Theme: Rain

Grade Levels: JK-SK-Grade 1

Book Selection

 Umbrella by Taro Yashima

 Mushroom in the Rain by Mirra Ginsburg

Learning Activities

 Interactive Reading-Aloud “Mushroom in the Rain”

 Story Sequence

 Interactive Writing

 Jose Aruego – An Illustrator Study

 Interactive Reading-Aloud for “Umbrella”

 Reader’s Theatre (2)

 Independent Reading

 Drawing Science Concepts

 Instructional Materials:

 Word Lists

 Book list for independent reading

 Science concepts

 Reader’s Theatre scripts

 Copyrights-free photographs for art activities

 Activities for “Thunder Cake”: Read-aloud, Story Grammar and Vocabulary

Instruction

Connections with other themes: force and motion, summer storms

Format: PDF

Price: $10.00