I know it is a couple weeks away, but I’m looking forward to the pink-i-fied (spelling?) holiday known as Valentine’s Day. It’s so funny being a teacher on Valentine’s Day because it becomes less about love and more about classroom valentines, parties, and activities. Anyone else agree? My husband always jokes that he’s off the hook with flowers and chocolates because I get so much from kids in my class. Nice try John! 🙂 I always loved Valentine’s Day because it was so exciting to look through all the cards from my classmates (even though 95% were totally store-bought, generic cards). I see that same excitement with my students and it makes me smile.
Here is a picture of my students doing an inferencing activity last year. They were using clues from the text to guess the Valentine gift in the bag.
They went around the room to four bags, read the clues and had to guess what was inside. They had to write the clues that led them to their guess. This is a fun inference activity that gets the kids moving and thinking! They love to feel like detectives!
This is one of the activities in my Valentine’s Day unit:
There are also printable “ready to go” activities and “hands-on” activities as well. You’ll find phonics, reading, writing, and grammar activities.
Here is what you’ll find in the Valentine Literacy Pack:
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