Sunday, January 27, 2013

Valentine's Day with Mr. Hatch


Hi Everyone...I am so excited for Valentine's Day to get here because I get to read my 
ALL TIME FAVORITE book called...
Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch
by
Eileen Spinelli

Whenever I read this book to my students I get such a wonderful feeling inside and it just makes me happy!  I have been reading this book for years in my second grade classroom, so I decided to create a fun and interactive lesson and craftivity for my favorite book.

Check out Mr. Hatch!  Isn't he just adorable!  I literally can't wait for my kiddos to make him and celebrate Valentine's Day.  I added three different comprehension skills in this unit.  Character Traits, Summarizing with Beginning, Middle, and End, and Sequencing the events in the story with a heart-shaped accordion book.
This year I am going to focus on Character Traits for this story and teach a mini-lesson on supporting your character trait conclusions with Text-Based support as evidence to support their claim.  I can't wait to try  it out. They will create Mr. Hatch and the heart-shaped cut-out.  Inside the heart, they will add "Chocolate Candy Character Traits" and they will use their text-based evidence to support their ideas.  

If you are interested in purchasing my unit featuring Mr. Hatch, head on over to my TPT store to get a hold of it :)


I am linking up with Sunny Days in Second Grade so go and check out some of the great Valentine's Day goodies that everyone has been linking up!



Hugs

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12 comments:

Lori Rosenberg said...

Oh, I would adore it! Fingers crossed!
Ѽ Lori
Teaching With Love and Laughter
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Lori Rosenberg said...

Oops! Hit send to soon! Darn trigger finger! My favorite book right now, is The Mitten!
Ѽ Lori
Teaching With Love and Laughter
luvyorkies@gmail.com

Melissa Mazur said...

My 3rd graders would LOVE this! commoncoretpt@gmail.com

Thanks so much!

Jennifer said...

I JUST ordered this book on Friday! I've never heard of it before I started searching for Valentine books!

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Rowdy in First Grade

Exploring Third Grade said...

I love this book!

:) Carmen

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Cherie said...

Snowmen at night

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Janine said...

Aww too late! This is on my lesson plan for February, it is my all time favorite February book.

This is a great craftivity!

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Faithful in First

Across the Hall said...

Oh darn! I missed it!

Looks too cute!

Halle
Across the Hall in 2nd Grade

Tania said...

Just read a super 'love' book: the wind up mouse. It became my favorite right away.
Tania
Mysecondsense@gmail.com

susanlulu said...

Too late, but wanted you to know I checked it out. Thanks.
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YearntoLearn said...

I love to read Dodger and Me (not Vday related though)
Cute unit.

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