Students browse the internet in search of information about jan brett. This product is also included in our jan brett author study bundle. During the summer her family moves to a home in the berkshire hills of massachusetts. Click on each animal to display the full sized mask artwork. The hat by jan brett vocabulary unit, reading activities. I gather the students on the carpet and tell them that we are going to talk about one of my favorite books, the hat by jan brett. Yes, you could read jan brett s story or my version of the story and your child will thoroughly enjoy it. Dont miss the monthly hedge a gram to hear brett talk about her latest projects. The illustrations are simply amazing, and there are many activities that can be done to encourage learning as we read. Freebie sequencing activity for the hat winter kindergarten.
She is known for colorful, detailed depictions of a wide variety of animals and human cultures ranging from scandinavia to africa. You will want to do this before the lesson so that you can make. Includes comprehension questions, story maps, writing prompts, and more. Activities to go with the hat by jan brett childrens books. The mitten teaching ideas, lessons, printables, and activities. The mitten by jan brett is a bestselling modern classic set in the winter season. Eventually, though, all the animals pull something off the girls clothesline to use as a hat. This the hat book study is packed with companion activities to go with the book by jan brett. Author jan brett s free coloring, video and activity pages.
Another one of our favorite winter books is the hat, written by jan brett who also wrote the mitten which we based our last set of story props off of this was an easy one to make story prop printables to use in retelling and while reading. Gingerbread baby by jan brett printable animal character masks. Who belongs to which hat jan brett s pals characters jan brett s pals characters pdf jan brett s pals hats jan brett s pals hats pdf. Jan brett teaching ideas, lesson plans, printables, activities. Jan brett book study companion activities, featuring literacy activities for the mitten and the hat. Dec 31, 2014 jan brett s book the hat with activities. You will want to do this before the lesson so that you can make copies and have it ready. After learning about the background for the book, read the hat to the class. The unit revolves around jan brett books that have a winter theme, including the hat, the mitten, trouble with trolls, gingerbread baby, and the three snow bears. Fiction in this companion volume to jan brett s the mitten, more unexpected troubles and hilarious outcomes go handinhand with an. She has all sorts of information about her books, along with lots of activities and graphics to go with them. Books by jan brett 39 sort by number of resources number of awards book title year published word count reading level.
Perfect for a winter theme in kindergarten and first grade. Find books and activities, meet the author, and download your free printable. This pack contains various literacy activities that are based on this winter classic. Hedgie the hedgehog is much too curious for his own good, and soon learns a very important lesson about not minding ones own business. Free sorting activity for preschool and kindergarten to learn about the five main food groups. My students are especially fond of the windows on each page that show what is coming and what has happened. Coop battlea kind of training situation, where all the opponents are bots. Packed with fun ideas and guided reading literacy activities. Winter circle time activity and craft for the hat by jan. Printables for the mitten by jan brett homeschool creations. The hat printables jan brett the hat, book activities, preschool. The mitten is a beautiful ukrainian folk story that our family first became familiar with through the jan brett version. These printables were created to use with the mitten by jan brett. A great story, funny, charming, with the usuallywonderful illustrations brett is known for.
Jan brett is the perfect author for this time of year. We hope to use these in 2012 and hope many of you will enjoy them too. Explore the beautiful world of jan brett with books, printables, and activities. The hat by jan brett is an adorable book that your students are sure to love. Winter circle time activity and craft for the hat by jan brett with. The hat by jan brett story activity packet language and writing. Winter circle time activity and craft to go with jan bretts book the hat. Each team has up to 12 players, depending on the type of battle chosen. Its one pack that was a last minute addition to our school time, but one i know we will enjoy.
Books by jan brett have been huge favorites in our house, especially her story the mitten. All the activities are designed to help students read for understanding and think critically about the texts. The animals of the hat author jan bretts free coloring. This is a great project to use with my book the hat these files are quite large and download slowly, but i hope that youll be pleased by the quality. Jan brett activities first grade blue skies jan brett. As a child, jan brett decided to be an illustrator and. Author jan bretts free coloring, video and activity pages. Your homeschool will enjoy all the adorable woodland animals that find their way into a mitten. Below are jan brett lesson plans for several of her famous books and activities to use in the classroom to help enhance her stories.
The hat by jan brett sequencing and perspective taking. Mural hedgie and hedgas costumes hedgie hat project hedgies holiday workbench hedgie loves to read free online book hedgie name plate hedgie name tags hedgie sock project hedgie stickers hedgies surprise email. The following activities are included for each book. It would be a great addition to a jan brett author study. In this companion volume to jan brett s the mitten, more unexpected troubles and hilarious outcomes go handinhand with an item of clothing. Pin it the mitten printables includes fun activities to tie in with the story vocabulary words, word tracer cards, a tracer page, sequencing cards, a fun song, beginning sound. Activities, crafts, and snacks for the mitten by jan brett. Included in this storybook companion story summary worksheet.
This book study pack can be used as a whole class activity, during small. Activities to go with the books making learning fun. Jan brett s official website features books, activities, printables, and media by and about jan brett. Hedgie hat project hedgies holiday workbench hedgie loves to read free online book hedgie name plate hedgie name tags hedgie sock project. In a companion book to brett s the mitten, a hedgehog sticks his nose into a sock and finds himself wearing a hat he cant get rid of. They listen to the book the hat by jan brett, discuss the elements of a good fluent sentence, and place note cards together to create fluent sentences from the book the hat. In the month of december, students will draw deeper connections by studying the author and illustrator processes as well as the overall author craft of jan brett s books. A collection of projects and activities of books for kids, and classroom activities and lesson plans for teachers about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes. Jan lives in a seacoast town in massachusetts, close to where she grew up. In this author study lesson, students are introduced to several jan brett books with visuals, listening centers, and video.
The richly illustrated book tells the story of nicki, a young boy who asks for white mittens from his baba grandmother, and promptly loses one, which is explored by several forest animals before it is returned to nicki albeit, a bit stretched out. He is teased by the other animals but stands up for himself every time. Free mitten themed activity for your kindergarten students to practice shapes and graphing. As the story of the animals in the mitten unfolds, the reader can see nicki in the boarders of each page, walking through the woods unaware of what is going on. See more ideas about book activities, jan brett, jan brett the hat. Last years packet that i created seems to be a little too high for what im trying to target, so i. We are continuing to work on the hat by jan brett, and i have tried to expand the book to make it more accessible for my kiddos needs this year. She has adapted or retold numerous traditional stories such as the. It is a wonderful math activity for any winter month for prek and kindergarten. A collection of projects and activities of books for kids, and classroom activities and lesson plans for teachers about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics. Winter preschool math and literacy no prep worksheets and activities.
This is a collection of activities and worksheets to accompany the book the hat by jan brett. It is here where brett s intricate, trademark border art makes this a book with layered storylines. Emergent reader for the book the hat by jan brett free activities, kindergarten. Children realize that the story isnt bound to the book.
In this oversized board book edition, jan brett has once again creates a dramatic and beautiful book in her distinctive style. Jan brett s picture book, the hat, is about a hedgehog that gets a little girls stocking stuck on his head. A jan brett book study this pack was created to accompany the books the hat and the mitten, both by jan brett. Jan brett born december 1, 1949 is an american illustrator and writer of childrens picture books. Great color matching activity with free printables. Tell your own mitten story click here for pdf format. The hat book study companion literacy activities for kindergarten based on the book by jan brett. But storytelling adds a whole new dimension to the story. A little girl is hanging her wash to dry, and one of her socks blew off and ended up on a hedgehogs head. An 11 lesson plan unit for gingerbread baby by jan brett. Teach kids about healthy eating and balanced meals. Wikipedia is another source for information about brett s life and books. With over thirty four million books in print, jan brett is one of the nations foremost author illustrators of childrens books. The hat by jan brett is a cute tale with some serious messages.
Each of our children has enjoyed the mitten whether a board books, a paperpack, or. He says it is his new hat, but everyone makes fun of him. Winter circle time activity and craft for the hat by jan brett with free printables. Gather up the following materials to use in the craft. Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish their own purposes e. Obtain copies of these three books at your local library or bookstore. I know we read this book yesterday but this time when i read the story, i want you to listen and pick out the adjectives. All the activities are designed to help students read for understanding, compare. Jan brett story sequencing story sequencing worksheets.
Allow the students time to share the funniest thing they have ever seen an animal do. Print jan brett coloring pages for free and color online our jan brett coloring. This is another keeper book, which in my family will be passed on to younger children, when the older ones are too old for it. Packed with fun ideas and literacy activities in a winter theme. Her bestknown titles include the mitten, the hat, and gingerbread baby. Literacy activities for the books the mitten and the hat by jan brett. These literacy activities will supplement the reading of the book the hat by jan brett. Tell you own mitten story animals new click here for pdf format. Retelling activities language activities book activities kindergarten reading kindergarten activities winter activities jan brett the hat preschool books preschool ideas what others are saying the hat matching game the hat by jan brett is the story of a young girl, lisa, who gets out her winter woolens and takes them to t. Use a computer connected to a projector to view the short video about jan brett writing the hat. A huge thank you to jan for all of the great ideas on her site. See more ideas about jan brett, jan brett the hat and book activities. The mitten activity pack free stories and activities for.