Storybook STEM {November} – Thanksgiving STEM Activities Balloons Over Broadway

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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.

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

• The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires
• Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert
• If I Built a House by Chris Van Dusen
• Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet

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.

November Storybook STEM contains the following:

Week 1: The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires

• Comprehension bookmark
• Retelling Story Events anchor chart, word cards, mini lesson, and student recording sheet
• Growth Mindset anchor chart and student extension
• Vocabulary (picture cards, interactive games, scoot)
• Math Connection Anchor Chart – Composing with 3D Shapes
• STEM Challenge: Fun and Games (teacher lesson plan, vocabulary cards, teacher charts, and student recording booklet)
• STEM Maker Task Cards

Week 2: Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert

• Comprehension bookmark
• Personification anchor chart, word cards, mini lesson, and student recording sheet
• Prepositions anchor chart and student extension
• Vocabulary (picture cards, interactive games, scoot game)
• Math Connection Anchor Chart – Cardinal Directions
• STEM Challenge: Leaf Creature (teacher lesson plan, vocabulary cards, teacher chart, and student recording booklet)
• STEM Maker Task Cards

Week 3: If I Built a House by Chris Van Dusen

• Comprehension bookmark
• Text to Self Connections anchor chart, word cards, mini lesson, and student recording sheet
• Verb Tenses anchor chart and student extension
• Vocabulary (picture cards, interactive games, scott)
• Math Connection Anchor Chart – Inches and Feet
• STEM Challenge: Smart Home (teacher lesson plan, vocabulary cards, teacher chart, and student recording booklet)
• STEM Maker Task Cards

Week 4: Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet

• Comprehension bookmark
• Major Events anchor chart, word cards, mini lesson, and student recording sheet
• Biography anchor chart and student activities
• Vocabulary (picture cards, interactive games, and scoot)
• Science Connection Anchor Chart – Helium
• STEM Challenge: Turkey Trot (teacher lesson plan, vocabulary cards, teacher chart, and student recording booklet)
• STEM Maker Task Cards