample pages, graphics to color and more! Pick and choose what you want to use from this 15 page resource! Teacher Notes Page Format of poem Handout as well as Samples of the graphic organizer and final poem provided. Paul Bunyan poem is used on the example pages. Graphic Organizer guides students to brainstorm words and ideas they will need for the poem as they read and study about the character. Draft page. This page guides students to fill in each line. Then, they do a spell check with each other and you. Final Draft Writing Pages. Students write the final draft of their entire poem. There is a portrait page option with Color graphics as well as one with B&W graphics. Two landscape options available with different line choices with no clip art. Preposition List for students to refer to in creating their prepositional phrases. Comes in Color as well as B&W. Graphics for students to color, cut and glue along with their final poem. All get mounted on a 12″ x 18″ piece of construction paper.

Use these Tall Tale Character Poem Activity Sheets during your class study of John Henry or Tall Tales Unit. Great poetry activity for literacy/poetry center or your substitute file. I’ve included pages to walk your students through the writing process, sample pages, graphics to color and more! Pick and choose what you want to use from this 15 page resource! Teacher Notes Page Format of poem Handout as well as Samples of the graphic organizer and final poem provided. *Paul Bunyan poem is used on the example pages. Graphic Organizer guides students to brainstorm words and ideas they will need for the poem as they read and study about the character. Draft page. This page guides students to fill in each line. Then, they do a spell check with each other and you. **Final Draft Writing Pages. **Students write the final draft of their entire poem. There is a portrait page option with Color graphics as well as one with B&W graphics. Two landscape options available with different line choices with no clip art. Preposition List for students to refer to in creating their prepositional phrases. Comes in Color as well as B&W. Graphics for students to color, cut and glue along with their final poem. All get mounted on a 12″ x 18″ piece of construction paper.

**Use these Tall Tale Character Poem Activity Sheets during your class study of Paul Bunyan or Tall Tales Unit. **Great poetry activity for literacy/poetry center or your substitute file. I’ve included pages to walk your students through the writing process, sample pages, graphics to color and more! Pick and choose what you want to use from this 15 page resource! Teacher Notes Page Format of poem Handout as well as Samples of the graphic organizer and final poem provided. Paul Bunyan poem is used on the example pages. Graphic Organizer guides students to brainstorm words and ideas they will need for the poem as they read and study about the character. Draft page. This page guides students to fill in each line. Then, they do a spell check with each other and you. Final Draft Writing Pages. Students write the final draft of their entire poem. There is a portrait page option with Color graphics as well as one with B&W graphics. Two landscape options available with different line choices with no clip art. Preposition List for students to refer to in creating their prepositional phrases. Comes in Color as well as B&W. Graphics for students to color, cut and glue along with their final poem. All get mounted on a 12″ x 18″ piece of construction paper.

Use these Tall Tale Character Poetry Activity Sheets during your class study of Mike Fink or Tall Tales Unit. Great poetry activity for literacy/poetry center or your substitute file. I’ve included pages to walk your students through the writing process, sample pages, graphics to color and more! Pick and choose what you want to use from this 16 page resource! Teacher Notes Page Format of poem Handout as well as Samples of the graphic organizer and final poem provided. *Paul Bunyan poem is used on the example pages. Graphic Organizer guides students to brainstorm words and ideas they will need for the poem as they read and study about the character. Draft page. This page guides students to fill in each line. Then, they do a spell check with each other and you. Final Draft Writing Pages. Students write the final draft of their entire poem. There is a portrait page option with Color graphics as well as one with B&W graphics. Two landscape options available with different line choices with no clip art. Preposition List for students to refer to in creating their prepositional phrases. Comes in Color as well as B&W. Graphics for students to color, cut and glue along with their final poem. All get mounted on a 12″ x 18″ piece of construction paper.

Use these Tall Tale Character Poetry Activity Sheets during your class study of Mike Fink or Tall Tales Unit. Great poetry activity for literacy/poetry center or your substitute file. I’ve included pages to walk your students through the writing process, sample pages, graphics to color and more! Pick and choose what you want to use from this 16 page resource! Teacher Notes Page Format of poem Handout as well as Samples of the graphic organizer and final poem provided. *Paul Bunyan poem is used on the example pages. Graphic Organizer guides students to brainstorm words and ideas they will need for the poem as they read and study about the character. Draft page. This page guides students to fill in each line. Then, they do a spell check with each other and you. Final Draft Writing Pages. Students write the final draft of their entire poem. There is a portrait page option with Color graphics as well as one with B&W graphics. Two landscape options available with different line choices with no clip art. Preposition List for students to refer to in creating their prepositional phrases. Comes in Color as well as B&W. Graphics for students to color, cut and glue along with their final poem. All get mounted on a 12″ x 18″ piece of construction paper.

Use these Tall Tale Character Poetry Activity Sheets during your class study of Annie Oakley or Tall Tales Unit. Great poetry activity for literacy/poetry center or your substitute file. I’ve included pages to walk your students through the writing process, sample pages, graphics to color and more! Pick and choose what you want to use from this 15 page resource! Teacher Notes Page Format of poem Handout as well as Samples of the graphic organizer and final poem provided. *Paul Bunyan poem is used on the example pages. Graphic Organizer guides students to brainstorm words and ideas they will need for the poem as they read and study about the character. Draft page. This page guides students to fill in each line. Then, they do a spell check with each other and you. Final Draft Writing Pages. Students write the final draft of their entire poem. There is a portrait page option with Color graphics as well as one with B&W graphics. Two landscape options available with different line choices with no clip art. Preposition List for students to refer to in creating their prepositional phrases. Comes in Color as well as B&W. Graphics for students to color, cut and glue along with their final poem. All get mounted on a 12″ x 18″ piece of construction paper.

Use these Tall Tale Character Poetry Activity Sheets during your class study of Captain Stormalong or Tall Tales Unit. Great poetry activity for literacy/poetry center or your substitute file. I’ve included pages to walk your students through the writing process, sample pages, graphics to color and more! Pick and choose what you want to use from this 16 page resource! Teacher Notes Page Format of poem Handout as well as Samples of the graphic organizer and final poem provided. *Paul Bunyan poem is used on the example pages. Graphic Organizer guides students to brainstorm words and ideas they will need for the poem as they read and study about the character. Draft page. This page guides students to fill in each line. Then, they do a spell check with each other and you. Final Draft Writing Pages. Students write the final draft of their entire poem. There is a portrait page option with Color graphics as well as one with B&W graphics. Two landscape options available with different line choices with no clip art. Preposition List for students to refer to in creating their prepositional phrases. Comes in Color as well as B&W. Graphics for students to color, cut and glue along with their final poem. All get mounted on a 12″ x 18″ piece of construction paper.

Here are some Paul Bunyan Writing Papers and Coloring sheets for your students during your Tall Tale Unit! Let them choose what to write at your Literacy Center OR have them write to your prompt! Includes: Design 1 Paul Bunyan with Ox – Half Coloring Page/Half Writing Page in 2 writing line styles. Design 2 Paul Clearing a Forest with Axe – Half Coloring Page/Half Writing Page in 2 writing line styles. Design 3 Tall Paul Clearing Trees – Half Page for Student Illustration/Half Writing Page in 3 line styles. Designs 4 Paul with Ox – Half Page for Student Illustration/Half Writing Page in 3 line styles. 4 full sized Coloring Pages

Here are some John Henry Writing Papers and Coloring sheets for your students during your Tall Tale Unit! Let them choose what to write at your Literacy Center OR have them write to your prompt! Includes: Design 1 John Henry working on Railroad – Half Coloring Page/Half Writing Page in 2 writing line styles. Design 2 John Henry hitting spike into rock – Half Coloring Page/Half Writing Page in 2 writing line styles. Design 3 John Henry working on Railroad – Half Page for Student Illustration/Half Writing Page in 3 line styles. Design 4 John Henry hitting spike into rock – Half Page for Student Illustration/Half Writing Page in 3 line styles. 4 full sized Coloring Pages

Here are 4 activity sheets to print and use after you’ve read the Paul Bunyan tall tale with your students: Comprehension, Graphic Organizer, Exaggeration and Compare and Contrast activities. Comprehension Sheet – This sheet asks students to draw and write about their favorite part, write 4 words to describe Paul, write an example of an exaggeration from the tall tale, and summarize the tale in their own words. Tall Tale Graphic Organizer – This sheet asks students to write the characters, setting. It has boxes for students to write or draw 2 Exaggerations from the story, 1 Realistic Event from the story, the Problem and the Solution. Tall Tale Exaggeration – Students illustrate their favorite exaggeration from the story and write about what they drew. Compare & Contrast – Students choose another person or character to compare to Paul Bunyan. They could choose themselves, another tall tale character, anyone!

Here are some Johnny Appleseed Coloring sheets for your students to enjoy this Fall or during your Tall Tale Unit! All three pages come in 2 versions. Here are some Johnny Appleseed Coloring sheets for your students to enjoy this Fall or during your Tall Tale Unit! All three pages come in 2 versions. Version 1 is 3 straight coloring sheets. Version 2 each of the 3 sheets has a word for them to trace. Words are “seeds”, “Johnny Appleseed”, and “fox”.

Use these Tall Tale Character Poem Activity Sheets during your class study of Pecos Bill or Tall Tales Unit. Great poetry activity for literacy/poetry center or your substitute file. I’ve included pages to walk your students through the writing process, sample pages, graphics to color and more! Pick and choose what you want to use from this 15 page resource! Teacher Notes Page **Format of poem Handout as well as Samples of the graphic organizer and final poem provided. *Paul Bunyan poem is used on the example pages. Graphic Organizer guides students to brainstorm words and ideas they will need for the poem as they read and study about the character. Draft page. This page guides students to fill in each line. Then, they do a spell check with each other and you. Final Draft Writing Pages. Students write the final draft of their entire poem. There is a portrait page option with Color graphics as well as one with B&W graphics. Two landscape options available with different line choices with no clip art. Preposition List for students to refer to in creating their prepositional phrases. Comes in Color as well as B&W. Graphics for students to color, cut and glue along with their final poem. All get mounted on a 12″ x 18″ piece of construction paper.

Here are 4 activity sheets to print and use after you’ve read the Johnny Appleseed tall tale with your students: Comprehension, Graphic Organizer, Exaggeration and Compare and Contrast activities. Comprehension Sheet – This sheet asks students to draw and write about their favorite part, write 4 words to describe Johnny, write an example of an exaggeration from the tall tale, and summarize the tale in their own words. Tall Tale Graphic Organizer – This sheet asks students to write the characters, setting. It has boxes for students to write or draw 2 Exaggerations from the story, 1 Realistic Event from the story, the Problem and the Solution. Tall Tale Exaggeration – Students illustrate their favorite exaggeration from the story and write about what they drew. Compare & Contrast – Students choose another person or character to compare to Johnny Appleseed. They could choose themselves, another tall tale character, anyone!

“Veterans Day” Activity Sheet for your word work center this Fall. Great Literacy Center or sponge activity! Also, makes a great addition to your substitute file! Three different activity sheets – pick the version you want your students to use! In this Spy-A-Word activity, students make words out of the letters in “Veterans Day”. They cut out the letters to form words. Then, they write the words in the blanks and color the page. Includes: 3 Different Activity Sheets to choose from “I Can” Sign for Center Cut out letters in upper and lowercase Answer Key showing possible words that can be made with these letters. Making their own words is a great center activity!

Here are some Davy Crockett Writing Papers and Coloring sheets for your students during your Tall Tale Unit! Let them choose what to write at your Literacy Center OR have them write to your prompt! Includes: Design 1 Davy Crockett head with forest and mountains – Half Coloring Page/Half Writing Page in 2 writing line styles. Design 2 Davy Crockett on bear – Half Coloring Page/Half Writing Page in 2 writing line styles. Design 3 Davy Crockett on bear – Half Page for Student Illustration/Half Writing Page in 3 line styles. Design 4 Davy Crockett head shot – Half Page for Student Illustration/Half Writing Page in 3 line styles. 3 full sized Coloring Pages

Here are 4 activity sheets to print and use after you’ve read the Davy Crockett tall tale with your students: Comprehension, Graphic Organizer, Exaggeration and Compare and Contrast activities. 1. Comprehension Sheet – This sheet asks students to draw and write about their favorite part, write 4 words to describe Davy, write an example of an exaggeration from the tall tale, and summarize the tale in their own words. 2. Tall Tale Graphic Organizer – This sheet asks students to write the characters, setting. It has boxes for students to write or draw 2 Exaggerations from the story, 1 Realistic Event from the story, the Problem and the Solution. 3. Tall Tale Exaggeration – Students illustrate their favorite exaggeration from the story and write about what they drew. 4. Compare & Contrast – Students choose another person or character to compare to Davy Crockett. They could choose themselves, another tall tale character, anyone!

Here are 4 activity sheets to print and use after you’ve read the Pecos Bill tall tale with your students: Comprehension, Graphic Organizer, Exaggeration and Compare and Contrast activities. 1. Comprehension Sheet – This sheet asks students to draw and write about their favorite part, write 4 words to describe Pecos, write an example of an exaggeration from the tall tale, and summarize the tale in their own words. 2. Tall Tale Graphic Organizer – This sheet asks students to write the characters, setting. It has boxes for students to write or draw 2 Exaggerations from the story, 1 Realistic Event from the story, the Problem and the Solution. 3. Tall Tale Exaggeration – Students illustrate their favorite exaggeration from the story and write about what they drew. 4. Compare & Contrast – Students choose another person or character to compare to Pecos Bill. They could choose themselves, another tall tale character, anyone!