Storybook STEM (September) Back to School STEM Activities – The Recess Queen

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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.

• The Recess Queen by Alexis O’ Neill
• The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
• If You Take a Mouse to School by Laura Numeroff
• Perfect Square by Michael Hall

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.

September Storybook STEM contains the following:

Week 1: The Recess Queen by Alexis O’ Neill

• Comprehension bookmark
• Characters Change anchor chart, word cards, mini lesson, and student recording sheet
• How to be a Recess Queen anchor chart and student extension
• Vocabulary (picture cards, interactive games, Tic-Tac-Toe)
• Math Connection Anchor Chart – Skip Counting
• STEM Challenge: Paper Playground (teacher lesson plan, vocabulary cards, teacher charts, and student recording booklet)
• STEM Maker Task Cards

Week 2: The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt

• Comprehension bookmark
• Problem and Solution anchor chart, word cards, mini lesson, and student recording sheet
• Speech Bubbles anchor chart and student extension
• Vocabulary (picture cards, interactive games, Tic-Tac-Toe)
• Math Connection Anchor Chart – Capacity
• STEM Challenge: Crayon Container (teacher lesson plan, vocabulary cards, teacher chart, and student recording booklet)
• STEM Maker Task Cards

Week 3: If You Take a Mouse to School by Laura Numeroff

• Comprehension bookmark
• Describing Characters anchor chart, word cards, mini lesson, and student recording sheet
• If/Then Scenarios anchor chart and student extension
• Vocabulary (picture cards, interactive games, Tic-Tac-Toe)
• Math Connection Anchor Chart – Schedules
• STEM Challenge: Magnetic Mouse Maze (teacher lesson plan, vocabulary cards, teacher chart, and student recording booklet)
• STEM Maker Task Cards

Week 4: Perfect Square by Michael Hall

• Comprehension bookmark
• Sequence of Events anchor chart, word cards, mini lesson, and student recording sheet
• Learning a Lesson anchor chart and student activities
• Vocabulary (picture cards, interactive games, and Tic-Tac-Toe)
• Math Connection Anchor Chart – Partitioning Shapes
• STEM Challenge: Square Sculptures (teacher lesson plan, vocabulary cards, teacher chart, and student recording booklet)
• STEM Maker Task Cards