[PDF] A Guide for Using the Mitten in the Classroom

• Author : Mary Rosenberg
• Publisher : Teacher Created Resources
• Release Date : 1999-11
• ISBN : 9781576906279

A literature unit to teach curriculum connections, critical thinking, and vocabulary.

• Author : Jodene Smith
• Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
• Release Date : 2014-10-01
• ISBN : 9781480791039

These assessment questions for The Mitten are modeled after current testing models requiring students to revisit the text for answers. Students have to support their opinions and inferences with examples from the text.

• Author : Jodene Smith
• Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
• Release Date : 2014-10-01
• ISBN : 9781480790957

These vocabulary activities for The Mitten incorporate key skills from the Common Core. The activities integrate vocabulary with a study of the text. Includes text-dependent questions, definitions, and text-based sentences.

• Author : Mary Scott Huff
• Publisher : Abrams
• Release Date : 2017-10-10
• ISBN : 9781683351399

For years, students have asked knitting instructor Mary Scott Huff for a book on their favorite topic—knitting mittens—but one that empowers them to create their own mittens their own way. This is that book. The Mitten Handbook is much more than an instruction book—it provides a list of mitten ingredients (thumbs, cuffs, tops, edgings, and different constructions), then outlines the best tools and techniques for readers to combine them to knit their own unique creations. The book

• Author : Jodene Smith
• Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
• Release Date : 2014-10-01
• ISBN : 9781480791008

These activities for The Mitten practice key language convention skills. The activities integrate literature with learning about grammar, word choice, and sentence structure. Learning can be fun when it's connected to literature.

• Author : Jan Brett
• Publisher : Penguin
• Release Date : 2009-10-05
• ISBN : 9781101550052

When Nicki drops his white mitten in the snow, he goes on without realizing that it is missing. One by one, woodland animals find it and crawl in; first, a curious mole, then a rabbit, a badger and others, each one larger than the last. Finally, a big brown bear is followed in by a tiny brown mouse and what happens next makes for a wonderfully funny climax. As the story of the animals in the mitten unfolds, the reader

• Author : Kimberly Suzan Byrd
• Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
• Release Date : 2015-03-01
• ISBN : 9781480793767

These quick, engaging activities help students enjoy the vibrant, authentic literature of Jan Brett. Cross-curricular before-, during-, and after-reading activities are provided for a comprehensive study of The Mitten.

• Author : Jodene Smith
• Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
• Release Date : 2014-09-01
• ISBN : 9781425897116

Cozy up to this award-winning classic and introduce young readers to this enjoyable, charismatic story. This instructional guide for literature was created to support this story and is filled with appealing and challenging cross-curricular lessons and activities that work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to analyze and comprehend rich, complex literature. Everything you need is packed into this guide and is the perfect tool to teach students how to analyze story elements in multiple ways, practice

• Author : Jodene Smith
• Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
• Release Date : 2014-10-01
• ISBN : 9781480790995

These cross-curricular activities for The Mitten incorporate key skills from the Common Core. The activities integrate literature with social studies, science, mathematics, and more. Included activity pages engage and challenge students.

• Author : Jodene Smith
• Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
• Release Date : 2014-10-01
• ISBN : 9781480790964

These leveled discussion questions about The Mitten require students to read closely, make connections, and share their analyses. Included are leveled comprehension questions and suggested answers.

• Author : Jodene Smith
• Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
• Release Date : 2014-10-01
• ISBN : 9781480791015

Students will enjoy studying the story elements of The Mitten through these engaging activities, students create products to share their understanding of the characters, plots, and settings of the book.

• Author : Jodene Smith
• Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
• Release Date : 2014-10-01
• ISBN : 9781480790988

Students analyze The Mitten using key skills from the Common Core. Close reading of the text is required to answer text-dependent questions. Included are student pages with the text-dependent questions as well as suggested answers.

• Author : Jennifer Rosner
• Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
• Release Date : 2014-10-28
• ISBN : 9780375981739

An original Jewish folktale about a girl who knits, a deaf woman, and a piece of blue yarn. When her family invites a deaf woman and her baby to stay, Ruthie, a talented knitter of mittens, wonders how the mother will know if her child wakes in the night. The surprising answer inspires Ruthie to knit a special gift that offers great comfort to mother and baby—and to Ruthie herself. With language and imagery reminiscent of stories told long

• Author : Candace Christiansen,Greenstein Elaine
• Publisher : Fulcrum Publishing
• Release Date : 2017-10-16
• ISBN : 9781555918002

One snowy day an elderly woman, Sarah, watches children gathering at the bus stop. While they never seem to notice her, she notices them, especially one little boy who has no mittens. That night, Sarah knits the boy a pair of cozy mittens and places them on the blue spruce tree for him to discover. It soon becomes a game, with the children looking for new mittens on the mysterious tree every morning, and Sarah joyfully knitting new ones each

• Author : Jodene Smith
• Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
• Release Date : 2014-10-01
• ISBN : 9781480790971

Students respond to The Mitten through writing. Various writing prompts, which require students to make connections, are provided. Narrative, opinion, and informative/explanatory prompts are included along with themed writing paper.