Hippity-Hoppity...Easter's On Its Way! 

Don't you just LOVE the spring time? It's full of fun and exciting activities to do in the classroom and outside! I love Easter time because of all the pastel colors, warmer weather, bunnies and chicks. Its a time for renewal for everyone!
I'd like to share some of my Easter activities that I do in my classroom. I have read some great Easter books. It's so hard to choose which ones to read...they are all my favorites! 

I like to do a lot of different writing and art activities with my students. When I read Rechenka's Eggs, I have my students write a procedural story about how to dye Easter eggs.  You'd be surprised at how many students have never dyed eggs before. So this is so exciting for them!  After they have written their story, then they watercolor an egg of their choice, and then glitter it!  I hang these in the hallway and they look absolutely gorgeous! If you're interested in checking out Rechenka's Egg, click here

I also have this resource by itself with just the Easter Egg Procedural Writing. If you're interested, click here

You can also use a lot of different reading skills with these stories: Author's Purpose, Retelling, Main Idea, Theme, Characterization, Cause and Effect, Story Elements, and Inferences. Here are some of the skill cards that I use for my pocket chart: 

Following these skill cards, you can use your reader's notebooks as a follow-up or extension activity. Here is one that I use for cause and effect. Notice that I put the skill card on the "teacher" side and the student template on the "me" side.  

When I read the Easter Egg by Jan Brett, or the Easter Bunny's Assistant by Jan Thomas, you can have your students write a persuasive piece about why they would like to be the Easter Bunny or the Easter Bunny's Assistant.  The students can make an Easter Bunny craftivity with their writing. If you're interested in checking out The Easter Egg resource, click here

The students can fill out an Easter Bunny Application and answer questions about if they would make a good Easter Bunny or not. They can also fill out an Author's Purpose template about their story that they wrote. After completing the application, students can write their persuasive story using the writing template. Isn't writing fun! These can be glued onto the Easter Bunny and hang in the hallway. If you're interested in checking out the persuasive writing craftivity, click  here

I've also had my students make an Easter Bunny Bag to use when they go hunting for Easter Eggs: 

If you just want your students to have fun writing about their favorite thing about Easter, check out these cute writing craftivities! 

                                        My Easter Chick 

            

                                                        My Easter Lamb

                                        My Easter Basket 

If you're interested in checking out this resource, click here

Who loves to try and catch the Easter Bunny? Here's a fun writing craftivity! 

If you're interested in checking out How to Catch the Easter Bunny, click here 

How about math? You can use Easter Eggs to write addition or subtraction facts and the students have to match the egg with the correct answer in their Easter Tray. This is so easy to make and the students LOVE it! 

I hope you can find something that you would love to try with your students! 

Happy Easter Everyone! 

Love, Kara