Storybook STEM – Halloween STEM Activities, Room on the Broom, Ada Twist

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Created by Brooke Brown and Katie King, Storybook STEM provides early childhood teachers with weekly all-in-one units to cover essential skills in reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, math, science, and engineering.

Four units are included to accompany favorite seasonal children’s books, with supplemental STEM challenges for each and differentiated literacy and math options for Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade.

October Storybook STEM includes supplements for the following four read alouds:

• Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty
• Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson
• What to do With a Box by Jane Yolen
• Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman

Each read aloud and unit can be completed in the form of mini lessons throughout the week, or within a 2.5 hour block on one day of the week, such as Maker Mondays or STEM Fridays. Storybook STEM also provides a simple and comprehensive option for substitute teachers.

October Storybook STEM contains the following:

Week 1: Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty

• Comprehension bookmark
• Asking Questions anchor chart, word cards, mini lesson, and student recording sheet
• Descriptive Verbs anchor chart and student extension
• Vocabulary (picture cards, interactive games, Tic-Tac-Toe)
• Math Connection Anchor Chart – Balanced Equations
• STEM Challenge: Slimy Science (teacher lesson plan, vocabulary cards, teacher charts, and student recording booklet)
• STEM Maker Task Cards

Week 2: Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson

• Comprehension bookmark
• Sequence of Events anchor chart, word cards, mini lesson, and student recording sheet
• Prepositions anchor chart and student extension
• Vocabulary (picture cards, interactive games, Tic-Tac-Toe)
• Math Connection Anchor Chart – Fractions
• STEM Challenge: Balance the Broom (teacher lesson plan, vocabulary cards,teacher chart, and student recording booklet)
• STEM Maker Task Cards

Week 3: What to do With a Box by Jane Yolen

• Comprehension bookmark
• Information from Illustrations anchor chart, word cards, mini lesson, and student recording sheet
• Listing With Commas anchor chart and student extension
• Vocabulary (picture cards, interactive games, Tic-Tac-Toe)
• Math Connection Anchor Chart – Rectangular Prisms
• STEM Challenge: Think Outside the Box (teacher lesson plan, vocabulary cards, teacher chart, and student recording booklet)
• STEM Maker Task Cards

Week 4: Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman

• Comprehension bookmark
• Onomatopoeia anchor chart, word cards, mini lesson, and student recording sheet
• Homophons anchor chart and student activities
• Vocabulary (picture cards, interactive games, and Tic-Tac-Toe)
• Math Connection Anchor Chart – Types of Lines
• STEM Challenge: Pumpkin Transporter (teacher lesson plan, vocabulary cards, teacher chart, and student recording booklet)
• STEM Maker Task Cards