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Chrysanthemum Lesson Plans

Chrysanthemum is the perfect back to school read aloud! Today, I am sharing some of my favorite Chrysanthemum activities including back to school name activities and a Chrysanthemum craft. You can add these back to school activities to your first week lesson plans to help students practice spelling their name. Students get to make a name train and get to graph their name with this graphing activity.

Need some ideas on activities to go along with Chrysanthemum by Kevin Kenkes? Check out these name building and math activities. Perfect for preschool, PreK, and Kindergarten.

Chrysanthemum Activities for Back To School
Chrysanthemum Activities for Back To School

Chrysanthemum Book Lesson Plans

Chrysanthemum Lesson Plans for Kindergarten This is a great book to use for the beginning of the year.

Back to School & a Freebie!

Chrysanthemum Activities for Prek and Kindergarten
Chrysanthemum Activities for Prek and Kindergarten
Chrysanthemum Read Aloud Lesson Plans for Kindergarten
Chrysanthemum Read Aloud Lesson Plans for Kindergarten

Chrysanthemum Book Lesson Plans

Back-to-school reading is a highlight of the year! Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes is the perfect back-to-school read-aloud to welcome your students and encourage a classroom community with empathy and kindness. Use these back-to-school reading activities to teach character emotions and feelings as students explore their feelings about a new school year! Read more for details about lesson plans and activities for Chrysanthemum to kick off your back-to-school reading comprehension lessons.

Back to School & a Freebie! – Early Childhood with Jessica Travis
Back to School & a Freebie! – Early Childhood with Jessica Travis
Chrysanthemum Activities for Back to School in 1st and 2nd Grade
Chrysanthemum Activities for Back to School in 1st and 2nd Grade

Chrysanthemum is a great back to school read aloud! Pair this loved children’s picture book with this Chrysanthemum name craft. These Chrysanthemum name activities are great for helping students learn the letters of their name in sequential order. This is a great first week of school activity and makes an awesome back to school bulletin board!

Chrysanthemum Book Lesson Plans

Chrysanthemum Name Activities

Chrysanthemum book study activities unit with read aloud book companion printables, reading comprehension worksheets, literacy lesson plan ideas, and a craft for Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade

The Best Chrysanthemum Craft for Name Practice
The Best Chrysanthemum Craft for Name Practice
Chrysanthemum Name Activities
Chrysanthemum Name Activities
Chrysanthemum Book Activities and Craft
Chrysanthemum Book Activities and Craft
Chrysanthemum SEL Activity
Chrysanthemum SEL Activity
the week 5 in kindergarten with pictures and text
the week 5 in kindergarten with pictures and text
the beginning of the year classroom activities including letter recognition, handwriting and numbers for children
the beginning of the year classroom activities including letter recognition, handwriting and numbers for children
Chrysanthemum Book Study with Editable Name Activities
Chrysanthemum Book Study with Editable Name Activities
Chrysanthemum Activities for Kindergarten & First Grade
Chrysanthemum Activities for Kindergarten & First Grade

This back to school season, try this SEL activity with your students! While reading Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes, students will identify ways in which the characters "wrinkled" Chrysanthemum's heart. By the end, they will learn that you can apologize and smooth the paper heart, but it will never be the same again. This product includes a full page lesson plan with teacher-tried tips and tricks. Just print and go!

Kindergarten Lesson Plans Week 4 featuring ideas for Chrysanthemum reading, writing, math, and center activities too. Download the free editable lesson plan template.

Looking for fun lesson plans and activities for back to school? Check out this 5 day unit focused around the book Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes. Students will learn all about how special their name are. These literacy lessons, easy crafts, and DIY anchor charts are the perfect way to celebrate all your kids! Perfect for preschool, kinder, 1st, or special education! #backtoschool #nameactivities

Names of all sizes will be welcome with this fun, engaging book study. Activities can be used all at once or throughout a theme. Also Includes EDITABLE name plates and name boxes to help your students connect to learning!Includes all the of the following:4 Vocabulary Anchor Charts-Chrysanthemum, w...

Looking for Chrysanthemum activities for back to school? These fun ideas for kindergarten and first grade include name activities, a flower name craft, a get-to-know-you glyph, kindness activities, and more. Perfect for turning this favorite back-to-school read aloud into meaningful first week of school activities!