One thing you will discover about me is that I love books! And I love to teach children to read. One of the truly great privileges of being a primary teacher is introducing young children to the world of literature and helping them develop and grow as readers. But, finding appropriate, simple but engaging books for early learners can be a bit of challenge!
After learning about colours, I like to start off the year learning the language of the classroom and the vocabulary for school supplies that students will be using throughout the year. Dan mon sac à dos features a backpack that is filled with a variety of familiar school objects.
Like many of my Emergent Readers, I have included a full page size version of the text. This is available in both colour and black and white!
Print the book and bind it to place in your class library. Once students are familiar with the text, they love to practice reading it.
I have also included black and white half size versions of the book. This allows teachers to provide individual copies for students, whether to use as a take home book or to place in book bins for students to access while in school.
One version is the text and illustrations. This version makes a great colouring book and is fun for students to have in their book bin or to take home and share with families.
The second version allows students to illustrate their own book. My students love to draw the backpack complete with the objects indicated! They also love the surprise at the end of the story (I won’t give away the secret ending here!).
One other activity I like to do is the creation of a class book. To make a class book, I have each student create a page and then bind them together to create a book. “Dans mon sac à dos” provides you with everything you need to make your own class book! It is absolutely fascinating what creative things students come up with to place in their backpack! While many stick to school supplies, I have seen elephants, giraffes and other fun objects!
The story is available on Teachers Pay Teachers when you use THIS LINK!
Or you can purchase it in Canadian dollars in the Teaching French Immersion Store when you use THIS LINK.
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